Case of brain-dead pregnant woman on life support in Georgia raises difficult issues
ATLANTA — The case of a pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain-dead and has been kept on life support for three months has given rise…
Study: More women charged with pregnancy-related crime since Roe’s end
It became more common for authorities to charge women with crimes related to their pregnancies after the fall of Roe vs. Wade in 2022, a…
Ruling: Fetus can be called ‘unborn human being’ in Arizona voter pamphlet
PHOENIX — An informational pamphlet for Arizona voters, who will decide in the fall whether to guarantee a constitutional right to an abortion, can refer to…
Dozens of pregnant patients turned away from ERs despite federal law
WASHINGTON — Bleeding and in pain, Kyleigh Thurman didn’t know her doomed pregnancy could kill her.Emergency room doctors at Ascension Seton Williamson in Texas handed her…
A bioethicist explores the moral questions of Alabama’s IVF ruling
Is a frozen embryo a child? The Alabama Supreme Court says yes. In a recent ruling that three couples who lost frozen embryos in a…