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No Rights To Speak Of – Page 138 – Tracking the harms women face post-Roe

Medical Associations Warn of ‘Irreparable Harm’ Without Clear Guidance on State Abortion Laws

Four nationwide medical associations on Thursday called on state officials to clarify anti-abortion laws that have gone into effect in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, noting that a “confusing legal landscape” has resulted from the patchwork of state-level restrictions—and has already led to patients being denied care. Read … Read more

‘I would wish this on absolutely no one’: How three women dealt with pregnancy in the year since Texas’ six-week abortion ban

The landscape for Texans with unintended pregnancies has completely changed. While some successfully got an abortion in a clinic — either in their home state, or after traveling hundreds of miles to another — countless other did not. Some tried to induce abortions at home with medication abortion. Still others carried their unwanted pregnancies to … Read more

Lawmaker Horrified By Consequences Of Abortion Ban Votes For Even Stricter One

Rep. Neal Collins (R), who recently made national headlines when he told his colleagues he didn’t sleep for a week when he learned that a six-week ban he’d helped pass last year could lead to the deaths of miscarrying patients, voted Tuesday night to pass an even stricter abortion ban that outlaws the procedure in … Read more

Nearly one-third of low-income Asian women now live in states with limited abortion access

“Even prior to the fall of Roe, for communities of color, including the Asian American Pacific Islander community, the right to abortion never guaranteed access,” she said. “You think about a mother, somebody that works a low-wage job that doesn’t allow for paid leave, who may not have status and who may need to travel … Read more

Michigan board blocks certification of abortion rights ballot measure, throwing it to the courts

Both of the board’s Republicans voted against approving the ballot initiative, while both Democrats voted for it. The bipartisan panel’s vote comes after abortion-rights activists spent several months gathering more than 750,000 signatures from all 83 counties in the state — far exceeding the roughly 425,000 required to qualify. The progressive groups pushing the measure … Read more

Women race political clock, cross state lines for abortions

Women’s Med has performed few abortions in Ohio since the state ban was enacted; most women don’t learn they’re pregnant until after six weeks. The Dayton clinic, a two-story building that blends into its leafy suburban surroundings, has been in business for almost 40 years. Recent days have become increasingly chaotic, workers say. They see … Read more

New restrictions on abortion care will have psychological harms — here’s what research shows will happen in post-Roe America

The perinatal period places people at an increased risk for the onset and relapse of mental health disorders. The increased restrictions on receiving abortion care coupled with proven risk factors for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders could increase people’s risks for psychological suffering. Read more at The Conversation

Opinion – The abortion emergency in the federal courts

This week, two federal judges reached opposite conclusions about the conflict. At the behest of the Biden administration, Judge B. Lynn Winmill blocked the Idaho law.  EMTALA, he noted, “demands abortion care to prevent injuries that are more wide-ranging than death.” The Idaho law requires that doctors allow their patients’ conditions to deteriorate disastrously before … Read more