Minnesota Anti-Choice Activists File Frivolous Lawsuit Against Medicaid-Funded Abortions

A new suit on behalf of Minnesota "taxpayers," alleges the state has been misauthorizing funding for poor women seeking pregnancy terminations.

Anti-Choice Harassers Re-double Attacks On Jackson Women’s Health Organization As Hospitals Refuse Admitting Privileges

More posters, more harassment at the only public abortion clinic in Mississippi as Jackson Women's Health Organization runs out of options.

CRR Files Motion To Protect Abortion Access In Mississippi After Hospitals Refuse Licenses to Providers

Lawyers are back in federal court challenging Mississippi's law that requires all abortion providers also have hospital privileges after hospitals refuse to grant those privileges.

The Dark, Dismal Future Of Public Health Care In Texas: Health Commissioner Claims High Rates of Uninsured Are a Myth

After just four months on the job, Texas' new top public health bureaucrat has said he doesn't believe in Texas' high uninsurance numbers, blames good weather for Texans' ill health, and has hired an adviser who hates children's Medicaid. Welcome to the future of public health care in Texas.

Arizona Appeals District Court Ruling on Planned Parenthood Funding

The state of Arizona appealed a lower court's ruling that blocked recent efforts to strip Planned Parenthood of public funding.

Ohio Senate President Tom Niehaus Says No Heartbeat Bill

Ohio Heartbeat Bill Dead (Again) for 2012

Once more, the bill has been shelved, making it the third and final time in a year.

Bob Marshall Just Can’t Take No For an Answer

Not content to have his bill brushed aside, the Virginia Republican says he'll look for some chances to amend other proposals to get a vote.

Savita Had a Heartbeat, Too

What does it say about a society when it leaves a woman to die in the name of “life?” Where is the respect for women’s lives? This irony pervades the politics surrounding women’s health in my own country, the United States.

Savita’s Case Reveals Narrowness of “Catholic” Law in an Increasingly Borderless World

The plight of the Halappanavars indirectly highlights the narrowness of a “Catholic” law in an increasingly borderless world. The question now is whether the global valence of a woman’s death can inspire a national reckoning.