I Live In Alabama. Our Cruel New Abortion Law Has Made My Life Absolute Hell.
2 years, 2 months ago

I Live In Alabama. Our Cruel New Abortion Law Has Made My Life Absolute Hell.

Huff Post  

The author with her fiancé and their son. Courtesy of Alyssa Gonzales On June 21, 2022 — just three days before the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization came out — I got the news: I was pregnant. After the Dobbs decision, Alabama’s trigger law went into effect and banned abortion almost completely — with only extremely narrow exceptions. And while I’m sure other women with money could have easily packed up their lives and flown across the country to get the care they needed, that simply wasn’t an option for me. “Southern women can no longer bear the brunt of Congress’s reluctance to pass nationwide protections for reproductive rights.” So after working through some logistics with a fund that focused on helping low-income Southern women get the health care they needed out-of-state, I loaded up my infant son in the car with my fiancé and his parents, and we drove eleven hours from rural Alabama to an abortion provider in Washington, D.C.

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

Abortion Costs Can Triple for Women Coming From Out of State
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Abortion Costs Can Triple for Women Coming From Out of State

Live Mint  

-- Abortions carry “catastrophic” costs for more than two-in-five Americans who get them, and it’s significantly worse for those who must travel out-of-state for access, according to a new study. The Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision that overturned the constitutional right to abortion has exacerbated the financial stress. “The financial and psychological burdens of abortion …

Abortions are down under Florida’s 6-week ban but not by as much as in other states, study says
3 months, 1 week ago

Abortions are down under Florida’s 6-week ban but not by as much as in other states, study says

Associated Press  

When Florida’s ban on abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy began on May 1, the number of abortions didn’t drop as much as it has when other states implemented similar policies, a study released Thursday estimates. The study by the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion access, suggests that Florida clinics, abortion funds and support networks were …

Iowa Now Bans Most Abortions After About 6 Weeks, Before Many Women Know They're Pregnant
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa Now Bans Most Abortions After About 6 Weeks, Before Many Women Know They're Pregnant

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s strict abortion law went into effect Monday, immediately prohibiting most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. “I’m glad that the Iowa Supreme Court has upheld the will of the people of Iowa.” Now, across the country, four states ban abortions after about six weeks …

2 years late how the Dobbs Supreme Court decision changed abortion access
6 months ago

2 years late how the Dobbs Supreme Court decision changed abortion access

NPR  

2 years late how the Dobbs Supreme Court decision changed abortion access Two years after the Supreme Court removed federal abortion protections, the number of abortions is up as telehealth is on the rise and reproductive rights are on the ballot in November. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have an update now on the fight over abortion two years to the …

Florida's stricter ban on abortions could put more pressure on clinics elsewhere
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Florida's stricter ban on abortions could put more pressure on clinics elsewhere

Associated Press  

The drive to Bristol, Virginia, from Jacksonville, Florida, takes more than eight hours. “I think that Florida will just become another one of the states that we serve.” On Monday, the Florida Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. That step allows another, stricter ban to take effect on May 1, making abortion illegal …

Bill that would have placed the question of abortion access before Louisiana voters fails
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Bill that would have placed the question of abortion access before Louisiana voters fails

Associated Press  

— A bill that ultimately would have let voters decide whether abortions should be legal in Louisiana, a state with a near-total ban, failed after a Republican-controlled committee rejected it Monday. The legislation proposed an amendment to Louisiana’s constitution that would enshrine reproductive rights for women, including allowing contraceptives such as birth control, access to abortions and infertility treatments. Freeman …

Alabama’s IVF ruling is spotlighting the anti-abortion movement’s long game
10 months ago

Alabama’s IVF ruling is spotlighting the anti-abortion movement’s long game

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — The recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are legally protected children is highlighting how support for the idea that a fetus should have the same rights as a person underpins far less dramatic laws and proposals from abortion foes across the U.S. Brittany Jones, an attorney and policy director for Kansas Family Voice, which opposes …

Column: Alabama’s highest court declared frozen embryos people. The U.S. Supreme Court is to blame
10 months ago

Column: Alabama’s highest court declared frozen embryos people. The U.S. Supreme Court is to blame

LA Times  

The Alabama Supreme Court’s breathtakingly arrogant, slapdash and pernicious opinion conferring personhood on newly formed embryos vividly illustrates the consequences of another reckless decision: the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe vs. Wade. Astonishingly, the sole focus of the court’s analysis was whether Alabama’s wrongful death law encompasses “extrauterine children — that is, unborn children who are located outside of …

Opinion: Alabama embryo ruling could set a precedent for other conservative states
10 months ago

Opinion: Alabama embryo ruling could set a precedent for other conservative states

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Mary Ziegler is the Martin Luther King Jr. CNN — The Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling on Friday will transform infertility care across the state, potentially setting the stage for a ruling that a fetus or even an embryo outside the womb holds constitutional rights. The court’s ruling could set a precedent for other conservative states that embrace the …

Sam Alito Is to Blame for the Alabama Supreme Court’s Devastating Anti-IVF Ruling
10 months ago

Sam Alito Is to Blame for the Alabama Supreme Court’s Devastating Anti-IVF Ruling

Slate  

In June 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Justice Samuel Alito promised that other reproductive rights were not in danger. Abortion, he proclaimed, was different: “It destroys … an unborn human being.” A decision issued last Friday by the Alabama Supreme Court is a reminder that the effects of Dobbs are not limited to restricting access to …

Iowa’s abortion providers now have some guidance for the paused 6-week ban, if it is upheld
10 months, 1 week ago

Iowa’s abortion providers now have some guidance for the paused 6-week ban, if it is upheld

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s medical board on Thursday approved some guidance abortion providers would need to follow if the state’s ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy is upheld by the Iowa Supreme Court. The rules instruct physicians to make “a bona fide effort to detect a fetal heartbeat” by performing a transabdominal pelvic ultrasound “in …

Kate Cox sought an abortion in Texas. A court said no because she didn’t show her life was in danger
1 year ago

Kate Cox sought an abortion in Texas. A court said no because she didn’t show her life was in danger

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Kate Cox, whose fetus had a fatal condition, did not qualify for an abortion in Texas: not after four emergency room visits, elevated vital signs, risks of a uterine rupture and with her ability to have more children in jeopardy. The Texas Supreme Court’s rejection of the mother of two’s request for an exception under the state’s …

Alabama can’t prosecute people who help women leave the state for abortions, Justice Department says
1 year, 1 month ago

Alabama can’t prosecute people who help women leave the state for abortions, Justice Department says

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday said Alabama cannot use conspiracy laws to prosecute people and groups who help women leave the state to obtain abortions. The Justice Department filed a statement of its position in consolidated lawsuits against Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, arguing that such prosecutions would be unconstitutional. The lawsuits, filed by an …

Abortions in the US rose slightly overall after post-Roe restrictions were put in place, study finds
1 year, 1 month ago

Abortions in the US rose slightly overall after post-Roe restrictions were put in place, study finds

Associated Press  

The total number of abortions provided in the U.S. rose slightly in the 12 months after states began implementing bans on them throughout pregnancy, a new survey finds. The changes reflect major shifts after the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2022 handed down its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling, overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that had …

As birthing hospitals close, Alabama's maternity care crisis is a warning for the rest of the nation
1 year, 2 months ago

As birthing hospitals close, Alabama's maternity care crisis is a warning for the rest of the nation

Salon  

The United States is in the midst of a maternal health care crisis, one made even worse by states who refuse to listen to those who have been in the birth trenches for centuries: midwives. This is currently playing out in real time in Alabama, where the state’s Department of Public Health missed the opportunity to alleviate the maternal health …

New law allows doctors living in ‘hostile’ red states to get abortion training in California
1 year, 2 months ago

New law allows doctors living in ‘hostile’ red states to get abortion training in California

LA Times  

A physician and her resident perform an ultrasound on an abortion patient in Albuquerque the day before the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade. Gavin Newsom signed another round of reproductive health bills into law on Wednesday, including legislation that allows doctors living under “hostile” laws in states where abortion is banned to receive training in California. “We will continue …

Alabama health care providers sue over threat of prosecution for abortion help
1 year, 4 months ago

Alabama health care providers sue over threat of prosecution for abortion help

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Abortion rights advocates in Alabama — where abortion is almost entirely illegal — filed lawsuits Monday against the state’s attorney general seeking to prevent him from prosecuting people who help patients travel outside the state to end pregnancies. “What the attorney general has tried to do via these threats is to effectively extend Alabama’s abortion ban outside …

Texas women denied abortions give emotional accounts in court, ask judge to clarify law
1 year, 5 months ago

Texas women denied abortions give emotional accounts in court, ask judge to clarify law

LA Times  

Amanda Zurawski, one of the plaintiffs suing Texas, speaks in front of the state Capitol in Austin. For the first time since Roe vs. Wade was overturned, Texas women who were denied abortions testified in court of carrying babies they knew would not survive and continuing pregnancies that put their health in worsening danger. “I survived sepsis, and I don’t …

Abortion in Iowa is legal again, for now, after a judge blocks new restrictions
1 year, 5 months ago

Abortion in Iowa is legal again, for now, after a judge blocks new restrictions

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa judge on Monday temporarily blocked the state’s new ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, just days after Gov. There are limited circumstances under the law that would allow for abortion after the point in a pregnancy where cardiac activity is detected: rape, if reported to law enforcement or a health …

One year later, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on right to abortion is both scorned and praised
1 year, 6 months ago

One year later, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on right to abortion is both scorned and praised

The Hindu  

Activists and politicians are marking the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned a nationwide right to abortion with a range of reactions that vary from praise and protests. “I’m absolutely livid that people think that they can interfere with medical decisions between a woman and her doctor,” said Lynn Rust, of Silver Springs, Maryland, at a …

One year later, the Supreme Court’s abortion decision is both scorned and praised
1 year, 6 months ago

One year later, the Supreme Court’s abortion decision is both scorned and praised

Associated Press  

Activists and politicians are marking the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned a nationwide right to abortion with praise from some and protests from others. “We knew this decision would create a healthcare crisis in America,” she said, pointing to women who were initially denied abortion access even during miscarriages because hospitals were concerned about legal …

New abortion laws changed their lives. 8 very personal stories
1 year, 6 months ago

New abortion laws changed their lives. 8 very personal stories

NPR  

New abortion laws changed their lives. Enlarge this image Tracy Lee for NPR Tracy Lee for NPR When her water broke too early, there were no abortion providers to help Dani Rios, 40 State: Texas Law: Banned with very limited exceptions In December 2022, right before Christmas, I was 20 weeks and 3 days pregnant when I learned my water …

As South Carolina governor signs new law, abortion restrictions strain providers in US South
1 year, 6 months ago

As South Carolina governor signs new law, abortion restrictions strain providers in US South

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A wave of newly approved abortion restrictions in the Southeastern United States has sent providers scrambling to reconfigure their services for a region with already severely limited access. Black, who oversees the organization’s work in North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and parts of Virginia, said providers have had to quickly determine how to comply with the …

Alabama Republicans would charge abortion patients with murder under proposed legislation
1 year, 7 months ago

Alabama Republicans would charge abortion patients with murder under proposed legislation

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. Read our privacy policy An Alabama state lawmaker who ran for office on “medical …

Abortion bans fail in conservative South Carolina, Nebraska
1 year, 7 months ago

Abortion bans fail in conservative South Carolina, Nebraska

Associated Press  

— Abortion bans in Nebraska and South Carolina fell short of advancing in close votes amid heated debates among Republicans, confounding conservatives who have dominated both legislatures and further exposing the chasm on the issue of abortion within the GOP. And in South Carolina, where abortion remains legal through 22 weeks of pregnancy, the vote marked the third time a …

This abortion doctor is not ready to leave Alabama. ‘You don’t want me here? That’s why I’m gonna stay’
1 year, 7 months ago

This abortion doctor is not ready to leave Alabama. ‘You don’t want me here? That’s why I’m gonna stay’

LA Times  

People often ask Dr. Leah Torres why she stays in Alabama. These are expendable people in the eyes of the state of Alabama.” ‘We have to push back’ When Tina Collins, the front office manager, picks up the phone — “West Alabama Women’s Center!” — she frequently has to inform callers the clinic no longer provides abortions. Escaping ‘corporate medical …

New Maryland provider opening in post-Roe ‘abortion desert’
1 year, 8 months ago

New Maryland provider opening in post-Roe ‘abortion desert’

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A new abortion provider is opening this year in Democratic-controlled Maryland — just across from deeply conservative West Virginia, where state lawmakers recently passed a near-total abortion ban. The Women’s Health Center of Maryland in Cumberland, roughly 5 miles from West Virginia, will open its doors in June — a year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned …

Texas abortion law: the new unintended crisis that could explode in the state.
1 year, 9 months ago

Texas abortion law: the new unintended crisis that could explode in the state.

Slate  

For three days last fall, Leah Wilson entered her pregnant patient’s hospital room and checked the fetus for a heartbeat. “These are things that I haven’t seen in, you know, 20 years of practicing OB, 14 years of practicing high-risk OB—I’ve never run into these situations where people are wondering what to do.” The inability to provide what they say …

Democrats seek repeal or exemptions in state abortion ban
1 year, 9 months ago

Democrats seek repeal or exemptions in state abortion ban

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s abortion ban that took effect this summer allows no exemptions for pregnancies resulting from rape and incest. Figures told The Associated Press in a statement that a victim of rape and incest would again be traumatized “if she does not have a choice and she is forced to have a child that was fathered by a …

Women sue Texas over abortion ban, say it risked their lives
1 year, 9 months ago

Women sue Texas over abortion ban, say it risked their lives

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Five women who said they were denied abortions even when pregnancy endangered their lives are suing Texas over its abortion ban, the latest legal fight against state restrictions since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. The lawsuit filed Monday in state court said the Texas law, one of the strictest in the country, is …

2022 Notebook: A seismic reversal in U.S. abortion rights
2 years ago

2022 Notebook: A seismic reversal in U.S. abortion rights

Associated Press  

THE BACKGROUND: After decades of abortion rights, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and suddenly abortion was illegal in parts of the country. When the decision came down in June, women across the U.S. suddenly found themselves living in states where abortion wasn’t legal. ___ NOREEN NASIR, video journalist based in New York, who reported from Jackson, Mississippi, …

Abortion ruling means more and riskier births in Mississippi
2 years, 2 months ago

Abortion ruling means more and riskier births in Mississippi

Associated Press  

— In Mississippi, where health officials expect 5,000 more births each year as a result of the Supreme Court ruling upending abortion rights, children are more likely to die before their first birthday than in any other state. Tate Reeves said he would do everything in his power to make Mississippi the “safest state in the nation for an unborn …

Abortion ruling means more and riskier births in Mississippi
2 years, 2 months ago

Abortion ruling means more and riskier births in Mississippi

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 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. Tate Reeves said he would …

How are new abortion laws affecting women in the United States?
2 years, 2 months ago

How are new abortion laws affecting women in the United States?

Al Jazeera  

On Wednesday, October 12 at 19:30 GMT: It’s been more than 100 days since the United States Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion. This means almost one in three American women of reproductive age – disproportionally poorer women and those of colour – now live in a state with no abortion options, according to the Guttmacher Institute. Fearful …

17 Million Women Have Lost Abortion Access Since The Supreme Court Overturned Roe
2 years, 3 months ago

17 Million Women Have Lost Abortion Access Since The Supreme Court Overturned Roe

Huff Post  

Illustration: Jianan Liu/HuffPost In the two months since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, more than a dozen states have banned or severely restricted access to abortion ― leaving millions of people without critical health care. Seventeen states have banned, severely restricted or stopped offering access to abortion care since the court took away federal abortion protections in June’s …

Louisiana woman who alleges she was denied abortion after fetus’ fatal diagnosis says ‘it should not happen to any other woman’
2 years, 3 months ago

Louisiana woman who alleges she was denied abortion after fetus’ fatal diagnosis says ‘it should not happen to any other woman’

CNN  

CNN — A pregnant Louisiana woman who alleges she was denied an abortion despite the fetus being diagnosed with a fatal condition says other women should not have to experience her plight. Nancy Davis said she is planning to get an abortion in another state after a Louisiana hospital allegedly chose not to perform the procedure even though her baby …

Abortion to be put further out of reach for millions of women as slate of ‘trigger bans’ take effect
2 years, 4 months ago

Abortion to be put further out of reach for millions of women as slate of ‘trigger bans’ take effect

CNN  

CNN — A slate of restrictive state abortion laws, including so-called trigger laws, are set to take effect this week, putting access to abortion further out of reach for millions of women as Republican-led states rush to limit the procedure since the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade. The Idaho decision came a day after a dueling decision in …

Four more Republican-led US states ban almost all abortions
2 years, 4 months ago

Four more Republican-led US states ban almost all abortions

Al Jazeera  

Additional ‘trigger laws’ that automatically ban abortion are set to go into effect in numerous US states this week. Four more Republican-led states will ban almost all abortions this week as yet another slate of laws severely limiting the procedure takes effect following the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade, which had enshrined the federal right to …

Abortion ‘desert’ in US south is hurting Black women the most
2 years, 4 months ago

Abortion ‘desert’ in US south is hurting Black women the most

Al Jazeera  

Ten million Black women in the US face high barriers to abortion access, that will be difficult to overcome for many. “We’ve been living in multiple Americas for a long time,” said Kwajelyn Jackson, the executive director at the Feminist Women’s Health Center in Atlanta, which serves mostly Black patients. “It’s a system of inequality, it’s a system of oppression,” …

Even before the Dobbs ruling, more Americans were traveling for abortions
2 years, 5 months ago

Even before the Dobbs ruling, more Americans were traveling for abortions

NPR  

Even before the Dobbs ruling, more Americans were traveling for abortions Enlarge this image toggle caption Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images Even before last month's Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, a growing number of people were traveling across state lines for abortions. Interstate travel for abortion is expected to continue to increase as …

Mississippi clinic ends challenge of near-ban on abortion
2 years, 5 months ago

Mississippi clinic ends challenge of near-ban on abortion

Associated Press  

— The Mississippi abortion clinic that was at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade ended a lawsuit Tuesday in which it had sought to block the state from enforcing a law that bans most abortions. In West Virginia, Women’s Health Center began scheduling patients for abortions for as early as next week after …

Abortion laws spark profound changes in other medical care
2 years, 5 months ago

Abortion laws spark profound changes in other medical care

Associated Press  

A sexual assault survivor chooses sterilization so that if she is ever attacked again, she won’t be forced to give birth to a rapist’s baby. It’s just one example of “the horrible downstream effects of criminalizing abortion care,’' said Dr. Catherine Romanos, who works at the Dayton clinic. “Whether it’s surgical or medical — that’s the treatment.’’ Now, he said, …

Judge won’t block law banning most Mississippi abortions
2 years, 5 months ago

Judge won’t block law banning most Mississippi abortions

Associated Press  

— As attorneys argued about abortion laws across the South on Tuesday, a Mississippi judge rejected a request by the state’s only abortion clinic to temporarily block a law that would ban most abortions. “No one should be forced to live in fear like that.” Mississippi legislators passed the “trigger” law before the U.S. Supreme Court recently overturned the 1973 …

Shifting abortion laws cause confusion for patients, clinics
2 years, 5 months ago

Shifting abortion laws cause confusion for patients, clinics

The Independent  

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Alabama cites abortion ruling in transgender medication case
2 years, 5 months ago

Alabama cites abortion ruling in transgender medication case

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can prohibit abortion, Alabama has seized on the decision to argue that the state should also be able to ban gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender youths. In its historic ruling last Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court said terminating a pregnancy is not a fundamental constitutional right because abortion …

The Fall Of Roe Will Hurt Abortion Access In Blue States, Too
2 years, 5 months ago

The Fall Of Roe Will Hurt Abortion Access In Blue States, Too

Huff Post  

Days after the fall of Roe v. Wade, the country has yet to feel the full impact of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn nearly 50 years of precedent. Most patients seeking care outside of Texas and in surrounding states had to wait three to four weeks to get an appointment for medication abortion, and sometimes longer for people who …

Louisiana judge temporarily blocks ‘trigger’ abortion ban
2 years, 5 months ago

Louisiana judge temporarily blocks ‘trigger’ abortion ban

Al Jazeera  

Louisiana is one of 13 US states where ‘trigger laws’ ban or severely restrict abortion after Roe v Wade overturned. A Louisiana judge has temporarily blocked the southern US state from enforcing laws banning abortion that were set to take effect after the United States Supreme Court overturned its landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision last week. On Monday, Orleans …

Two months of waiting, and finally a Supreme Court ruling
2 years, 5 months ago

Two months of waiting, and finally a Supreme Court ruling

Associated Press  

Follow the links in this story to recent AP coverage about abortion over the last three months. ___ And so the interminable wait after the leak of the decision overturning Roe v. Wade has come to an end — nearly two months in which abortion and all of its complexities have been have been hashed and rehashed, while the U.S. …

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