State law requires minors to obtain parental approval before receiving contraception. But some federal clinics were exempt from that requirement — until now.
Over the years, critics say, these laws have become another tool to criminalize Black people, LGBTQ+ people and sex workers.
While treatment is set to resume, doctors say the Alabama Supreme Court's decision may have opened a sort of Pandora’s box on the future legal landscape for IVF in the state.
IVF services in the state have been paused since a Feb. 16 Alabama Supreme Court decision that declared frozen embryos children.
After months of a spending battle that imperiled the strength of the program, Congress is expected to vote on a plan to fully fund the program.
A federal judge has blocked Texas state employees from the protections of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
Wisconsin doctors say the state could help save lives by extending postpartum Medicaid coverage to a full year, as many states offer.
Mifepristone will be available at stores in seven states. Eventually, both pharmacies will make it available in all states where abortion is legal.
The implications of the state Supreme Court ruling outside of Alabama remain uncertain, but legal researchers have their eye on a handful of states that could see similar changes.
Academia can be an unfriendly place for Black women. In the wake of Antoinette Candia-Bailey’s death by suicide, alumni and students at Lincoln University are pushing for justice and accountability.