Abortion

The Food and Drug Administration approved a generic abortion pill.

Planned Parenthood officially shut down its last two clinics in Louisiana. The state now joins Wyoming, North Dakota, and Mississippi as being Planned Parenthood-free.

A University of Washington student group canceled plans to shoot Nerf guns at images of political figures after public backlash.

A federal appeals court ordered reconsideration of whether The Satanic Temple has standing to challenge Idaho’s abortion ban.

The VA proposes reinstating a full exclusion on abortion and abortion counseling from its medical benefits package.

A Catholic grad student sues Springfield College after being expelled for refusing to observe an abortion, alleging religious discrimination.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, alleging the abortion provider has been misleading women about the dangers of chemical abortions.

A New York county clerk has again rejected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to enforce a $113,000 civil judgment against a New York doctor accused of violating Texas abortion laws. The move highlights a growing legal standoff between red and blue states in the post-Roe era.

A University of Kentucky professor alleges in a forthcoming book that the American pro‑life movement overlaps with white nationalist and authoritarian populist ideologies.

The Trump administration’s signature “One Big Beautiful Bill,” signed into law last week, includes a provision pausing federal Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood for one year.