Supreme Court

A U.S. law enforcement officer stands guard by a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border at El Paso, Texas.

The Supreme Court sides with the Biden administration in a fight over immigration

4:59pm June 23, 2023

by Joel Rose

The case concerned the administration's effort to set guidelines for whom immigration authorities can target for arrest and deportation. Texas and Louisiana had sued to block the guidelines.

Light illuminates part of the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Nov. 16, 2022.

Politics & Government

Majority of Americans say it was wrong for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe

10:52am June 21, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

A year after the court did away with the right to an abortion, 57% say they oppose the decision, an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds. They're also in favor of continuing affirmative action programs.

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Abortion rights supporters demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2022, in response to its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.

Some states are restricting abortion. Others are spending millions to fund it

5:37am June 20, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

Nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed abortion bans around the country to take effect, some cities and states are pushing in the other direction, a new report finds.

Protesters filled the street in front of the Supreme Court after the court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. Nearly a year later, 61% of respondents to a new Gallup poll said overturning Roe was a "bad thing."

Nearly a year later, most Americans oppose Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe

5:17pm June 14, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

The latest Gallup poll also finds increased political polarization. Some 60% of Democrats said abortion should be legal under any circumstances, compared with 8% of Republicans.

The setting sun illuminates the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 10.

Politics & Government

Supreme Court unexpectedly upholds provision prohibiting racial gerrymandering

8:57pm June 08, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court has ruled against Alabama's defense of an electoral map drawn by the state's Republican-dominated legislature. Black voters had challenged the law as racially discriminatory.

Student loan borrowers gather near The White House in May 2020. On Thursday, the Senate voted to repeal President Biden's plan to offer up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt relief.

Politics & Government

Senate passes GOP-led resolution to block Biden's student loan relief plan

11:40am June 02, 2023

by Emily Olson

With President Biden pledging a veto, the resolution amounts to a mostly symbolic show of congressional disapproval on a plan to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt.

Dr. Tracey Wilkinson, left, a pediatric doctor with IU School of Medicine, and Dr. Caroline E. Rouse, a maternal fetal medicine doctor with IU School of Medicine, line up outside of a conference room to support Dr. Caitlin Bernard on Thursday, May 25, 2023 in Indianapolis.

Indiana reprimands doctor who spoke publicly about providing 10-year-old's abortion

10:07am May 26, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

Caitlin Bernard, an Indiana OB-GYN, has been under scrutiny from her state's Republican attorney general since speaking out about the impact of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

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Abortion rights supporters rally outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis on May 31, 2019. At the time, it was the last location in Missouri performing abortions. The state's abortion ban took effect soon after the Dobbs decision in 2022.

A year after Supreme Court's abortion decision, Planned Parenthood announces layoffs

5:55pm May 23, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

Nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court rolled back abortion rights, the nation's most prominent abortion provider says it will rethink its structure and cut staff.

In March 2023, five women and two doctors sued the state of Texas over its abortion bans, saying they were putting patients at risk. Eight additional plaintiffs have joined the lawsuit as of May 22.

More women sue Texas saying the state's anti-abortion laws harmed them

4:53pm May 22, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

More women who say they were put in danger by Texas' abortion bans are joining a lawsuit that seek to force the state to clarify medical exceptions in the laws.

Autumn Hendry moved into the Nesting Place maternity home after she became pregnant, but she wasn't allowed to stay after she began using meth and alcohol again.

Maternity homes provide support in a post-Roe world, but not without conditions

4:07pm May 09, 2023

by Katia Riddle

A crisis pregnancy center in Idaho opened a maternity home in the months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The residents have more complicated stories than the home's founders expected.