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Policy, State & Local

Judge orders Texas to suspend new law banning most abortions

October 7, 2021

Via: Washington's Top News

A federal judge ordered Texas to suspend the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., calling it an “offensive deprivation” of a constitutional right by banning most abortions in the nation’s second-most populous state since September. The order Wednesday by […]


Policy, State & Local

Justice Department sues Texas over state’s new abortion law

September 10, 2021

Via: Washington's Top News

The Justice Department has sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution.” The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in Texas, asks a federal judge to […]


Federal, Policy

Biden begins to undo Trump’s ban on abortion referrals

April 14, 2021

Via: Washington's Top News

The Biden administration on Wednesday began to undo a Trump-era ban on clinics referring women for abortions, a policy directive that drove Planned Parenthood from the federal family planning program and created new complications for women trying to get birth […]


Federal, Policy

U.S. appeals court upholds Trump rules involving abortions

February 24, 2020

Via: Fortune

A U.S. appeals court on Monday upheld Trump administration changes that include additional hurdles for those seeking abortions through a federal program that helps low-income women. The 7-4 ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned decisions issued […]