New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Heartbeat International, an anti-abortion group, and 11 crisis pregnancy centers May 6, accusing them of misleading and potentially causing harm to women by claiming that they can provide a treatment that reverses the effect of
Washington Roundup: Congress races on shutdown; CRS backs USAID reform; SCOTUS readies abortion case
The House passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill March 22 to fund the federal government through September, leaving the Senate with just hours to follow suit to avert a partial government shutdown. The move angered some House Republicans, who indicated they may
The U.S. Catholic bishops agree that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s current protocol with the abortion pill not only makes informed consent about the risks impossible but also endangers women, according to a newly-filed Supreme Court brief. Together with nearly a
DEERFIELD, Ill. (OSV News) -- Two major U.S. pharmacy chains have announced they will begin dispensing the drug mifepristone, which has been prescribed for both abortion and early miscarriage, within the coming days. Representatives of Walgreens and CVS announced the move March
When the much-anticipated Britney Spears autobiography, “The Woman in Me,” was released in October 2023, it was the story of her abortion that took the internet by storm. At the time of Spears’ abortion in 2000, the Food and Drug Administration had
The U.S. Supreme Court said Dec. 13 it would take up a case concerning the abortion pill, the first major case involving abortion on its docket since the high court overturned its previous abortion precedent last year.
A national pro-life group is challenging a recent Washington Post story for claiming that abortion drugs can be mailed legally to women in pro-life states that restrict abortion. “Mailing abortion pills into pro-life states is not legal, no matter how the Democrats
(OSV News) — More than 20 years ago, Toni McFadden took the abortion pill to end her pregnancy. She was a high school senior, the “good girl” in her family, and she did not want anyone to find out. She was about
A majority of Americans say the abortion drug mifepristone should remain on the market in the U.S., according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll, as the drug remains at the center of an ongoing legal battle.
The poll found that 66% of U.S.
Over the last several weeks, various courts in the U.S. judicial system — including the Supreme Court — have issued rulings on the legality of the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion drug mifepristone. Even for legal scholars, the decisions