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Abortion
Federally Funded Clinics Face Conflicting Rules in Abortion-Restricted States
They are caught between state abortion bans and a federal requirement to refer patients for abortion care on request.
76 Percent of Surveyed Doctors Don’t Want to Work in Abortion-Restricted States
Abortion bans lead to fewer medical services available for all people living in those states.
Small Towns Near State Lines Have Become Abortion Access Battlegrounds
Anti-abortion outsiders are descending on rural communities in proximity to states where laws preserve abortion access.
Surveillance Technologies Don’t Create Safety. They Intensify State Violence.
Surveillance technologies create a dragnet to monitor nearly everyone and collect data on all of our behaviors.
Hospitals in 2 States Broke Law When Denying Abortion to a Miscarrying Patient
The Biden administration says failing to act violates a federal law requiring hospitals to provide emergency care.
The Anti-Trans Panic Is Rooted in White Supremacist Ideology
Gender-affirming care poses a challenge to the reproductive imperative imposed by white supremacy.
Nebraska GOP Passes Combo Ban on Youth Gender-Affirming Care and Abortion
GOP lawmakers used a secret tunnel to exit the state Senate chamber to avoid confrontation with protesters of the bill.
GOP Lawmakers in North Carolina Override Veto of 12-Week Abortion Ban
The ban will further erode access to abortion in one of the last southern states to permit the procedure past six weeks.
New Report Details Dozens of Patients’ Complications in a Post-“Roe” US
“Banning abortion and tying providers’ hands impacts every aspect of care,” the author of the report said.
Planned Parenthood Head Calls for Adding Justices to SCOTUS and More Reforms
“The courts have been used as a vehicle to advance a dangerous agenda,” the organization's president said.