All four women on the US Supreme Court pushed back on Idaho’s strict abortion ban during oral arguments Wednesday on whether the law conflicts with a federal emergency care law. That included conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who accused the state’s attorney Joshua Turner of “hedging” when he said that decisions about whether a woman’s …
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a pregnant woman whose health is at risk from undergoing an emergency abortion, even after her doctors determined the unborn baby has no chance to live, CBS News reports. In their ruling, justices on the state’s highest court paused a lower judge’s decision that would have permitted the …
A Texas man has filed suit against three women — friends of his ex-wife — who he says helped her get abortion medication. In the wrongful death lawsuit filed on Thursday, Marcus Silva says helping a woman get an abortion is no different from aiding a murder, and he’s asked for $1 million in damages, …
A teenage Nebraska girl’s “friend” turned her in to police when she saw the girl take an abortion pill, according to a criminal affidavit that also says Facebook handed over to police chats between the girl and her mother. The case predates the US Supreme Court’s overturning of the nearly 50-year-old Roe v. Wade decision …
A Texas district attorney is dropping murder charges filed against a woman for an alleged “self-induced abortion.” Lizelle Herrera, 26, was charged on Thursday by the Starr County Sheriff’s Department and released Saturday on a $500,000 bond, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Law enforcement officials didn’t say what law allowed them to charge Herrera, and legal …
Update 7:30 p.m: Lizelle Herrera was released from jail on Saturday after a local bondsman posted her $500,000 bond, the Starr County Sheriff’s Office said. She is due in court on Wednesday for arraignment, MyRGV.com reported. Original story: A 26-year-old Texas woman has been charged with murder for allegedly causing “the death of an individual …
Georgia’s Supreme Court ruled Monday that a biological father forfeited his parental rights when he offered to pay for an abortion and showed no interest in his son until he learned the boy would be put up for adoption. The 6-3 ruling allows Lance and Ashley Hall, who have had custody of the now 3-year-old …
Thousands of fetal remains which were reportedly found shortly after an Illinois abortion doctor’s death in September were buried Wednesday at an Indiana cemetery. The 2,411 fetal remains were buried in South Bend. Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill joined 100 people for Wednesday’s ceremony, according to the South Bend Tribune. Dr. Ulrich Klopfer’s relatives reportedly …
A California man is accused of breaking into his pregnant ex-girlfriend’s home last Tuesday before holding her at gunpoint and forcing her to take pills to induce a miscarriage. Citing court documents, KGET reported that the victim said Jagmeet Sandhu, 23, made her take 11 pills which she believes were intended to kill her unborn …
A 15-year-old Indonesian girl who was raped by her 17-year-old brother was recently sentenced to six months behind bars for getting an abortion. According to Sky News, police arrested the siblings in June after a headless fetus was discovered at a palm oil plantation near Pulau village. Officials said the girl was six months pregnant when …
A West Virginia man was sentenced to five years of probation and 50 years of supervision after being convicted of impregnating his 11-year-old daughter and forcing her to get abortions. Michael Adkins was arrested in March 2014 after he and his wife arranged for two abortions for his 11-year-old daughter within 15 days, WSAZ reports. …
By ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked Arkansas from enforcing four new abortion restrictions, including a ban on a common second trimester procedure and a fetal remains law that opponents say would effectively require a partner’s consent before a woman could get an abortion. U.S. District Court …
