Trump administration puts religious freedom at heart of US health policy
Critics say the new focus could reshape LGBTQ+ healthcare, abortion access and vaccine policy Read more at The Guardian
Why are crisis pregnancy centers saying they can ‘rule out’ ectopic pregnancy?
The organization found 100 examples in 49 states of pregnancy centers using language on their websites about how they can “rule out” ectopic pregnancies. The harm is not hypothetical. The letter cites cases in Texas and Massachusetts, where women in those states went to pregnancy centers that missed ectopic pregnancies. Read more at National Public … Read more
GOP hardliners outline anti-abortion, military funding demands for party-line bill
The House Freedom Caucus sent a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday outlining its demands for a third reconciliation bill, including extending a prohibition on federal funding for abortion providers and immediately paying for any new spending. Read more at Politico
She miscarried weeks after Roe fell. A delay in care changed her life.
Four years after the Dobbs decision, critics say medical exemptions in abortion bans are so vague they delay care. Read more at 19th News
The Trump administration is calling frozen embryos children – opinion
But the move represents a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s pursuit of fetal personhood, the doctrine that anti-abortion forces aspire to enshrine in law whereby fertilized eggs are granted constitutional rights as persons – a regime that would ban all abortion and many kinds of birth control and miscarriage management, would curtail the basic … Read more
Senators alarmed at Trump administration website Moms.gov promoting anti-abortion facilities
In their Wednesday letter, senators – including Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden and Tammy Duckworth – criticized the site and noted that it “directs pregnant women to unregulated and often non-medical anti-abortion facilities known as crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs)”, which they said “raises profound concerns about the health, safety and privacy of … Read more
FDA Moves to Restrict Abortion Pill Access
In an ominous move, the FDA — under pressure from antiabortion groups and GOP members of Congress — has launched a new safety study of mifepristone that is a thinly veiled move to restrict mail and telehealth access to the abortion pill. “The administration is aiming for a robust study that will withstand legal criticism,” … Read more
Hawley pushes Blanche to settle abortion pill case
In an interview Wednesday, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), said he wanted to know whether conservatives could count on Blanche to settle multiple lawsuits over mifepristone — a pill used in more than two-thirds of abortions — and clear the way for potential restrictions on the medication. Read more at Politico
So Much for Leaving Abortion Up to the States
In his famous “House Divided” speech in 1858, Abraham Lincoln predicted that “we shall lie down, pleasantly dreaming that the people of Missouri are on the verge of making their State free, and we shall awake to the reality instead, that the Supreme Court has made Illinois a slave State.” If Lincoln’s warning holds true … Read more
A religious hospital denied her a life-saving drug during an ectopic pregnancy. She lost her fertility
Harmonie Perrone, 28, knew she was probably having an ectopic pregnancy, and she knew exactly what she needed to do: seek medical care immediately, before life-threatening complications set in. But she was denied that care twice as she feared for her life – and, after the delay in care, she lost her fertility, she says … Read more