Browsing: Roe v. Wade

For the second year in a row, fewer medical students are applying to residency programs in states with near-total abortion bans. A new data snapshot from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), released Thursday, shows that students in their senior year in a doctorate of medicine program have applied to fewer residency programs.

Missouri Governor Mike Parson (R) signed a law Thursday that removes Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood in the state. The law, which is anticipated to take effect later this year, prohibits any public funds from being sent to any abortion facility or “any affiliate or associate of such abortion facility.” Missouri…

Alliance Defending Freedom has established troubling connections with public officials.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, a Republican, echoed former President Trump's stance on abortion laws during an appearance on CNN.”

Doug Ducey, the ex-governor of Arizona who enacted a 15-week abortion restriction, expressed that the state's Supreme Court's decision to ban almost all abortions was not his preferred outcome. “I endorsed the 15-week law as Governor because it is considerate conservative policy and a way to address this very delicate issue that…

“I’m running to make Roe v. Wade the law of the land again. So women have a federal guarantee to the right to choose. Donald Trump doesn’t trust women. I do,” Biden says in his short ad, following a clip of Trump saying he is “proud” to have ended the nearly 50-year-old law.

President Biden chastised what he called an “extreme” Florida Supreme Court ruling upholding the state’s 15-week abortion ban and triggering an even more restrictive policy. “Yesterday’s extreme decision puts desperately needed medical care even further out of reach for millions of women in Florida and across the South,” Biden said Tuesday in a statement. “The…

On Thursday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that may reinstate restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, the first time abortion rights returned to the justices since the court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. During the arguments, conservative justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito repeatedly invoked the Comstock Act. What is the…

Former President Trump suggested Tuesday he’s considering support for a ban on abortions at 15 weeks, laying down a potential marker on an issue that has galvanized Democrats following the end of Roe v. Wade. “We’re going to come up with a time — and maybe we could bring the country together on that issue,”…

Abortion procedures rose in the U.S. last year, even with state abortion bans passed following the Supreme Court’s overruling of Roe v. Wade, according to a new study. An estimated 1, 026,690 abortions were reported in the formal health care system in 2023, according to research from the Guttmacher Institute published Tuesday. It’s the highest…