March 2024 – Page 2 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

19 Mar

Texas Medical Board to discuss medical exceptions to strict anti-abortion law

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"At its March 22 meeting the Texas Medical Board, which regulates medicine in the state, will discuss exceptions to anti-abortion laws. After Roe vs. Wade was overturned, Texas's near-total ban on abortion took effect. Only rare cases are allowed. Doctors argue the exception wording has been too vague. Healthcare advocates, anti-abortion advocates, and even the law's author have asked the medical board to give doctors guidelines on what is an exception...."

19 Mar

Medication Abortion Accounted for 63% of All US Abortions in 2023—An Increase from 53% in 2020

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Care, Guttmacher Institute, Healthcare, Medication abortion, Research, Statistics, Studies, United States

"New Guttmacher Institute research from the Monthly Abortion Provision Study shows that there were approximately 642,700 medication abortions in the United States in 2023, accounting for 63% of all abortions in the formal health care system. This is an increase from 2020, when medication abortions accounted for 53% of all abortions...."

18 Mar

Biden Expands Women’s Health Research, Adds $200 Million for Sexual, Reproductive Issues

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President Joe Biden signed a new executive order on Monday that expands U.S. government research on women's health, while pledging $200 million next year to better understand issues, including sexual and reproductive conditions.

17 Mar

More Black women say abortion is their top issue in the 2024 election, a survey finds

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WASHINGTON -- More than a quarter of female Black voters describe abortion as their top issue in this year's presidential election, a poll out Thursday from health policy research firm KFF reveals.

16 Mar

How IVF is complicating Republicans’ abortion messaging

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In-vitro fertilization has become the latest front in the political battle over reproductive rights, and it's left some Republicans grappling with how to square their support for IVF with their past stances on reproductive rights.

16 Mar

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Has Blunt Message For ‘Old White Men’ On Abortion

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"Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) called on “old white men” to listen to women on abortion Thursday after Kamala Harris visited a Planned Parenthood clinic in his state, a stop believed to be a first to such a facility by a U.S. president or vice president. Walz, who signed bills that enshrined the right to abortion into state law last year, joined Harris on her historic visit as she declared a “very serious health crisis” facing the country in remarks that highlighted Democrats making reproductive rights a key issue ahead of the 2024 election....."

15 Mar

Restoring Roe Isn’t Enough. Women Deserve More.

BarbraLatest News, OpinionAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Opinion, Roe v Wade, United States

They have a constitutional right to full autonomy over their bodies.

14 Mar

VP Harris promotes abortion access in historic visit to Minnesota Planned Parenthood

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Vice President Kamala Harris toured a St. Paul Planned Parenthood clinic Thursday, in what is thought to be the first visit by a sitting president or vice president to an abortion provider.

13 Mar

‘Judge Shopping’ Could Become Harder After Move By Federal Courts

BarbraLatest News, United StatesAbortion Care, Abortion Pills, Healthcare, Judge shopping, Judges, legislation, mifepristone

The mifepristone case raised the visibility of the practice by some advocacy groups to file lawsuits in front of courts or judges that are likely to be more sympathetic or friendly to the case. Other reproductive health news reports on birth control, the maternal health crisis, Medicaid coverage, and more.

12 Mar

5th Circuit upholds Texas law requiring minors to obtain parental consent for contraception

BarbraLatest News, United StatesContraception, Minors, Texas

A three-judge panel in New Orleans ruled that a Texas law requiring minors to obtain parental consent to obtain birth control does not conflict with the goals of the federally-funded Title X program, which has given teens birth control confidentially.

11 Mar

Upholding the Right to Choose: The Imperative for Federal Protection of Over-the-Counter Birth Control Access

BarbraLatest News, United StatesAbortion Rights, Contraception, Healthcare, Minnesota, Public Health, United States

Network for Public Health Law Executive Director, Dr. Vineeta Gupta, explores the challenges and opportunities related to the new over-the-counter oral contraceptive Opill, including the potential for states to impose age-related restrictions on its purchase. Her perspective as a human rights lawyer and maternal health physician offers a comprehensive look at key areas to protect access to Opill.

10 Mar

Supreme Court hears abortion arguments

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The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in a case about whether minors must receive parental consent for an abortion. This case is revisiting a fraught legal question that Montana voters, lawmakers and residents have grappled with for more than a decade.

09 Mar

France enshrines abortion as a constitutional right as the world marks International Women’s Day

MollyInternational, Latest NewsAbortion, Abortion Rights, Constitutional Right, Enshrine, France, French Constitution, International Women's Day

"France inscribed the guaranteed right to abortion in its constitution Friday, in a world first and a powerful message of support to women around the globe on International Women’s Day. A woman from Argentina, a couple from Miami and a man from Czechia were among those gathered on the polished cobblestones of Place Vendome in Paris to watch the historic event unfurl in an outdoor ceremony open the public. Women in the crowd recalled their own abortions, or lifelong battles for reproductive rights...."

08 Mar

France’s Macron wants to make abortion a right at EU level

BarbraInternational, Latest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, European Union, Healthcare

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that he wants the European Union to guarantee the right to an abortion in its Charter of Fundamental Rights. Macron was speaking at a ceremony held in Paris, where Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti used a centuries-old press to seal the right to abortion into the French constitution, following an overwhelming vote by lawmakers on Monday.

07 Mar

Most Americans support abortion for pregnancy-related emergencies

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Rights, Miscarriage, Non-viable pregnancy, Polling, Pregnancy-related emergencies, Support, United States

"In the almost two years since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the unintended consequences of abortion bans have become clearer. NPR has reported on women who were denied care for miscarriages and high-risk pregnancies, including Jaci Statton of Oklahoma, who was told she had to wait in a hospital parking lot until her non-viable pregnancy became life threatening...."