Supreme Court agrees to hear high-stakes dispute over abortion pill
The Supreme Court said it will take up the Biden administration's bid to maintain access to mifepristone.
Abortion
AZ Supreme Court hears abortion ban arguments
The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing arguments in a case that could re-impose a nearly 160-year-old law banning nearly all abortions, with exceptions for the life and health of the mother. CBS News' Janet Shamlian reports.
Texas woman leaves state to have abortion
The pregnant Texas woman who challenged the state's abortion ban has opted to leave Texas to receive the procedure. Kate Cox's decision came hours before the Texas Supreme Court ruled against her, saying she did not qualify for a medical exception to the state's near-total abortion ban. Doctors say her fetus has a fatal condition that puts her life at risk and may prevent her from getting pregnant again. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian has more.
Texas Supreme Court blocks abortion
The Texas Supreme Court ruled against 31-year-old Kate Cox to receive an abortion just hours after she left the state to receive the procedure. CBS News' Janet Shamlian has the latest.
Texas Supreme Court rules against woman seeking emergency abortion
The Texas Supreme Court ruled against Kate Cox's emergency request after she left the state. "Her health is on the line," said the Center for Reproductive Rights.
Texas court halts emergency abortion ruling
The Texas Supreme Court has paused a lower court's decision to allow Kate Cox to get an emergency abortion. CBS News' Janet Shamlian has more on why a final decision is so urgent for the 31-year-old.
Texas Supreme Court halts emergency abortion ruling
The Texas Supreme Court late Friday night put a hold on a lower court ruling which would have allowed a woman who is 20 weeks pregnant with a fatal fetal diagnosis to obtain an abortion. The all-Republican state Supreme Court issued its hold without offering an opinion. Jared Hill has details.
Texas court temporarily halts ruling allowing woman to have emergency abortion
Kate Cox, a mother of two, said she found out last week that her unborn child suffered from what doctors say is a fatal disorder.
Texas judge grants woman's abortion request
A Texas judge ruled Thursday she would allow a Dallas-area woman to get an emergency abortion, despite the state's near-total ban. Texas is one of several states that imposed strict limitations on the procedure in the wake of last year's Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. CBS News' Janet Shamlian reports.
Texas woman granted emergency abortion
A Texas judge granted permission for a woman to have an abortion, despite the state's ban, in a landmark ruling Thursday following the fall of Roe v. Wade. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian explains why the judge allowed the exception. Then, Constitutional Accountability Center president Elizabeth Wydra joins to discuss the precedent the case could set.
Texas judge allows abortion for woman whose fetus has fatal disorder
Texas has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, and 20 women have previously sued to allow exceptions in the case of extreme pregnancy complications.
Texas judge grants woman an emergency abortion
A Texas judge on Thursday granted an emergency abortion to a woman who is 20 weeks pregnant with a fetus that has a fatal genetic abnormality. The emergency order applies only to the 31-year-old mother of two and ensures her doctor will not face penalties. Janet Shamlian has details on the ruling.
Sen. Tuberville drops most military holds
The Senate approved hundreds of military promotions late Tuesday after Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville dropped his opposition despite no changes to the Pentagon's policy on abortion access for service members. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports from Capitol Hill.
Texas woman with a fatal fetal diagnosis asks judge to grant her abortion
Just last week, Kate Cox found out her unborn child has trisomy 18.
Minnesota-based Just The Pill providing women with mobile reproductive health care
Just The Pill is an organization that offers reproductive health services to women via telehealth and a mobile clinic that its directors think will be a model for the future of this health care.
Texas Supreme Court hears arguments to clarify abortion ban
Supreme Court Justice Brett Busby said the job of the court is to "decide cases," and not to "elaborate and expand laws in order to make them easier to understand or enforce."
Millions of U.S. women face obstacles to getting maternity care
More than a third of counties in the U.S. don't have a hospital or birth center that offers obstetric care or any obstetric health care providers, one report says.
GOP candidates campaign ahead of Thanksgiving
Republican presidential candidates are raking in new endorsements before the Thanksgiving holiday. Politico reporter Natalie Allison and WCBS chief political correspondent Marcia Kramer join "America Decides" to discuss the latest developments in the 2024 elections.
Anti-abortion groups shrug off election losses, look for path forward in 2024
Voters have turned out in support of abortion rights initiatives, most recently in Ohio, but anti-abortion activists are not giving up.
Biden, Trump spar over abortion, immigration
President Biden and former President Donald Trump are both trying to make abortion and immigration winning issues on the campaign trail. CBS News' Olivia Rinaldi and Camilo Montoya-Galvez join "America Decides" to break down the candidates' comments.
Tennessee woman runs for office after state abortion ban puts her life at risk
Allie Phillips decided to run for office after being forced to leave Tennessee to get an abortion.
Military families, retired service members lobby to end Tuberville's blockade
Sen. Tommy Tuberville is waging an unprecedented campaign to try to change the Pentagon's abortion policy, employing maneuvers to hold up hundreds of military nominations and promotions.
Dr. Tim Johnson on finding a middle-ground in the abortion debate
A Protestant minister, emergency room physician and commentator, Dr. Johnson offers a compromise for people on both sides of the argument over the right to an abortion.
Dr. Tim Johnson on a middle-ground in abortion debate
A Protestant minister, emergency room physician and commentator, Dr. Johnson offers a compromise for people on both sides of the argument over the right to an abortion.
Did the third GOP debate change anything?
Five Republican presidential candidates faced off for a third debate Wednesday night. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa examines whether anything changed in a GOP race that has resisted changing.
North Carolina braces for rough conditions from Erin: "Batten down the hatches"
Meteorologists are closely tracking the projected path and forecast of Hurricane Erin, which is the first hurricane to develop over the Atlantic this year.
Judge declines to unseal grand jury material in Jeffrey Epstein case
A federal judge in New York on Wednesday declined the federal government's request to unseal grand jury material in the Jeffrey Epstein case.
Texas House poised to advance controversial Republican redistricting plan
House Bill 4, the redistricting legislation, is the only item on the lawmakers' agenda when they reconvene on Wednesday.
U.S. to probe "anti-American" views of those applying for immigration benefits
The Trump administration has directed officials to probe any "anti-American" views and activities of immigrants applying for immigration benefits like green cards and work permits.
Popular musician who glorified drug cartels shot dead in parking lot
Ernesto Barajas was gunned down in the city of Zapopan, police said. Another man died in the attack and a woman was injured.
4 reasons why the Trump tariffs haven't caused U.S. inflation to soar
For months, economists warned that the Trump administration's sweeping tariffs would sharply boost consumer prices. Here's why it hasn't happened.
Unidentified flying object crashes and explodes in Poland
Local police said they received reports of the crash around 2 a.m. and found burned metal and plastic debris at the scene.
Judge blocks Texas law requiring Ten Commandments displayed in classrooms
A federal judge temporarily blocked a Texas law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments, ruling it likely violates the First Amendment.
DNA testing confirms Travis Decker is sole suspect in murders of daughters
Travis Decker is accused of killing his three young daughters, whose bodies were found near a campground in central Washington.