“It took three days at home until I became sick ‘enough’ that the ethics board at our hospital agreed we could begin medical treatment; three days until my life was considered at risk ‘enough’ for the inevitable premature delivery of my daughter to be performed; three days until the doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals … Read more
Dickson, triumphant in Texas, has now turned his sights to New Mexico ― a state where many Texans have fled to access critical abortion care. Two New Mexico towns near the Texas border are discussing abortion bans within their city limits that will come to a vote in the coming weeks, and a handful of … Read more
A surge in requests The Martinezes are just two of many Central Texans choosing permanent forms of birth control in the wake of the state’s ban on abortion. Local doctor’s offices have seen a flurry of requests for salpingectomies and vasectomies since June. * The number of patients coming in for a sterilization procedure has … Read more
But it’s not always clear what that means for doctors like Case who are physically located in a state with abortion restrictions but have a license that enables them to provide care via telehealth to patients in states where it is legal. Case says she has consulted several lawyers about the legality, and none of … Read more
Texas Delays Release Of Pregnancy-Related Death Count Until Next Summer Texas health officials won’t be releasing the findings of their latest study on statewide maternal death rates until next summer, a major delay from the original September 1 release date. * Texas hasn’t updated its maternal death count since 2013, according to the Houston Chronicle. … Read more
But after multiple ultrasounds, the doctors’ prognosis was grim: His heart, lung, kidney and brain problems were severe, and his genetic disorder, called triploidy, meant he had an extra set of chromosomes. The doctors said that either Finley would die before birth, or if he did make it to term, he would die a few … Read more
The landscape for Texans with unintended pregnancies has completely changed. While some successfully got an abortion in a clinic — either in their home state, or after traveling hundreds of miles to another — countless other did not. Some tried to induce abortions at home with medication abortion. Still others carried their unwanted pregnancies to … Read more
“Even prior to the fall of Roe, for communities of color, including the Asian American Pacific Islander community, the right to abortion never guaranteed access,” she said. “You think about a mother, somebody that works a low-wage job that doesn’t allow for paid leave, who may not have status and who may need to travel … Read more
This week, two federal judges reached opposite conclusions about the conflict. At the behest of the Biden administration, Judge B. Lynn Winmill blocked the Idaho law. EMTALA, he noted, “demands abortion care to prevent injuries that are more wide-ranging than death.” The Idaho law requires that doctors allow their patients’ conditions to deteriorate disastrously before … Read more
She says she couldn’t fully face the trauma from her experience for many years — after she became a mother, and watched her own daughter turn 11. “A lot of my grief was really realizing what it must have been like for my mother to go through something like that,” Elaine says. Elaine spent a … Read more
