K Monica Kelly had to travel to Florida for an abortion after her fetus was diagnosed with trisomy 13 – now she’s part of a group suing her state Read more at The Guardian
For Doe, his anti-abortion backers and Paxton, though, the doily-ness of the argument hardly matters. Bringing it in the first place is a win-win. At best, they’ll get the greenlight from Kacsmaryk and the 5th Circuit, forcing Planned Parenthood to put its best hope for survival in the Supreme Court. At worst, they’ll force Planned … Read more
Florida Democrats told HuffPost they’re worried the law will be weaponized against abortion providers, OB-GYNs who handle miscarriages and physicians who offer reproductive care such as in vitro fertilization. Read more at Huffpost
The report adds to the evidence of a maternal and infant health crisis in the US, one experts expect will be exacerbated by abortion bans across the US south and in some western states. The US has one of the worst maternal mortality rates among developed democracies, according to the Commonwealth Fund. Read more at … Read more
He’s not talking about abortion much on the trail, but the former president has been a dependable ally of the anti-abortion movement and would have powers to act in a second term. Read more at 19th News
I want to be clear: When I say these laws target anyone who “helps” a teen get an abortion, I don’t just mean someone who physically takes them out of the state. You could be arrested for lending a teenager gas money, or texting them the url of an out-of-state clinic. That’s because both Tennessee’s … Read more
With near-total bans on abortion in 14 states, the laws on miscarriage are vague – stoking fears of criminal consequences Read more at The Guardian
“They have laid out an 887-page blueprint that includes, in painstaking detail, exactly how they plan to leverage virtually every arm, tool and agency of the federal government to attack abortion access,” she said. “Trump’s close advisers have actual plans to block access to abortion in every single state without any help from Congress or … Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday set a date for one of the highest-stakes and closest-watched cases of the term — announcing it will hear oral arguments on how patients can access mifepristone, the commonly used abortion pill, on March 26. Read more at Politico
On Wednesday, Match Group, which operates Tinder, Hinge and a slew of other matchmaking platforms, released the latest findings from its long-running Singles in America survey, a snapshot of more than 5,000 single Americans’ thoughts and experiences around dating and sex. For the second year in a row, Match has found that the demolition of … Read more
