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Texas Woman's Heart-Wrenching Story: A Tale of Sepsis and Loss
2 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.

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Family of woman killed when she couldn’t get abortion announces lawsuit plans
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Family of woman killed when she couldn’t get abortion announces lawsuit plans

The Independent  

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Dire lack of abortion access in Victoria's west revealed in Women's Health Grampians report
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Dire lack of abortion access in Victoria's west revealed in Women's Health Grampians report

ABC  

In short: A new report shares stories of women struggling to access abortion in regional Victoria. Service deserts across Western Victoria The Grampians region has five of the eight Victorian local government areas that don't have a healthcare service offering early medical abortion, according to Women Health Grampians' Tell Your Story report. Women's Health Grampians sexual health advisor Shannon Hill …

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Texas medical panel issues new guidelines for doctors but no specific exceptions for abortion ban
6 months ago

Texas medical panel issues new guidelines for doctors but no specific exceptions for abortion ban

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas medical panel on Friday approved guidance for doctors working under one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bans but refused to list specific exceptions to the law, which doctors have complained is dangerously unclear. The decision by the Texas Medical Board came less than a month after the state Supreme Court upheld the law that …

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6 key facts about abortion laws and the 2024 election
7 months ago

6 key facts about abortion laws and the 2024 election

NPR  

6 key facts about abortion laws and the 2024 election Loading. In the nearly two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion access has been in an almost constant state of flux. Another way some states have expanded abortion access is by passing "shield laws." These are laws that say doctors and nurses in states where abortion …

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Texas, Idaho abortion bans test against federal emergency medicine rule
8 months, 1 week ago

Texas, Idaho abortion bans test against federal emergency medicine rule

Raw Story  

"Texas, Idaho abortion bans test against federal emergency medicine rule" 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. Texas, meanwhile, has sued the Biden administration, saying it's using EMTALA as an end-run around state abortion bans to “mandate that …

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New rules for Pregnant Workers Fairness Act include divisive accommodations for abortion
8 months, 1 week ago

New rules for Pregnant Workers Fairness Act include divisive accommodations for abortion

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Workers are entitled to time off and other job accommodations for abortions — along with pregnancy-related medical conditions like miscarriage, stillbirth and lactation — under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, according to finalized federal regulations published Monday. The federal agency added that the new law does not obligate employers or employer- The act requires most employers with …

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As medical perils from abortion bans grow, so do opportunities for Democrats in a post-Roe world
8 months, 1 week ago

As medical perils from abortion bans grow, so do opportunities for Democrats in a post-Roe world

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — For much of her life, Angela Crawford considered herself a fairly conservative Republican — and she voted that way. “People really minimized it initially, because they didn’t realize the scope.” Democratic candidates are increasingly running on the broader reproductive rights issues and they are seeing results. For Biden, who is trying to overcome consistently low approval ratings and …

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The US Supreme Court just ruled on mifepristone. How safe is the abortion pill?
9 months ago

The US Supreme Court just ruled on mifepristone. How safe is the abortion pill?

Associated Press  

The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation. Legal briefs filed with the court describe the pill’s safety in vastly different terms: Medical professionals call it “among the safest medications” ever approved by …

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The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies
11 months, 2 weeks ago

The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies, while a legal fight continues. In a statement Friday night, President Joe Biden objected to the high court’s decision and said his administration “will continue to defend a woman’s ability to access emergency care under federal law.” Idaho makes it a …

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Ohio enshrines abortion rights, bolstering an undeniable trend in American politics.
1 year, 1 month ago

Ohio enshrines abortion rights, bolstering an undeniable trend in American politics.

Slate  

Ohio voters enshrined abortion protections in their state constitution on Tuesday, on an off-year Election Day that once again showed the staying power of reproductive rights as a galvanizing issue for Americans. The proposal, which needed a majority to pass, establishes “an individual right to one’s own reproductive medical treatment,” as well as protections for people who help someone get …

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Federal government urged to make telehealth services for abortions permanent
1 year, 4 months ago

Federal government urged to make telehealth services for abortions permanent

ABC  

The federal government is under pressure to make telehealth services for abortion and reproductive health permanently available via Medicare. Key points: Changes providing easier access to telehealth reproductive care are due to expire in December The health minister has commissioned a wideranging review of telehealth services An expert says 30pc to 50pc of women have no local access to medical …

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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 …

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Stricter Medicaid abortion process up for debate in Montana
1 year, 11 months ago

Stricter Medicaid abortion process up for debate in Montana

Associated Press  

— Officials in Republican-controlled Montana on Thursday heard comments against a health department proposal to require prior authorization to pay for abortions for Medicaid patients. The agency said it is putting into state rules a 1995 court decision that found Montana Medicaid has to cover the costs of “medically necessary” abortions, but not elective abortions. Alaska’s Supreme Court in 2019 …

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Biden’s efforts to protect abortion access hit roadblocks
2 years ago

Biden’s efforts to protect abortion access hit roadblocks

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is still actively searching for ways to safeguard abortion access for millions of women, even as it bumps up against a complex web of strict new state laws enacted in the months after the Supreme Court stripped the constitutional right. “Tens of millions of Americans are living under bans of various sorts, many of them …

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Abortion doctor sues Indiana AG over bids to access records
2 years, 1 month ago

Abortion doctor sues Indiana AG over bids to access records

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio is suing Indiana’s attorney general, seeking to block him from using allegedly “frivolous” consumer complaints to issue subpoenas seeking patients’ confidential medical records. It alleges that Rokita has issued subpoenas seeking the medical records of patients based on complaints from people who have never …

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‘Late-Term Abortion’ Is A Phrase Politicians Made Up
2 years, 3 months ago

‘Late-Term Abortion’ Is A Phrase Politicians Made Up

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING When Republicans unveiled their legislation to ban abortion nationwide at 15 weeks into pregnancy on Tuesday, they rolled it out using a familiar but deeply troubling phrase: “late-term abortions.” As prevalent as the expression is, it’s a political construct that’s meaningless in a medical sense, doctors and experts on reproductive rights have said for years ― and …

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EXPLAINER: Does health care law protect emergency abortion?
2 years, 4 months ago

EXPLAINER: Does health care law protect emergency abortion?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has filed its first legal challenge to a state abortion ban since the end of Roe v. Wade, arguing Idaho’s restrictive abortion law leaves doctors facing criminal penalties for providing abortion-related medical care to women in life-threatening medical situations. The Justice Department may have a strong argument in the Idaho case filed under federal health …

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US sues Idaho over abortion law, cites medical treatment
2 years, 4 months ago

US sues Idaho over abortion law, cites medical treatment

Associated Press  

BOISE, Idaho — The Justice Department on Tuesday filed a lawsuit that challenges Idaho’s restrictive abortion law, arguing that it conflicts with a federal law requiring doctors to provide pregnant women medically necessary treatment that could include abortion. The Justice Department brought the suit because federal prosecutors believe Idaho’s law would force doctors to violate the Emergency Medical Treatment and …

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Roe v Wade: US Justice Department sues Idaho over abortion law, cites medical treatment
2 years, 4 months ago

Roe v Wade: US Justice Department sues Idaho over abortion law, cites medical treatment

Daily Mail  

The Justice Department on Tuesday filed a lawsuit that challenges Idaho's restrictive abortion law, arguing that it conflicts with a federal law requiring doctors to provide pregnant women medically necessary treatment that could include abortion. The Justice Department brought the suit because federal prosecutors believe Idaho's law would force doctors to violate the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, a …

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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, …

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The overturning of Roe v Wade couldn't happen in Australia, but abortion still isn't a guaranteed right
2 years, 5 months ago

The overturning of Roe v Wade couldn't happen in Australia, but abortion still isn't a guaranteed right

ABC  

A situation like Roe v Wade could never overturn abortion rights in Australia, but significant barriers to access remain and reform is needed to protect people's rights going forward, legal and reproductive rights advocates say. "In Australia, abortion is protected at the state and territory level, we don't have a constitutional right to abortion," Human Rights Law Centre associate legal …

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As US Supreme Court scraps Roe vs Wade, a look at how abortion laws have evolved in India
2 years, 5 months ago

As US Supreme Court scraps Roe vs Wade, a look at how abortion laws have evolved in India

Firstpost  

As the United States Supreme Court ends 50 years of federal abortion rights by overturning the landmark Roe vs Wade verdict, we go back to 1972 when India’s abortion law came into force Protests have erupted across the United States after the country’s Supreme Court overturned its 50-year-old Roe vs Wade decision, now denying women the constitutional right to abortion. …

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The tiniest babies: Shifting the boundary of life earlier
2 years, 7 months ago

The tiniest babies: Shifting the boundary of life earlier

Associated Press  

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Michelle Butler was just over halfway through her pregnancy when her water broke and contractions wracked her body. That’s seven weeks earlier than what doctors once considered “the lower limit of viability,” the earliest an infant could possibly survive outside the womb. “There’s a lot of things we can do, a lot of interventions,” said Dr. Barbara …

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