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Tag: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE
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 responsible.
Texas OB-GYNs Urge Lawmakers: Change Abortion Laws After Reports on Pregnant Women’s Deaths
The group of 111 doctors cited recent ProPublica reporting on two pregnant women who died because doctors did not provide lifesaving care.
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