Kentucky high court upholds state abortion bans while case continues
Protester outside the Kentucky Supreme Court chambers rally in favor of abortion rights as the Kentucky Supreme Court hears arguments whether to temporarily pause the state's abortion ban in Frankfort, Ky., Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022.Timothy D. Easley/AP The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled the state's near-total bans on abortion will remain in place while a lawsuit over the matter continues.
Opinion | Help Desperate Women, and Give the Homeless Dignity
This article is part of Times Opinion's Holiday Giving Guide 2022.Read more about the guide in a note from Opinion's editor, Kathleen Kingsbury.Reporting this column, I frequently speak to people who work at nonprofits, since they often serve those whose lives are caught up in the currents of our politics.
California Overwhelmingly Votes to Protect Reproductive Rights in State Constitution | KQED
California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 1, enshrining the right to reproductive freedom in the state Constitution, less than five months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal abortion protections.While the new constitutional amendment (PDF) does not expand abortion access into the final months of pregnancy, as some of its opponents had warned, it does bolster reproductive rights by explicitly prohibiting the state from denying anyone access to the procedure or to contraceptives.
Florida Supreme Court Upholds State's 15-Week Ban on Most Abortions
The Florida Supreme Court upheld the ban on most abortions after 15 weeks, allowing a six-week ban to take effect.
The lawsuit challenging the ban was brought by Planned Parenthood, ACLU, and others, arguing for the protection of abortion rights in Florida. [ more ]
Wyden: Court ruling will affect more than abortion rights
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden warns that a Supreme Court decision on a drug used to induce abortions could have serious consequences for women's reproductive health and public access to medications.
Officials and doctors at Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette express concern about a ban and restrictions on the drug. [ more ]
Data Broker Sold Data From 600 Planned Parenthood Visits to Anti-Abortion Group
A U.S. company tracked people's visits to Planned Parenthood locations and sold that data to an anti-abortion group.
The company had not implemented any technical controls to prevent targeting individuals who visited sensitive facilities such as reproductive health clinics. [ more ]
Senator: Data broker tracked visits to Planned Parenthood
Pro-life group targeted Planned Parenthood visitors with anti-abortion ads using location data from Near Intelligence.
US Senator Ron Wyden is urging the FTC and SEC to investigate Near and ensure the prompt destruction of all location data it holds on Americans. [ more ]
Montana governor signs slate of bills restricting abortion rights
Montana Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed on Wednesday a collection of bills restricting access to abortion, triggering legal action and challenging a 1999 state Supreme Court ruling on the procedure.While abortion remains legal in Montana, the legislation specifies that access to the procedure until viability is no longer protected under the right of privacy in the state's constitution contradicting the court's two decades old ruling.
Florida considers ban on discussion of menstruation before sixth grade
Florida lawmakers are considering a draft law to strengthen state control over sex education that its sponsor says would ban any instruction in schools about menstrual cycles before the sixth grade.The proposal comes as Florida's Republican-dominated legislature, backed by Governor Ron DeSantis, has already passed a raft of laws limiting discussion in schools of gender and sexuality and reducing the emphasis on diversity in public schools.
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An Abortion Battle in Southwest Virginia Could Have Big Implications - Washingtonian
Late last month, the city council in Bristol, Virginia-a small city in the southwest corner of the state-began reviewing an unusual zoning proposal: an ordinance that would restrict abortion within the city's borders.This is among the first attempts to restrict abortion at the local level (rather than via state law) since the Supreme Court's June decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization In states like Virginia-where abortion is legal but not explicitly protected by state law-it's not clear if or how localities can restrict abortion.
California to grant refuge to trans kids and their parents fleeing states that criminalize gender-affirming care
California Gov. Gavin Newsom late Thursday evening signed into law a bill that makes the state a safe haven for transgender kids and parents fleeing states that criminalize gender-affirming care.
How a Proposed 15-Week Abortion Ban Compares With State Laws
A proposal to ban abortion nationwide after 15 weeks of pregnancy would stop short of some states' limits on the procedure but would upend the longtime standard in most others.
'We're Here': California Coalition to Offer Pro Bono Legal Hotline on Abortion | KQED
He said the new coalition seeks to put patients and care providers at ease by providing a wide range of legal services to people in places where abortion is restricted - including pro bono representation for anyone facing civil or criminal penalties for seeking, providing or assisting in reproductive care.
Reproductive Freedom Organizers in Michigan Put Right to Abortion on the Ballot
A grassroots ballot initiative in Michigan to recognize abortion as a fundamental right in the state constitution will be included on the November ballot, after organizers successfully submitted hundreds of thousands of signatures in support of the measure.
Jesus 'Chuy' Garcia congressional campaign says it will return Bankman-Fried money to investors
Mayoral candidate Jesús "Chuy" García's congressional campaign says it will cut a check for $2,900 to repay clients of a collapsed cryptocurrency exchange the same amount of money the disgraced former head of the business contributed to García's reelection war chest.The news came as lawyers representing former clients of the FTX exchange said earlier this week they would try to get back the tens of millions of dollars indicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried lavished on political candidates across the U.S. The cash García received was just a drop in the ocean of money Bankman-Fried splashed out to support campaigns and help fund political action committees on both sides of the aisle.
Suspect in arson at Peoria Planned Parenthood clinic cited ex-girlfriend's abortion, US says
A man accused of firebombing a Planned Parenthood clinic in Peoria, Illinois, earlier this month told investigators that he had done so after recalling an abortion a former girlfriend once had against his wishes, adding that he hoped the fire would delay others in having abortions, according to federal authorities.
Police investigate Peoria Planned Parenthood fire as arson
A fire at a central Illinois Planned Parenthood clinic is being investigated as arson, Peoria police said Tuesday, just days after the state enacted sweeping abortion protections.Officers responded to a report of an "unknown person throwing a Molotov cocktail" into the Peoria clinic building at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday, police spokesperson Semone Roth said.
Lawsuits defend abortion access with religious freedom
Cara Berg Raunick watched with bafflement as Indiana's Republican legislators took less than two weeks to debate and pass an abortion ban that the governor signed quickly into law.The women's health nurse practitioner from Indianapolis was struck by just how frequently faith was cited in the arguments as reason to ban the medical practice.
SF's "Night of Ideas" Free Late Night Festival at the Main Library (2023)
- 7:00 pm to 1:00 am | Cost: Saturday, March 4, 2023 FREE* San Francisco Main Library, | 100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 Submitted by the Event Organizer Villa Albertine, San Francisco Public Library, KQED, SFMOMA and Circuit Network host the 2023 Night of Ideas, Villa Albertine's flagship annual nocturnal marathon of philosophical debates, performances, readings and more, coordinated worldwide by the Institut Francais.
Good Morning, News: DC Debt Ceiling Dance Resumes, Lunar New Year Starts Sunday, and Measure 110? I Barely Know Her
The Mercury provides news and fun every single day-but your help is essential.If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us.Thanks for your support!Good Morning, Portland!Allow me to shout out Billy Ray's Dive for playing what seemed to be nothing but Neil Young last night.
Actress Kathleen Turner dives deep in Brooklyn for one night only in 'Finding My Voice' on Nov. 5 * Brooklyn Paper
After turns on Broadway and in Hollywood, award-winning actress Kathleen Turner is bringing her one-night-only show, "Finding My Voice," to Brooklyn next month.
Mobile abortions take off on wheels, at sea' to fill gaps left by shuttered clinics
When the decades-long campaign to restrict abortion access in the US started ramping up, Meg Autry, knowing a full assault on abortion rights was inevitable, began thinking about the gambling boats she'd seen growing up on the Mississippi River.
TikTok caught using tracking pixels just like Meta, Google
Google and Meta may be the first names that come to mind when thinking of secretive online tracking of users, but another business is getting into the game in a very similar manner: TikTok.
Laura Washington: Campaign rhetoric in Illinois Supreme Court races belies vows of impartiality
The 2022 races for the Illinois Supreme Court have been far from supreme.The candidates aspire to the state's high court, but their campaigns are wallowing in the mud.
Nearly half of all Illinois abortion patients from Cook County
More than 45,000 people received abortions in Illinois in 2020, according to the most recent data available form the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Planned Parenthood mobile clinic will take abortion to red-state borders
With a growing number of patients in states that now prohibit abortion traveling for the procedure, Planned Parenthood says it will soon open its first mobile abortion clinic in the country, in southern Illinois.
Some sex assault survivors have to pay thousands of dollars for emergency department visits
(CNN)Survivors of sexual assault who are treated at emergency departments may be billed thousands of dollars for their care if they are uninsured, a new report finds, and even those with private health insurance have to cover some of the costs out-of-pocket.
A judge strikes down a 1931 law criminalizing abortion in Michigan
Abortion rights protesters attend a rally outside the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich., on June 24, following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
An Arizona judge rules that the state can enforce a near-total abortion ban
The ruling came a day before a new Arizona law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy takes effect.A new Arizona law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy takes effect Saturday, Sept. 24.Johnson, the judge, said Planned Parenthood was free to file a new challenge.Ducey has argued that the new law he signed takes precedence over the pre-statehood law, but he did not send his attorneys to argue that before Johnson.Protesters march around the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix after the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Michigan shapes up as one of the next abortion battlefronts
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks to abortion-rights protesters Friday at a rally outside the state capitol in Lansing, Mich., following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Google under scrutiny over pledge to protect abortion location data
Google's promise to protect the location history of users who visit abortion clinics is coming under scrutiny after researchers found that a user who had brief access to another user's Android phone - such as a boyfriend logging into his girlfriend's phone - could then relatively easily monitor the user's movements.
Inside One Abortion Clinic, Signs of Nationwide Struggles
The Planned Parenthood clinic in Fort Myers, Fla., has seen an increase in patients arriving from Texas, even as it struggles to keep up with increasing restrictions in its own state.
Opinion | Abortion Questions for Justice Alito and His Supreme Court Allies
Ms. Greenhouse, the winner of a 1998 Pulitzer Prize, reported on the Supreme Court for The Times from 1978 to 2008 and was a contributing Opinion writer from 2009 to 2021.
The History Of Reproductive Rights In The US, As Told Through 20 Books
With health care access under fire across the United States, Bustle has pulled together a list of 20 nonfiction books about reproductive rights you should be reading right now - because conservatives won't stop at overturning Roe v. Wade.
Chicago sends letters to hundreds of CEOs in states facing post-Roe abortion bans, pitching values over tax rates to lure businesses
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Chicago fired off hundreds of letters Monday to Fortune 500 CEOs in states facing abortion bans, pitching the city as a more welcoming location for their businesses.
Planned Parenthood announces latest outside spending plan in California congressional races
Planned Parenthood in California launches a campaign targeting Republicans in crucial House races for abortion rights advocacy and potential impact on national legislation. [ more ]
In rare move, Planned Parenthood NorCal CEO voluntarily recognizes union
Planned Parenthood Northern California voluntarily recognizes its would-be union, which is a rare occurrence.
The union will represent hundreds of clinicians, nurses, social workers, and administrative and support staff at the nonprofit's 19 northern California locations. [ more ]
Maine State Judiciary Committee Advances Bill That Loosens Abortion Restrictions
The bill grants physicians the ability to decide if an abortion is needed after the 24th week of pregnancy.Gov. Janet Mills delivers remarks at the SelectUSA Investment Summit on May 4, 2023, in National Harbor, Maryland.Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images A measure to loosen abortion restrictions in Maine has advanced within the state legislature, with both houses voting on the proposal potentially as soon as this week.
Planned Parenthood Head Calls for Adding Justices to Supreme Court and More Reforms
"The courts have been used as a vehicle to advance a dangerous agenda," the organization's president said.The United States Supreme Court Building in the evening, with lights on in the interior.Rudy Sulgan / Getty Images Reproductive rights organization Planned Parenthood has issued a press release calling for major reforms to the federal judiciary - including the U.S. Supreme Court - almost a year after the Court upended federal abortion rights established in Roe v. Wade.
Michigan Judge Blocks State's 1931 Anti-Abortion Law
A state judge in Michigan has ruled that a 1931 law barring nearly all abortions in the state is unconstitutional and inconsistent with standards meant to ensure that residents' bodily autonomy rights are respected.
Kentucky Supreme Court ruling allows state's near-total abortion bans to remain in place for now
The Supreme Court of Kentucky ruled Thursday that a lower court wrongfully stopped the enforcement of two state abortion laws, according to court documents.The two measures are Kentucky's so-called trigger law banning the procedure and a separate heartbeat law restricting abortions at around six weeks of pregnancy.
The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24th triggered immediate bans on abortion in several states, which had put in place laws primed to shutter abortion clinics within their borders in anticipation of the ruling.
Bill proposes bringing state, federal dollars to Planned Parenthood and other family planning providers
AUSTIN, Texas On Monday at the State Capitol, advocates with Planned Parenthood Texas Votes, the political action committee of the reproductive health care provider, showed their support for Senate Bill 1314 the Comprehensive Access to Reproductive Health Entities, or C.A.R.E.No Matter What Act.It would make Planned Parenthood and other established family planning providers eligible to receive state and federal dollars again. "Texans have lost access to critical life-saving care after Planned Parenthood was excluded from federal Medicaid and other essential family planning programs, and that number will continue to grow if Gov. Abbott has his way," Planned Parenthood Texas Votes' Wendy Davis said.
Amy Bloom: I have a minor interest in gardening, but really it's people'
Amy Bloom is an American writer and psychotherapist.She has written four novels and five collections of short stories, including Love Invents Us, Lucky Us and A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You.Her memoir, In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss , is a searing account of her journey with her husband, Brian Ameche, to Dignitas in Switzerland to end his life after he was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's.
Fifth Circuit Seems to Raise the Bar on Venue Transfer Mandamus
by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit has been extremely active over the past few years in hearing mandamus petitions filed under the convenient venue provisions of 28 U.S.C. 1404(a).Most often, these petitions have come from patent infringement defendants who were sued in Judge Albright's Waco court.
Convicted felon to plead guilty to BB gun attacks on Planned Parenthood in Pasadena
An Ontario man agreed this week to plead guilty to a series of BB gun shootings against a Planned Parenthood facility in Pasadena and violating a federal law that prohibits interfering with a woman seeking reproductive health services, authorities said.The man, Richard Royden Chamberlin, 54, agreed to a plea deal with federal prosecutors in court documents filed Tuesday, the U.S. attorney's office for the Central District of California said in a statement.
Opposing rallies on abortion rights planned for Santa Monica today
An abortion-rights rally, organized by Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights, met at Santa Monica City Hall on Saturday with plans to march to a nearby Planned Parenthood office in an attempt to overwhelm far-right groups planning to protest outside the medical clinic.
New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul will win a first full term in office, CNN projects, defeating Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin and making history as the first elected female governor of New York.Hochul's victory keeps New York Democrats on track to maintain their now nearly two-decade-old winning streak in statewide elections.
Being a victim of rape costs an average of $3,500 in medical bills, study finds
Seeking emergency medical care in the US after a sexual assault can incur hefty hospital bills that may deter assault reporting and compound victims' trauma, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
DoorDash Is Offering $20,000 Grants to Portland Restaurants
Delivery and takeout app DoorDash has opened applications for its accelerator program, which includes a $20,000 grant, to restaurants in the greater Portland and Denver, Colorado areas.
Anti-Abortion Activists Charged With Breaking Into UCSF, Recording Patients, Doxxing Doctor With Flyer Campaign
DA Chesa Boudin has charged three anti-abortion crusaders for allegedly crashing a women's clinic and recording patients, and then flyering a doctor's neighborhood with handbills that exposed that clinician's name and address.
Brooklyn Public Library bridges healthcare gap with health and wellness fair * Brooklyn Paper
The borough's biggest book-lender connected community members with healthcare resources and professionals at an informative wellness fair on Friday, Aug. 5, held at the Brooklyn Public Library's Central Branch in Prospect Heights.
Florida health care providers urge a judge to block the state's new abortion ban.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Health care providers argued before a Florida judge on Monday that the state's new ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy violates the state constitution, and urged the court to block its enforcement.
How companies offering to cover travel for out-of-state abortions might work
On the heels of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, several big-name companies such as Microsoft, Nike and Tesla have announced that they plan to assist employees who live in places where abortion is restricted to travel out-of-state to undergo the procedure.
Abortion providers canceled appointments after Roe v. Wade was overturned
"The fact that it happened and it happened so quickly and that we had to cease operations so swiftly was absolutely a surprise to almost all of our patients."
Could LGBTQ voters make the difference in Ana Maria Archila's lieutenant governor bid?
As the Queer Liberation March headed south from Foley Square to Chambers Street on Pride Sunday, Ana María Archila, who is seeking the lieutenant governor nomination in Tuesday's Democratic primary, was initially standing on the sidelines waving to the crowd.
Wisconsin doctors say they will halt abortions after Supreme Court ruling
MADISON, Wis. - Doctors across Wisconsin said they would immediately stop providing abortions, even as questions remained about the enforceability of a 173-year-old state ban, following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling striking down its Roe v. Wade decision on Friday.
Downtown, Chicagoans and tourists react to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v, Wade
As the country reeled from this morning's Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, sending abortion rights back to the states, working professionals and tourists milling downtown in the Loop Friday shared their reaction to the news.
Congressional races head for homestretch: Incumbent Democrat Krishnamoorthi faces challenge in 8th District primary, while 5 candidates vie for GOP nomination
Congressional primary campaigns in the Chicago area are heating up with just weeks remaining before voters will decide the candidates' fates.
Too many have suffered under Ghana's abortion laws. Ending Roe v Wade risks our hope for change | Bisi Adjapon
o one knew she'd had multiple abortions.Not even me, a lifelong friend."I can't even count how many times I had to do it.He wouldn't let me use contraception and he wouldn't wear anything."