SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah bill that would require doctors to show a woman an ultrasound before performing an abortion passed a House committee vote.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A federal appeals court said Friday it won't reconsider a ruling that upheld a Kentucky law requiring doctors to perform ultrasounds and show fetal images to patients prior...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on legal wrangling over abortion in Kentucky (all times local):

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A federal appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of a Kentucky law...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Senate has approved a measure that would require providers to ask women seeking abortions if they want to view ultrasounds and listen to the fetuses' heartbeats.

The bill designed to make women reconsider having abortions passed the Senate 31-19 on Tuesday. It now goes to the House for consideration.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana mandate that forces women to undergo an ultrasound at least 18 hours before having an abortion is "an undue burden" that saddles some women with lengthy travel and additional expenses, a federal appeals court ruled this week.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A legal feud over stricter abortion laws in Kentucky reached a federal appeals court, where lawyers for an abortion clinic and Gov. Matt Bevin's administration wrangled Wednesday over requiring doctors to perform ultrasounds and show fetal images to patients prior to abortions.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on a federal appeals court reviewing a Kentucky law requiring women seeking an abortion to first have an ultrasound (all times local):

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Rival attorneys for Kentucky's governor and an abortion clinic have presented legal arguments to a federal appeals court reviewing the state's attempt to require women seeking an abortion to first have an ultrasound.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A handful of Alzheimer's patients signed up for a bold experiment: They let scientists beam sound waves into the brain to temporarily jiggle an opening in its protective shield.

The so-called blood-brain barrier prevents germs and other damaging substances from leaching in through the bloodstream — but it can block drugs for Alzheimer's, brain tumors and other neurologic diseases, too.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton has vetoed a Republican-backed bill that would have required Minnesota physicians to tell pregnant women they have the option of viewing an ultrasound before having an abortion.

The Democratic governor vetoed the bill Wednesday after it passed the Legislature largely on party lines last week. Several Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A bill requiring doctors to give pregnant women the option to see an ultrasound before having an abortion has cleared the Minnesota Legislature.

The House passed the bill Thursday by a 79-48 vote. A handful of Democrats joined Republicans to approve the measure, which the Senate passed earlier this month.

MIRAMAR, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman is suing an affordable housing complex she says refused to renew her lease because she didn't provide an ultrasound image while pregnant.

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Sheriff's deputies in Florida stopped a man and woman from entering a technical college after someone called warning that the pair wanted to "take over the school by force."

Administrative director Greg Davis says the Florida Institute of Ultrasound in Pensacola went into lockdown Wednesday when they learned of the threat.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Republican-led Tennessee House has passed a bill that would require doctors to offer women who are getting abortions a look at an ultrasound, if one was performed beforehand.

The House voted 74-20 Monday on the bill by Republican Rep. Micah Van Huss of Jonesborough. If a woman decides to see the ultrasound, the bill would require the medical professional to tell her whether a fetal heartbeat was detected.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has blocked an Indiana mandate forcing women to undergo an ultrasound at least 18 hours before having an abortion, ruling that the requirement is likely unconstitutional and creates "clearly undue" burdens on women, particularly low-income women.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A bill in the Alabama Legislature would require women seeking abortions to get a sonogram two days ahead of the procedure and hear a detailed description of the embryo or fetus

The Senate Health Committee has scheduled a Wednesday public hearing on the bill by Republican Sen. Gerald Allen of Tuscaloosa. A federal appeals court in 2014 blocked a similar North Carolina ultrasound law.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's new law requiring doctors to conduct an ultrasound exam before an abortion, and then try to show fetal images to the pregnant women, came under withering attack Thursday in federal court.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on federal court hearing on Kentucky's new abortion law (all times local):

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Kentucky's new law requiring doctors to perform an ultrasound exam before an abortion has come under attack by opponents seeking a court order to block it.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Senate has passed a bill that would require doctors to offer an ultrasound to women seeking abortions.

The bill passed in a consent list Monday goes back to the House to consider a change the Senate made. Senators removed a provision requiring a doctor to obtain a signed confidential statement from the woman that she was offered an ultrasound.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The rancor between Gov. Matt Bevin and Attorney General Andy Beshear intensified Wednesday, as they exchanged harsh words over the defense of a new Kentucky law requiring doctors to perform an ultrasound before an abortion.

In a Facebook video sparking the latest verbal slugfest, Bevin accused Beshear of failing to adequately defend the law against a legal challenge, calling the AG's action's "absolutely unconscionable" and "dishonorable."

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming lawmaker is introducing a bill that would require doctors to offer ultrasounds to women seeking abortions.

The Casper Star-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2jpRuev ) that Rep. Chuck Gray, a Casper Republican, is sponsoring a bill that would require doctors to inform women 24 hours before an abortion that they have "a right to view an active ultrasound" of the fetus and listen to the fetus' heartbeat, if possible.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Attorney General Andy Beshear said Tuesday he's ready to defend Kentucky's new law that requires doctors to perform an ultrasound prior to an abortion, but declared his unwillingness to represent the state if its 20-week abortion ban faces a court challenge.

That law prohibits abortions in Kentucky after 20 weeks of pregnancy unless the mother's life is in danger. Beshear said his office's review determined that law is "clearly unconstitutional."

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Fighting back against the Republican majority in Kentucky's legislature, abortion-rights supporters filed a federal lawsuit Monday aimed at blocking a new state law that requires women get an ultrasound and have the fetal images described to them before having an abortion.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Abortion legislation stayed on a fast track Wednesday as Republicans flexed their expanded power to advance measures to ban abortions in Kentucky after 20 weeks of pregnancy and require ultrasounds prior to the procedure.

The committee action — on just the second day of the 2017 legislative session — sets up potential votes in the GOP-led House and Senate as soon as Thursday on both bills.

If passed, the measures would then flip chambers for consideration.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho has advanced its anti-abortion stronghold once again by publishing a list of places where pregnant women considering abortions can get free ultrasounds.

Lawmakers in the Republican-dominated Statehouse pushed for the list earlier this year during the legislative session, where anti-abortion legislation is common and almost always receives the governor's signature. The state's GOP supermajority refused requests from minority Democratic members to...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the sale of ultrasound gel contaminated with bacteria that infected more than a dozen patients.

NJ.com reports (http://bit.ly/29vW6M4 ) Pharmaceutical Innovations Inc. pleaded guilty on Wednesday to introducing adulterated medical devices into interstate commerce and was placed on two years of probation. The firm has also been...