Sam Brownback, a staunchly anti-choice governor, said in January that he would cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. That came months after the release of deceptively edited, surreptitiously recorded videos smearing Planned Parenthood officials.
The Supreme Court is set to hear the second direct challenge to the Affordable Care Act's birth control benefit Wednesday. Here's what to look out for during oral arguments.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in the second direct challenge to the birth control benefit in the Affordable Care Act. It's a fight that's been years in the making.
Robert Lewis Dear Jr. told a Colorado Springs TV station Wednesday that a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation states that he is not able to understand court proceedings.
The Center for Reproductive Rights, in a March 4 letter sent to St. Anthony Summit Medical Center on behalf of the patient, Jennifer Versailles, stated that the Catholic hospital's denial of the tubal ligation procedure violates state and federal laws mandating pregnancy related care.
The decision to leave the race came as Donald Trump defeated Rubio in a winner-take-all battle for Rubio's home state of Florida’s 99 Republican delegates.
Anti-choice activists testified at a U.S. Senate hearing on Tuesday that a fetus feels pain at 20 weeks' gestation, although an exhaustive scientific review says that's simply not the case.
Local governments and public officials should look to the reproductive rights and HIV and AIDS movements for insights into the ways in which they can more effectively center the needs of those most marginalized while fighting the Zika virus outbreak.