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Tag: Abortion
Content tagged with “Abortion” has content related to the overturning of Roe v Wade, reproductive healthcare, abortion bans, or protests against the bans.
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’s Claim of Anti-Christian Bias is Absurd and False
The sole example of so-called “anti-Christian bias” Trump cited at the National Prayer Breakfast was the pardon of anti-abortion activists who broke the law by blocking the entrance to a clinic. They were prosecuted because they broke the law—not because of their religion.
Mike Johnson Gets Weirdly Personal During March For Life Speech
I think sharing that he and his son monitor each other’s porn consumption was a little more personal than this.
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.
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.
Texas’ maternal mortality committee faces backlash for not reviewing deaths from first two years post-Dobbs
The Texas Maternal Mortality Committee is facing backlash for not reviewing deaths during the first 2 years post-Dobbs
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.