New York clerk refuses to enforce Texas effort to punish abortion provider Texas suit alleging Dr Margaret Carpenter mailed abortion pills to Lone Star state will likely go to US supreme court The Guardian - US · Mar 27, 2025
NY county clerk refuses to file Texas' fine for doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills A county clerk in New York has refused to file a more than $100,000 judgment from Texas against a New York doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025
Fully in power, GOP targets Planned Parenthood - Roll Call Congress eyes cuts to Planned Parenthood as Supreme Court prepares for arguments in case on that organization and Medicaid. Roll Call · Mar 27, 2025
Anti-abortion groups mount effort to strip Planned Parenthood funding ahead of Supreme Court hearing Major anti-abortion groups are gathering in the nation's capital to begin a lobbying effort with Congress and President Donald Trump’s administration aimed at eliminating funding for Planned Parenthood The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025
A bill proposing a near-total abortion ban causes an uproar at Georgia's Capitol Protestors for and against abortion packed a hallway of Georgia's Capitol before a hearing on a bill that would ban all abortions The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2025
Republican Abortion Laws Are ‘Torturing Women.’ Can the GOP Fix Its Own Crisis? Too late for many pregnant Texans, lawmakers might finally clarify exceptions to the state’s deadly bans—but advocates fear the current bills could also pose a new threat. Texas Observer · Mar 26, 2025
Trump’s FDA appointment raises fears for future of abortion pill The new FDA commissioner has declined to give his stance on mifepristone The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2025
"After Dobbs": Why abortion rates are up "They will never stop abortion": "After Dobbs" chronicles "the extraordinary efforts" to help women get healthcare Salon · Mar 25, 2025
Sierra Leone debates decriminalizing abortion as women and girls endanger their lives Sierra Leone could become the second country in West Africa to decriminalize abortion The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2025
‘A kitchen film with no food porn’: how Alonso Ruizpalacios sold Rooney Mara on his abortion drama The Mexican director Alonso Ruizpalacios on making movies under the Trump-Vance administration, why Oscars don’t matter and his time as a khaki-shorted waiter at the Rainforest Cafe The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2025
Police decline to intervene as anti-abortion protesters flout buffer zone law POLICE did not respond after being called to a fringe group of anti-abortion protesters who were breaching Scotland’s buffer zone regulations ... The National (Scotland) · Mar 23, 2025
Arrested at gunpoint, charged as a felon: a midwife’s lot in anti-abortion Texas The state with the most radical abortion law is seeking to make an example of Maria Margarita Rojas The Guardian - US · Mar 22, 2025
A tale of two conferences: women against women as ‘poison of patriarchy’ returns and abortion fight intensifies Last week, anti-choice campaigners emboldened by current US politics met in New York at the same time as UN delegates gathered to address the widespread inequalities women face. The battle to protect rights has never felt more urgent The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2025
How Texas Republicans plan to keep cracking down on abortion A flurry of bills aims to restrict the flow of abortion pills into the state and abortion seekers traveling out of the state. The Texas Tribune · Mar 21, 2025
The National (Scotland) · Mar 20, 2025 'Childish' anti-abortion protesters to hold demonstration right outside clinic An anti-abortion protest is to set to be held right outside a clinic in Edinburgh at the weekend, with organisers claiming it will have “no…
Texas Observer · Mar 19, 2025 Texas’ First Abortion Arrests Stem from Monthlong Attorney General Investigation These represent the first criminal charges under Texas’ near-total abortion ban.
The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2025 31 states are failing to provide vital reproductive and sexual health services to women in the US, damning report says ‘The threat posed by the new administration is a menacing storm looming on the horizon’, director of rePROs Fight Back Jennie Wetter said
The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2025 Texas medical assistant arrested in connection to clinics accused of providing illegal abortions A second person has been arrested in connection to a Texas midwife who is accused of providing illegal abortions at three clinics around the Houston area
Latin Times · Mar 18, 2025 Texas Files First Abortion-Related Criminal Charges Against Houston Midwife 'Dr. Maria' The defendants served a primarily Spanish-speaking, low-income community and face up to 20 years in prison if found guilty.
The Guardian - US · Mar 17, 2025 Texas midwife arrested for allegedly providing abortions amid state’s near-total ban Maria Margarita Rojas charged with illegal performance of procedure, considered a second-degree felony in the state
The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2025 Texas midwife accused by state's attorney general of providing illegal abortions Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that a Houston-area midwife has been arrested and accused of providing illegal abortions, marking the first time authorities have filed criminal charges under the state’s near-total abortion ban
The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2025 Midwife is arrested for performing abortions in Texas, AG announces Maria Margarita Rojas, 48, was charged with the illegal performance of an abortion, a second-degree felony in Texas
The Texas Tribune · Mar 17, 2025 Texas’ first abortion arrests stem from monthlong attorney general investigation These represent the first criminal charges under Texas’ near-total abortion ban.
The Conversation · Mar 17, 2025 Colorado and other states have expanded access to abortion, but not for adolescents Since 2022, Colorado and 10 other states have passed voter initiatives to protect or expand abortion access. Yet, seven of these states, including Colorado, require people under the age of 18 to get consent from or notify a parent prior to receiving abortion services.
The Texas Tribune · Mar 14, 2025 Texas Republicans seek to clarify when doctors can intervene under abortion bans A Senate bill filed Friday does not expand abortion access, but aims to give doctors clarity while operating under laws that come with up to life in prison.