Month: September 2024

09 Sep

Commentary: With reproductive rights back on the ballot, research on childlessness provides valuable insights

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As the U.S. becomes a more difficult place to raise a family, it should come as no surprise that more Americans prefer childlessness. While it is true that a rising percentage of the population choosing not to have children may create problems for the country down the line, politicians will never be able to bully or badger Americans into having kids.
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08 Sep

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says he wants abortion to be illegal at ‘zero’ weeks, in new audio released by Democrats

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“A Democratic group has released new audio of North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who is running for governor, saying that he wants to get abortion restrictions down to “zero” weeks.  In the audio, which the group said was recorded on Sept. 3 at a Robinson campaign event in Troy, N.C., a woman asked Robinson about his stance on abortion and why he was supporting North Carolina’s current 12-week ban on the procedure….”
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07 Sep

Poland eases abortion access with new guidelines for doctors under a restrictive law

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 "Seeking to ease access to abortion for women needing to end a pregnancy for health reasons, Poland's government is issuing guidelines to doctors Friday that reaffirm the legality of such procedures, based on medical recommendations. Under the current law, abortions for health reasons are permitted but the previous conservative government limited some other qualifying circumstances, leading to mass street protests and heightening the reluctance of doctors to expose themselves to a possible prosecution...."
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07 Sep

Missouri abortion-rights amendment could be axed from the ballot after ruling

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 "A Missouri judge on Friday ruled that an abortion-rights campaign did not meet legal requirements to qualify for the November ballot, potentially thwarting a yearslong effort to undo the state's near-total abortion ban. But Cole County Circuit Judge Christopher Limbaugh stopped short of removing the measure from the ballot. Instead, he gave the abortion-rights campaign a chance to file a last-minute appeal before Tuesday's deadline to make changes to the Missouri ballot...."
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06 Sep

Doctors Are Leaving Conservative States to Learn to Perform Abortions. We Followed One.

MollyEvents & Action, United States, , , , ,
“…The doctor, who specializes in internal medicine and pediatrics, came to be in that exam room thousands of miles from home because in 2022, the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade had rolled back access to abortion in her state. Though abortion training was not required in her specialties, she had long wanted to learn how to perform the procedure. But the new rules in her state — which went through years of litigation — dramatically reduced access to that training. Also, because abortions and miscarriages often require identical surgical procedures and drugs, the doctor would have fewer opportunities to practice the skills…
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04 Sep

Hearing set to review ballot language of Missouri’s Abortion-Rights Amendment

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A high-stakes hearing is taking place Wednesday afternoon in Jefferson City, where the focus is on the wording of a proposed abortion-rights amendment that Missouri voters will decide on this November. The amendment would reinstate the constitutional right to abortion in Missouri, allowing the procedure up until the point of fetal viability, similar to the standards set under Roe v. Wade.
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03 Sep

Austin plans to move forward with abortion travel fund, officials say

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The city of Austin will be allowed to move forward with plans to implement its Reproductive Justice Fund, despite a lawsuit challenging its legality, city officials said. The Reproductive Justice Fund is a provision in the city’s 2024-25 budget that is meant to provide money to people seeking out-of-state abortions due to the medical procedure being banned in Texas. City Council approved $400,000 for the fund earlier this month. The money can be used for airfare, gas, hotel stays and food.
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03 Sep

‘Perfect storm’ of crises is leading to cutbacks in abortion care, advocates say

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Advocates for abortion access say compounding crises of abortion bans, rising economic costs and systemic health care issues are beginning to cause significant funding challenges and potential disruptions to reproductive care of all kinds. Several people described it as a “perfect storm” of problems with the U.S. health care system, particularly post-pandemic, and the rise of abortion bans and other reproductive care restrictions in the wake of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in June 2022. Many individuals must now travel hundreds or thousands of miles to seek abortion care, and the consolidation of demand at a smaller…
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02 Sep

Abortion ballot organizer says Montanans should not take reproductive rights for granted

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The year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Montana’s Republican-majority legislature passed an array of bills restricting abortion. Though these laws were blocked by courts and abortion until fetal viability remains the law in Montana, reproductive rights activists say they no longer feel confident that their state constitution’s right to privacy will always protect their rights while pregnant. Now Montana joins nine other states who this November will vote on whether to explicitly protect the right to terminate a pregnancy in their state’s constitution. Last week the secretary of state’s office approved and certified Constitutional Initiative 128,…
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