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Reproductive Rights
Decades of Stigmatization Fueled Growing Threat of Pregnancy Criminalization
States are weaponizing unrelated laws – or even rejected bills – to police pregnancy.
Temporary Supreme Court Stay Restores Mail Access to Mifepristone for 1 Week
A court had previously blocked an FDA rule allowing telehealth prescriptions for the abortion drug.
US Appeals Court Ruling Targets Access to Abortion Medication
“Louisiana’s legal attack on mifepristone shamelessly packaged lies and propaganda," an ACLU senior attorney said.
Reproductive Health Care Restrictions May Exacerbate Health Care Shortages
In some states, abortion bans have definitively led to an exodus of OB-GYNs and maternal fetal medicine specialists.
Some States Are Boosting Reproductive Health Access, Maternal Health, Child Care
Meanwhile, other states with already strict abortion bans continue to pass and advance new restrictions.
Georgia Woman Charged With Murder After Attempted Abortion
“It’s mind-blowing that she got charged with that over something like this,” a friend of the woman said.
Sen. Josh Hawley’s Bill Would Undo Federal Approval of Mifepristone Nationwide
Bills in Alaska, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Mississippi, South Dakota, and West Virginia also target medication abortion.
Federal Funding for People in Poverty Is Going to Anti-Abortion Centers Instead
At least eight states gave Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to crisis pregnancy centers in recent years.
Bills Classifying Abortion as Homicide Fizzle; Dems Move to Fortify Shield Laws
Proposals to crack down on the availability of abortion medication are advancing in several Republican-led legislatures.
TN Hospital Denies Woman Sterilization Surgery, Citing Her “Sacred Fertility”
The decision came as the woman was hours into pre-surgery preparations, and already had an IV in her arm.