One year after the fall of Roe v. Wade, abortion care has become a patchwork of confusing state laws
1 year, 9 months ago

One year after the fall of Roe v. Wade, abortion care has become a patchwork of confusing state laws

Salon  

In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson ruling struck down the constitutional right to abortion, society has been seeing the results of a post-Roe world. In the past year, women's rights organizations and women's health advocates have brought numerous legal challenges to restrictive abortion laws. As a result, physicians are choosing to leave states with the most restrictive abortion laws, and clinics are closing, which is contributing to the current shortage of health care providers. States with the most restrictive abortion laws also have limited access to pregnancy care and supportive programs for pregnant and parenting women. What's more, states with the most abortion restrictions have some of the worst pregnancy and maternal health outcomes for women, especially women of color.

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Kentucky lawmakers add specific medical exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban
1 week, 2 days ago

Kentucky lawmakers add specific medical exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban

Associated Press  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Republican lawmakers inserted several medical exceptions into Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban on Thursday, seeking to offer clarity to doctors fearful of breaking the law for terminating pregnancies while treating expectant mothers with grave complications. “It ensures women facing life-threatening situations receive timely, appropriate medical care, and gives providers the legal certainty they need to act decisively,” said …

US states prepare for battle over abortion pills
2 weeks, 1 day ago

US states prepare for battle over abortion pills

Raw Story  

by Elodie SOINARD The anti-abortion movement in the United States has set its sights on a new target: doctors sending pills across state lines to help women end unwanted pregnancies. Since the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn the federal protection of the right to an abortion, states like Texas and Louisiana have adopted tough anti-abortion laws. Texas and Louisiana …

Trump administration moves to drop Idaho emergency abortion case with national implications
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Trump administration moves to drop Idaho emergency abortion case with national implications

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday moved to drop an Idaho emergency abortion case in one of its first moves on the issue since President Donald Trump began his second term. The Biden administration had argued that emergency-room doctors must provide terminations if necessary to stabilize pregnant women in Idaho, which has one of the country’s strictest abortion bans. …

Beyond abortion: A timeline of reproductive health care and the true impact on women and society
1 month ago

Beyond abortion: A timeline of reproductive health care and the true impact on women and society

Salon  

The conversations and debates over reproductive rights in America have long been centered on abortion. Phase one: The wastelands of women’s health care Even before the fall of Roe v. Wade, the United States was already in the midst of a reproductive health care crisis. Catherine Birndorf, MD, a reproductive psychiatrist and founder of The Motherhood Center of New York, …

Abortions to resume in Missouri after judge temporarily blocks regulations
1 month, 1 week ago

Abortions to resume in Missouri after judge temporarily blocks regulations

India TV News  

In the United States Missouri, abortions are set to resume after a judge blocked regulations that had restricted providers even after voters approved enshrining abortion rights into the state’s constitution. Planned Parenthood argued that the licensing law required providers to give “medically unnecessary and invasive” pelvic exams to anyone receiving an abortion, including medication abortions, according to court documents. Licensing …

Red states’ fine, charge against New York doctor over abortion pills are test of shield laws
1 month, 1 week ago

Red states’ fine, charge against New York doctor over abortion pills are test of shield laws

LA Times  

A New York doctor’s alleged decision to send abortion pills to patients in Texas and Louisiana has pitted the blue state’s shield law against the two red states’ strict abortion bans. Texas didn’t bring criminal charges against Dr. Maggie Carpenter, but she is charged with a felony in Louisiana for allegedly prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor. Jeff Landry’s …

New York doctor is fined in Texas, charged in Louisiana over abortion pills in tests of shield laws
1 month, 1 week ago

New York doctor is fined in Texas, charged in Louisiana over abortion pills in tests of shield laws

Associated Press  

DALLAS — A New York doctor’s alleged decision to send abortion pills to patients in Texas and Louisiana has pitted the Empire State’s shield law against the two conservative states’ abortion bans, which are among the strictest in the country. Texas didn’t bring criminal charges against Dr. Maggie Carpenter, but she’s charged with a felony in Louisiana for allegedly prescribing …

Infant mortality rises in states with abortion bans, study finds
1 month, 1 week ago

Infant mortality rises in states with abortion bans, study finds

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. After the bans took effect, infant mortality rates …

Abortion bans in US led to more births and infant deaths, especially among vulnerable groups
1 month, 1 week ago

Abortion bans in US led to more births and infant deaths, especially among vulnerable groups

CNN  

CNN — Abortion bans in the United States are exacerbating existing health disparities as births increase in high-risk populations and infant mortality rises disproportionately, new research suggests. “It signals that these additional births are occurring disproportionately among populations at greater risk of infant mortality and other poor pregnancy outcomes,” said Dr. Suzanne Bell, an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins …

State v. state battles over abortion laws are coming to a head – and likely will end up at the Supreme Court
1 month, 1 week ago

State v. state battles over abortion laws are coming to a head – and likely will end up at the Supreme Court

CNN  

CNN — Rather than take judges out of the national debate over abortion, as the 2022 Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe V. Wade promised to do, that ruling has unleashed a new wave of legal questions – including how to settle disputes between the states about whether their abortion laws can be applied outside their borders. “Letting states create their …

What to know about abortion developments in the states and courts as Trump takes office
2 months ago

What to know about abortion developments in the states and courts as Trump takes office

Associated Press  

An incoming new president and state legislative sessions ramping up are likely to bring more changes to abortion policy across the U.S., which is still settling after the seismic shift in 2022 when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and opened the door to state bans. The states argue that efforts to provide access to the pills “undermine …

Texas judge says states can revive challenge to abortion pill access nationwide
2 months ago

Texas judge says states can revive challenge to abortion pill access nationwide

Associated Press  

The Texas judge who previously halted approval of the nation’s most common method of abortion ruled Thursday that three states can move ahead with another attempt to roll back federal rules and make it harder for people across the U.S. to access the abortion drug mifepristone. Idaho, Kansas and Missouri requested late last year to pursue the case in federal …

Abortions are up in the US. The data paints a complicated picture
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Abortions are up in the US. The data paints a complicated picture

Associated Press  

Abortion has become slightly more common despite bans or deep restrictions in most Republican-controlled states, and the legal and political fights over its future are not over yet. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Overturning Roe and enforcing abortion bans has changed how woman obtain abortions in the U.S. “Abortion bans don’t actually …

Abortions are up in U.S., with women turning to pills and travel
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Abortions are up in U.S., with women turning to pills and travel

LA Times  

Two women at a watch party in Kansas City, Mo., react after an abortion rights amendment to the Missouri Constitution was passed on Nov. 5. It’s now been two and a half years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade and opened the door for states to implement bans. Here’s a look at data on where things stand: …

In states that ban abortion, social safety net programs often fail families
2 months, 3 weeks ago

In states that ban abortion, social safety net programs often fail families

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “If we took some of that stress off …

In states that ban abortion, social safety net programs often fail families
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

In states that ban abortion, social safety net programs often fail families

Associated Press  

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Taylor Cagnacci moved from California to Tennessee with hopes of starting a new chapter in a state that touts a low cost of living and natural beauty. “If we took some of that stress off of them, then maybe they’d have time to dream.” GOP state leaders in Tennessee and other states that banned abortion after the …

How the abortion rights landscape changed in 2024
2 months, 3 weeks ago

How the abortion rights landscape changed in 2024

Salon  

In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs decision, ending the federal enshrinement of abortion rights in America. 01 More people stockpiled abortion pills 2024 began with the anticipation that the Supreme Court would invalidate the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions. “This increase is …

Are abortion bans across America causing deaths? The states that passed them are doing little to find out.
3 months ago

Are abortion bans across America causing deaths? The states that passed them are doing little to find out.

CNN  

This story was originally published by ProPublica. The committee does not review cases that involve that drug because it’s also used for abortions, said committee chair Dr. Carla Ortique: “If they received medication, if they received any procedure, we will not get those records.” Chris Van Deusen, the spokesperson at the Texas Department of State Health Services, would not say …

As states fight over abortion laws, California could get dragged in
3 months ago

As states fight over abortion laws, California could get dragged in

LA Times  

Hello and happy Tuesday. Since the Dobbs decision, as the Supreme Court’s ruling is known, eight states, including New York and California, have enacted so-called shield laws. These laws are meant to protect healthcare providers, now know as “shield law providers,” and others involved in giving care — whether in person or via telehealth — from the laws of states …

Abortion suit against doc came from boyfriend with 'your body, my choice' vendetta: expert
3 months ago

Abortion suit against doc came from boyfriend with 'your body, my choice' vendetta: expert

Raw Story  

A legal expert gave an eyebrow-raising opinion on a controversial effort in Texas, where the state's far-right attorney general last week sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman in suburban Dallas. "As we discussed on @Morning_Joe today, part of what's so chilling about Ken Paxton's lawsuit against a New York OB/GYN is how it likely …

Shield laws under fire: Texas sues New York doctor over abortion pills
3 months, 1 week ago

Shield laws under fire: Texas sues New York doctor over abortion pills

India Today  

Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the US to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed to protect physicians after Roe v. Wade was overturned. “Will doctors be more afraid to mail pills into Texas, even if they might be protected by shield laws …

Texas' Abortion Pill Lawsuit Against New York Doctor Marks New Challenge To Interstate Telemedicine
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3 months, 1 week ago

Texas' Abortion Pill Lawsuit Against New York Doctor Marks New Challenge To Interstate Telemedicine

Huff Post  

Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed to protect physicians after Roe v. Wade was overturned. “Will doctors be more afraid to mail pills into Texas, even if they might be protected by shield laws …

Texas challenges shield laws by suing New York doctor who prescribed abortion pills
Trending News
3 months, 1 week ago

Texas challenges shield laws by suing New York doctor who prescribed abortion pills

NPR  

Texas challenges shield laws by suing New York doctor who prescribed abortion pills toggle caption David Erickson/AP Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed to protect physicians after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Sponsor Message …

Idaho’s strict abortion ban faces scrutiny in federal appeals court hearing
3 months, 1 week ago

Idaho’s strict abortion ban faces scrutiny in federal appeals court hearing

Associated Press  

PASADENA, Calif. — A federal appeals court scrutinized the impact of Idaho’s strict abortion ban on emergency medical care on Tuesday, weighing whether the ban criminalizing abortions should be enforceable in life- and health-threatening situations. Circuit Court of Appeals panel of 11 judges to urgently lift the injunction preventing the state from enforcing its abortion ban in emergency room settings, …

What to know about abortion access in Missouri
3 months, 2 weeks ago

What to know about abortion access in Missouri

Associated Press  

— Planned Parenthood wanted to resume offering abortions in several Missouri clinics on Friday, immediately after a newly passed constitutional amendment rolling back the state’s near-total ban took effect, but they remain on hold as a complicated court battle drags on. Missouri’s Republican attorney general says many of those old laws — like a 72-hour waiting period — should still …

What to know about abortion access in Missouri
3 months, 2 weeks ago

What to know about abortion access in Missouri

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Planned Parenthood wanted to resume …

'Worried': Experts concerned as Texas board declines to investigate abortion ban deaths
3 months, 3 weeks ago

'Worried': Experts concerned as Texas board declines to investigate abortion ban deaths

Raw Story  

The Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee revealed this week that it will not be reviewing any cases that occurred over the last two years — which just happen to be the years when Texas's strict anti-abortion law went into effect. The Washington Post reports that the move by the committee is "leaving any potential deaths related to abortion …

Texas bill would reclassify abortion drugs as controlled substances
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas bill would reclassify abortion drugs as controlled substances

Raw Story  

"Texas bill would reclassify abortion drugs as controlled substances" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. “Forcing a clinician to jump through administrative hurdles in order to access a safe, effective medicine is not medically justified and is, …

Third woman dies under Texas’ abortion ban as doctors use riskier miscarriage treatments
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Third woman dies under Texas’ abortion ban as doctors use riskier miscarriage treatments

Raw Story  

Wrapping his wife in a blanket as she mourned the loss of her pregnancy at 11 weeks, Hope Ngumezi wondered why no obstetrician was coming to see her. But when Dr. Andrew Ryan Davis, the obstetrician on duty, finally arrived, he said it was the hospital’s “routine” to give a drug called misoprostol to help the body pass the tissue, …

Doctors reaching for riskier miscarriage treatment as a third woman dies under Texas’ abortion ban
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Doctors reaching for riskier miscarriage treatment as a third woman dies under Texas’ abortion ban

Salon  

Series: Life of the Mother: How Abortion Bans Lead to Preventable Deaths More in this series Wrapping his wife in a blanket as she mourned the loss of her pregnancy at 11 weeks, Hope Ngumezi wondered why no obstetrician was coming to see her. But when Dr. Andrew Ryan Davis, the obstetrician on duty, finally arrived, he said it was …

Judge Strikes Down Wyoming Laws Banning Abortion, Abortion Pills
4 months ago

Judge Strikes Down Wyoming Laws Banning Abortion, Abortion Pills

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A state judge on Monday struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy in line with voters in yet more states voicing support for abortion rights. One Wyoming law that Owens said violated women’s rights under the state constitution bans abortion except …

Maryland is training more health workers to offer abortion care
4 months ago

Maryland is training more health workers to offer abortion care

Salon  

In the two counties around nurse practitioner Samantha Marsee’s clinic in rural northeastern Maryland, there’s not a single clinic that provides abortions. In 2022, Maryland lawmakers passed the Abortion Care Access Act, expanding the type of medical care nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified nurse-midwives could offer, including abortion, and the training program “prioritized that group,” Bondy said. As more …

The Newly Revived Zombie Laws Threatening to Lock Up Women When They Miscarry
4 months, 1 week ago

The Newly Revived Zombie Laws Threatening to Lock Up Women When They Miscarry

Slate  

Last week, the Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments in one of a pair of cases that will determine access to abortion in the state. A trial judge bought Kaul’s argument, and now the case is before the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which has a new liberal majority since the 2022 election of Justice Janet Protasiewicz. A woman who babysat for …

Women suing over Idaho’s abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming ‘medical refugees’
4 months, 1 week ago

Women suing over Idaho’s abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming ‘medical refugees’

Associated Press  

BOISE, Idaho — Four women suing over Idaho’s strict abortion bans told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth — and how they had to leave the state to get abortions amid fears that pregnancy complications would put their own health in …

What’s next for reproductive healthcare during the Trump administration?
4 months, 2 weeks ago

What’s next for reproductive healthcare during the Trump administration?

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Blackmon, the woman at the center of a legal challenge to Tennesee’s abortion laws, …

What’s next for reproductive healthcare during the Trump administration?
4 months, 2 weeks ago

What’s next for reproductive healthcare during the Trump administration?

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Blackmon, the woman at the center of a …

How abortion access map has been dramatically redrawn across US - after shock twists in deep red states
4 months, 2 weeks ago

How abortion access map has been dramatically redrawn across US - after shock twists in deep red states

Daily Mail  

It wasn't just Donald Trump or Kamala Harris on the ticket last night - there were also important referendums on abortion. Experts say yesterday's ballot measures were similarly surprising, we look at how all 10 states voted below: Missouri - allowed up to 24 weeks In The Show-Me State, when Roe v. Wade was overturned, a 2019 law that banned …

Louisiana’s new law on abortion drugs establishes risky treatment delays, lawsuit claims
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Louisiana’s new law on abortion drugs establishes risky treatment delays, lawsuit claims

The Independent  

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Column: These red states say teens should be forced to have babies so the states don’t lose congressional seats
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: These red states say teens should be forced to have babies so the states don’t lose congressional seats

LA Times  

Right-wing federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of Amarillo, Texas, who will have another crack at outlawing medical abortions despite being slapped down once by the Supreme Court. “Each abortion,” they write, “represents at least one lost potential or actual birth.” Because of this “loss of potential population,” the states face “subsequent ‘diminishment of political representation’ and ‘loss of federal funds,’ such …

Texas Woman's Heart-Wrenching Story: A Tale of Sepsis and Loss
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas Woman's Heart-Wrenching Story: A Tale of Sepsis and Loss

Associated Press  

A new series of Kamala Harris campaign ads highlights the precarious medical care for women since the fall of Roe v. Wade. One ad features a Texas woman who lost her baby to sepsis due to a lack of proper medical care. Another ad focuses on the emotional impact of the issue on both the woman and her husband.

Missouri AG tells judge reducing teen pregnancies would hurt state financially
5 months ago

Missouri AG tells judge reducing teen pregnancies would hurt state financially

Raw Story  

The lawsuit demands the federal government restore its previous restrictions on mifepristone by requiring three in-person doctor visits, reducing the gestational period during which the medication can be taken from 10 weeks to seven and rolling back recent federal policy that allowed for the mailing of mifepristone and allowed for prescriptions to be made online or through pharmacies. Molly Meegan, …

Women in states with bans are getting abortions at similar rates as under Roe, report says
5 months ago

Women in states with bans are getting abortions at similar rates as under Roe, report says

The Independent  

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Women in states with bans are getting abortions at similar rates as under Roe, report says
5 months ago

Women in states with bans are getting abortions at similar rates as under Roe, report says

LA Times  

Mifepristone is one of two pills used in medication abortions. Women living in states with abortion bans obtained the procedure in the second half of 2023 at about the same rate as before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, according to a report released Tuesday. They increasingly used telehealth, the report found, as medical providers in states with …

Why Record Numbers of People Who Aren’t Pregnant Are Ordering Abortion Medication
5 months ago

Why Record Numbers of People Who Aren’t Pregnant Are Ordering Abortion Medication

Slate  

Since the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022, a growing number of people in the United States are buying abortion pills and keeping them on hand just in case they need them in the future. Some states have been removing the “known pregnancy” requirements since Dobbs, potentially making it easier to prosecute advance provision, missed period pills, and other …

Tennessee judges say doctors can't be disciplined for providing emergency abortions
5 months ago

Tennessee judges say doctors can't be disciplined for providing emergency abortions

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A three-judge panel on Thursday …

Abortion laws are straining the OB-GYN workforce in Texas: report
5 months, 1 week ago

Abortion laws are straining the OB-GYN workforce in Texas: report

Salon  

In yet another indicator that the rollback of reproductive rights has ripple effects across health care, a new survey found that one in five OB-GYNs in the state of Texas are considering leaving in due to strict and confusing abortion laws. “A significant majority of practicing OB-GYN physicians surveyed believe that the Texas abortion laws have inhibited their ability to …

Your guide to the presidential candidates’ views on abortion
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Your guide to the presidential candidates’ views on abortion

LA Times  

Abortion rights, always a polarizing issue in American politics, became an electoral tinderbox in 2022 after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, the landmark decision to create a federal right to abortion access. The prospect of women not having access to abortion was theoretical in many voters’ minds until the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health …

‘Massive win': Advocates cheer overturning of ‘extreme’ abortion law blamed for 2 deaths
5 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Massive win': Advocates cheer overturning of ‘extreme’ abortion law blamed for 2 deaths

Raw Story  

Abortion rights advocates nationwide hailed a state judge’s decision Monday to overturn Georgia’s strict six-week abortion ban that they say “caused suffering in the state for the last two years” as a “massive win." “Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller should still be alive — and they would be if it weren’t for Donald Trump and Brian Kemp’s abortion ban,” …

Florida doctors are in 'unfathomably dark scenarios' thanks to signature DeSantis policy
6 months ago

Florida doctors are in 'unfathomably dark scenarios' thanks to signature DeSantis policy

Raw Story  

Rolling Stone is reporting that more Florida doctors are speaking out against Florida Gov. In fact, the magazine reports that these doctors are confronting "unfathomably dark medical scenarios" that may force them to give up practicing medicine in the state all together unless the abortion ban is repealed by a ballot initiative this November. Dr. Chelsea Daniels tells Rolling Stone …

In 'win for reproductive freedom,' North Dakota judge strikes down abortion ban
6 months, 1 week ago

In 'win for reproductive freedom,' North Dakota judge strikes down abortion ban

Raw Story  

Two days after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump claimed that "every Democrat, every Republican, liberal, conservative" wanted the federal right to abortion care to be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, a North Dakota judge became the latest on Thursday to strike down a state-level abortion ban, saying it violated residents' constitutional rights. Meetra Mehdizadeh, a staff attorney at CRR, …

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