A dramatic rise in pregnant women dying in Texas after abortion ban
Exclusive analysis finds the rate of maternal deaths in Texas increased 56% from 2019 to 2022, compared with just 11% nationwide during the same time period. Read more at NBC News
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Harris blames Trump for Georgia abortion-related death: ‘It’s what we feared’
“These are the consequences of Donald Trump’s actions,” Harris said in a statement. Georgia’s six-week abortion ban went into effect shortly after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade in 2022. Read more at The Guardian
Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable.
Their reviews of individual patient cases are not made public. But ProPublica obtained reports that confirm that at least two women have already died after they couldn’t access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state. There are almost certainly others. Committees like the one in Georgia, set up in each state, often operate … Read more
In abortion ban states, sterilization spiked after Dobbs and kept climbing
The more abortion access is jeopardized, the more women turn to sterilization, according to a new report in JAMA that drew on health insurance claims of nearly 4.8 million women in the US. Read more at Ars Technica
“Dangerously warped”: Care for pregnant people since Dobbs is “compromised,” doctors say
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade with the Dobbs decision, doctors on the frontlines have shared horror stories about how medical care for pregnant people has changed. Women are being pushed to have abortions later in pregnancy due to the barriers they have to overcome to access care. Women who can’t travel are … Read more
State abortion bans are forcing doctors to provide substandard care – new study
“One question that we had was: were the changes that we were seeing initially related to the initial shock of the Dobbs decisions and the laws that then went into effect? Would clinical protocols kind of adjust and healthcare providers would figure out how to provide high-quality care? Would these poor-quality cases disappear?” said Dr … Read more
Abortion bans are pushing people to terminate later in pregnancy
Abortion clinic providers say barriers to accessing reproductive care is delaying abortion to later in pregnancy Read more at Salon
How Ted Cruz’s abortion record could cost him a historic election in Texas
Cruz hasn’t just been a cheerleader on the sidelines of the abortion wars; he was a key player in transforming the judiciary to pave the way for Dobbs and enable his own state to punish and essentially torture pregnant women the way they are doing now. He can avoid questions on the subject, but there’s … Read more
This one weird trick might win Democrats the election | opinion
But there is no way to have a good-faith debate with people who call their opponents “childless cat ladies”, defend 12-year-olds getting married and think 10-year-old rape victims should be forced to give birth. Why even try? Instead of lending credence to their bizarre ideas by attempting to engage with them, it’s far more effective … Read more
“The walls are closing in”: States under strain as Iowa abortion ban goes into effect
The effects of Iowa’s ban will especially be felt in its neighbor, Illinois. Since Dobbs overturned Roe, Illinois has already seen an influx in patients from the south. Data from the Society of Family Planning #WeCount found that after Dobbs, Illinois saw the biggest increase in out-of-state abortions. Florida, a state that now also has … Read more