Alan – Page 4 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

25 Nov

How abortion rights groups are preparing for the next Trump administration

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Abortion rights groups are pivoting away from ballot initiatives and starting to go on defense

16 Nov

Maryland is training more health workers to offer abortion care

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In the two counties around nurse practitioner Samantha Marsee's clinic in rural northeastern Maryland, there's not a single clinic that provides abortions. And until recently, Marsee herself wasn't trained to treat patients who wanted to end a pregnancy.

15 Nov

Virginia House of Delegates committee advances 3 constitutional amendments

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Three amendments to the state’s constitution will be up for consideration during the 2025 General Assembly session, with lawmakers set to vote on amendments related to abortion, felon voting rights and same-sex marriage.

09 Nov

They split the ticket. Meet the abortion rights voters who also went for Trump

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Voters in three states — Arizona, Missouri, and Nevada — chose on Tuesday to advance protections for abortion rights in their state constitutions. Donald Trump, meanwhile, is likely to win all three states in his victorious bid for the White House.

07 Nov

With a Trump Presidency, Grave Threats to Reproductive Freedoms Expected

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On both the domestic and international fronts, an anti-rights agenda risks progress made on gender equality, reproductive rights, and access to health care.

27 Oct

County judge strikes down Ohio abortion ban, citing voter-approved reproductive rights amendment

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The most far-reaching of Ohio’s laws restricting abortion was struck down on Thursday by a county judge who said last year’s voter-approved amendment enshrining reproductive rights renders the so-called heartbeat law unconstitutional.

27 Oct

Harris, Allred push for abortion rights in Houston while Cruz attends Trump event on border security in Austin

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While Texas is not a battleground state, it is competitive. The Real Clear Politics average of polls here in Texas shows Trump leads Harris by six percentage points, 51.6 percent to 45.6 percent.

26 Oct

Opinion: Expanding abortion access strengthens democracy, while abortion bans signal broader repression

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Abortion is on the agenda not just in the United States but worldwide. A majority of people in developed democracies increasingly favor abortion rights and self-determination. And, in most places, laws are shifting to reflect public opinion. Since 2020, Argentina, Colombia and Mexico, among others, have legalized abortion. In 2024, France adopted the right to an abortion as a “guaranteed freedom” in its constitution.

26 Oct

Reproductive health care in the Southeast hinges on Florida abortion-rights measure, doctors say

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Dr. Cherise Felix says a recent patient yelled and swore at her before eventually hugging her, grateful she would no longer have to carry the planned-for baby that had died inside her. Felix provides abortions at Planned Parenthood clinics in Florida, which on May 1 banned abortion at six weeks’ gestation. She was able to see this patient, who was about 17 weeks pregnant, because of the abortion law’s limited health exceptions. But before coming to the clinic, the miscarrying patient was turned away by another OB-GYN, something Felix said happens regularly since the ban.

17 Oct

San Antonio’s controversial Reproductive Justice Fund likely won’t pay for abortion travel, but the issue isn’t over

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City staff say only two applicants included travel costs for abortion seekers; neither made list of finalistshttps://www.ksat.com/news/local/2024/10/17/san-antonios-controversial-reproductive-justice-fund-likely-wont-pay-for-abortion-travel-but-the-issue-isnt-over/

17 Oct

Trump Is Consistently Inconsistent on Abortion and Reproductive Rights

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Donald Trump has been shifting his stances on abortion and reproductive rights

09 Oct

Reproductive rights: Where do Trump and Harris stand?

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This year’s election marks the first time voters are casting ballots for president since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion and made reproductive rights a pivotal issue for many voters.

08 Oct

U.S. Supreme Court lets stand a court order barring emergency abortions that violate Texas ban

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A court order that says hospitals cannot federally be required to provide pregnancy terminations when they violate a Texas abortion ban will stay for now, the Supreme Court said Monday.

08 Oct

Anti-abortion researchers take legal action over retracted studies cited in FDA case

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Researchers whose anti-abortion-funded studies were used to argue for restrictions on medication abortion — and then were retracted on methodological grounds — are now taking legal action against academic publisher Sage, which pulled their papers in February.

27 Sep

Will abortion swing the first post-Roe presidential election?

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The Dobbs backlash could send an abortion provider to Congress.