Abortion laws are straining the OB-GYN workforce in Texas: report
5 months, 2 weeks 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 provide highest-quality and medically necessary care to their patients,” the study states. “As a result of Texas abortion laws, many Texas OB-GYN physicians and resident physicians are considering or have already made changes to their practices that reduce the availability of OB-GYN care in the state.” Of the doctors surveyed, 76% reported that they believe they cannot practice evidence-based medicine in the state, with 60% reporting that a fear of legal repercussions is part of the reason why. “I think of leaving Texas every day, yet I feel the need to stay to take care of my patients and fight for their reproductive rights.” Want more health and science stories in your inbox? We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalism “In a time when we should be building our physician workforce to meet the needs of a growing Idaho population and address increasing risks of pregnancy and childbirth, Idaho laws that criminalize the private decisions between doctor and patient have plunged our state into a care crisis that unchecked will affect generations of Idaho families to come,” Dr. Caitlin Gustafson, an OB-GYN and the board president of the Idaho Coalition for Safe Healthcare Foundation, said in a news release about the report at the time.

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How Republican State Lawmakers Are Trying to Have It Both Ways on Lifesaving Abortions
1 day, 14 hours ago

How Republican State Lawmakers Are Trying to Have It Both Ways on Lifesaving Abortions

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Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. For example, Texas state Sen. Bryan Hughes, who has been behind many of the state’s most consequential criminal abortion laws, has proposed modifying the existing medical-emergency exception by striking the word life-saving and authorizing training on the meaning of …

Why Texas targeted a midwife for the first abortion prosecution.
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Why Texas targeted a midwife for the first abortion prosecution.

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Paxton’s office announced the arrest of Maria Margarita Rojas, a Houston midwife who allegedly operated a network of clinics, for violating the state’s abortion law and practicing medicine without a license. This is almost certainly not the first prosecution …

Texas midwife accused by state’s attorney general of providing illegal abortions
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Texas midwife accused by state’s attorney general of providing illegal abortions

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — A Texas midwife has been arrested and accused of providing illegal abortions, marking the first time authorities have filed criminal charges under the state’s near-total abortion ban, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Monday. Paxton alleges that Rojas, 48, illegally operated at least three clinics in the Houston area where illegal abortion procedures were performed in direct …

Texas lawmaker introduces bill to clarify medical exceptions in state’s abortion ban
1 week, 3 days ago

Texas lawmaker introduces bill to clarify medical exceptions in state’s abortion ban

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas lawmaker who helped pioneer the state’s restrictive abortion laws introduced a bill on Friday to clarify medical exceptions allowed under the law, representing a pivot from Republican legislators who have defended the state’s abortion ban in the face of lawsuits and medical scrutiny. “So one of the most important things we want to do is …

Kentucky lawmakers add specific medical exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban
1 week, 5 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 …

Wyoming’s only full-service clinic stops providing abortions after new regulations signed
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Wyoming’s only full-service clinic stops providing abortions after new regulations signed

Associated Press  

CHEYENNE, Wyol — Wyoming’s only full-service abortion clinic stopped providing abortions Friday, but it remained open after Gov. Twenty-four states, including 16 that don’t have total abortion bans in place, now have passed TRAP laws similar to the Wyoming measure requiring abortion clinics to be licensed surgical centers, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights. …

Texas banned abortion. Then sepsis rates soared
1 month ago

Texas banned abortion. Then sepsis rates soared

Salon  

Series: Life of the Mother: How Abortion Bans Lead to Preventable Deaths Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021, ProPublica found in a first-of-its-kind data analysis. The new analysis comes as Texas legislators consider amending the abortion ban in the wake of ProPublica’s previous reporting, and as doctors, federal lawmakers and the state’s …

Texas banned abortion. Then sepsis rates soared.
1 month ago

Texas banned abortion. Then sepsis rates soared.

CNN  

This story was originally published by ProPublica. The new reporting shows that, after the state banned abortion, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women died in Texas hospitals than had in pre-pandemic years, which ProPublica used as a baseline to avoid COVID-19-related distortions. The new analysis comes as Texas legislators consider amending the abortion ban in the wake of ProPublica’s previous …

Texas banned abortions - and then sepsis rates started to soar
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Texas banned abortions - and then sepsis rates started to soar

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 rate of sepsis dramatically increased among pregnant women in …

Attacks on shield laws ramp up as NY doctor fined $100K for providing abortion in Texas
1 month, 1 week ago

Attacks on shield laws ramp up as NY doctor fined $100K for providing abortion in Texas

Raw Story  

Republican-controlled states' testing of abortion rights "shield laws" that have been passed in eight states in recent years ramped up on Thursday as a judge in Texas ordered a New York doctor to pay more than $100,000 in fines and fees for prescribing medication abortion pills to a 20-year-old woman in the Dallas area last year. "ACT has and continues …

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 …

Texas judge fines NY doctor at least $100,000 for...
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Texas judge fines NY doctor at least $100,000 for...

Daily Mail  

By Jack Queen Feb 13 - A Texas state judge on Thursday ordered a New York doctor to pay a penalty of at least $100,000 and to stop providing abortion pills to women in the state, in a win for Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Judge Bryan Gantt in Collin County, Texas, entered a default judgment against New Paltz, …

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says Legislature should clarify Texas abortion law to protect mothers at risk
2 months ago

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says Legislature should clarify Texas abortion law to protect mothers at risk

Associated Press  

Dan Patrick on Sunday said the Legislature should amend the language of the state’s near-total abortion ban to address confusion over when doctors may terminate pregnancies. “I do think we need to clarify any language so that doctors are not in fear of being penalized if they think the life of the mother is at risk,” Patrick said on the …

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says Legislature should clarify Texas abortion law to protect mothers
2 months ago

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says Legislature should clarify Texas abortion law to protect mothers

Raw Story  

Dan Patrick says Legislature should clarify Texas abortion law to protect mothers at risk" 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. Dan Patrick on Sunday said the Legislature should amend the language of the state’s near-total abortion ban …

Texas judge says states can revive challenge to abortion pill access nationwide
2 months, 1 week 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 …

New Mexico is a go-to state for women seeking abortions. A new court ruling helps it stay that way
2 months, 2 weeks ago

New Mexico is a go-to state for women seeking abortions. A new court ruling helps it stay that way

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday struck down abortion restrictions by conservative cities and counties at the request of the state attorney general. Attorneys representing New Mexico’s Lea and Roosevelt counties and the cities of Hobbs and Clovis had argued in court that local abortion ordinances can’t be struck down under provisions within the “anti-vice” …

New Mexico is a go-to state for women seeking abortions. A new court ruling helps it stay that way
2 months, 2 weeks ago

New Mexico is a go-to state for women seeking abortions. A new court ruling helps it stay that way

LA Times  

Gen. Raul Torrez listens to oral arguments dealing with local municipalities implementing ordinances restricting abortion in 2023 in Santa Fe. The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday struck down abortion restrictions by conservative cities and counties at the request of the state attorney general. “We hold the ordinances are preempted in their entirety.” Opposition to abortion runs deep in New …

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: …

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 …

Texas Abortion Lawsuit Against New York Doctor Kicks Off a New Legal Civil War
55 years, 2 months ago

Texas Abortion Lawsuit Against New York Doctor Kicks Off a New Legal Civil War

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Paxton is seeking massive penalties against Carpenter for practicing medicine without a license in the state and violating state abortion laws, but the case got started more simply: A man learned that his partner’s miscarriage was actually an abortion. …

Abortion suit against doc came from boyfriend with 'your body, my choice' vendetta: expert
3 months, 1 week 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 …

Far-right Texas AG sues doctor — in New York — for mailing woman abortion pills
3 months, 1 week ago

Far-right Texas AG sues doctor — in New York — for mailing woman abortion pills

Raw Story  

Far-right Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a New York doctor on Friday that he accused of unlawfully providing a Texas woman abortion pills in violation of the conservative state’s strict abortion laws. The state’s three-term Republican attorney general claimed in the lawsuit filed Friday that physician Margaret Daley Carpenter violated a Texas law banning a physician from mailing or …

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 N.Y. doctor marks new challenge to interstate telemedicine
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3 months, 1 week ago

Texas’ abortion pill lawsuit against N.Y. doctor marks new challenge to interstate telemedicine

LA Times  

Three members of the Women’s March group protest in support of access to abortion medication outside the Federal Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, last year. In suing a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, Texas has launched one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democratic-controlled states passed to protect physicians …

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’ abortion pill lawsuit against New York doctor marks new challenge to interstate telemedicine
3 months, 1 week ago

Texas’ abortion pill lawsuit against New York doctor marks new challenge to interstate telemedicine

Associated Press  

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
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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 …

'Bodies are piling up': Reporter finds GOP-led states are hiding abortion ban death toll
3 months, 3 weeks ago

'Bodies are piling up': Reporter finds GOP-led states are hiding abortion ban death toll

Raw Story  

Some Republican-led states that passed near-total abortion bans have mysteriously stopped collecting statistics on maternal mortality over the last couple of years — and some observers suspect it's not a coincidence, wrote Susan Rinkunas for MSNBC. "An analysis published in September by the Gender Equity Policy Institute found that, from 2019 to 2022, the rate of maternal deaths in Texas …

Rural providers, advocates push Texas Legislature to “rescue” maternal health care system
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Rural providers, advocates push Texas Legislature to “rescue” maternal health care system

Associated Press  

Twenty five years ago, the Texas Legislature passed a sweeping set of reforms to resuscitate the state’s collapsing rural health care system. “There’s no way we’re going to get the kind of quality or outcomes we want as a state when that’s the reality.” The Texas A&M Rural and Community Health Institute convened more than 40 groups, representing rural hospitals, …

Texas won't review maternal deaths post-Dobbs: report
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas won't review maternal deaths post-Dobbs: report

Salon  

A Texas committee that is meant to review pregnancy-related deaths in the state won’t review cases from 2022 and 2023, the Washington Post reported. Related How abortion funds are preparing for another Trump presidency According to the report, Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee members said in September the change was made to “be more contemporary.” The move has …

'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
4 months 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
4 months 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 …

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 …

Pregnant teenager died trying to get help on three trips to Texas ERs
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Pregnant teenager died trying to get help on three trips to Texas ERs

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. Read our privacy policy A healthcare policy professor …

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

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 …

More abortion ballot measures are set to pass. Then state courts will have their say.
5 months, 2 weeks ago

More abortion ballot measures are set to pass. Then state courts will have their say.

Politico  

In Arizona, progressive groups are holding events and knocking on doors to make GOP-appointed state Supreme Court Justices Clint Bolick and Kathryn King the first in state history to lose a retention vote by reminding voters the pair ruled this year to uphold an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions. But they can interpret what it means, and what the …

Supreme Court declines Biden administration appeal in Texas emergency abortion case
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court declines Biden administration appeal in Texas emergency abortion case

LA Times  

The Supreme Court let stand a lower court order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations if they would break Texas law. The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in Texas, which has one of the country’s strictest abortion bans. The justices did not detail their reasoning for …

Column: As 10 states prepare to vote on abortion rights, Texas shows that abortion bans kill women
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: As 10 states prepare to vote on abortion rights, Texas shows that abortion bans kill women

LA Times  

Rob Bonta, left, at a news conference Monday with Anna Nusslock, who says she was illegally denied an emergency abortion at a Catholic hospital in Eureka this year. — Nancy L. Cohen, president, Gender Equity Policy Institute There can no longer be any doubt that the abortion bans enacted in more than 20 states threaten women’s health. The bellwether state …

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

Texas sues to stop a rule that shields the medical records of women who seek abortions elsewhere
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Texas sues to stop a rule that shields the medical records of women who seek abortions elsewhere

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has sued the Biden administration to try to block a federal rule that shields the medical records of women from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to seek abortion where it is legal. The rule essentially prohibits state or local officials from gathering medical records related to reproductive health care for a civil, criminal or …

Alaska law saying only doctors can provide abortions is unconstitutional, judge rules
6 months, 3 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 …

Texas women denied care for ectopic pregnancies proves exceptions are a "farce", experts say
7 months, 1 week ago

Texas women denied care for ectopic pregnancies proves exceptions are a "farce", experts say

Salon  

Several days after Kelsie Norris-De La Cruz found out she was pregnant in Texas, she started to experience bleeding and cramping. “I ended up losing half of my fertility and if I was made to wait any longer, it’s very likely I would have died.” This week, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed two complaints against two Texas hospitals — …

Texas women say delayed care due to abortion laws endangered their fertility
7 months, 1 week ago

Texas women say delayed care due to abortion laws endangered their fertility

Raw Story  

Two women have filed federal complaints against Texas hospitals they say refused to treat their ectopic pregnancies, leading both women to lose their fallopian tubes and endanger their future fertility. “CMS should not rely solely on a state agency’s assessment of the facts in reaching its determination because of Texas state officials’ hostility toward interpreting EMTALA as requiring hospitals to …

Rise in pregnancy terminations in US after verdict favouring abortion overturned
7 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 …

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