The 1911 Nevada statute is one of a wide variety of laws that have been used in rare cases across the country to prosecute women for trying to end a pregnancy.
The first-of-its-kind case, decried by abortion rights advocates as an attempt to deter the use of abortion pills, was dropped after a judge refused to compel the women to provide additional information.
The Comstock Act, an 1873 law that bans abortion-related materials from being sent through the mail, could be used by the GOP to restrict abortion nationwide.
The previously unreported petition reflects a potential new antiabortion strategy to block women from ending their pregnancies in states where abortion is legal.
A Fort Lauderdale-area clinic saw patients for extended hours — and turned some away — as the state prepared for a six-week abortion ban to take effect May 1.
GOP anxieties about the politics of a near-total abortion ban have led to an unlikely alliance among Democrats, Republicans in swing districts and Trump allies.
Women who took abortion pills in states where abortion is banned described experiencing deep anxiety and uncertainty about doing something they assumed was illegal.
The law allowed to go into effect by Florida’s Supreme Court will affect more women seeking abortions in the first trimester than any other ban to date.
Florida’s Supreme Court ruling paves the way for an abortion ban after six weeks. It also allowed a vote on Amendment 4, to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.