South Carolina – near total ban advances, 6 week ban temporarily blocked by court

Near-total abortion ban advances in South Carolina The bill, which was advanced out of the Republican-controlled state House Judiciary Committee, would prohibit abortions in the state with exceptions in cases where the life or health of the mother is at risk. Five committee members did not cast a vote. Read more at The Hill Abortion … Read more

Old Michigan law banning abortion and the injunction against it

Abortion Is Legal in This State. That’s Not Stopping These Rogue Prosecutors Abortion rights have been protected in Michigan at the state level since April, when a lawsuit from Planned Parenthood, anticipating the fall of Roe, stalled enforcement of a 1931 state law that banned the practice. The three locations of Northland Family Planning Center, … Read more

Does your rewards card know if you’re pregnant? Privacy experts sound the alarm

In most cases, signing up for a rewards program means you are agreeing to your data being collected and utilized in this manner, Solow-Niederman said, but she argued that another issue lay in the expectation for consumers to have the capacity to navigate this type of legal language on their own, a concern that scholars … Read more

Boats, planes and automobiles: Projects aim to travel around restrictive state abortion laws

In Colorado, abortion medication comes from a van parked near the state border. In Illinois, an organization is recruiting pilots to fly patients out of restrictive states. And in the Gulf of Mexico, an OB-GYN envisions a clinic at sea. These headline-grabbing projects for abortion access are among the more audacious ways abortion-rights supporters are … Read more

Abortion is legal in Illinois. In Wisconsin, it’s nearly banned. So clinics teamed up

After Roe was struck down, Planned Parenthood organizations in both states announced their partnership. More than a dozen employees from Wisconsin – including doctors, nurses and medical assistants – now commute to Waukegan to help provide care. “It really required this perfect pairing of supply and demand,” said Kristen Schultz, Planned Parenthood of Illinois’ chief … Read more

From down the street to 1,000 miles, abortion clinics are moving to protect access

A federal appeals court allowed Tennessee’s six-week abortion ban to take effect, and a near-total ban is set to begin in late August. Meanwhile, Virginia still allows most abortions through the second trimester. … “It’s like a game of dominoes. It’s just a huge swath of states not offering the service any longer,” Derzis said. … Read more