5th Circuit Blocks Nationwide Mailing of Abortion Pill Mifepristone

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked the mailing of prescriptions for the abortion drug mifepristone nationwide, requiring that the medication be dispensed in person at clinics and reversing Food and Drug Administration rules that had expanded access through telehealth and pharmacies. 🚨 ARTICLE UPDATE: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, […]

AZ Supreme Court rules 160-year-old law criminalizing abortion still stands

ARIZONA—The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, April 9, in a 4-2 vote, that a state law written in 1862, nearly completely prohibiting abortion statewide, is still enforceable. The 162-year-old state law makes abortion a felony, punishable from anywhere between two to five years in prison, for anyone who performs one, or helps a woman obtain […]