abortion

A federal lawsuit filed Friday asks a judge to block an Alabama law that outlaws almost all abortions, the most far-reaching attempt by a conservative state to seek new restrictions on the procedure.

State governments are on a course to virtually eliminate abortion access in large chunks of the Deep South and Midwest. Ohio and Kentucky also have passed heartbeat laws; Missouri's Republican-controlled legislature is considering one.

A doctor who performed a badly botched abortion that caused a patient to bleed to death was characterized by prosecutors on Tuesday as careless, greedy and someone who operated far outside the medical norm.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal court in Washington has told the Trump administration that the government can't interfere with the ability of pregnant immigrant teens being held in federal custody to obtain abortions.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In some ways, the March for Life in Washington was the same as it is every year.

NEW YORK (AP) — Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide, could be in jeopardy under Donald Trump's presidency.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Republican Gov. Mary Fallin has vetoed legislation that would have effectively outlawed abortion in the state by making it a felony for doctors to perform the procedure.

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Thursday, March 31, 2016

HOUSTON (AP) — Opponents of abortion have held a prayer rally outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Houston as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs the constitutionality of a Texas law regulating abortion clinics.