New Trump rule to ban VA abortions for veterans even in cases of rape and incest
Trump administration to end nearly all abortions even though third of female veterans are sexual assault survivors Read more at The Guardian
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Planned Parenthood files legal challenge to protect Medicaid funding in South Carolina
A Supreme Court ruling in June curtailed patients’ ability to sue to see the health care providers of their choice. Read more at NBC News
The States Where It’s Riskier to Have a Baby
Quantitative and qualitative evidence suggests that the delays created by abortion restrictions are having an effect on health care. A recent report from the Gender Equity Policy Institute, a nonprofit that advocates for women’s equality, found that, although the overall risk of dying from pregnancy is low, mothers living in states where abortion is banned … Read more
Pete and the Preacher Man
For Wilson, Hegseth represents a unique chance to spread his extreme ideology. Some at his church oppose female suffrage; his denomination is against women in combat, homosexuality, abortion, and pushes for an extremely traditional interpretation of family structure. All this earned Wilson the attention of CNN, which, in an interview with the man, landed the … Read more
Arkansas AG Threatens to Sue Sites for Providing Info About Abortion Pills
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin (R) sent cease and desist letters on Tuesday to two websites that provide information about abortion pills, demanding they stop “advertising” that medications can be mailed to Arkansas, which has a total abortion ban. The letters came on the same day that Griffin and 15 other Republican AGs called on … Read more
Trump officials look to block abortion services at veterans affairs hospitals
Rollback on Biden-era policy would prohibit abortions for veterans, even in cases of rape, incest or health threats Read more at The Guardian
Doctors left Idaho after abortion ban, study confirms
Idaho lost more than a third of its practicing obstetrician doctors after the state’s near-total abortion ban took effect, a new study published in a peer-reviewed academic journal confirms. Read more at the Washington State Standard
Texas man sues doctor for allegedly supplying abortion pills to girlfriend
Wrongful death suit alleges that California doctor mailed the pills to Texas, where virtually all abortions are outlawed Read more at The Guardian
Government “defunding” Planned Parenthood – ramifications
Abortion-related travel could face another ‘shock to the system’ under new spending law Trump’s law “defunds” Planned Parenthood, which could lead to clinic closures across the country. States where abortion is legal stand to be hit the hardest. Read more at 19th News Planned Parenthood sues Trump administration over funding cuts in big bill The … Read more
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
Now, a new ProPublica data analysis adds empirical weight to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of miscarriage — which occurs in up to 30% of pregnancies — far more dangerous. It is based on hospital discharge data from Texas, the largest state to ban abortion, and captures emergency department … Read more