Polls find that less than a third of Americans are in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court is poised to revisit the issue of abortion, and new polling data indicates that most Americans want it to remain legal.
Abortion
Some Texans going to California for procedures amid battle over new abortion law
As the Department of Justice battles the new abortion law in Texas, some women are traveling out of state for procedures.
Justice Dept. sues Texas over state’s new abortion law
By Michael Balsamo and Paul Weber
The Justice Department on Thursday sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution.” The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Texas, asks a federal judge to declare that the law is invalid, “to enjoin its enforcement, and to protect the rights that Texas has violated.”
South Carolina abortion law challenge backed by 20 states
By Meg Kinnard
Twenty Democratic attorneys general have voiced their support for a lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s new abortion law, arguing that the restrictive measure could harm their states by taxing resources if women cross borders to seek care.
Texas 6-weeks abortion ban takes effect, with high court mum
By Jessica Gresko, Paul J. Weber and Mark Sherman
A Texas law banning most abortions in the state took effect Wednesday, with the Supreme Court silent on an emergency appeal to put the law on hold. The Texas law, signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in May, prohibits abortions once medical professionals can detect cardiac activity, usually around six weeks and before most women know they’re pregnant.
Governor McMaster leading group filing a brief asking the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade
Governor McMaster announced that he is leading a coalition of 11 other governors urging the Supreme Court to overturn their previous decisions in multiple landmark cases regarding abortion.
20 states support South Carolina in abortion lawsuit
By Meg Kinnard
Twenty states are supporting South Carolina’s defense of a new abortion law, arguing in an amicus brief that a federal judge was wrong to pause the entire measure instead of just the provision facing a court challenge.
Supreme Court throws abortion fight into center of midterms
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a potentially ground-breaking abortion case, probably this fall, and the news is energizing activists on both sides of the contentious issue.
Abortion once again a hot topic at Statehouse budget debate
Budget debate continued Tuesday at the Statehouse, and abortion was a hot button issue once again.
South Carolina judge: Abortions to continue during lawsuit
A judge wrote Friday that a lawsuit challenging a new South Carolina ban on most abortions is “likely to succeed.” The judge overseeing a legal challenge to the suit also ordered that abortions may continue for the duration of the lawsuit.
