If it had gone into effect, abortion would have been illegal from the moment of conception.

“Access to abortion is hanging by a thread in this country, and this case is what could snap that thread.”

But new restrictions—including for cases of fetal Down Syndrome—were allowed to go into effect.

Dr. Leana Wen, who is leaving after eight months, maintains that abortion is a health care—not political—issue.

More than 80 organizations wrote a manifesto to bring about new policies even as growing conservatism seeks to limit access to reproductive care.

Abortion providers in 49 states will lose federal money if they refer patients for the medical procedure.

Host Kai Wright tours one of just three clinics that provide the medical procedure in the entire state.

It is the first time a city has used its budget to step into the national abortion battle.

In the first study of its kind, researchers looked at illness in people denied abortions compared to those who were able to obtain the medical procedure.

A judge temporarily stopped the state from revoking St. Louis Planned Parenthood’s license.

The justices did not rule on the part of the law that addresses the constitutionality of the medical procedure.

In his ruling, United States District Judge Carlton W. Reeves began with four telling words: “Here we go again.” 

The lawsuits seek to block the “conscience rule,” which allows health care providers to deny abortion care and other legal medical services.

The nation’s most restrictive law was drafted with the hope that it will lead to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

Nearly $3 billion was spent in the state on television and film shoots last year. Now, producers are using that leverage to protest the restrictive law.

The “heartbeat ban” is opposed by politicians, reproductive rights activists and prominent names in Hollywood and the business world.

The state already has just one clinic to perform the medical procedure.

If approved, the state will refuse nearly $4 million in funding to create its own family planning program.