The Latest Breaking News from Abortion

States see record abortion questions on midterm ballots - Roll Call

The debate over abortion is playing out in ballot initiatives in Vermont, California, Michigan, Kentucky and Montana.

Roll Call · Sep 27, 2022

Records: Texas attorney general fled home to avoid subpoena

Court documents say Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ran out of his house and jumped into a truck driven by his wife, a state senator, to avoid being served a subpoena in an abortion access case

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022

The arrest of a prominent activist is rallying the Catholic antiabortion right

PHILADELPHIA — The arrest of a prominent Catholic activist on charges he assaulted a Planned Parenthood volunteer outside a Philadelphia clinic has sparked a standoff between the antiabortion movement and the federal government, and battle lines are being drawn over the wider significance of the case.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Sep 27, 2022

Anger as Ted Cruz says Chrissy Teigen is wrong for recasting her miscarriage as an abortion: ‘Prof Ted Cancun’

Entertainer and husband John Legend lost son Jack 20 weeks into pregnancy

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022

Gavin Newsom for president? He’s impressing Democratic insiders with blasts at Republicans

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s public slugfests with the governors of Texas and Florida over immigration and abortion is generating important national attention. But perhaps even more importantly — assuming he has further political aspirations — his more aggressive demeanor is endearing him to influential Democratic insiders.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 27, 2022

Abortion in Kenya and Benin: medical safety isn't enough – women and girls need to feel safe socially too

Safe abortion and post abortion care are essential health services. But until the publication of the 2022 World Health Organization (WHO) abortion care guidelines there was a narrow definition of abortion safety. In previous WHO guidelines, medical safety was the guiding principle of safe abortion. Safety, according the WHO, referred…

The Conversation · Sep 27, 2022

'Intimidating' anti-abortion protests to start outside of Scots clinics for 40 days

Texas-based organisation 40 Days For Life will begin a six-week "prayer vigil" outside clinics offering abortion services in Scotland from tomorrow.

Daily Record · Sep 27, 2022

Satanic Temple files lawsuit against Indiana’s near-total abortion ban

Association has about 1.5 million members worldwide, including 11,300 members in Indiana

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022

Jay Ambrose: Abortions are a matter of harm, not freedom

The midterms are coming and governmentally reckless Washington Democrats, once quietly woeful about their chances to maintain congressional majorities, suddenly have higher expectations as many voters seem to agree with them that it is fine to kill unborn babies. In some states, abortions are suddenly facing tough restrictions as many…

Tribune News Service · Sep 27, 2022

Texas, battling teen pregnancy, recasts sex education standards

DALLAS — J.R. Chester got pregnant the summer before her senior year of high school. A bright student with good grades, she gave birth, graduated, and was pregnant again when she arrived at college that fall.

Tribune News Service · Sep 27, 2022