It’s taking longer to get an abortion in the US. Doctors fear riskier, more complex procedures
1 year ago

It’s taking longer to get an abortion in the US. Doctors fear riskier, more complex procedures

Associated Press  

A woman whose fetus was unlikely to survive called more than a dozen abortion clinics before finding one that would take her, only to be put on weekslong waiting lists. “While abortion is safe at all points in pregnancy,” with an overall complication rate of 2%, it “does get more complicated as the pregnancy continues,” said Dr. Colleen McNicholas, chief medical officer at Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region. “It does carry additional risks.” Rising demand pushes up waits At least 66 clinics in 15 states stopped providing abortions in the 100 days after Roe was overturned, according to an analysis last year by the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights. The St. Louis region’s Planned Parenthood, for instance, tracked a 35% increase in the number of patients getting abortions at 14 weeks or later at the Southern Illinois health center in the year after the Supreme Court decision. “If someone’s sexually active and they don’t want to become pregnant, we want to get them on birth control,” said Adrienne Mansanares, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains.

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'Worried': Experts concerned as Texas board declines to investigate abortion ban deaths
4 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 …

Getting an abortion was already hard. Then the hurricanes arrived
2 months ago

Getting an abortion was already hard. Then the hurricanes arrived

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. “The state has made it continually difficult for …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

LA Times  

Tablets of mifepristone, a drug used in medication abortions, sit on a counter in a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ames, 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 …

Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
5 months ago

Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa judge has ruled the state’s strict abortion law will take effect Monday, preventing most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. There are limited circumstances under the Iowa law that would allow for abortion after six weeks of pregnancy: rape, if reported to law enforcement or a …

Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday
5 months ago

Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to take effect Monday

LA Times  

Iowa’s strict abortion law is expected to take effect Monday, banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. There are limited circumstances under the Iowa law that would allow for abortion after six weeks of pregnancy: rape, if reported to law enforcement or a health provider within 45 days; incest, if reported …

Infant deaths spiked 13% in Texas following law restricting abortion, study finds
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Infant deaths spiked 13% in Texas following law restricting abortion, study finds

Salon  

A restrictive abortion law in Texas has been linked to in a sharp uptick in infant mortality that other states did not experience, a new study has found. Pediatric heath researchers from John Hopkins University report the number of newborn babies dying in Texas has increased by approximately 13% since the state's near-total abortion ban went into effect, according to …

Judge blocks Michigan’s abortion waiting period, 2 years after voters approved abortion rights
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Judge blocks Michigan’s abortion waiting period, 2 years after voters approved abortion rights

Associated Press  

DETROIT — A judge on Tuesday blocked Michigan’s 24-hour waiting period for abortions, saying it conflicts with a 2022 voter-approved amendment to the state constitution that guarantees abortion rights. The waiting period “forces needless delay on patients after they are able to consent to a procedure, thus burdening and infringing upon a patient’s access to abortion care,” said Judge Sima …

At what stage in pregnancy can you have an abortion in each US state? Detailed map reveals all...
6 months, 3 weeks ago

At what stage in pregnancy can you have an abortion in each US state? Detailed map reveals all...

Daily Mail  

The landscape of US abortion law has been revealed in a DailyMail.com interactive map. More than 17 states — mostly in the South — have enacted abortion bans that prohibit virtually all procedures, as the law only permits it before the six week mark — when most women aren't aware they are pregnant. Critics say that abortion bans below six …

New Kansas abortion clinic will open to help meet demand from restrictive neighboring states
7 months, 1 week ago

New Kansas abortion clinic will open to help meet demand from restrictive neighboring states

Associated Press  

A new abortion clinic will open in southeast Kansas this fall, bolstering the state’s role as a regional hub for reproductive health services whose neighbors have severely restricted access since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains announced Tuesday that Pittsburg, Kansas, will be home to a new facility providing abortion procedures …

Many Florida women can’t get abortions past 6 weeks. Where else can they go?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Many Florida women can’t get abortions past 6 weeks. Where else can they go?

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — When Florida enacted its six-week abortion ban last week, clinics in several other Southern and mid-Atlantic states sprang into action, knowing women would look to them for services no longer available where they live. “Patients will travel when they’re desperate to get an abortion,” said Mara Buchbinder, a social medicine professor at University of North Carolina at …

How far will Florida women be forced to travel for an abortion now?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

How far will Florida women be forced to travel for an abortion now?

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. The Florida ban has extremely limited exceptions: abortion is only allowed to save the …

Florida’s stricter abortion ban could put more pressure on clinics in other states
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Florida’s stricter abortion ban could put more pressure on clinics in other states

LA Times  

House Democrats took their concerns about reproductive rights on the road Tuesday with a field hearing in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The state’s strict upcoming abortion ban is expected to affect providers and people well beyond Florida. “I think that Florida will just become another one of the states that we serve.” On April 1, the Florida Supreme Court upheld 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 …

Abortion delays have grown more common in the U.S. since Roe vs. Wade was overturned
1 year ago

Abortion delays have grown more common in the U.S. since Roe vs. Wade was overturned

LA Times  

Jillaine St.Michel sits for a portrait in Boise, Idaho, on Dec. 2. At various points since Roe, waits in several states stretched for two or three weeks, and some clinics had no available appointments, according to results of a periodic survey spearheaded by Middlebury College economics professor Caitlin Myers and recently provided to the Associated Press. At least 66 clinics …

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 …

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 …

Nearly 10,000 more babies born in nine months under Texas’ restrictive abortion law
1 year, 5 months ago

Nearly 10,000 more babies born in nine months under Texas’ restrictive abortion law

Raw Story  

Close to 10,000 additional babies were born over a nine-month period after Texas banned most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, a new analysis from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows. “Although our study doesn’t detail why these extra births occurred, our findings strongly suggest that a considerable number of pregnant individuals in Texas were unable to …

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 …

Medicaid coverage for new moms gaining support in GOP states
1 year, 9 months ago

Medicaid coverage for new moms gaining support in GOP states

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — After years of refusing to expand Medicaid benefits for new moms, Republican officials in more than a half-dozen states are now reversing course and trumpeting that coverage as central to their conservative, anti-abortion agenda. The shift in GOP support for postpartum Medicaid coverage is occurring in some states that have severely limited or outlawed abortion access since the …

Arizona abortions won’t stop for a month while case proceeds
2 years, 2 months ago

Arizona abortions won’t stop for a month while case proceeds

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Legal abortions that restarted in Arizona this week after a court blocked enforcement of a pre-statehood ban will be able to continue for at least five weeks while an appeals court considers the case. Planned Parenthood of Arizona had operated clinics for surgical abortions in Tucson and Phoenix and provided abortion pills in those cities and in Flagstaff …

At least 66 US clinics have halted abortions, institute says
2 years, 2 months ago

At least 66 US clinics have halted abortions, institute says

Associated Press  

At least 66 clinics in 15 states have stopped providing abortions since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to an analysis released Thursday. The number of clinics providing abortions in the 15 states dropped from 79 before the June 24 decision to 13 as of Oct. 2, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports …

66 clinics stopped providing abortions in the 100 days since Roe fell
2 years, 2 months ago

66 clinics stopped providing abortions in the 100 days since Roe fell

NPR  

66 clinics stopped providing abortions in the 100 days since Roe fell Enlarge this image toggle caption Callaghan O'hare/Reuters Callaghan O'hare/Reuters In the 100 days since the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade, 66 clinics in the U.S. stopped providing abortion. "Prior to Roe being overturned, these 15 states had 79 clinics that provided abortion care," says Rachel Jones, a …

Editorial: A national 15-week abortion ban would be a nightmare. Voters can make sure it doesn’t come true
2 years, 3 months ago

Editorial: A national 15-week abortion ban would be a nightmare. Voters can make sure it doesn’t come true

LA Times  

Sen. Lindsey Graham has proposed a nationwide abortion ban based on the premise that fetuses can feel pain at 15 weeks — a belief rejected by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. As if the chaos of a post-Roe nation of restrictions varying from state to state weren’t grim enough, now we have the makings of a nightmare: Sen. …

Abortion ruling to speed process for clinics, patients
2 years, 5 months ago

Abortion ruling to speed process for clinics, patients

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — A court ruling that struck down most of Minnesota’s restrictions on abortion as unconstitutional will speed the process for clinics and patients, though providers are still studying all the implications of how the landscape will change as a result. “The court decision from Monday is great news for abortion access,” said Emily Bisek, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood …

Florida 15-week abortion ban reinstated after legal appeal
2 years, 5 months ago

Florida 15-week abortion ban reinstated after legal appeal

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s new 15-week abortion ban was blocked and then quickly reinstated Tuesday after an appeal from the state attorney general in a lawsuit challenging the restriction. Judge John C. Cooper issued the order temporarily halting the law after reproductive health providers argued that the state constitution guarantees the right to the procedure. The legal back and forth …

Texas clinics shut down abortion services after state high court ruling
2 years, 5 months ago

Texas clinics shut down abortion services after state high court ruling

Firstpost  

The ruling stopped a three-day-old order by a Houston judge who said clinics could resume abortions up to six weeks into pregnancy Austin, Texas: Clinics were shutting down abortion services in the nation’s second-largest state Saturday after the Texas Supreme Court blocked an order briefly allowing the procedure to resume in some cases, the latest in legal scrambles taking place …

Texas clinics halt abortions after state high court ruling
2 years, 5 months ago

Texas clinics halt abortions after state high court ruling

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Clinics were shutting down abortion services in the nation’s second-largest state Saturday after the Texas Supreme Court blocked an order briefly allowing the procedure to resume in some cases, the latest in legal scrambles taking place across the U.S. following the reversal of Roe v. Wade. The Friday night ruling stopped a three-day-old order by a Houston …

Texas Supreme Court blocks order that resumed abortions
2 years, 5 months ago

Texas Supreme Court blocks order that resumed 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 The Texas Supreme Court blocked …

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 …

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. …

With just 8 abortion clinics, Minnesota may struggle to meet out-of-state demand
2 years, 6 months ago

With just 8 abortion clinics, Minnesota may struggle to meet out-of-state demand

NPR  

With just 8 abortion clinics, Minnesota may struggle to meet out-of-state demand Enlarge this image toggle caption Christina Saint Louis/KHN Christina Saint Louis/KHN BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — A few minutes west of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport sits a brick, one-story building with opaque windows. Clinicians and abortion rights advocates say Minnesota patients regularly wait at least two weeks for appointments …

For doctors, abortion restrictions create an 'impossible choice' when providing care
2 years, 6 months ago

For doctors, abortion restrictions create an 'impossible choice' when providing care

NPR  

For doctors, abortion restrictions create an 'impossible choice' when providing care Enlarge this image Tracy Lee for NPR Tracy Lee for NPR Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, medical ethics experts say many physicians will be caught in a bind: unable to fulfill their professional obligations to provide care to their pregnant patients because of state …

Abortion: How Things Stand in US as Court Prepares to Rule
2 years, 6 months ago

Abortion: How Things Stand in US as Court Prepares to Rule

News 18  

The Supreme Court is expected to deliver an opinion by the end of June that could roll back 50 years of abortion rights in the United States. This is the state of affairs in the country ahead of the much-anticipated ruling by the nation’s highest court: Roe v. Wade In the absence of any federal laws, it is the 1973 …

Some clinics halting abortions while bracing for Roe’s fall
2 years, 6 months ago

Some clinics halting abortions while bracing for Roe’s fall

Associated Press  

— Abortion providers in some places where the procedure could be banned if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade are bracing for a ruling by halting scheduling for the procedure, transitioning staff to help patients travel to other states and creating networks of clinics that will span across regions of the country. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, which operates …

Limits on early abortion drive more women to get them later
2 years, 6 months ago

Limits on early abortion drive more women to get them later

Associated Press  

An 18-year-old was undergoing treatment for an eating disorder when she learned she was pregnant, already in the second trimester. “It’s not because people don’t want to have them sooner,” said Dr. Diane Horvath, an OB-GYN in Baltimore, Maryland, who has performed abortions for 16 years. “It’s because barriers and new information cause them to have to push it back …

Florida abortion restriction law challenged with lawsuit
2 years, 6 months ago

Florida abortion restriction law challenged with lawsuit

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Reproductive health providers sued Florida on Wednesday over a new law banning abortions after 15 weeks, one of numerous legal challenges to such laws passed across the country by Republican leaders in anticipation of a potential U.S. Supreme Court decision that would limit the procedure. The filing in state court in Tallahassee from Planned Parenthood and other …

Inside New Mexico’s battle to keep up with surging abortion demand as neighbouring states enact bans
2 years, 7 months ago

Inside New Mexico’s battle to keep up with surging abortion demand as neighbouring states enact bans

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. Patients traveling out of state for reproductive care …

Abortion Providers And Patients Prepare For A Post-Roe World
2 years, 7 months ago

Abortion Providers And Patients Prepare For A Post-Roe World

Huff Post  

Immediately after a leaked draft on Monday evening revealed that the Supreme Court was set to dismantle abortion rights, Robin Marty began fielding calls from her abortion clinic staff wondering if they would still open their doors the next day. “That’s something that we’ve been dealing with at the clinic all day.” Marty, along with other clinic staff and abortion …

Abortion ban after 15 weeks signed into law in Florida
2 years, 8 months ago

Abortion ban after 15 weeks signed into law in Florida

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a 15-week abortion ban into law Thursday as the state joined a growing conservative push to restrict access to the procedure ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could roll back abortion rights in America. Republicans nationwide have moved to place new restrictions on abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court signaled …

Texas clinics’ lawsuit over abortion ban ‘effectively over’
2 years, 9 months ago

Texas clinics’ lawsuit over abortion ban ‘effectively over’

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday dealt essentially a final blow to abortion clinics’ best hopes of stopping a restrictive law that has sharply curtailed the number of abortions in the state since September and will now fully stay in place for the foreseeable future. Abortions in Texas have plummeted by about 50% since the law took …

Abortions after 15 weeks are one signature away from being banned in Florida
2 years, 9 months ago

Abortions after 15 weeks are one signature away from being banned in Florida

NPR  

Abortions after 15 weeks are one signature away from being banned in Florida Enlarge this image toggle caption Alicia Devine/AP Alicia Devine/AP TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Abortions after 15 weeks would be banned in Florida under a bill Republican senators sent to Gov. Sponsor Message In a separate exchange from when the bill passed the GOP-controlled House last month, Republican Rep. …

EXPLAINER: What does Texas’ data on abortions say about law?
2 years, 9 months ago

EXPLAINER: What does Texas’ data on abortions say about law?

Associated Press  

DALLAS — Texas has released data showing a marked drop in abortions at clinics in the state in the first month under the nation’s strictest abortion law, but that only tells part of the story. “I think a big question is: What’s the new composition of how people are accessing abortion care?” said Abigail Aiken, an associate professor at the …

The consequences of Texas' restrictive abortion law
2 years, 10 months ago

The consequences of Texas' restrictive abortion law

NPR  

The consequences of Texas' restrictive abortion law For patients seeking abortions in Texas, services have been drastically reduced. The new law translates into thousands of Texas women each month unable to get the abortion they want in state. With the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court so far refusing to intervene, abortion in the Lone Star …

Oklahoma abortion providers see huge influx of Texas women
2 years, 10 months ago

Oklahoma abortion providers see huge influx of Texas women

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — Two abortion providers in Oklahoma said Tuesday that they’re still seeing a massive influx of women from Texas who want to terminate their pregnancies after Texas last year passed the most restrictive anti-abortion law in the U.S. in decades. Officials with Trust Women and Planned Parenthood Great Plains, which both operate abortion clinics in Oklahoma City, said …

Abortions in Texas fell 60% in 1st month under new limits
2 years, 10 months ago

Abortions in Texas fell 60% in 1st month under new limits

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Abortions in Texas fell by 60% in the first month under the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S. in decades, according to new figures that for the first time reveal a full accounting of the immediate impact. The nearly 2,200 abortions reported by Texas providers in September came after a new law took effect that bans …

Oklahoma Considers Database For Pregnant People As Roe Hangs In The Balance
2 years, 10 months ago

Oklahoma Considers Database For Pregnant People As Roe Hangs In The Balance

Huff Post  

The Oklahoma Legislature started its 2022 session this week with a slew of anti-abortion bills, which isn’t uncommon. And with our current governor, it’s pretty likely that he’ll sign any anti-abortion bill that makes it to his desk.” Last year alone, Oklahoma passed a six-week abortion ban, a “trigger” ban if the high court rules against Roe v. Wade, a …

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