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Illustrative photo of young Jewish women engaged in discussion. (Jewish Life Photo Bank/Laura Ben David)
November 2, 2024, 8:42 pm
Israel or abortion rights: College-age US Orthodox women face tough call at ballot box
Torn between two candidates with diametrically opposed value systems – and sharing some of each – young female voters debate whether support for the Jewish state trumps all else
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Red Tent Fund founder Allison Tombros Korman. (Courtesy of the Red Tent Fund)
August 12, 2024, 2:04 am
Shunned for her stance on Israel, a Jewish US abortion activist starts her own fund
Allison Tombros Korman launches the Red Tent Fund in response to what she calls a movement steeped in antisemitism amid a one-sided conversation about Gaza that isolates many Jews
By Cathryn J. Prince
Illustrative: Lab staff prepare small petri dishes, each holding several 1-7 day old embryos, for cells to be extracted from each embryo to test for viability at the Aspire Houston Fertility Institute's in-vitro fertilization (IVF) laboratory, in Houston, Texas, February 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
July 2, 2024, 9:16 am
Kentucky court rejects Jewish women’s challenge to state’s abortion laws
Judge says non-pregnant plaintiffs don’t have standing to argue post-Roe v. Wade limitations on in-vitro fertilization infringe on their religious freedom
By Jackie Hajdenberg
US President Joe Biden speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrisville, North Carolina, March 28, 2023, en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
April 12, 2023, 6:48 am
Biden calls judge’s abortion drug block ‘out of bounds’
Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, overturned FDA’s two-decade-old approval of mifepristone
By AFP
In this file photo illustration taken on May 8, 2020, a woman looks at website with the Mifepristone Abortion Pill on her smart phone in Arlington, Virginia (Olivier DOULIERY / AFP)
April 12, 2023, 6:22 am
Radio silence from Republicans as US abortion laws tighten
Some conservatives are beginning to ring the alarm over the issue, arguing it is increasingly costing the party votes
By Camille CAMDESSUS
Sheila Katz, CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, speaks at an abortion rights rally in front of the US Supreme Court in December 2021. (Courtesy of Danya Ruttenberg)
February 18, 2023, 3:14 am
US Jewish communities gather in person and online for ‘reproductive rights Shabbat’
More than 1,500 synagogues and Jewish communities nationwide are observing the third annual event, with the aim of getting people to engage with the issue more closely
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Tzvia, the Israeli woman who gave birth after reversing her menopause by transplanting part of her ovary which had been frozen for 20 years, with her baby and her physician Prof. Ariel Revel. (courtesy of Prof. Ariel Revel)
October 4, 2022, 11:16 am
Israeli gives birth after menopause reversed with transplant of 20-year frozen ovary
Doctor who froze and defrosted ovary ‘cried tears of joy’ when visiting baby born to 46-year-old woman; says success suggests child-bearing years could be extended
By Nathan Jeffay
Abortion-rights protesters fill Indiana Statehouse corridors and cheer outside legislative chambers, August 5, 2022, as lawmakers vote to concur on a near-total abortion ban, in Indianapolis. (AP/Arleigh Rodgers)
August 6, 2022, 5:44 am
Indiana first US state to approve abortion ban post Roe ruling
Republican-run state legislature passes new bill restricting access to reproductive rights; measure now goes to Gov. Eric Holcomb, who has not indicated whether he will sign it
By Arleigh Rodgers
In this file photo taken on October 2, 2021, protesters take part in the Women's March and Rally for Abortion Justice at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas (Sergio FLORES / AFP)
October 7, 2021, 4:47 am
Federal judge orders Texas to suspend new law banning most abortions
In the weeks since the restrictions took effect, Texas providers say abortions in the state have dropped precipitously, while clinics in neighboring states are being swamped
By Paul J. Weber
Judge Merrick Garland testifies at his confirmation hearing before the US Senate Judiciary Committee, on February 22, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)
September 9, 2021, 11:09 pm
US Justice Department sues Texas over state’s new abortion law
After mounting pressure on White House, federal lawsuit asks to declare new legislation invalid in order ‘to protect the rights that Texas has violated’
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and Paul Weber
A security guard opens the door of the Whole Woman's Health clinic in Fort Worth, Texas, on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, which has a sign informing the public that it is open. (AP Photo / LM Otero)
September 3, 2021, 7:12 pm
What to know about the new Texas abortion law
A look at the new law, how many it will affect, what it could mean for abortion rights in other states and more
By Paul J. Weber and DAVID A. LIEB
In this file photo pro-life protesters stand near the gate of the Texas state capitol at a protest outside the Texas state capitol on May 29, 2021 in Austin, Texas. (SERGIO FLORES/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP)
September 3, 2021, 7:12 pm
Letting Texas ban most abortions, US top court deals major blow to choice camp
Abortion opponents celebrate law the prevents procedure after six weeks of pregnancy, even in cases of rape or incest; Biden lashes out at the court decision
By Charlotte Plantive and Chris Lefkow
An illustrative photo of an ultra-Orthodox wedding. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
January 6, 2021, 1:38 am
How Israeli ultra-Orthodox women have taken back their reproductive rights
‘Conceiving Agency’ by Michal Raucher explores the ways in which women in the insular community use pregnancy, abortion, and birth control to carve out an independent space
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Fertility specialist Dr David Smotrich in 2016. (Screen capture: YouTube)
September 9, 2018, 3:47 pm
Jewish doctor uses sperm taken 3 days after man’s death to give him heir
In highly unusual case, UK couple harvested son’s sperm and created a grandson using a donor egg and a surrogate, sidestepping several legal issues
By ToI Staff
In this May 4, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order aimed at easing an IRS rule limiting political activity for churches in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
October 7, 2017, 12:15 pm
Citing religious freedom, Trump backing off Obama-era rules
Reform Jews slam the move that lets employers opt out of no-cost birth control for workers; could override many anti-discrimination protections
By AP and ToI Staff
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