In the 11 months since the bans have been in place, Idaho has seen OB-GYNs, nurses, midwives and other staff speak out about these challenges. They’ve made difficult decisions to leave for states where they felt they could practice without the threat of criminal penalties. Multiple hospitals in Idaho have closed maternity units in part … Read more
“It is such a pleasure to address this summit just days after I convened a special session of Iowa’s General Assembly to once again address the most important human rights cause of our time: protecting unborn human lives from the atrocity of abortion. A worthy battle, and one I will never concede,” she said. Read … Read more
Iowa Republicans Ram Through Six-Week Abortion Ban In One-Day Special Session Tuesday’s ban makes Iowa yet another red state where the legislature has passed abortion restrictions that go much further than the majority of its constituents want. But, wielding a supermajority in the state Senate and majority in the state House, Iowa Republicans have the … Read more
“People who are denied a needed abortion experience a range of negative impacts on their physical and mental health,” she said. “It’s hard to imagine the short- and long-term implications of a personal trajectory that may have been rerouted for the 9,799 people who were denied an abortion under SB8.” Read more at CNN
The court struck down a nearly identical version of the law in January, ruling it violated South Carolina’s constitutional right to privacy. But that 3-2 opinion was written by Justice Kaye Hearn, the court’s only woman. Hearn has since been replaced after reaching mandatory retirement age, and the justices are now all men. Read more … Read more
While there is no law in the U.S. that regulates what a man can do with his body, the reproductive health of women is now more regulated than it has been in 50 years. And the scope of reproductive health care that women can receive is highly dependent on where they live. Read more at … Read more
For women and their families, abortion access is now largely a function of financial and geographic circumstances. For abortion-care providers, the year has brought influxes of out-of-state patients and a barrage of legal challenges. Abortion opponents, meanwhile, are enjoying their success. Some say they hope to see national restrictions. Read more at NBC News
Federal judges seem open to restricting access to mifepristone abortion pill A case like this is without precedent and, former FDA commissioners have warned in court-submitted briefs, could severely impair the agency. Pharmaceutical companies have also suggested that revoking mifepristone’s approval could discourage them from bringing new drugs to market. Read more at 19th News … Read more
Faced with a complex risk calculus, some clinics will continue offering mifepristone they have stockpiled, while others are preparing to drop medication abortion altogether. Read more at The 19th
Ron DeSantis quietly signs Florida’s 6-week abortion ban into law DeSantis signed the measure just hours after the Legislature passed it Thursday afternoon. But he didn’t announce publicly that he did so until after 11 p.m. Read more at NBC News DeSantis signs 6-week abortion ban into law: ‘We are proud to support life’ But … Read more
