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The Florida state Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging the state's 15-week abortion ban. If upheld, the ban will go down to six weeks. The Florida state Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Friday in a legal challenge seeking to throw out the state's 15-week abortion ban, claiming it violates the state's constitution. The hearing is part of an ongoing lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Planned Parenthood, the Center for Reproductive Rights and other abortion providers against the state of Florida. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. In July 2022, a lower state court ruled that the ban violated the state's constitution and it was temporarily suspended. The law went into effect again later that same day when the state appealed the judge's decision. The state Supreme Court took up the case in January upon request from the plaintiffs. Abortion rights activists hold signs at a protest in suppo...

Abortions are now prohibited in North Carolina after 12-weeks after a new ban goes into effect. North Carolina now prohibits abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, bringing its limit down from 20 weeks. This comes despite a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood and Dr. Beverly Gray, an abortion provider, challenging the legality of the ban, which requested a temporary restraining order on the ban before it went into effect Saturday. The judge issued a ruling allowing most of the ban to go into effect, with the exception of one rule that would have required physicians prescribing medication abortions to document the pregnancy in their medical chart, according to the order. The temporary restraining order will remain in effect until July 14, as litigation continues. Another provision, which requires sexual assault survivors to obtain an abortion in a hospital after 12-week s of pregnancy will not go into effect until Oct. 1, according to Planned Parenthood. MORE: North Carolina Legisla...