planned parenthood

Arkansas

Missouri looks to mirror Arkansas law that forced Planned Parenthood to turn away patients • Missouri Independent

When Morgan Johnson walked into her annual well woman’s exam at the Little Rock Planned Parenthood in 2018, the Arkansas clinic had just gotten a call from the governor’s office. A new state law that had been working its way through the courts had just gone into effect — Planned Parenthood could no longer receive […]

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Alaska

Judge pauses Indiana’s week-old abortion ban for further scrutiny | Politics | #alaska | #politics

The Indiana General Assembly’s summer session that resulted in a near-total abortion ban drew days of protests around the state capitol. By Kyra Howard, TheStatehouseFile.com. INDIANAPOLIS—On Thursday, Owen County Circuit Court Judge Kelsey Hanlon granted a preliminary injunction blocking Indiana’s new abortion ban, a decision Attorney General Todd Rokita said he will appeal.  The request […]

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Alaska

Idaho Supreme Court won’t block strict abortion bans | #alaska | #politics

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s strict abortion bans will be allowed to take effect while legal challenges over the laws play out in court, the Idaho Supreme Court ruled Friday. The ruling means potential relatives of an embryo or fetus can now sue abortion providers over procedures done after six weeks of gestation — before […]

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Mayor

Illinois abortion: Mayor Lightfoot, Planned Parenthood to give update on reproductive rights

ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team via CHICAGO (WLS) — Mayor Lori Lightfoot will join Planned Parenthood of Illinois to give an update on reproductive rights Thursday. Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady will also be at the news conference at City Hall. Indiana abortion bill banning nearly all instances of procedure advances, despite […]

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Alaska

Supreme Court leak shakes trust in one more American pillar | #alaska | #politics

WASHINGTON (AP) — Is there a new American motto: In nothing we trust? By lots of measures, most in the U.S. lack much confidence in large institutions and have for years. Congress? Two big thumbs down. The presidency? Ehh. Americans are also distrustful of big business, unions, public schools and organized religion. Indeed, they hold […]

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