How abortion bans will strain an already failing foster system
Poor families are more likely to be separated by the government. The Dobbs decision will make it worse. Read more at Vox
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Opinion – She performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim. The right vilified her
In Texas, doctors are “speaking in code” to their patients about leaving the state for abortions – frightened not just out of performing the procedures, but out of giving true, medically useful information about them. The extremism of the anti-abortion movement has not just eliminated women’s freedom of choice; it is increasingly curtailing their freedom … Read more
Under strict abortion law, Texas had nearly 10,000 more births than expected in the last nine months of 2022, research suggests
“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
In post-Roe Texas, 2 mothers with traumatic pregnancies walk very different paths
In a court filing, the Texas attorney general’s office argues that any potential harms suffered by the women were the result of their doctors’ actions, not the state’s. It says the plaintiffs have participated in “splashy news conferences and media tours.” In Casiano’s case, it also says that her economic circumstances caused her harm. Read … Read more
Democrats and Republicans – The political landscape in July, 2023
VP Kamala Harris says the Supreme Court took rights from the people of America Last year at this time, the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade. Since then, Harris has taken on the task of addressing reproductive rights and maternal health care from her side of the political spectrum. As she has traveled the country, … Read more
A year ago Roe v Wade was overturned. Grieve for the new America – opinion
The decision unleashed atrocities and morbid perversions of medical ethics that have rapidly become routine. Women experiencing miscarriages now wait around in emergency rooms and parking lots, unable to receive treatment until they sicken to the point where sufficiently brutal health outcomes (life-ending or life-altering, depending on the state) become a certainty. Other women, and … Read more
What it’s like to cover abortion while pregnant: ‘People saw me as a container for a child’
As she’s about to take maternity leave, Poppy Noor writes about witnessing the decimation of women’s rights while on the road as a reproductive rights reporter Read more at The Guardian
Opinion: How the end of Roe turned into a threat to American democracy
Through its reimagined version of the Comstock Act, the right wing seeks to enforce a traditional view of women and their roles, sexual purity and societal control over reproduction, a view that limits what people can say and think, as well as what they can do. In the era of “Don’t Say Gay” mandates and … Read more
A year after Dobbs and the end of Roe v. Wade, there’s chaos and confusion
One year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, putting an end to the constitutionally protected right to access abortion, the health care landscape has become increasingly fragmented and complex to navigate, spawning widespread confusion. Read more at National Public Radio, Inc.
One year after the fall of Roe v. Wade, abortion care has become a patchwork of confusing state laws that deepen existing inequalities
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