So a federal judge held yesterday, acknowledging that the government may refuse to fund abortions, but concluding that the exclusion of funding to affiliates unconstitutionally violates their rights of expressive association.
A mifepristone manufacturer is unsuccessful in evading West Virginia's prohibition on abortion, even when performed by medication.
The true superpower of the lawyer is to turn all questions into questions about procedure—often, about procedure about procedure.
Sophia Rosenfeld joins Nick Gillespie to discuss how personal choice became central to modern ideas of freedom and why that shift carries political, cultural, and psychological consequences.
Strict abortion bans do not seem to be seriously stopping abortions.
Plus: The Supreme Court upholds a state ban on transgender care for minors.
Fusionism holds that virtue and liberty are mutually reinforcing, and that neither is possible in any lasting or meaningful way without the other.
Two protesters in Wales were convicted for handing out pamphlets and filming an argument with their member of Parliament.
In a Monday legal filing, lawyers for the Trump administration argue that an effort by red states to ban mail-order abortion drugs lacks standing.
A new study being used to call for mifepristone restrictions relies on vague and dubious definitions of drug-related complications.
Longtime surgeon and Cato Institute fellow Jeffrey Singer argues that government overreach in health care undermines patient autonomy.
Plus: Texas midwife arrested for violating abortion ban, JFK files, Gaza bombings, astronauts finally rescued, and more...
Rose Docherty was arrested over her sign, which read: "Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want."
Transporting "an unborn child" from Montana to another state "with the intent to obtain an abortion that is illegal" in Montana, or assisting anyone in doing so, would be illegal under House Bill 609.
Prosecutors claim the case is about coercion. So why isn’t that the charge they are bringing?
That's because it apparently covers only grants to foreign organizations operating abroad, and a 2020 Supreme Court decision generally held that the First Amendment doesn't apply in such situations.
The settlement of the civil case follows guilty pleas or convictions in related criminal cases.
These bills—in Indiana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and South Carolina—could also imperil IVF practices and threaten care for women with pregnancy complications.
A new lawsuit alleges that, after failing to treat a placental abruption, medical staff conspired to have Brittany Watts arrested for her miscarriage.
Brandy Moore, who stopped using meth midway through her pregnancy, was charged with "aggravated domestic violence" because she decided not to have an abortion.
it's intended "to conceal the abortion from the minor's parents or guardian," holds a Ninth Circuit panel. But the panel rejects a challenge to restrictions on "harboring" or "transporting" the minor under such circumstances.
Abortion battles are becoming tech policy battles.
The nominee for attorney general passes the Trump loyalty test, but he lacks relevant experience and has repeatedly demonstrated poor judgment.
Most of these weren't close calls at all.
As millions of Christians plan to sit out the election, church leaders face tough choices about how to inspire their congregations without violating the law.
How the equal time rule is helping him hijack the airwaves.
The state has been demanding that TV stations remove political ads in support of a reproductive freedom amendment on the ballot this year.
The ACLU’s wise decision to defend the NRA in NRA v. Vullo bears fruit.
British law allows local governments to enact absurdly censorious orders limiting "anti-social" behavior.
The Florida Department of Health sent a cease and desist order to a Florida news station after it aired an ad claiming that women with cancer would be unable to obtain abortions in the state.
Democrats will live to regret doing this if they have the votes to do it.
Reason talked with pro-life Americans who are uncomfortable with the post–Roe v. Wade abortion policy landscape.
Reason talked with pro-life Americans who are uncomfortable with the post–Roe v. Wade abortion policy landscape.
No, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's initial standing rulings were not faithful applications of Supreme Court precedent.
Each candidate made some good points about reproductive freedom and each told some major whoppers.
Plus: A listener asks the editors, when it is right to revolt to stop repeated miscarriages of justice?
Plus: Kamala Harris' big night, Japan ignores climate critics, Rio cops lose their minds, and more...
She rightly backs "my body, my choice" on abortion, but goes against it on many other issues.
Voters should not dismiss the former president's utter disregard for the truth as a personal quirk or standard political practice.
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