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Ireland’s Former Ban on Abortion is a Preview for Life in Post-Roe America

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Abortion: The story of suffering and death behind Ireland’s ban and subsequent legalization , by Gretchen E. Ely, The Conversation In 2012, Savita Halappanavar, age 31 and 17 weeks pregnant, went to a hospital in Galway, Ireland. Doctors there determined that she was having a miscarriage. However, because the fetus still had a detectable heartbeat, … Read more

United States Maternal Mortality Rates Will Rise

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Covid spiked the maternal death rate in U.S. Roe’s fall will make it even worse. , by Elizabeth Chuck, NBC news U.S. maternal mortality rates are certain to rise as more states restrict abortion following the fall of Roe v. Wade, experts said, a sobering prediction as new statistics show the Covid pandemic’s already outsize … Read more