The federal appeals court dismissed the Satanic Temple's lawsuit against the state's ban on telehealth abortion medication, upholding a lower court's ruling that the religious institution lacked standing.

Senate Democrats say they have concerns about some of the parameters of an emerging plan to extend enhanced ObamaCare subsidies that expired Jan. 1, even as at least one of the Republican negotiators said draft legislation could come next week.

"In sum, the Satanic Temple has not pointed to any member... who is in fact injured," the opinion read in part.

A dispute over abortion-rights advertising in South Dakota has spawned dueling state and federal lawsuits. A New York-based nonprofit filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley.

A prosecutor is seeking to dismiss a fetal homicide charge against a Kentucky woman who had an at-home abortion, despite a grand jury indictment.

The purpose of HB 23 is simple: no one should fear surveillance, arrest, or professional retaliation for making deeply personal medical decisions with the help of their medical provider," Burke said.

Since the U.S. Supreme Court rolled back the constitutional right to abortion in 2022, nearly half of U.S. states have banned or severely restricted the procedure, driving a surge in medication abortion - now used in more than 60% of abortions nationwide.