wp-fail2ban domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /var/www/html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121Woman carrying fetus without a skull to seek abortion in another state following Louisiana ban Davis, who has three children, said she will travel to another state next week to have the procedure done. Read more at NBC News Louisiana woman denied abortion for fetal anomaly calls for special legislative session Nancy Davis, a Baton … Read more
“How close to death is close enough?” Johnson asked. “Extremist anti-abortion politicians in Texas are trying to prevent pregnant people experiencing medical emergencies from receiving life-saving care, despite the fact that federal law requires most hospitals to provide that treatment. Politicians may think they know better than doctors, but doctors should not have to try … Read more
Steven Mazie, who covers the Supreme Court for The Economist, suggested the cases could hinge on “what counts as a medical emergency.” “I can’t believe in a matter of months we’ve gone from losing the constitutional right to abortion to debating whether doctors can provide lifesaving care to patients,” said Kate Smith, senior director of … Read more
Banning abortion has drastic implications for reproductive technology, which up to 15% of couples may need. Fertility specialists are sounding the alarms. No laws exist that explicitly deny IVF yet. However, the waters could get murky. If an embryo is the same as a person in the eyes of the law, is discarding one the … Read more
On Tuesday, a Texas judge ruled that Biden administration guidance asserting that doctors must perform abortions in emergencies — regardless of state bans — is illegitimate overreach and that the federal law underlying the guidance does not limit the state’s new trigger ban. A day later, an Idaho judge ruled just the opposite: that the state’s … Read more
Siding with the two groups of anti-abortion physicians as well as the state of Texas, Hendrix writes that the HHS guidance requiring physicians to act when the woman’s health is at risk is too generous. Read more at Talking Points Memo
“You have the right, ostensibly, to talk about abortion,” said Will Creeley, the legal director for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. “The question then becomes whether that talk can be regulated if it aids and abets or encourages others to have an abortion. “That presents a First Amendment problem,” he added. “Will you … Read more
Slew of trigger laws kick in as three more US states ban abortions “Evidence is already mounting of women being turned away despite needing urgent, and in some cases life-saving, medical care. This unfolding public health crisis will only continue to get worse. We will see more and more of these harrowing situations, and once … Read more
In Indiana, which earlier this month enacted a near-total abortion ban that takes effect on Sept. 15, doctors are already grappling with that reality. More than a quarter of the state’s counties are considered “maternal care deserts,” meaning there is limited or no access to maternity health care, and doctors are warning the situation will … Read more
State laws criminalizing abortion after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision have put physicians under intense scrutiny and made them fearful, with implications that extend well beyond abortion. Already, treatment of serious pregnancy complications, and even the unrelated use of an abortion medication by patients with arthritis and autoimmune disorders such as lupus, has been affected. … Read more
