But experts say $5,000 checks won’t lead to a baby boom. Between unaffordable healthcare, soaring housing costs, inaccessible childcare and a lack of federal parental leave mandates, Americans face a swath of expensive hurdles that disincentivize them from having large families – or families at all – and that will require a much larger government … Read more
Kayla Smith and Kylie Cooper Left Idaho for Washington and Minnesota to flee a strict abortion ban The number of people internally displaced by anti-abortion laws is startling. A recent study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research of 13 states with strict abortion bans found that, between them, they are losing 36,000 residents … Read more
The bill’s backers have said they intend to target the medical professionals mailing abortion pills, which could provide a blueprint for other states. Read more at 19th News
A movement that believes abortion should be treated as homicide has grown alongside a Republican penchant for punishment Read more at The Guardian
Pregnant people living in states with abortion bans are almost twice as likely to die during pregnancy or soon after giving birth, a report released Wednesday found. The risk is greatest for Black women in states with bans, who are 3.3 times more likely to die than White women in those same states. Read more … Read more
Women who have suffered pregnancy complications under Texas’ ban say new legislation wouldn’t have helped them. Read more at Salon
City officials were convinced that opening the clinic would present a safety concern for the community. Read more at 19th News
For the second year in a row, abortion providers performed more than 1m abortions in the United States in 2024. About 155,000 people crossed state lines for abortions – roughly double the number of patients who did so in 2020, before the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade and paved the way for more … Read more
On Monday, the New York Times reported that the Trump Administration is mulling a suite of initiatives aimed at encouraging Americans to have more babies. Some of the suggestions for these programs came from pronatalists, a loose network of activists who believe that the humanity is basically doomed unless people have more kids. A few … Read more
Dozens of medical providers from California to Maine, including nine Planned Parenthood affiliates, have struggled to stay afloat since more than $65 million dollars for the Title X family planning program was withheld on April 1 — a funding freeze the Trump administration said was aimed at enforcing executive orders on diversity and immigration. Federal … Read more
