How the anti-abortion movement embraced fringe ‘abolitionists’ and became more punitive
A movement that believes abortion should be treated as homicide has grown alongside a Republican penchant for punishment Read more at The Guardian
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People in states with abortion bans are twice as likely to die during pregnancy
Pregnant people living in states with abortion bans are almost twice as likely to die during pregnancy or soon after giving birth, a report released Wednesday found. The risk is greatest for Black women in states with bans, who are 3.3 times more likely to die than White women in those same states. Read more … Read more
Can Texas’ abortion ban be fixed? Skeptics say an effort to “clarify” the law could make it worse
Women who have suffered pregnancy complications under Texas’ ban say new legislation wouldn’t have helped them. Read more at Salon
How anti-abortion activists stopped a Beverly Hills clinic from opening
City officials were convinced that opening the clinic would present a safety concern for the community. Read more at 19th News
New figures shed light on US abortion travel as Trump cuts tracking research
For the second year in a row, abortion providers performed more than 1m abortions in the United States in 2024. About 155,000 people crossed state lines for abortions – roughly double the number of patients who did so in 2020, before the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade and paved the way for more … Read more
Trump May Soon Offer a Motherhood Medal, an Idea Popularized in Nazi Germany
On Monday, the New York Times reported that the Trump Administration is mulling a suite of initiatives aimed at encouraging Americans to have more babies. Some of the suggestions for these programs came from pronatalists, a loose network of activists who believe that the humanity is basically doomed unless people have more kids. A few … Read more
Clinics begin closing as Trump admin continues freeze on family planning funds
Dozens of medical providers from California to Maine, including nine Planned Parenthood affiliates, have struggled to stay afloat since more than $65 million dollars for the Title X family planning program was withheld on April 1 — a funding freeze the Trump administration said was aimed at enforcing executive orders on diversity and immigration. Federal … Read more
Will the SAVE Act make it harder for married women to vote? We ask legal experts
But for as many as 69 million American women who have taken on their spouse’s name, their birth certificates no longer match the names they use today, according to an analysis by the progressive Center for American Progress. Meanwhile, more than half of all Americans do not have a passport, according to a 2023 YouGov … Read more
‘We are failing’: doctors and students in the US look to Mexico for basic abortion training
Since Roe was overturned, a growing number of would-be abortion providers have begun to leave the country in search of an education as training in the US dwindles Read more at The Guardian
Republicans plow ahead with anti-abortion agenda in states where voters approved constitutional amendments
“Ballot measures have been a lifeline to working people in red and purple states, allowing them to make change even when politicians fail to represent their interests. Legislators are trying to systematically take that power away,” Kelly Hall, the executive director of the Fairness Project, a nonprofit organization that helps progressive groups advance citizen-led ballot … Read more