Many women are often told not to expect pain worse than menstrual cramps when taking abortion pills to end a pregnancy, according to a new study in a medical journal.

The battles over abortion in the U.S. are increasingly focusing on the pills that are now the most common way pregnancies are ended.

Several laws, such as the 72-hour waiting period, were temporarily blocked. But Planned Parenthood says enough restrictions remain in place to prevent abortion services from resuming.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear South Carolina's bid to cut off public funding to Planned Parenthood in a case that could bolster efforts by conservative-leaning states to deprive the reproductive healthcare and abortion provider of government money.

The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider South Carolina’s move to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the latest abortion-related case since overturning it as a nationwide right.

The Supreme Court said it will hear a longtime case about a state's right to defund Planned Parenthood. It will likely be heard next spring.

The City Council this month quietly amended the ordinance to exclude constitutionally protected activities and agreed to pay the plaintiffs’ legal fees.

The issue in the case is whether Medicaid beneficiaries may sue under a law that lets them choose care from any provider qualified to perform the required services.

Kerr v. Edwards originates from a Medicare funding dispute over abortion that began in 2018. That year, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) ordered the state’s health department to declare that institutions like Planned Parenthood, because they ...

due to fear and confusion over the state's abortion ban. President Joe Biden on Wednesday awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards at a ...

S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster’s 2018 executive order aimed at defunding abortion provider Planned Parenthood is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.