Skip to main Content Alaska News Alaska Life Politics Opinions Sports Talk to us SIGN IN Account Info Customer Service Sign Out ☒ Please enter a valid password. Welcome back. Sign in to your account below. Thank you for supporting local news. Need an account? Sign up Local Anchorage | Anchorage 54°F Anchorage: 54°F Subscribe Obituaries E-edition Sponsored Content Real Estate/Open Houses Nation/World Author: Dan Keating, Lauren Tierney, Tim Meko, Danielle Rindler, The Washington Post Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Share on Tumblr Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share on Google Plus Print article Alabama has created the nation's strictest abortion ban, the latest attempt to prompt the Supreme Court to reconsider Roe v. Wade. Gov. Kay Ivey, R, signed the bill that makes performing virtually all abortions a … [Read more...] about The widening gap in abortion laws in the US
Texas abortion law struck down
Fetal burial trial marks a new chapter in Texas abortion debate
By Andrea Zelinski Updated 10:00 pm CDT, Sunday, July 15, 2018 Photo: ILANA PANICH-LINSMAN, STR / NYT Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Attorneys for the state of Texas will try this week to convince a judge every aborted, miscarried or ectopic pregnancy should end with a customary burial or cremation so long as the remains were recovered by an abortion clinic or hospital. Opponents argue the forced interment is another example of government officials shaming and taking choices away from women. less Attorneys for the state of Texas will try this week to convince a judge every aborted, miscarried or ectopic pregnancy should end with a customary burial or cremation so long as the remains were recovered by an ... more Photo: ILANA PANICH-LINSMAN, STR / NYT Fetal burial trial marks a new chapter in Texas abortion debate … [Read more...] about Fetal burial trial marks a new chapter in Texas abortion debate
Five years after Wendy Davis filibuster, Texas abortion providers struggle to reopen clinics
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Five years later, Marva Sadler can still hear the roar. It started at 11:58 p.m. on June 25, 2013, as abortion rights advocates who had gathered in the Texas Senate chamber celebrated the conclusion of then-state Sen. Wendy Davis’ 11-hour filibuster. As the clocked ticked closer to midnight on the final day of the special legislative session, the cheering spread from the chamber to the balconies surrounding the rotunda and down into the lower reaches of the Texas Capitol. Sadler had been inside the Capitol almost the entire day, watching Davis and her Democratic colleagues successfully run out the clock on a bill to establish some of the most onerous abortion restrictions in the country. “It was an amazing, amazing day,” said Sadler, clinical services director for the Texas abortion provider Whole Woman’s Health. “I remember walking away that night thinking, ‘Wow, we won.’” The Texas Tribune thanks its sponsors. Become … [Read more...] about Five years after Wendy Davis filibuster, Texas abortion providers struggle to reopen clinics
Judge again stops enforcement of state anti-abortion law
JUDGE KRISTINE BAKER: Again stops enforcement of Arkansas anti-abortion law. Federal Judge Kristine Baker has again temporarily stopped Arkansas from enforcing a law that ended medical abortions in Arkansas. She says Planned Parenthood of the Great Plains, which operates clinics in Little Rock and Fayetteville,has demonstrated a likelihood to succeed with its argument that an Arkansas law presents an undue burden to women's legal access to abortions in Arkansas and did little for the state. In regard to burdens, considered cumulatively, the record evidence at this stage of the litigation demonstrates that the contracted physician requirement, given plaintiffs’ inability to comply with it, significantly burdens a large faction of women in Arkansas seekin g medication abortions. She said evidence showed the requirement in the law gave little benefit to women in a safe procedure. (It is safer than childbirth and Planned Parenthood has a detailed protocol for dealing … [Read more...] about Judge again stops enforcement of state anti-abortion law
Federal judge again blocks Arkansas medication abortion law
Kelly P. Kissel, Associated Press Updated 6:52 pm, Monday, June 18, 2018 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday again blocked Arkansas from enforcing a law that critics say makes the state the first in the nation to effectively ban abortion pills. U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker granted a 14-day temporary restraining order preventing Arkansas from enforcing the restriction on how abortion pills are administered. The law says doctors who provide the pills must hold a contract with a physician with admitting privileges at a hospital who agrees to handle any complications. The U.S. Supreme Court last month rejected Planned Parenthood's appeal to reinstate Baker's earlier order blocking the law. Planned Parenthood said its two facilities and another unaffiliated clinic in Little Rock have stopped offering medication abortions because of the restriction. Even with justices saying as recently as three weeks ago that Arkansas could enforce the law, Baker … [Read more...] about Federal judge again blocks Arkansas medication abortion law