Month: July 2023

07 Jul

More self-managed abortion internet searches in states with restrictions vs. without

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“...Data suggest that there may be an increased number of emergency department-related visits for self-managed abortions in states where abortion has become illegal,” Sean D. Young, PhD, a co-author of the research, told Healio. “Emergency providers/staff and/or policymakers might begin to monitor internet search data to gain a pulse on potential emergency resources and needs resulting from self-managed abortions...”
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07 Jul

After court rulings, Oklahoma doctors are still confused about when abortion is legal to save a patient’s life

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"...But an Oklahoma law from 1910 that outlaws most abortions is still in effect. That law says abortions are allowed only when necessary to preserve a mother’s life. Otherwise, medical professionals can be charged with a felony and face up to five years in prison. But doctors still aren’t certain when they can perform the procedure. Other states that have banned most abortions including Utah, Georgia and Louisiana have laws with more specific language, permitting terminating a pregnancy to prevent serious, irreversible damage to a life-sustaining organ, but Oklahoma’s law contains no specifics or clear definitions....."
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07 Jul

Missouri banned abortion. Why is it spending millions to promote alternatives to procedure?

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"...Under the state budget that took effect this month, Missouri allocated roughly $8.3 million to the Department of Social Services to fund its “Alternatives to Abortion” program. The program directs people to services that help them carry a pregnancy to term instead of getting an abortion. On top of that funding, DSS is spending $266,000 on a contract with a Christian anti-abortion marketing firm to promote the program. The contract with Columbia-based Choose Life Marketing was originally awarded in May and renewed by the state through June 2024 late last month...."
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07 Jul

New York’s novel equal rights amendment could make the state a haven for abortion access

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"...New York lawmakers have, in two consecutive sessions, passed the New York Equal Protection of Law Amendment, which would ban a wide range of discrimination based on sex, expressly including sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes. It would also ban discrimination based on age, disability, ethnicity and national origin and establish a constitutional right to abortion and other reproductive health care...."
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05 Jul

Arizona governor asked to rescind executive order limiting prosecution of abortion-related cases

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"Twelve of Arizona’s 15 county attorneys are calling for Gov. Katie Hobbs to rescind her recent executive order that limits them from prosecuting abortion-related cases. “The governor’s office should not interfere with the discretion of prosecutors in fulfilling their duties as elected officials,” said the attorneys’ letter sent to Hobbs late Monday. “Whether this was the intended purpose, the result is an unnecessary and unjustified impingement on the duties and obligations of elected county attorneys in Arizona.”...."
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03 Jul

‘A long time coming’: New medication abortion program launches on Cape and Islands

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"Starting today, people in rural parts of Massachusetts have more options when seeking abortions. Although Massachusetts is among the states with the least restrictive abortion policies, advocates say there are still some regions of the state, especially the Cape and Islands, where it can be hard for people to access services, in some cases having to travel hundreds of miles to the nearest clinic, often at a high financial cost. But through a new medication abortion program, Health Imperatives, which operates clinics in Brockton, Plymouth, Wareham, New Bedford, Hyannis, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, is making abortion care available in areas of…
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02 Jul

After fall of Roe, emboldened religious conservatives lobby to restrict abortion in Africa

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"Efforts to legalize and make abortions safer in Africa were shaken when the U.S. Supreme Court ended the national right to an abortion a year ago. Within days, Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio declared that his government would decriminalize abortion “at a time when sexual and reproductive health rights for women are being either overturned or threatened.”..."
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01 Jul

Indiana Supreme Court upholds abortion ban, says state constitution gives only limited protections

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"The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state's abortion ban doesn't violate the state constitution, removing a major hurdle to enforcing the ban Republicans approved last summer ahead of a wave of restrictions by conservative states in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. The court’s decision, which does not put the ban immediately into effect, invalidates a county judge’s ruling that the ban likely violated the state constitution’s privacy protections, which she said are stronger than those found in the U.S. Constitution. That judge’s order has allowed abortions to continue in Indiana since September, despite the ban...."
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