Abortion

A San Antonio doctor who said he performed an abortion in defiance of a new Texas law has been sued by two people seeking to test the legality of the state’s near-total ban on the procedure.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Dec. 1 in Mississippi’s bid to have the landmark Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing a woman’s right to an abortion overturned.

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum joined the chief legal officers of 23 other states in signing onto a brief issued Wednesday supporting the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Texas’ ban on abortions after six weeks.

The city has ditched the two meatiest parts of the proposal — a boycott on city business with Texas and a ban on employee travel to the Lone Star state.

Portland made national headlines last week when the mayor announced he wanted to ban city business and employee travel related to the state of Texas due to the state’s new abortion law, which dramatically curtails access to the procedure. Now the city is delaying that vote.

Abbott suggested victims of rape have "at least six weeks" to get an abortion if they choose under his state's new law. But the timeline is actually much shorter than that for most people.

The Justice Department says it will not tolerate violence against anyone who is trying to obtain an abortion in Texas as federal officials explore options to challenge a new state law that bans most abortions.

Portland City Council will consider an emergency resolution next week to ban future travel, goods and services from the state of Texas until the most restrictive abortion laws in the U.S. are withdrawn or overturned in court.

Restrictive abortion laws across the South mean more women are traveling across state lines to find safe services.

An anti-abortion initiative qualified for Oregon's ballot by a razor-thin margin.