“Senate Republicans know that by talking about abortion, it’s bad for them,” North Carolina state Sen. Sydney Batch (D) told HuffPost in May, the day before the 12-week abortion ban passed. “This was always their plan, to run this through without any insight, in the dark of night, so that the rest of the general … Read more
The Texas Supreme Court unanimously sided with Paxton. With no doctors in Texas willing to chance prosecution, Cox was forced to leave the state to avoid risking her life and ability to have another child. Having done so, her family now faces the legal risk that someone will seek to take advantage of Texas’s bounty … Read more
This type of ordinance has sprung up as part of a new anti-abortion tactic to undermine people’s ability to flee states with abortion bans. Since the fall of Roe v Wade, abortion foes have scrambled to find a way to cut off what they see as “abortion trafficking,” even though many experts argue that the … Read more
Whatever the court decides could have sweeping ramifications. While the pills will likely stay on the market, there could be some significant changes to access, even in states where abortion remains legal and protected. Read more at The Hill
US supreme court agrees to consider abortion pill access “You can’t just bring random lawsuits in court. You actually have to have been harmed by something,” said Greer Donley, an associate law professor at the University of Pittsburgh Law School. “That’s really what standing analysis is all about, to try to figure out if if … Read more
A woman whose fetus was unlikely to survive called more than a dozen abortion clinics before finding one that would take her, only to be put on weeks-long waiting lists. A teen waited seven weeks for an abortion because it took her mother that long to get her an appointment. Others seeking the procedure faced … Read more
Abortion bans have jeopardized access to care for miscarriages and other pregnancy-related complications. The stakes associated with losing a pregnancy are high, with increased medical and legal risks, especially in the 14 states where abortion is now almost entirely outlawed and the two more that ban the procedure for people past six weeks of pregnancy … Read more
“Keeping the Medicaid ban in place and keeping the 24-hour delay in place…disproportionately impacts people of the lowest means, people who have the least ability to return to clinic, who have the least ability to pay out of pocket for their health care,” said Dr. Halley Crissman, an OB/GYN in Ann Arbor who testified in … Read more
The 12-week ban also included a new requirement that abortion patients show up for an in-person consultation at an abortion clinic at least 72 hours before their abortion. That requirement was devastating both to patients and providers, Hales said. It confused patients and left providers scrambling to schedule patients twice at an already-crowded clinic. Read … Read more
Pre-visit paperwork requires interne access, a printer, and exact timing Dr. Crissman, the OB-GYN in Ann Arbor, has a request for anyone who thinks Michigan’s 24-hour mandatory waiting period and informed consent form laws are reasonable: see if you can figure them out. Read more at National Public Radio, Inc.
