Amid all the news coverage of the GOP’s spending-bill extravaganza— ……. —one piece of the package has received comparatively little attention: a provision that would block abortion clinics from receiving Medicaid funds for any of the non-abortion services they provide. But if this proposed provision passes, clinics all over the country will be affected. It … Read more
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
Michigan Rep. Karl Bohnak (R-Deerton) has finally said what so many members of the GOP are too scared to say outright: they don’t support women’s bodily autonomy. Read more at Jezebel
But we do know that since Roe v. Wade was overturned, hospitals and doctors in states with harsh abortion restrictions have frequently found themselves caught in a web of legal nuance, unable to care for the patient in front of them. Many of these doctors have told us that they live in fear of being … Read more
And conservatives of various stripes have echoed one of the resolution’s call for pro-natalist policies and its decrying of “willful childlessness which contributes to a declining fertility rate.” Read more at NBC News
A key House panel on Wednesday advanced legislation that includes a provision aimed at cutting off Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood, a longtime goal of congressional Republicans. …. “Make no mistake, Planned Parenthood is being targeted,” Alexis McGill Johnson, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood, said at the news conference. “Just like any other … Read more
