“Get this under control”: Mark Robinson’s anti-birth control tirade spoils Trump’s Project 2025 spin

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As such, Project 2025 has language in it that subtly lays the groundwork for an eventual ban on nearly all forms of female-controlled contraception. As Reproductive Freedom for All pointed out in a campaign memo, “Project 2025 includes personhood language and policies that propagate the belief that life begins at conception.” The same people perpetuate … Read more

Abortion providers — and patients — are on the move, as state laws keep shifting

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Since that ruling, 14 states have enacted bans with few exceptions, while other states have limited access. But states that do not have an abortion ban in place have seen an 11% increase in clinician-provided abortions since 2020, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a national nonprofit that supports abortion rights. Over 170,000 people traveled out … Read more

Missouri doctors say they’re tired of seeing people suffer because of the state’s abortion ban

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“Why are we making people choose between their own lives and continuing a pregnancy in a forced birth situation?” ​​It’s the reality for many patients and doctors in red states across the country. Abortion bans have resulted in a mass exodus of obstetricians that’s left thousands of pregnant people without access to care. In Idaho, … Read more

Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable.

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Their reviews of individual patient cases are not made public. But ProPublica obtained reports that confirm that at least two women have already died after they couldn’t access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state. There are almost certainly others. Committees like the one in Georgia, set up in each state, often operate … Read more