abortion access

Inside the MAGA Plan to Attack Birth Control, Surveil Women and Ban the Abortion Pill

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Those plans — and many more, including proposals to attack contraception access, use the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to increase “abortion surveillance” and data collection, rescind a Department of Defense policy to “prohibit abortion travel funding,” punish states that require health insurance plans to cover abortion, and retool a law that is currently … Read more

Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks woman’s abortion – news round-up

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Texas Supreme Court puts on hold order that granted pregnant woman’s request for abortion “While we still hope that the Court ultimately rejects the state’s request and does so quickly, in this case we fear that justice delayed will be justice denied,” Molly Duane, senior staff attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, which is … Read more

Texas AG threatens health care providers who provide an abortion to woman who got a court order to terminate her pregnancy – news round-up

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Texas judge grants pregnant woman permission to get an abortion despite the state’s ban The Center for Reproductive Rights, which is representing Cox, has said this lawsuit is believed to be the first of its kind since Roe v. Wade was overturned. Since that landmark ruling, Texas and 12 other states rushed to ban abortion … Read more

Ohio’s new abortion amendment is in effect but doctors are reluctant to make any big changes

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Even though legal scholars say laws like the 24-hour waiting period to get an abortion are no longer constitutional, doctors say they say they don’t want to get involved in a legal fight. Dr. Jeanne Corwin, an OB/GYN in Cincinnati, said there hasn’t been clear guidance given to doctors, leaving them in limbo. Read more … Read more

Abortion clinics saw record surge in out-of-state patients post-Roe, report says

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Abortion providers witnessed a record surge in out-of-state patients since Roe v Wade was overturned last year, according to newly released data from the Guttmacher Institute. The report, offering the first analysis of abortion-related travel since the supreme court decision, revealed that one in five patients crossed state lines to obtain an abortion in 2023, … Read more

‘I feel called to do this’: US providers sending abortion medication by mail

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“To navigate this patchwork of laws takes some delicacy,” said Droz Tragos. “And depending on where you live, depending on your identity, depending on the community that you’re in, people have different layers of safety, concern and risk. So everyone has to navigate this knowing their own circumstances.” Still, she and Plan C organizers remain … Read more