Tag: abortion

Appeals Court Reinstates Abortion Ban in Kentucky

The Kentucky Court of Appeals has reinstated a “trigger” abortion ban in the state, allowing the restriction to be in force amid ongoing litigation. The ruling by Judge Larry E. Thompson (pdf) was in favor of Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who had asked the court on July 29 for an emergency stay after a lower court’s…


Louisana Abortion Ban Back in Effect for Third Time Since Supreme Court Ruling

Louisiana’s abortion ban, a trigger law, is back in effect for a third time since the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. The trigger abortion ban law was passed in 2006, intended to come into effect in the event that Roe v. Wade is overturned. The law was updated…


As Buffalo Center Reopens, Congresswoman Moves to Protect Pro-Life Groups

As a torched pregnancy center reopened near Buffalo, New York, on Monday, leaders vowed to continue their work and criticized authorities for a slow-walking investigation and even appearing to condone the attack. Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) told the crowd she had introduced the Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act to increase prison terms and fines for…


MP Seeks to Ban Religious Public Hospitals From Refusing to Provide Abortions and Voluntary Assisted Dying

Religious-affiliated Australian public hospitals in the state of Victoria would be banned from directing staff not to perform abortions on conscientious grounds under a new legislative push. Reason Party leader and crossbench MP Fiona Patten will announce the Health Legislation Amendment (Conscientious Objection) Bill on Monday as state parliament resumes sitting after the winter break….


Biden Admin Says Insurers Must Still Cover Birth Control After Supreme Court Abortion Ruling

The Biden administration on Thursday warned businesses and health insurance providers that limiting coverage of contraceptives, after a Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, would violate federal law. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidance clarifying that the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known as Obamacare, requires insurance plans to…


16-Year-Old Got an Abortion in 1972, 1 Year Before Roe v. Wade—Calls Overturning 50 Years Later ‘A Gift’ From God

She was only 16, pregnant, and scared. It was 1972. That teen was Christie Ballor. Now 67, Ballor still lives in Alliance, Ohio, where she was born. She recalled her road to recovery from having an abortion at a young age—and now witnessing Roe’s historic overturning a full 50 years later. Her parents didn’t know better….


16-Year-Old Got an Abortion in 1972, 1 Year Before Roe v. Wade—Calls Roe’s End 50 Years Later ‘A Gift’ From God

She was only 16, pregnant, and scared. It was 1972. That teen was Christie Ballor. Now 67, Ballor still lives in Alliance, Ohio, where she was born. She recalled her road to recovery from having an abortion at a young age—and now witnessing Roe’s historic overturning a full 50 years later. Her parents didn’t know better….


Kansas Aug. 2 ‘Value Them Both’ Vote First of at Least 6 Abortion Measures on 2022 Ballots

The Kansas ‘Value Them Both’ amendment goes before Sunflower State voters as a special election on their Aug. 2 primary ballots. The ballot measure asks voters to remove access to abortion as a right guaranteed under the Kansas Constitution in a 2019 state Supreme Court ruling. It is the nation’s first public referendum on abortion…


Kansas Abortion Amendment Spurs Registrations, Projections of Record Aug. 2 Primary Tally

There’s a pitch battle, one of words and wording, being waged across the rolling woods and river-creased plains of Kansas, with both sides accusing the other of spinning lies to fearmonger for votes in a special election being intensely watched nationwide. The proposed ‘Value Them Both’ constitutional amendment states it would “reserve to the people…


Clock Is Ticking on Texas Trigger Law

With few exceptions, Texas will outlaw abortions on Aug. 25 when the state’s trigger law goes into effect. The U.S. Supreme Court issued its official judgement July 26 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case that overturned Roe v. Wade. The judgment clears the way for Texas’ “trigger law,” which bans almost all…