DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court said Friday the state’s strict abortion law is legal, telling a lower court to dissolve a temporary block on the law and allowing Iowa to ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy — before many women know they are pregnant. The 4-3 ruling is […]
The supreme court in Iowa has said the state’s strict abortion law is legal, telling a lower court to dissolve a temporary block on the law and allowing Iowa to ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy — before many women know they are pregnant. The 4-3 ruling is a win for Republican […]
President Joe Biden and Donald Trump sparred over the economy, abortion and the Capitol riot at the first presidential debate of the 2024 US election cycle. The two candidates strode on stage on Thursday evening and walked directly to their lecterns, avoiding a handshake. The broadcast on CNN, moderated by anchors Jake Tapper and Dana […]
Abortion took center stage during Thursday’s debate between President Biden and former President Trump. CNN anchor Dana Bash opened the conversation by asking Trump whether he’d block abortion medication. “The Supreme Court just approved the abortion pill, and I agree with their decision to have done that, and I will not block it,” Trump responded, […]
President Biden and former President Trump pummeled each other Thursday night in a highly contentious opening to their first debate, with furious exchanges about immigration, foreign policy and abortion dominating the opening minutes of their confrontation. The abundant disdain between the current president and his predecessor became evident from the opening moments, with Trump going […]
Abortion came up early in CNN’s presidential debate Thursday night, with Donald Trump repeating his head-scratching claim that “everybody” wanted to overturn Roe v. Wade. The subject arose when debate moderators Dana Bash and Jake Tapper asked the former president whether he would block access to medication abortion, something the U.S. Supreme Court just voted […]
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A private school teacher who says she was fired after driving an 18-year-old student to get an abortion is suing New Hampshire’s Department of Education and officials she says falsely suggested she circumvented state law. New Hampshire law requires parents to receive written notice at least 48 hours before an abortion […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday handed a temporary victory to the Biden administration in its second abortion battle of the current term, putting parts of Idaho’s abortion law back on hold. The justices decided that two cases dealing with the relationship between Idaho’s abortion ban and a federal law regarding emergency medical treatment for pregnant […]
The Supreme Court may have inadvertently telegraphed the outcome of a key abortion case Wednesday, in the clash between Idaho’s near-total ban and a federal law requiring emergency care. Bloomberg Law reported that it obtained a copy of the document that the court said was accidentally posted on its website and has since been removed. […]
Three Republican state senators in South Carolina who filibustered an abortion ban in the state have lost in their primary elections this month. Katrina Shealy, Sandy Senn and Penry Gustafson lost to three male candidates and were among a bipartisan group of five women state senators who filibustered a near-total abortion ban. They were nicknamed […]
Jun. 24—GRAND FORKS — Two years after Roe v. Wade was overturned, ending the constitutional right to abortion access, dozens gathered near the DeMers Avenue overpass in Grand Forks. They held signs with abortion rights messages for passing motorists, encouraging them to “Honk 4 abortion rights” and “Use your vote.” “(It’s been) two years since […]
Vice President Kamala Harris slammed former President Donald Trump on the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision that overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion. Harris pronounced Trump guilty of rolling back women’s freedoms by appointing the three top court judges who voted to strike down a woman’s right to choose. “It […]