Abortion providers are experiencing a new wave of extremism
When looking at the data of violent and threatening incidents targeted at abortion providers, it's clear: They are experiencing a new wave of extremism.
Tag: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE
Proposal to clarify when Texas doctors can perform life-saving abortions faces critical vote
The bill does not expand abortion access, but further explains when a doctor can intervene to save a pregnant patient’s life.
Sponsor of Georgia Abortion Ban Spared Trauma of Watching Brain-Dead Loved One Carry fetus
Senator Ed Setzler is lucky he isn't the one being forced to watch a brain-dead loved one carry a fetus to term.
How Tubal Ligation Prevents Pregnancy
After Roe v Wade was overturned, a lot of women living in states with abortion bans were choosing tubal ligation or having their “tubes tied.” How does it work?
Even Where Abortion Is Still Legal, Many Brick-and-Mortar Clinics Are Closing
On the last day of patient care at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Marquette, Michigan, a port town on the shore of Lake Superior, dozens of people crowded into the parking lot and alley, holding pink homemade signs that read “Thank You!” and “Forever Grateful.” “Oh my god,” physician assistant…
Brain-dead pregnant woman kept on life support due to Georgia’s 6-week abortion ban
Adriana Smith’s case is the latest instance in which Georgia’s six-week abortion ban and its impacts on Black women have raised serious concerns.
Reproductive health clinics are losing federal funding — and red states will be hit hardest
The Trump administration’s cuts to Title X could disrupt reproductive health services for close to a million people, predominantly low-income Americans.
What is the Comstock Act?
Learn where The Comstock Act comes from, what it does, how it was used in the past, and how Republicans are using it today.
Texas bill coming after online abortion medication
The 43-page measure, introduced Friday, may be the most meaningful attempt this year to block the ordering and mailing of abortion medication.
New York doctor ordered to stop providing abortion pills to Texans
The ruling is the opening salvo in a likely lengthy battle between Texas’ abortion bans and New York’s “shield” protections for providers.
Trump Reinstates the ‘Global Gag Rule’ on Abortion
The global gag rule, announced in a presidential memorandum Friday revives a policy that Trump and many other Republican presidents have implemented.
4 Progressive Policies That Transformed Women’s Rights in America
Explore four key policies transforming women's rights in America and learn how the fight for gender equality continues to shape history.
Report: Hospitals rarely advise doctors on how to treat patients under abortion bans
Doctors described hospital lawyers who “refused to meet” with them for months, were hard to reach during “life or death” situations and offered little help beyond “regurgitating” the law, according to a Senate Finance Committee report.
For many rural women, finding maternity care outweighs abortion access concerns
The push to preserve and expand abortion access in states where it’s protected often collides with ideological and health care divides between urban and rural residents.
Abortion bans could reverse decline in teen births, experts warn
Houston OB-GYN Hillary Boswell says she has seen how abortion bans affect teenage girls: More of them are carrying their pregnancies to term.
Jasmine Crockett DESTROYS Texas GOP
Texas currently has some of the most regressive and dangerous laws restricting reproductive health in the entire country, and women are dying. TX Rep. Jasmine Crockett calls out the people…
