tag | abortion

 Ian Sterling
October 14, 2020 | 7:32 AM

Providers to argue Pa. ban on using Medicaid funds for abortions is illegal

Eight abortion providers across Pennsylvania are suing the state’s Department of Human Services for prohibiting the use of Medicaid funds for abortions.
By Nina Feldman/WHYY
 Jeff Roberson
September 20, 2020 | 9:44 AM

Ginsburg’s death a ‘pivot point’ for abortion rights, advocates say

Without Ginsburg’s reliable liberal vote there are fears about the future of Roe v. Wade 

By NPR
 Kate Landis
September 17, 2020 | 7:42 AM

The complicated importance of abortion to Trump voters

If he is re-elected, he almost certainly will have a chance to name at least one conservative justice to the U.S. Supreme Court, possibly overturning the decision that legalized abortion in the U.S.
By Danielle Kurtzleben/NPR

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 J. Scott Applewhite
July 2, 2020 | 11:40 AM

Supreme Court won’t hear Harrisburg and Chicago abortion clinic ‘buffer zone’ cases

In 2012, city counsel in Harrisburg made it illegal to “congregate, patrol, picket or demonstrate” in a zone 20 feet from a health care facility.

By Jessica Gresko/The Associated Press
 Susan Walsh
June 29, 2020 | 11:40 AM

Supreme Court hands abortion-rights advocates a victory in Louisiana case

Abortion opponents had high hopes that the new conservative majority would reverse course.

By Nina Totenberg and Brian Naylor/NPR
 Rick Bowmer
April 17, 2020 | 6:40 PM

After Texas abortion ban, clinics in other southwest states see influx of patients

By Sarah McCammon/NPR
 Rick Bowmer
April 7, 2020 | 6:12 PM

Federal appeals court panel reaffirms Texas abortion ban under coronavirus limits

By Sarah McCammon/NPR
 Anna Moneymaker
January 21, 2020 | 9:53 AM

Roe v. Wade: Settled law or bad precedent? States prep for an overturn

Jan. 22 marks the 47th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. People on both sides of the abortion debate say this could be the year when everything changes.

By Julie Rovner/Kaiser Health News
 Jeff Roberson
January 8, 2020 | 5:46 AM

Pa. sees a small uptick in the number of abortions, but still markedly lower rates than previous peak counts

The majority of abortions - 88 percent - were performed to unmarried women.
By Ivey DeJesus/PennLive
 Matt Rourke
December 31, 2019 | 3:56 PM

How Gov. Tom Wolf used his veto power in 2019

By Ed Mahon
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