Abortion rates in Arizona dropped significantly in 2022, according to the first abortion report from the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) since the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. But across the country, more women are stocking up on the abortion pill mifepristone due to concerns of imminent abortion bans...
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a continued stay until Friday on enforcement of a lower court decision that reverses the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion drug mifepristone.
On Tuesday, the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine the case's plaintiff, asked the high court to leave the decision of the U.S. Court of...
This week, a federal judge ruled that an Arizona abortion restriction will stand, and anti-abortion advocates file a lawsuit that would challenge the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) authority to authorize mifepristone.
Late last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report that details the...
A Pima County judge is expected to deliver a ruling this week in a case seeking to reinstate a 158-year-old abortion ban, which was previously blocked by Roe v. Wade in 1973.
The law conflicts with a more recent law that would ban abortion after 15 weeks, including pregnancies from rape or incest, that would go into effect this...
On Monday, Planned Parenthood resumed providing abortions at a clinic in Pima County.
According to KNAU, a Planned Parenthood representative said that the clinic would be allowed to provide abortions under a court injunction that stops the Arizona near-total abortion ban from going into effect. A judge is expected to rule on the...
On Monday, the Biden administration's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a proposed rule that would prohibit discrimination in healthcare programs on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, including reproductive healthcare services. Despite this move, LGBTQ-community advocates remain concerned about...National News
The Arizona State Legislature is in full swing with two major bills looking to regulate healthcare and provider practices.
The first, House Bill 2431, was introduced by Representative Amish Shah (D-Phoenix), an emergency medical doctor who wants to ensure that patients are fully consenting when they decline to be transported to a...
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which concerns a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. A ruling that upholds the law would directly challenge Roe v. Wade, the 1974 court ruling that legalized abortion in all 50...