Pregnant patients in Minnesota have postponed abortion appointments to avoid ICE
Planned Parenthood’s no-show rate has gone up almost 10 percent since the federal government’s Minnesota operation began. Read more at 19th News
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Delayed and turned away: How access to abortion can depend on your weight
Research shows abortion is safe across body sizes. But BMI limits at clinics are still pushing some patients into different care and higher costs. Read more at 19th News
Virginia voters will decide the future of abortion access
Virginians will determine whether to enshrine the protection of reproductive rights into the state constitution later this year. Read more at 19th News
Texas and Florida sue FDA in latest effort to restrict abortion pill access
In the lawsuit, filed late on Tuesday in federal court in Wichita Falls, Texas, the states’ Republican attorneys general argue that the FDA has failed to thoroughly evaluate the drug’s safety and effectiveness since its initial approval in 2000 and disregarded the risks to the women who take it. Read more at The Guardian
Abortion pill manufacturer asks to join suit that could rewrite US abortion access
GenBioPro seeks to defend access to mifepristone in suit brought by attorneys general of Idaho, Missouri and Kansas Read more at The Guardian
Democratic states train non-doctors on providing abortions to expand US access
From Washington to Connecticut, pharmacists and healthcare workers pioneer efforts to limit abortion barriers Read more at The Guardian
Supreme Court to hear South Carolina’s attempt to defund Planned Parenthood
Supreme Court takes up South Carolina bid to defund Planned Parenthood The state wants to prevent reproductive health care groups from receiving federal funds via the Medicaid program because it provides abortions. Read more at NBC News Supreme Court takes up South Carolina’s effort to defund Planned Parenthood The court will restrict itself to a … Read more
For many rural women, finding maternity care outweighs abortion access concerns
The push to preserve and expand abortion access in states where it’s protected often collides with ideological and health care divides between urban and rural residents. Read more at 19th News
Number of US abortions fell by only 2% after wave of state bans, CDC report reveals
“It really speaks to a bifurcation of access,” said Isaac Maddow-Zimet, a Guttmacher Institute data scientist. “On one hand, you have many states where abortion has gotten incredibly difficult to access – states with total bans, states with six-week bans. Access has gotten much more difficult for people living in those states. And then, on … Read more
How abortion funds are preparing for another Trump presidency
“Even if we weren’t dealing with a hostile administration, someone couldn’t snap their fingers and restore all the access we have lost over the past two years,” Dingus said. “There are now states with no clinics or abortion providers — it will take years or decades to make abortion accessible again in places like Missouri, … Read more