"It's a tragedy. She is desperate as she nears her 25th week of pregnancy," said lawyer Angelica Rivas
Katie Mcdonough Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:54 PM UTC
Life el salvador, Abortion
The panel called the abortion law unconstitutional "under a long line of invariant Supreme Court precedents"
Katie Mcdonough Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:09 PM UTC
Social Abortion, Reproductive Rights
Virginia Sen. Mark Obenshain wanted to send women to jail who failed to report their miscarriages to the police
Katie Mcdonough Monday, May 20, 2013 3:24 PM UTC
Life Reproductive Rights, Virginia
Rep. Kevin Cramer cited "abortion on demand" as the reason "our culture sees school shootings so often"
Katie Mcdonough Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:28 PM UTC
Life Guns, Gun Violence, North Dakota
A roundup of protests that show how, sometimes, a little razzle dazzle can deliver a big message VIDEO
Katie Mcdonough Wednesday, May 15, 2013 8:48 PM UTC
Life Video, Mad Men, Protest
A critically ill woman testified before the Supreme Court Wednesday, asking the justices for an urgent abortion
Katie Mcdonough Wednesday, May 15, 2013 6:17 PM UTC
Life Abortion, el salvador
Advocates have filed the first of several lawsuits expected against North Dakota's restrictive abortion laws
Katie Mcdonough Wednesday, May 15, 2013 4:55 PM UTC
Life Abortion, abortion care
Secular and Catholic hospital mergers may jeopardize access to abortion and other procedures barred by the church
Katie Mcdonough Monday, May 13, 2013 8:07 PM UTC
Life Catholicism
Ginsburg said the landmark ruling gave "opponents of access to abortion a target to aim at relentlessly"
Katie Mcdonough Sunday, May 12, 2013 6:06 PM UTC
Life Abortion, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Judge Edward Korman called the administration's appeal "frivolous" and "politically motivated"
Katie Mcdonough Friday, May 10, 2013 6:11 PM UTC
Life Plan B, Reproductive Rights
"You're disadvantaging young people, African-Americans, the poor... that's the policy of the Obama administration?"
Irin Carmon Tuesday, May 7, 2013 7:59 PM UTC
News Reproductive Rights
Obama said the FDA's decision was based on “solid scientific evidence”
Katie Mcdonough Friday, May 3, 2013 12:43 PM UTC
Life emergency contraception
The controversial appeal reaffirms the administration's previous position on the morning-after pill
Katie Mcdonough Thursday, May 2, 2013 12:49 PM UTC
Life Reproductive Rights
Experts say the 12-week abortion ban "has no chance of surviving a careful constitutional challenge"
Katie Mcdonough Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 8:52 PM UTC
Life Arkansas, Abortion
The state finance committee is very concerned about heavy petting
Katie Mcdonough Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 3:38 PM UTC
Life Sex Education
Four years after the murder of a prominent abortion provider, his clinic is once again open for business
Kathryn Joyce, Religion Dispatches Friday, Apr 12, 2013 2:49 PM UTC
Social Religion Dispatches, Abortion
Jon Stewart takes on the "red state trifecta" and its anti-abortion laws VIDEO
Prachi Gupta Wednesday, Apr 10, 2013 1:15 PM UTC
Life Video, Abortion, Kansas, Welfare
A federal judge ordered the FDA to allow over-the-counter sale of emergency contraception to women of all ages
Katie Mcdonough Friday, Apr 5, 2013 1:05 PM UTC
Life emergency contraception
With Arkansas and North Dakota on a race to the bottom with draconian abortion laws, Washington stands up for women
Katie Mcdonough Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 4:28 PM UTC
Life Abortion, Reproductive Rights
Reproductive rights advocates contend both laws violate Roe v. Wade, and expect them to be struck down in court
Katie Mcdonough Monday, Apr 1, 2013 2:02 PM UTC
Life Abortion, Roe v. Wade