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health care – No Rights To Speak Of

Senate confirms Project 2025 architect to head OMB

“What was in Project 2025 that made it so widely hated across the political spectrum? A few things: firing civil servants, weaponizing the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, unleashing force onto protestors, and targeting political opponents, restricting abortion nationwide, ripping retirement and health care benefits from seniors, dismantling public education,” Sen. … Read more

Expanding the global gag rule?

Get ready for Trump’s executive order onslaught International abortion rights advocates worry that Trump will further extend the so-called global gag rule to organizations receiving any type of U.S. foreign assistance, including humanitarian aid, as the Heritage Foundation recommended in its Project 2025 blueprint for a second Trump term. Project 2025 also recommended the policy … Read more

Supreme Court to hear South Carolina’s attempt to defund Planned Parenthood

Supreme Court takes up South Carolina bid to defund Planned Parenthood The state wants to prevent reproductive health care groups from receiving federal funds via the Medicaid program because it provides abortions. Read more at NBC News Supreme Court takes up South Carolina’s effort to defund Planned Parenthood The court will restrict itself to a … Read more

Abortion bans violate human rights, Amnesty International says in new report

“These types of bans and policies can impact a variety of human rights,” Jasmeet Sidhu, a senior researcher with Amnesty International USA, told Salon in a phone interview. “Including the right to life, the right to access healthcare, the right to privacy in some situations where abortion is being criminalized, and the right to be … Read more

Abortion clinics saw record surge in out-of-state patients post-Roe, report says

Abortion providers witnessed a record surge in out-of-state patients since Roe v Wade was overturned last year, according to newly released data from the Guttmacher Institute. The report, offering the first analysis of abortion-related travel since the supreme court decision, revealed that one in five patients crossed state lines to obtain an abortion in 2023, … Read more

The new state of healthcare in America: one for men and a worse one for women (opinion)

This is the new state of healthcare in America, where misogynist laws banning abortion have ushered in an era of sex-segregated medical care for all sorts of ailments and conditions. In states where abortion is banned, there are now de facto two standards of medical care: the one that men are entitled to, and the … Read more

Patients face barriers to routine care as doctors warn of ripple effects from broad abortion bans

“These are not just rare anecdotes,” said Jack Resneck, the president of the American Medical Association. “The quantity we’re hearing — and we know we’re only hearing a tiny fraction of what’s going on — is significant.” * “These are not just rare anecdotes,” said Jack Resneck, the president of the American Medical Association. “The … Read more

Republican abortion bans restrict women’s access to other essential medicine

Noblin is one of the 5 million methotrexate users across the US and one of the country’s many autoimmune patients. Although she was eventually given her prescription, Noblin and other patients are now forced to grapple both with a monthly invasion of privacy at pharmacies that ask them about their reproductive choices as well as … Read more