US judge blocks new Illinois law allowing state to penalize anti-abortion counseling centers
1 year, 4 months ago

US judge blocks new Illinois law allowing state to penalize anti-abortion counseling centers

Associated Press  

ROCKFORD, Ill. — A federal judge has blocked a new Illinois law that allows the state to penalize anti-abortion counseling centers if they use deception to interfere with patients seeking the procedure. J.B. Pritzker last week bans anti-abortion counseling centers, often referred to as “crisis pregnancy centers,” from using “misinformation, deceptive practices, or misrepresentation” to interfere with access to abortion services or emergency contraception. “This law is constitutional and I am confident that the law will ultimately be found constitutional and we’ll continue to work alongside Attorney General Raoul to ensure Illinois patients are protected from misinformation.” Johnston heard more than four hours of testimony from anti-abortion advocates during an emergency hearing Thursday afternoon. Attorney Peter Breen of the Thomas More Society, a Chicago-based not-for-profit law firm that represented the plaintiffs, said “it was very heartening to know that the judge recognized that our clients are facing a credible threat, that their speech is being chilled, and that’s really important.” “No matter which side of the abortion issue you’re on, we don’t silence speech,” Breen added.

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I visited an anti-abortion pregnancy center. Here’s why experts call for more regulations.
1 day, 8 hours ago

I visited an anti-abortion pregnancy center. Here’s why experts call for more regulations.

Raw Story  

CHICAGO — The Aid for Women pregnancy clinic in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood might be one of the nicest offices I’ve visited for medical advice. “Our study is independent of your position on abortion, and so, we just want to give data and solve this problem of there being no data.” Doctors like Kristyn Brandi, an OB-GYN in New Jersey, often …

A judge says Missouri’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, but there’s no start date for abortions
3 days, 20 hours ago

A judge says Missouri’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, but there’s no start date for abortions

Associated Press  

— A judge ruled Friday that Missouri’s near-total abortion ban is unenforceable under a new constitutional amendment, though Planned Parenthood said the decision is still not sufficient for it to resume providing abortions in the state. Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Jerri Zhang said the abortion ban “is directly at odds” with a constitutional amendment creating a right to abortion …

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

Idaho’s strict abortion ban faces scrutiny in federal appeals court hearing
2 weeks 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, …

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 …

In 'win for reproductive freedom,' North Dakota judge strikes down abortion ban
3 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, …

North Dakota judge strikes down the state’s abortion ban
3 months, 1 week ago

North Dakota judge strikes down the state’s abortion ban

LA Times  

A state judge struck down North Dakota’s ban on abortion Thursday, saying that the state constitution creates a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable. The judge acknowledged in his ruling that in the past, the North Dakota courts had relied on federal court precedents on abortion, but said those state precedents had been “upended” by the …

Alaska law saying only doctors can provide abortions is unconstitutional, judge rules
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Alaska law saying only doctors can provide abortions is unconstitutional, judge rules

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — An Alaska judge struck down Wednesday a decades-old state law that restricted who could perform abortions in the state. Alaska Superior Court Judge Josie Garton in 2021 granted the group’s request to allow advanced practice clinicians to provide medication abortion pending her decision in the underlying case. Planned Parenthood in its lawsuit argued there was no medical …

Rise in pregnancy terminations in US after verdict favouring abortion overturned
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Rise in pregnancy terminations in US after verdict favouring abortion overturned

India Today  

The number of women getting abortions in the US actually went up in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a report released Wednesday found, reflecting the lengths that Democratic-controlled states went to expand access. In March, doctors in states with laws to protect medical providers used telemedicine to prescribe abortion …

Kansas won't force providers to ask patients why they want abortions while a lawsuit proceeds
5 months ago

Kansas won't force providers to ask patients why they want abortions while a lawsuit proceeds

The Independent  

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Kansas won’t force providers to ask patients why they want abortions while a lawsuit proceeds
5 months ago

Kansas won’t force providers to ask patients why they want abortions while a lawsuit proceeds

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas isn’t enforcing a new law requiring abortion providers to ask patients why they want to terminate their pregnancies, as a legal challenge against that rule and other older requirements makes its way through the courts. The new law was supposed to take effect July 1 and would require providers to ask patients questions from a state …

Iowa Supreme Court upholds state’s 6-week abortion ban
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa Supreme Court upholds state’s 6-week abortion ban

CNN  

CNN — The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday to uphold the state’s abortion ban, which prohibits most abortions in the state as early as six weeks into pregnancy. Kim Reynolds celebrated the ruling Friday, saying she is glad the state’s high court “upheld the will of the people.” “As the heartbeat bill finally becomes law, we are deeply committed to …

Supreme Court stops short of saying doctors must save women's lives and health
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court stops short of saying doctors must save women's lives and health

Raw Story  

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the most recent abortion case mandating that doctors provide life-saving abortions if a pregnant woman is dying and in the event her health is in jeopardy. "An Idaho law prohibits abortions unless necessary to prevent a pregnant woman's death; the law makes no exception for abortions necessary to prevent grave harms to the woman's …

Supreme Court dismisses Idaho abortion challenge, allowing doctors to perform emergency abortions
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court dismisses Idaho abortion challenge, allowing doctors to perform emergency abortions

Salon  

On Thursday, The Supreme Court ruled that doctors are allowed to provide emergency abortions to stabilize a patient’s health and life, meaning Idaho’s near-total abortion ban does not take precedence over a federal law known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act The 6-3 opinion included three dissenting Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas, while three of …

It’s been two years since Roe v Wade was overturned. Here’s how far we’ve gone back
5 months, 4 weeks ago

It’s been two years since Roe v Wade was overturned. Here’s how far we’ve gone back

The Independent  

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Planned Parenthood asks judge to expand health exception to Indiana abortion ban
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Planned Parenthood asks judge to expand health exception to Indiana abortion ban

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Abortion providers are asking an Indiana trial judge this week to broaden access to abortions under the state’s near-total ban. The Indiana Supreme Court upheld the ban in June, ending a broader legal challenge brought by the same plaintiffs, but said the state’s constitution protects a women’s right to an abortion when her life or health is at …

Key moments in the Supreme Court’s latest abortion case that could change how women get care
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Key moments in the Supreme Court’s latest abortion case that could change how women get care

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court heard its first test on Wednesday of state abortion bans that have been enacted since the court upended the Roe v. Wade constitutional right to abortion. The justices could make a major ruling — or they could rule narrowly on how Idaho’s state law interacts with the federal law, the the Emergency Medical Treatment …

Key moments in the U.S. Supreme Court's latest abortion case that could change how women get care
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Key moments in the U.S. Supreme Court's latest abortion case that could change how women get care

The Independent  

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Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law
8 months ago

Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law

Associated Press  

Follow the AP’s live coverage of arguments in the Supreme Court WASHINGTON — Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law, though some also questioned the effects on emergency care for pregnant patients. The Biden administration says abortion care must be allowed in those …

When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in
8 months ago

When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Nearly two years after overturning the constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court will consider Wednesday how far state bans can extend to women in medical emergencies. Idaho says its law does have an exception for life-saving abortions, and it contends the Biden administration wants to define health emergencies more broadly to turn hospitals into “abortion enclaves.” Idaho …

Arizona just revived an 1864 law criminalizing abortion. Here’s what’s happening in other states
8 months, 1 week ago

Arizona just revived an 1864 law criminalizing abortion. Here’s what’s happening in other states

Associated Press  

Developments this week in Arizona underscored something that was already apparent about the 2024 elections in the United States: Abortion is going to loom large as an issue in state and federal elections — including the presidential race — and directly in the form of referendums in some states. An Arizona Supreme Court ruling that allows enforcement of a ban …

Column: Antiabortion agitators are trying to cripple a lifesaving federal healthcare law
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: Antiabortion agitators are trying to cripple a lifesaving federal healthcare law

LA Times  

Here’s how the legal departments of two hospitals, legislators in two states and even the Supreme Court turned a pregnancy emergency for Mylissa Farmer into a life-threatening nightmare. It emphasized to doctors and hospitals that when a pregnant woman arrived at an emergency room with a condition that required an emergency abortion, “the physician must provide that treatment.” When a …

Tennessee women fight to block state’s abortion ban after being denied treatment for dangerous pregnancies
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Tennessee women fight to block state’s abortion ban after being denied treatment for dangerous pregnancies

The Independent  

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What to know about the latest court rulings, data and legislation on abortion in the US
9 months, 3 weeks ago

What to know about the latest court rulings, data and legislation on abortion in the US

Associated Press  

A judge in Montana rejected abortion restrictions, the attorney general in Missouri is accusing Planned Parenthood of illegally transporting minors for abortions and new data shows how the way abortions they’re provided continues to shift in a nation where some states have bans and others are protecting access. A judge last year also put on hold enforcement of more restrictions …

North Dakota judge won’t block part of abortion law doctors say puts them at risk of prosecution
11 months ago

North Dakota judge won’t block part of abortion law doctors say puts them at risk of prosecution

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota judge ruled Tuesday that he won’t block a part of a state law that doctors say puts them at risk of prosecution if they perform an abortion to save a patient’s life or health. The request asked the judge to bar the state from enforcing the law against physicians who use their “good-faith medical …

Supreme Court allows Idaho to continue enforcing ban on emergency abortions
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court allows Idaho to continue enforcing ban on emergency abortions

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 The Supreme Court permitted Idaho to continue enforcing its strict …

North Dakota judge to decide whether to temporarily block part of abortion law that limits doctors
1 year ago

North Dakota judge to decide whether to temporarily block part of abortion law that limits doctors

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota judge said Wednesday he will decide soon whether to temporarily block a part of the state’s revised abortion laws so doctors can perform the procedure to save a patient’s life or health. The request for a preliminary injunction asks state District Court Judge Bruce Romanick to bar the state from enforcing the law against …

A judge is considering Wyoming abortion laws, including the first explicit US ban on abortion pills
1 year ago

A judge is considering Wyoming abortion laws, including the first explicit US ban on abortion pills

Associated Press  

— Attorneys for both sides in a challenge to Wyoming abortion restrictions that include the nation’s first explicit ban on medication to end pregnancy urged a judge Thursday to uphold or strike down the new laws without holding a trial. Wyoming’s abortion pill ban specifically bars any exception for “psychological or emotional conditions.” “When the state says they are trying …

Court pauses federal policy allowing abortion clinic operators to get grants -- but only in Ohio
1 year ago

Court pauses federal policy allowing abortion clinic operators to get grants -- but only in Ohio

Associated Press  

A federal appeals court has paused enforcement of a federal government regulation that allows abortion providers to receive federal family planning money — but only in Ohio, where state health officials said the policy took money away from them. Since 1981, federal policy has changed several times regarding whether programs receiving family planning funds can provide abortions or refer patients …

Physicians, clinic ask judge to block enforcement of part of a North Dakota abortion law
1 year, 1 month ago

Physicians, clinic ask judge to block enforcement of part of a North Dakota abortion law

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — Physicians and the former, sole abortion provider in North Dakota on Tuesday asked a judge to block enforcement of part of a revised law that bans most abortions, saying a provision that allows the procedure to protect a woman’s health is too vague. North Dakota outlaws all abortions, except in cases where women could face death or …

Kansas to appeal ruling blocking abortion rules, including a medication restriction
1 year, 1 month ago

Kansas to appeal ruling blocking abortion rules, including a medication restriction

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 The Republican attorney general in …

Abortion providers seek to broaden access to the procedure in Indiana
1 year, 1 month ago

Abortion providers seek to broaden access to the procedure in Indiana

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Abortion providers and a pregnancy resource center sought a preliminary injunction Thursday to broaden the scope of a health or life exception to Indiana’s near-total abortion ban and to expand the sites where the procedures can be performed. The plaintiffs include the Planned Parenthood Federation of America; Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky; another past abortion …

Women in Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma sue over abortion bans after being denied care
1 year, 3 months ago

Women in Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma sue over abortion bans after being denied care

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — More women across the U.S. filed lawsuits on Tuesday challenging abortion restrictions that went into effect in Republican-led states after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. A woman in Oklahoma who said she had a dangerous and nonviable pregnancy filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday asserting that she was denied an abortion despite a …

Indiana’s near-total abortion ban set to take effect as state Supreme Court denies rehearing
1 year, 4 months ago

Indiana’s near-total abortion ban set to take effect as state Supreme Court denies rehearing

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s near-total abortion ban is set to take effect within days after the Indiana Supreme Court on Monday denied a rehearing in the case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana. The ACLU of Indiana’s executive director, Jane Henegar, released a statement saying Monday was “a dark day in Indiana’s history.” “We have seen the horrifying …

Planned Parenthood appeals ruling that let Nebraska abortion ban stand
1 year, 4 months ago

Planned Parenthood appeals ruling that let Nebraska abortion ban stand

Associated Press  

— Planned Parenthood of the Heartland has appealed a judge’s ruling that left a new Nebraska law intact that bans abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy and imposes restrictions on gender-affirming surgery. Planned Parenthood filed its appeal Friday with help from the American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska, one week after a judge sided with the state and rejected the …

Misleading clients on abortion could cost Illinois pregnancy centers
1 year, 4 months ago

Misleading clients on abortion could cost Illinois pregnancy centers

Associated Press  

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois crisis pregnancy centers, which often pop up near abortion facilities to offer information about alternatives, could face penalties if they disseminate misleading or untruthful information. J.B. Pritzke signed legislation Thursday to immediately apply the state’s consumer protection statute to the pregnancy centers, non-medical facilities that offer some services to pregnant women and girls, such as ultrasound. …

Indiana Supreme Court upholds abortion ban, says state constitution gives only limited protections
1 year, 5 months ago

Indiana Supreme Court upholds abortion ban, says state constitution gives only limited protections

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Friday that the …

Judge considering blocking parts of North Carolina abortion law won’t halt broader 12-week ban
1 year, 5 months ago

Judge considering blocking parts of North Carolina abortion law won’t halt broader 12-week ban

Associated Press  

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A federal judge said Wednesday that she won’t temporarily block most of a newly revised abortion law from taking effect this weekend in North Carolina, including a near-ban on the procedure after 12 weeks of pregnancy. The 12-week ban, which was approved in the spring by North Carolina’s Republican-controlled General Assembly and includes new exceptions for rape, …

Kansas won’t enforce its new law on medication abortions for at least 5 weeks
1 year, 6 months ago

Kansas won’t enforce its new law on medication abortions for at least 5 weeks

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas officials have agreed not to enforce a new restriction on medication abortions for at least five weeks before a state court judge decides whether to put it on hold until he decides a lawsuit challenging it and other existing rules. The providers — a clinic in the Kansas City suburbs in Johnson County operated by Planned …

Clinic, physicians challenge revised North Dakota abortion laws in ongoing lawsuit
1 year, 6 months ago

Clinic, physicians challenge revised North Dakota abortion laws in ongoing lawsuit

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — A former North Dakota abortion provider challenged one of the nation’s strictest abortion laws Monday, arguing the law “flagrantly violates” a court ruling supporting the right of patients in the state to obtain the procedure to preserve their life or health. The Red River Women’s Clinic last year challenged the now-repealed trigger ban as unconstitutional, and on …

Planned Parenthood asks Montana judge to block law that bans 2nd-trimester abortion method
1 year, 7 months ago

Planned Parenthood asks Montana judge to block law that bans 2nd-trimester abortion method

Associated Press  

— Planned Parenthood of Montana on Tuesday asked a state judge to temporarily block a law that bans the abortion method most commonly used after 15 weeks of gestation, arguing it is unconstitutional. The law “is the latest salvo in the Legislature’s ongoing assault on Montanans’ right to seek safe and lawful pre-viability abortions — a right guaranteed by the …

Utah judge delays implementing statewide abortion clinic ban
1 year, 7 months ago

Utah judge delays implementing statewide abortion clinic ban

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — A state court on Tuesday blocked Utah’s first-in-the-nation ban on abortion clinics from taking effect Wednesday in a ruling in which the judge called the Republican-controlled Legislature’s objective in enacting the ban “nebulous.” The decision allows the state’s four clinics to continue providing abortions while Judge Andrew Stone takes more time to weigh the merits of …

Utah judge to rule next week on state abortion clinic ban
1 year, 7 months ago

Utah judge to rule next week on state abortion clinic ban

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — The Planned Parenthood Association of Utah argued in court on Friday that a ban on abortion clinics would “functionally eliminate” abortion access if implemented next week as scheduled. After hearing arguments from attorneys representing Utah and abortion providers, state court judge Andrew Stone said he planned to rule next week on Planned Parenthood’s motion requesting the …

Disappointed foes vow to keep attacking abortion pill after SCOTUS ruling
1 year, 8 months ago

Disappointed foes vow to keep attacking abortion pill after SCOTUS ruling

Raw Story  

Though the U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked an effective ban on medication abortion, anti-abortion groups are not giving up on trying to fast-track a national abortion ban. We have many, many avenues out there to try to ban chemical abortion.” Legally challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s two-decades-old approval of the drug mifepristone despite its high safety and …

A Scalia Clerk Dismantles the Medication Abortion Decision
54 years, 11 months ago

A Scalia Clerk Dismantles the Medication Abortion Decision

Slate  

This article is an excerpt from Adam’s Legal Newsletter. Under a 2013 Supreme Court case called Clapper v. Amnesty International USA, the plaintiffs bear the burden of proving a “certainly impending” injury from the FDA’s approval of mifepristone. For example, the court quotes the plaintiffs’ assertions that “chemical abortion drugs can overwhelm the medical system” and “consume crucial limited resources” …

Pending abortion ban can’t be prevented, Montana judge rules
1 year, 8 months ago

Pending abortion ban can’t be prevented, Montana judge rules

Associated Press  

— A bill to restrict abortions in Montana will become law — at least temporarily — if the governor signs it, a judge ruled. District Court Judge Kathy Seeley said the request by Planned Parenthood of Montana was made before the bill became law, so there is nothing to block. Planned Parenthood argued the law is unconstitutional based on a …

Health care providers sue Idaho AG over new guidance limiting out-of-state abortion referrals
1 year, 8 months ago

Health care providers sue Idaho AG over new guidance limiting out-of-state abortion referrals

CNN  

CNN — Health care providers in Idaho on Wednesday sued the state’s attorney general after he wrote in a legal opinion that the state’s abortion ban prohibits medical providers from referring patients out-of-state for abortion services. Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, a Republican, said in a two-page letter last week that the state’s near-total abortion ban “prohibits an Idaho medical …

Abortion clinic ban in Utah challenged by lawsuit
1 year, 8 months ago

Abortion clinic ban in Utah challenged by lawsuit

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah law that would ban abortion clinics has been challenged in state court by abortion rights advocates who argue it effectively prohibits abortion in the deeply conservative state. Though state officials have said clinic licenses will remain until then, Planned Parenthood attorney Hannah Swanson said “confusing licensing provisions” would force clinics to stop providing abortions …

As Southern States Ban Abortion, Thousands Turn To Illinois Clinics
1 year, 8 months ago

As Southern States Ban Abortion, Thousands Turn To Illinois Clinics

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. — Dr. Colleen McNicholas is fresh off performing two abortions when a ringing phone quickly stops her. “It’s like crisis management every day of the year.” Dr. Colleen McNicholas poses for a portrait inside an exam room in Fairview Heights, Ill. Jeff Roberson via Associated Press Months before Roe v. Wade was overturned, Planned …

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