Supreme Court moves to temporarily extend access to abortion pill

The justices are still considering whether to allow restrictions on mifepristone to take effect while a legal challenge to the medication’s FDA approval continues. In an order signed by Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday, the court indicated it will act by Friday night.

Abortion opponents urge Supreme Court to allow limits on abortion drug

Supreme Court justices are considering a request from the Biden administration and a New York-based drug company that manufactures the abortion drug mifepristone to delay lower-court rulings restricting its use.

Supreme Court's abortion pill order spares safe havens for now

A U.S. Supreme Court order that keeps access to an abortion drug in place for now could be especially welcome in some safe haven states that would have been hit hard by restrictions.

Supreme Court temporarily keeps FDA abortion pill rules in place

The Supreme Court has temporarily kept in place federal rules for use of an abortion drug, while it more fully considers the issues raised in a court challenge.

Court preserves access to abortion drug, tightens rules

A federal appeals court has preserved access to an abortion drug for now but under tighter rules that would allow the drug only to be dispensed up to seven weeks, not 10, and not by mail.

Abortion clinics reassure worried patients and set backup plans

Abortion providers say they are trying to assure patients that nothing has changed, at least for the moment. And even if the ruling by a U.S. District Court judge in Texas stands, doctors are devising backup plans.

Austin couple travels out of Texas to get 'medically-necessary' abortion

An Austin woman and her husband is sharing their story and warning that Texas' abortion law is having devastating consequences for families like theirs.

Supreme Court likely to have final say over abortion pill mifepristone, expert says

For now, the drug that the Food and Drug Administration approved in 2000 remains at least immediately available in wake of the separate rulings by judges in Texas and Washington state.

Judge halts FDA approval of abortion pill mifepristone

Judge halts FDA approval of abortion pill mifepristone but delays order to give time to feds to appeal.

Idaho bill to criminalize helping minors get abortions without parental consent passes

A bill that seeks to criminalize helping minors get an abortion without parental consent has won final passage in Idaho's legislature and is bound for the governor’s desk. The measure would be the first of its kind in the U.S.

Idaho law could criminalize helping minors get abortions

Idaho lawmakers are considering making it a crime for an adult to help a minor obtain an abortion without parental consent. The law would be the first of its kind in the U.S. Abortions are already banned at all stages of pregnancy in Idaho.

Oklahoma court greenlights abortion to save mother's life

The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a portion of the state’s ban on abortion, ruling women have a right to an abortion not just in a medical emergency.

Wyoming governor signs bill banning abortion pills

Medication abortions became the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

North Dakota abortion ban injunction upheld by state Supreme Court

The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a state abortion ban will remain blocked while a lawsuit over its constitutionality proceeds.

California bill to protect doctors who mail abortion pills

Sen. Nancy Skinner's bill would not let California extradite doctors who are facing charges in another state for providing abortion medication