A federal appeals court panel heard an appeal from Sean Curran, a quadriplegic, and disability rights groups challenging Delaware's End of Life Options Act, arguing it discriminates against disabled people by requiring doctors to inform patients about assisted suicide as part of standard care. Delaware officials argued Curran lacks standing and that the law does not legalize assisted suicide but merely offers it as a voluntary option, while the court panel did not indicate when or how it would rule.
The Supreme Court declined to intervene in a custody dispute involving a California couple and their surrogate, McKenna West, who refused to terminate a pregnancy despite a severe fetal heart defect diagnosis. The California court recognized Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar as the legal parents of the baby, who was born in Texas and underwent surgery, with the Supreme Court's decision leaving the parentage ruling intact amid ongoing medical care concerns.
The FDA has delayed safety reviews of the abortion drug mifepristone for 26 years and recently argued in court that pro-life states like Louisiana lack standing to sue over its chemical abortion regulations. Louisiana is challenging the FDA's 2021 decision to allow mifepristone to be mailed, which weakened safety protocols and has led to illegal abortions in pro-life states, but the FDA and the drug manufacturer argue that Louisiana must first petition the FDA and that such petitions would not necessarily fail, despite past delays and lack of response from the agency.
The moral ambiguity surrounding abortion by comparing it to the uncertainty in baseball rules, emphasizing that unresolved evidence about fetal personhood should not automatically be taken as proof that the fetus is not a person. It also highlights the competing costs of continuing a pregnancy versus ending it, noting that both choices carry significant and irreversible consequences that must be weighed carefully in the face of uncertainty.
A group of four Muslim doctors in Illinois is suing the state over the End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act, arguing that the law violates their religious beliefs by requiring them to inform patients about assisted suicide options despite their Islamic faith opposing the practice. The lawsuit claims the law's exemptions for doctors who opt out are among the narrowest in the nation and requests the federal court to strike down the law, while other healthcare professionals of different faiths have also filed lawsuits or expressed concerns about the law's requirements.
The upcoming midterm elections include four statewide ballot measures related to abortion in Missouri, Idaho, Nevada, and Virginia, each proposing different levels of abortion access and restrictions. Despite the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision returning abortion policy to the states, the article emphasizes that the pro-life movement's goal to make abortion unthinkable remains ongoing and that grassroots activism continues to be crucial in shaping the nation's future on this issue.
Senate Republicans have scheduled a confirmation hearing for Dr. Heidi Overton, President Trump's nominee for FDA Commissioner, on September 24, with her anti-abortion record drawing both support from groups like Americans United for Life and criticism from Democrats and abortion-rights advocates.
The family of Tierra Walker, a Texas woman who died from preeclampsia after being denied an abortion, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Attorney General Ken Paxton and her medical team, alleging that Texas's abortion restrictions and their enforcement created a climate of fear that prevented timely medical intervention. Medical experts reviewing Walker's case stated her death was likely preventable, and the lawsuit highlights the tension between Texas abortion laws and medical decisions in cases where the mother's health is at serious risk.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office found that federal premium tax credits have helped subsidize Affordable Care Act health plans that cover abortions for millions of enrollees this year. The GAO found that 1,719 of the 6,655 ACA plans available nationwide in 2026, or roughly 26%, covered abortions. Those plans covered an estimated […]
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed a law removing the 24-week abortion limit, allowing abortions up to birth based on a physician's professional judgment. The law's passage and its late-term abortion provisions have been downplayed by politicians and media, despite polls showing majority public opposition to abortion through birth.
President Donald Trump nominated Dr. Heidi Overton to lead the FDA, with her record showing opposition to abortion and criticism of expanded access to abortion pills through telehealth and mail.
