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Missouri is a pen-stroke away from enacting one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. It comes one day after Alabama's governor signed another restrictive abortion law. Each of these measures came under immediate legal challenge, and it appears sooner or later the Supreme Court will have to step in. Jesse Weber, an attorney and host on the Law & Crime Network, joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to offer analysis on where this is headed.
There is a growing wave of restrictive abortion legislation being signed into law in America. While abortion is legal, some states have recently set limits on the procedure. Many lawmakers are backing abortion-related bills with the goal of them going before the now conservative-filled U.S. Supreme Court. Kenneth Craig reports.
President Trump is backing away from Alabama’s near-total ban on abortion passed last week. In a tweet over the weekend, he suggested the state went too far. Jan Crawford reports.
The suspected gunman in a deadly shooting on police officers in Alabama has been taken into custody. Grady Wayne Wilkes, 29, has been accused of killing one officer and wounding two others. Anthony Mason has more.
President Trump suggested Alabama's near-total ban on abortion is too restrictive, as White House officials warn similar laws could energize Democratic voters ahead of the 2020 election. CBS News legal analyst Kim Wehle joined CBSN to break down what's next in the national fight over abortion rights.
President Trump has distanced himself from Alabama's strict new abortion law, saying there should be exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother. That puts Mr. Trump at odds with some Republicans, including the state's governor. Ed O'Keefe reports.
A federal district judge ruled to uphold a subpoena for President Trump's financial records. CBS News political correspondent Ed O'Keefe explains the President's reaction to the ruling, as well as his stance on restrictive anti-abortion legislation passed in several states.
New state laws aiming to severely restrict abortion raise questions about the legal status of unborn children. Carliss Chatman, assistant professor at Washington and Lee School of Law, writes that if a fetus is a person under the law, it would deserve the same rights as other U.S. citizens. She joins CBSN to explain the consequences.
Researchers have located the wreck of the last ship known to bring enslaved people from Africa to the United States. Remains of the Gulf schooner Clotilda were identified and verified near Mobile after months of assessment, a statement by the Alabama Historical Commission said.
The ACLU and Planned Parenthood have filed a lawsuit challenging Alabama's near-total ban on abortion, which the governor signed last week.
As the legal battle continues over Alabama's near-total abortion ban, women in Northern Ireland are speaking out about abortion laws where they live. Women who have abortions there can face up to life in prison, and so can the doctors who help them. CBS News' Haley Ott reports from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
In Alabama, a community is rediscovering its painful past, after the last known U.S. slave ship was discovered. The man who found it used historical documents including the captain's journal to find it. Omar Villafranca has more.
"Aaron Sorkin's Broadway adaptation of the 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird is not only nominated for nine Tony awards tomorrow night -- it recently became the highest-grossing play in Broadway history. But another special stage version of Harper Lee's novel just finished a limited run: in Monroeville, Alabama, community members come together every year to perform their own version of the book. Jamie Wax reports. "
Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention are gathered in Alabama this week, addressing sexual abuse in their church. A recent investigation found more than 700 people have been assaulted over the past 20 years. Mireya Villarreal reports.
Planned Parenthood is going ahead with construction on a new health care facility in Birmingham, Alabama, despite the state's near-total ban on abortions, which is being challenged in court. CBSNews.com reporter Kate Smith joined CBSN to discuss her conversation with Planned Parenthood Southeast CEO Staci Fox about the organization's fight for women's health rights.
An Alabama woman who was shot in the stomach during a fight will not be charged with manslaughter for the death of her unborn baby. The case surrounding Marshae Jones captured national attention after she was indicted. Mark Strassmann reports.
Two city officials say an Alabama animal shelter's outdated equipment allowed two pit bulls to fatally maul 29 cats. CBS affiliate WTVY-TV reports the dead cats were found Thursday by workers at the Dothan Animal Shelter.
A nasty note about a woman's "eyesore" of a yard in Pinson, Alabama, riled up the community. However, the note got the job done in an unexpected way. Elaine Quijano has the story.
Alabama's governor spent the day dodging calls for her resignation, after becoming the latest politician to be swept into a scandal over wearing blackface. Governor Kay Ivey is apologizing for being a part of a racist skit in college. Major Garrett reports.
A 14-year-old boy admitted to killing five members of his family, including his three younger siblings in a small Alabama town, authorities said Tuesday. The slayings rocked the quiet community of Elkmont, a tiny town of 500 just northwest of Huntsville.
President Trump is claiming ignorance after he held up a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration map that appeared to have been altered with a black pen to show a projection of Hurricane Dorian possibly striking Alabama.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a statement Friday to say the information they gave the president over the weekend did in fact include Alabama in their Hurricane Dorian projections. The statement also disavowed a Sunday tweet sent out by the Birmingham branch of the National Weather Service that said Alabama would not be impacted by the storm. The president of the National Weather Service Employees Organization fired back, calling NOAA's statement “utterly disgusting and disingenuous.” Weija Jiang reports.
The Acting Head of NOAA, the government weather agency, goes to Alabama Tuesday to address a recent uproar over Hurricane Dorian. President Trump repeatedly and wrongly claimed the hurricane was a threat to Alabama. NOAA was criticized for saying one of its forecasters should not have corrected the president. Paula Reid reports.
Neil Jacobs, the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, spoke at a closed-door meeting for National Weather Association employees in Huntsville, Alabama, on Tuesday, where he addressed the controversy over President Trump's claims about Hurricane Dorian threatening Alabama. CBS News' Nikole Killion reports.
Speaking at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on the anniversary of the 1963 bombing that killed four young girls, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden talked about the legacy of slavery and racism in America today. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns joined CBSN to discuss his remarks.
X's AI chatbot Grok, the AI-search engine Perplexity and Google's AI summaries all provided false information in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination.
Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, speaks out for the first time since her husband's death on Wednesday.
Mr. Trump said that NATO's commitment to winning the war in Ukraine "has been far less than 100%."
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on Wednesday while speaking an event at Utah Valley University.
An ICE agent shot and killed a man in Franklin Park, Illinois, Friday morning after authorities say he attempted to drive into agents as they tried to make an arrest.
A U.S. Secret Service agent who wrote a negative social media post about Charlie Kirk has been put on leave, U.S. officials said Friday.
Missouri is the third state to seek to redraw its congressional maps ahead of next year's midterms.
The Justice Department filed a $125 million lawsuit against Uber, alleging the company discriminates against disabled passengers.
Fourteen animal shelter workers were evacuated and went to the hospital. The shelter's 75 dogs and cats were relocated or put into foster homes.