Roe v. Wade

Republican presidential candidate former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Faith and Freedom Coalition Policy Conference in Washington, Friday, June 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

June 24, 2023, 8:04 pm

Mike Pence calls for federal ban on abortion at 15 weeks

On first anniversary of Dobbs decision, Republican candidates seek to differentiate themselves from Trump

Sheila Katz, CEO of National Council of Jewish Women, speaking at an interfaith rally in front of the Supreme Court on January 18, 2023. (Courtesy of NCJW)

January 22, 2023, 4:41 pm

50 years after Roe v. Wade, fight for choice turns into battle for religious freedom

After a 2022 decision to overturn the longstanding right to abortion, religious women’s groups unite in protesting laws reflecting a Christian-centric view on when life begins

By Cathryn J. Prince

August 21, 2022, 6:15 am

Hospital denies abortion to Louisiana woman whose 10-week-old fetus missing a skull

36-year-old hires lawyer after medical center refused to conduct procedure because acrania not on list of exceptions to ban; so she’s forced to cross state lines for operation

By ToI Staff and AFP

August 10, 2022, 11:42 am

Facebook turned over messages to Nebraska cops ahead of teen, mom abortion charges

Social media giant provided police with data leading to additional indictment for mother and daughter, then aged 17, who induced termination and buried fetus in field

By Josh Funk

Abortion-rights protesters fill Indiana Statehouse corridors and cheer outside legislative chambers, August 5, 2022, as lawmakers vote to concur on a near-total abortion ban, in Indianapolis. (AP/Arleigh Rodgers)

August 6, 2022, 5:44 am

Indiana first US state to approve abortion ban post Roe ruling

Republican-run state legislature passes new bill restricting access to reproductive rights; measure now goes to Gov. Eric Holcomb, who has not indicated whether he will sign it

By Arleigh Rodgers

Field organizer Jae Grey places signs on the podium before the pro-choice Kansas for Constitutional Freedom primary election watch party in Overland Park, Kansas, August 2, 2022. (Dave Kaup/AFP)

August 3, 2022, 10:53 am

Kansas votes to maintain abortion rights, in first test since Roe v. Wade overturned

Biden hails result and urges Congress to pass a bill permitting abortion on a federal level; referendum draws high turnout, similar to that for a general election

By Caitlin WILSON

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., accompanied by female House Democrats, speaks at an event ahead of a House vote on the Women's Health Protection Act and the Ensuring Women's Right to Reproductive Freedom Act at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, July 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

July 16, 2022, 7:32 am

US House passes bills to protect abortion access, Senate approval unlikely

Move comes weeks after Supreme Court ruled that individual states can ban or restrict procedure; bill would protect women who travel out of state for abortions

By AFP

Dr. Noya Rimalt, a University of Haifa law professor at the forefront of Israel's battle for full reproductive freedom (Courtesy)

July 15, 2022, 2:24 pm

Podcast: Law prof. looks at Roe vs. Wade and woman’s right to choose in Israel

Dr. Noya Rimalt, a University of Haifa law professor, discusses Israel’s legal path toward reproductive freedom

By ToI Staff

Members of the crowd holding signs that read 'This is not a game,'and 'B”H (Thank God) for Abortion' at a pro-abortion rights rally organized by the National Council of Jewish Women in Washington, DC, May 17, 2022. (Julia Gergely)

July 15, 2022, 6:08 am

Groups launched to help Jewish couples with IVF face uncertainty after Roe reversal

Organizations providing fertility services must navigate carefully when Jewish law seeks to protect the mother’s life but contravenes local statutes prohibiting abortion

By Jackie Hajdenberg

US President Joe Biden on a bike ride in Gordons Pond State Park in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, July 10, 2022. (AP Photo/ Andrew Harnik)

July 10, 2022, 10:04 pm

Biden mulls health emergency on abortions, calls US Supreme Court ‘out of control’

President urges people to ‘keep protesting’ overturning of Roe v. Wade; White House official Jen Klein has said declaring health emergency isn’t a ‘great option’

By Agencies

US President Joe Biden signs an executive order on abortion access while US Vice President Kamala Harris (left), Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra (second from right), and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco look on at an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, July 8, 2022. (AP/Evan Vucci)

July 8, 2022, 10:55 pm

Biden signs executive order to soften effects of Supreme Court abortion ruling

President’s move aims to mitigate potential penalties, protect privacy of women forced to cross state lines to get procedure; he admits he has limited ability to take action

By Seung Min Kim, Zeke Miller and CHRIS MEGERIAN

File: Dorit Beinish speaks in Jaffa, on November 9, 2021 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

July 2, 2022, 6:07 pm

After US rulings, Israeli ex-chief justice warns against politicizing judicial picks

Dorit Beinisch says Israel should be wary of judges being indebted to lawmakers; says shouldn’t copy American legal system ‘built on other social problems and other balances’

By ToI Staff

Abortion-rights activists demonstrate against the US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade that established a constitutional right to abortion, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 30, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

July 1, 2022, 4:17 am

Orthodox Jewish divides on abortion come to the fore after Roe v. Wade reversal

US Supreme Court ruling welcomed by Orthodox groups while many observant Jewish women panic over aftermath of decision: ‘Women will die’

By Ron Kampeas

President of the Laws Commision at the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet holds a paper flower offered by a man at the 'Centre de Retention Administrative' (CRA), a migrant detention center in Vincennes, eastern Paris, on September 18, 2019. (STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images)

June 29, 2022, 9:04 pm

Jewish lawmaker becomes first female speaker of French National Assembly

Macron ally Yael Braun-Pivet, descendant of refugees from Nazis, calls for compromise after her coalition loses majority

By Lazar Berman

Magen David workers take COVID-19 rapid antigen tests from Israelis, at a Magen David Adom drive-thru complex in Jerusalem, on June 20, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

June 27, 2022, 2:02 pm

Daily Briefing Jun 27: Israel’s current COVID wave may be much worse than we know

Political correspondent Tal Schneider talks tit-for-tat politics, anti-Netanyahu bills, Israeli takeaways from Roe v. Wade repeal; health reporter Nathan Jeffay on fecal bacteria

By ToI Staff