If Planned Parenthood clinics can’t bill Medicaid for those services, many will close. Planned Parenthood estimates that it could see almost 200 closures – 90% of them in states where abortion is legal. That means over 1 million low-income people risk losing access to their health care provider. And once clinics close, they may never … Read more
Amid all the news coverage of the GOP’s spending-bill extravaganza— ……. —one piece of the package has received comparatively little attention: a provision that would block abortion clinics from receiving Medicaid funds for any of the non-abortion services they provide. But if this proposed provision passes, clinics all over the country will be affected. It … Read more
Now, a new ProPublica data analysis adds empirical weight to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of miscarriage — which occurs in up to 30% of pregnancies — far more dangerous. It is based on hospital discharge data from Texas, the largest state to ban abortion, and captures emergency department … Read more
Michigan Rep. Karl Bohnak (R-Deerton) has finally said what so many members of the GOP are too scared to say outright: they don’t support women’s bodily autonomy. Read more at Jezebel
Supreme Court rules for South Carolina in its bid to defund Planned Parenthood The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for South Carolina in its effort to defund Planned Parenthood, concluding that individual Medicaid patients cannot sue to enforce their right to pick a medical provider. Read more at NBC News SCOTUS Allows States To Defund … Read more
Minnesota Shooter Allegedly Targeted Abortion Clinics At Time Of Threats, Lax Protections Last week, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee voted to advance Rep. Chip Roy’s (R-TX) FACE Repeal Act, which would repeal “provisions of federal criminal law that prohibit conduct intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with persons who are seeking to (1) obtain … Read more
But we do know that since Roe v. Wade was overturned, hospitals and doctors in states with harsh abortion restrictions have frequently found themselves caught in a web of legal nuance, unable to care for the patient in front of them. Many of these doctors have told us that they live in fear of being … Read more
Already, the Trump administration has moved to eliminate research on abortion. In January, Trump issued an executive order blocking data collection measuring the effect of access to reproductive care, including abortion care. The administration scrubbed several references to abortion on the Department of Health and Human Services’ website. and “There’s a proven connection between slashed … Read more
The plaintiff, a Worcester resident who was kept anonymous in the suit, alleged that the nurse who performed her ultrasound scan at the center “did not undertake sufficient medical measures” to ensure the pregnancy was viable. The suit alleges that the woman’s fallopian tube ruptured about a month after the ultrasound scan, “causing massive internal … Read more
“If an abusive partner were to find a package of abortion pills in the trash can, if it says Dr. XYZ, already you have someone to name in a lawsuit,” said Greer Donley, a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh who has advised state lawmakers on crafting shield laws. “If it doesn’t have it, … Read more
