Aprile Rickert

This week's notice of voluntary dismissal comes after the ACLU reported that the woman, who was around eight weeks pregnant, learned the embryo "no longer had any cardiac activity," according to a release.

The Kentucky Supreme Court has issued a ruling that keeps the state's two near-total bans on abortion in place and remanded the case back to the trial court for constitutional review.

The Indiana House Committee on Public Health has unanimously approved House Bill 1568, which would allow pharmacists to prescribe hormonal birth control without an appointment.

Abortion access has fluctuated dramatically in Indiana and Kentucky over the past few months. New laws restricting services have gone into effect and faced legal challenges in both states. Access could keep shifting.

Several states’ abortion bans are caught up in the courts due to legal challenges. The ever-changing abortion landscape is a source of confusion while demand for services remains high.

According to the study, 1 in 5 people in Indiana experiences mental illness, with around 20% going untreated. That’s led to an annual estimated cost of $4.2 billion in untreated mental illness.

An Indiana judge is expected to hear arguments next week in the first of two challenges to the state’s near-total abortion ban. Special Judge Kelsey Hanlon has scheduled a Sept. 19 hearing on a preliminary injunction to block the law. That’s four days after the law is set to go into effect.

Millions of people are poised to lose access to abortion across Kentucky and parts of the Midwest pending court battles and elections. More pregnancies mean more need for prenatal care in a region already lacking.

Thousands of protestors on both sides of the abortion debate demonstrated at the Indiana Statehouse on Monday.

The panel, hosted by the grassroots group “No Laws in Our Bodies,” spoke of consequences stemming from the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which set in motion the state’s trigger ban.