abortion

The scope of U.S. District Court Judge Mustafa Kasubhai’s ruling won’t be known until next week at the earliest, but his temporary ruling sides with Oregon Right To Life, the Keizer-based nonprofit that filed a lawsuit in 2023.

Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Wednesday approving emergency funding for reproductive clinics following the loss of federal funds.

Louisiana pushed Tuesday to extradite a California doctor accused of mailing abortion pills, setting up a likely test of laws designed to protect telehealth providers who ship abortion pills nationwide.

California’s attorney general is seeking an injunction against a Humboldt County hospital after staff refused to perform abortions. The state claims the Catholic-run facility is violating California law.

An injection of public funding means the nonprofit organization can keep primary care clinics operating. But with more financial troubles looming, lawmakers say there’s more work to be done to protect reproductive health services.

California’s suit contends that Trump’s signature tax law is unconstitutionally vague and requires states to violate Planned Parenthood’s First Amendment rights.

Planned Parenthood clinics in southwestern Oregon are bracing themselves for closure.

It’s the latest legal challenge to Providence St. Joseph Hospital’s abortion policy.

President “Trump had a particularly significant impact on the 9th Circuit” in his first term, moving the reliably liberal appeals court to the right. That could influence abortion policy in the West.

Oregonians’ health care could face more change than most states under the new federal administration, and Dr. Sejal Hathi, director of the state health authority, said officials are preparing to respond quickly as things happen.

California laws governing health insurance, access to abortion and health care for undocumented immigrants could be contested during a second Trump administration.

Providence St. Joseph Hospital agreed to provide emergency abortions after the state sued it, alleging it denied care to a woman who miscarried.