The Reproductive Health Equity Act, passed in 2017, requires every private insurer in the state to cover reproductive health services, including contraceptives, at no cost to patients. All but one insurer, Providence Health Plan, must also cover abortion services. The law allows insurers to offer […]
Courts
Litigation and rulings.
Pro-Lifers Found Guilty Protesting at Late-Term Abortion Facility
Five pro-life activists were found guilty in a federal court for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, a Clinton-era law passed to stop sit-ins at abortion facilities. They were also charged and found guilty of one count of conspiracy to block the entrance to the Washington […]
South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds 6-Week Abortion Ban
The South Carolina Supreme Court reversed a temporary block on the state's abortion restrictions, with four justices agreeing and one dissenting in three separate opinions. The law, known as the "Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act," limits most abortions as early as six weeks […]
Appeals Court Sides With Pro-Live Protesters
A federal appeals court sided with a group of pro-life protesters who claim the city of Washington, D.C., discriminated against them by arresting them for anti-abortion messages they had written with chalk in 2020. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said in its ruling Tuesday […]
Vermont Law Bans Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers From Counseling Women
A new law in Vermont may end up shutting down pro-life pregnancy centers, banning them from offering non-medical services and providing post-abortion counseling, as well as subjecting them to steep fines if the state deems their advertising "misleads" women into thinking they provide or […]
Judge Blocks Illinois Law Targeting Pro-Life Centers
A court has once again stopped Illinois from making it illegal to guide mothers away from abortion, saving constitutional rights and, most likely, lives. District Judge Iain Johnston blocked Gov. J.B. Pritzker's (D-IL) law that would impose fines on pregnancy centers accused of pro-life […]
Judgette Blocks Wyoming’s First-in-Nation Ban on Medication Abortion
Medication abortion will remain legal in Wyoming for now after a district judge blocked the state’s ban on abortion pills. The law, intended to take effect July 1, would have prohibited the prescription, sale and use of abortion pills – the first such measure in the nation. It joins the state’s […]
City Councils Sued For Trying to Silence Pro-Life Sidewalk Counselors
A federal lawsuit filed by Coalition Life seeks to break down unconstitutional, restrictive speech zones across the country. The suit positions pro-life advocates against the city of Carbondale, Illinois, where council members made an aggressive move to shut down pro-life sidewalk advocacy, voting […]
Colorado Pro-Lifer Challenges 'Bubble Law' as Unconstitutional
A pro-life activist in Denver is challenging state and local laws that prohibit counseling women within 100 feet of an abortion clinic, which she argues violates her constitutional rights. Wendy Faustin filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Colorado on June 1 against Democrat Gov. Jared […]
Man Sentenced to Community Service for Shooting Elderly Pro-Life Volunteer
A 75-year-old Michigan man who pleaded no contest for shooting an elderly pro-life volunteer during a heated argument over abortion was sentenced Tuesday to community service. Richard Harvey was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service and given a suspended jail sentence of two months and […]