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A court clerk in Ulster County, New York, refused to docket an order for summary judgment against local resident Dr. Margaret Carpter on Monday. The order imposed a $100,000 sanction against Carpenter, a New York physician, for providing the abortion medication mifepristone to a resident of Collin County, Texas. The refusal by acting Ulster County clerk [...]

Planned Parenthood on Monday sued over a provision in Congress’ recently passed spending bill that denies Medicaid reimbursement funding to the organization and its affiliates for one year, potentially limiting services for millions. The organization warned of steep consequences if the provision is enforced, claiming: he Defund Provision will devastate Planned Parenthood Members, their patients, [...]

The Supreme Court of Wisconsin ruled Wednesday that a 1849 statute that banned nearly all abortions is unenforceable. The majority held that the state legislature “impliedly repealed” the statute through its comprehensive abortion care legislation over the past 50 years. Justice Rebecca Frank Dallet wrote that the court agreed with plaintiff Attorney General Josh Kaul’s [...]

UK members of parliament (MPs) will vote on decriminalizing abortion on June 17, after an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill was tabled by Labour MPs. The bill would remove the threat of prosecution for women who seek an abortion without medical approval. Under current laws, abortion is a criminal offense in England and [...]

Two state lawmakers were shot Saturday morning in their homes in Minnesota, one fatally. Representative Melissa Hortman, Senator John Hoffman, and their spouses are said to be the victims of politically motivated violence. Hortman, former speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, and her husband Mark were killed in the attack on their home. Images [...]

Saint Petersburg legislators approved a municipal bill Wednesday to introduce fines for “encouragement of abortions,” to purportedly help create a “safe … family and motherhood informational environment” in the region. The bill would establish an increasing fine scale for citizens, public persons, and people in legal professions for encouraging abortions. When asked why the male [...]

The attorneys general of New York, California, Massachusetts and New Jersey on Thursday asked the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to remove some of the restrictions on access to mifepristone, the so-called “abortion pill.” The four states have requested that the FDA remove mifepristone from the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) program, “including [...]

The first day of June marks the centennial of Pierce v. Society of Sisters, a landmark civil liberties decision in which the US Supreme Court struck down an amendment to the Oregon constitution mandating compulsory public education for all children between the ages of 8 and 16 who had not yet completed the eighth grade. [...]

Michigan Judge Sima Patel struck down three of Michigan’s abortion restrictions, including its 24-hour waiting period, on Tuesday. The court ruled that the restrictions served to “deny, burden, or infringe” upon the reproductive freedom of individuals seeking abortion care. Moreover, the three restrictions were found to neither serve a state interest nor protect patient health. [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday called on Moroccan officials to stop their efforts to suppress independent journalism in the disputed region of Western Sahara after the deportation of Italian freelance journalists. CPJ regional director Sara Qudah said that the recent deportation exemplifies Morocco’s “repressive media blockade” in Western Sahara, emphasizing that “uthorities [...]