A federal judge in Louisiana has ruled that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission cannot require employers to provide accommodations to employees who get abortions, striking down a rule adopted during the administration of Democratic former President Joe Biden.

The lawsuit said the laws create restrictions that do not pass muster after voters created a right to an abortion in the Arizona Constitution.

Reproductive rights advocates are suing Arizona to unravel several laws regulating abortion access in the state.

Catholic hospitals run 20% of California's maternity wards. Their policies generally prohibit abortion, even in miscarriage, as long as a heartbeat can be detected.

Yet even as the number of clinics has dropped nationally, about 80% of clinician-provided abortions are still done by brick-and-mortar clinics, according to the most recent #WeCount report, which looked at 2024 data from April to June.

Several states with near-total abortion bans have introduced legislation seeking to make their medical exceptions clearer.

The National Abortion Federation says that 65% of providers in Colorado reported trespassing at clinics in 2023 and 2024 — one of the highest percentages in the nation.

Medical care for brain-dead pregnant woman have been taken out of the hands of her family due to law, activists argue.

A Wisconsin appeals court judge who was an outspoken supporter of abortion rights in the state Legislature is running for the Wisconsin Supreme Court.