Quantitative and qualitative evidence suggests that the delays created by abortion restrictions are having an effect on health care. A recent report from the Gender Equity Policy Institute, a nonprofit that advocates for women’s equality, found that, although the overall risk of dying from pregnancy is low, mothers living in states where abortion is banned … 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
Bernard added: “While some cases are deemed newsworthy, these daily injuries and death are not even counted, much less made public. Nobody will ever know how many women have been harmed or died because of abortion bans preventing appropriate medical care.” Read more at The Guardian
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
Wilson said Georgia’s decision to dismiss its committee could cause greater harm. “What message is being said to the families who lost their loved ones?” she said. “There’s going to be even less accountability for this to not happen again.” Read more at ProPublica
