A federal court decides there is no precedent for charging a woman with a criminal abortion. At least, not yet.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals finds a limit to what states can pass in the name of restricting abortion access: criminal prosecutions of terminated pregnancies.
Will the McCormack/Hearn lawsuit open up access to abortion for everyone?
Must “restoring the historic right to life accorded to unborn children” require that women, including new mothers who have given birth, go to prison?
A woman accused of unlawful abortion is now challenging two of the state’s abortion laws.
If abortion is criminalized, what should the punishment be for women who have one? Anna Quindlen examines abortion opponents’ refusal to confront the logical endpoint of criminalization.
