After a period of substantial decline, the global abortion rate has stalled, according to new research from the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organization (WHO).
CfC President Jon O’Brien testified that refusal clauses within the new health law threaten ‘the conscience rights of every patient seeking family planning and of every provider who wishes to provide comprehensive care to their patients’.
The American Civil Liberties Union and four other groups sued to challenge a new North Carolina law requiring abortion providers to display and describe ultrasound images of a fetus, the Los Angeles Times reports.