An expectant Louisiana woman who was carrying a skull-less fetus that would die within a short time from birth ultimately traveled about 1,400 miles to New York City to terminate her pregnancy after her local hospital denied her an abortion amid uncertainty over the procedure’s legality. * But Louisiana’s list of conditions justifying an exception … Read more
The law bans abortion entirely unless the patient is a victim of rape or incest, has informed a law enforcement agency and receives the procedure no later than the eighth week of pregnancy. Minors in either of those circumstances can receive an abortion up to 14 weeks of pregnancy if they report it to law … Read more
Medical providers who are being represented in the case by the ACLU told the stories of at least two more minors who had become pregnant as a result of sexual assault and had to leave the state for care, two women who couldn’t legally end their pregnancies and couldn’t safely get chemotherapy for cancer due … Read more
Texas Delays Release Of Pregnancy-Related Death Count Until Next Summer Texas health officials won’t be releasing the findings of their latest study on statewide maternal death rates until next summer, a major delay from the original September 1 release date. * Texas hasn’t updated its maternal death count since 2013, according to the Houston Chronicle. … Read more
Democrats call Indiana’s near-total abortion ban a ‘death sentence’ The bill, SB 1, contains only extremely narrow exceptions in which abortions may now be performed – with abortions for rape and incest capped at 10 weeks; only to be delivered in hospitals; and limiting the procedure to medical emergencies. Read more at The Guardian Indiana … Read more
Stories like Banks’s and Burns’s – the needless and disproportionate incarceration, the loss of freedom and recourse inflicted on them on the basis of their pregnancies, the cruelty justified by authorities as “protection” for a fetus – are becoming more common. Alabama criminalizes more women for pregnancy than any other state. Just last year, Kim … Read more
Graham’s abortion ban stuns Senate GOP Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), who chairs Senate Democrats’ campaign arm, said “it’s great that [Republicans are] showing the American people that they’re really focused on taking away a fundamental right.” Across the Capitol, however, the House GOP’s campaign chief insisted that abortion would not be the dominant issue in … Read more
The legislation would ban abortion entirely unless a patient who is pregnant was a victim of rape or incest, informed a law enforcement agency and receives the procedure before 8 weeks into the pregnancy. Minors who are victims of rape or incest would have until 14 weeks of pregnancy to get an abortion, if they … Read more
The Indiana ban includes exceptions allowing abortions in cases of rape and incest, before 10 weeks post-fertilization; to protect the life and physical health of the mother; and if a fetus is diagnosed with a lethal anomaly. The new law also prohibits abortion clinics from providing any abortion care, leaving such services solely to hospitals … Read more
“Right now – without doing anything – schools may be getting alerts about students” who are searching the internet for resources related to reproductive health, Laird said. “If you are in a state that has a law that criminalizes abortion, right now this tool could be used to enforce those laws.” Read more at The … Read more
