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FDA’s Arbitrary Restrictions on Vaccines Are Right Out of Anti-Abortion Playbook
Anti-vaxxers are copying a core anti-abortion strategy: if you can’t make it illegal, make it inaccessible instead.
Texas Passes Ban on Mail-Order Abortion Pills
The bill also lets private citizens sue health providers for mailing, prescribing, or providing abortion pills.
Wrongful Death Suit in Texas Poses New Threats to Medication Abortion Access
Prominent anti-abortion operatives are deeply entangled in the lawsuit filed this August by a woman in Texas.
Amid Hospital Closures, Many Rural Parents Have No Place Left to Give Birth
Doctors worry impending Medicaid cuts will force many pregnant people to drive hundreds of miles for care.
Federal Appeals Court Upheld West Virginia Ban on Medication Abortion. Now What?
If the Supreme Court gets involved, it could set national precedent for states to ban medications approved by the FDA.
A Tennessee Doctor Refused to Give a Woman Prenatal Care Because She’s Unmarried
Tennessee's “conscience law,” allowing doctors to deny care due to their religious beliefs, went into effect in April.
Federal Judge Blocks Attack on Planned Parenthood in Trump-GOP Budget Law
Planned Parenthood welcomed the decision to issue a temporary injunction but stressed that the legal battle is not over.
Idaho’s Abortion Ban Is Impacting Routine Care for Seniors and Kids
Three years after “Dobbs,” states that were already struggling with physician shortages say they’re getting worse.
Abortion Bans Make the Common Experience of Miscarriage Far More Dangerous
Blood transfusions during emergency room visits for first-trimester miscarriages in Texas rose by 54 percent since 2022.
States That Have Banned Abortion Are Now Criminalizing Midwives
In March, police arrested a midwife named Maria, marking the first targeted provider arrest under Texas’s abortion ban.