Molly – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

07 Sep

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

MollyInternational, Latest NewsAbortion Access, Guidelines for doctors, legislation, New guidelines, Poland

"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...."

07 Sep

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

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Rights, Amendment, Ballot, Healthcare, Judge, Missouri, Ruling, United States

"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...."

06 Sep

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

MollyEvents & Action, United StatesAbortion, conservative states, doctor, Roe v Wade, travel, 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…

30 Aug

Abortion access could be in jeopardy as Chicago Abortion Fund, others run short of mone

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Access, Abortion Care, Abortion Fund, Chicago, DNC, Health care, Illinois, Reproductive Medical Care, travel, Travel for Care, United States

"Abortion took center stage during the Democratic National Convention, and Illinois was celebrated for welcoming thousands of women needing care since access has vanished across much of the Midwest and the South. But funds that are essential for many traveling to Illinois and other states for abortions — paying for their flights, hotels, child care and the abortions — are running out of money. Providers and advocates say that’s putting access to reproductive medical care in jeopardy...."

30 Aug

‘Crisis pregnancy centers’ sue Massachusetts for campaign targeting their anti-abortion practices

MollyInternational, United StatesAnti-abortion practices, Campaign, crisis pregnancy centers, Lawsuit, Massachusetts, United States

"Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey launched a $1 million taxpayer-funded initiative in June designed to discourage people from seeking help from “crisis pregnancy centers” that are typically religiously affiliated and counsel clients against having abortions. The campaign includes ads on social media, billboards, radio and buses warning people to avoid the centers — which the administration dubbed “anti-abortion” — saying they're not to be trusted for comprehensive reproductive health care...."

28 Aug

Missouri abortion-rights amendment faces last-minute legal challenges

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Access, Abortion Ban, Abortion Legislation, Amendment, Enshrine, legal challenge, Missouri, United Sates

“Both sides of the debate over whether to enshrine abortion rights in Missouri’s constitution have filed last-minute legal challenges hoping to influence how, and if, the proposal goes before voters. Missouri banned almost all abortions immediately after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. In response, a campaign to restore abortion access in the state is pushing a constitutional amendment that would guarantee a right to abortion….”

28 Aug

Anti-abortion group sends flyers in support of N.B.’s parental rights policies

MollyInternational, Latest NewsAnti-abortion group, Canada, New Brunswick, Parental consent, Trans Rights, Transgender Rights

“A national anti-abortion group that sent out flyers accusing schools of "pushing transgenderism" plans to distribute more material to support Premier Blaine Higgs when he campaigns for re-election this fall. The flyers from Campaign Life Coalition, which were distributed across New Brunswick, also compare gender-affirming medical care — legal in New Brunswick for those over 18 or with parental permission — to "chemical and surgical mutilation."…”

21 Aug

Here’s Where Abortion Is On The Ballot In November—As Montana Measure Qualifies

MollyLatest News, United States2024 Ballot, Abortion Rights, Ballot, polls, Voting

“A ballot measure on legalizing abortion in Montana officially qualified Monday, one of nine states set to have abortion on their November ballot—including some where the procedure is now banned….”

17 Aug

New York Planned Parenthood staff decry ‘devastating’ abortion service cuts

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Care, Abortion Service Cuts, Healthcare, Manhattan, New York, Planned Parenthood, United States

"In the coming weeks, Planned Parenthood’s Manhattan health center will stop offering core reproductive health services, including abortions after 20 weeks and deep sedation for procedures like abortion or IUD insertion. The Manhattan clinic currently offers abortion through 24 weeks and is the only Planned Parenthood location in the state that does so. The group has been beset by financial challenges, and plans to close a number of New York clinics in the near future...."

16 Aug

Iowa abortion providers dismiss legal challenge against state’s strict law now that it’s in effect

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Ban, dismissed case, Iowa, Lawsuit, legal challenge, United States

"Iowa abortion providers opted to dismiss their lawsuit against the state Thursday, forgoing a continued legal battle after the Iowa Supreme Court upheld the state’s strict abortion law and reiterated that there is no constitutional right to an abortion in the state. Iowa’s law prohibiting most abortions after about six weeks, before many women know they are pregnant, went into effect on July 29. Abortion had been legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy...."

15 Aug

Political parties are divided on abortion rights. American women aren’t.

MollyLatest News, United StatesDivide, National Right to Abortion, Political Parties, Poll, Statistics, Survey, United States

"Most women between the ages of 18 and 49 support a national right to abortion, oppose a national ban on the procedure, and don’t believe abortion rights should be left up to individual states, according to a new survey from KFF, a nonprofit health policy research, polling and news organization. Majorities of Democratic and independent women oppose restrictions and support a law enshrining a national abortion right, the poll found; so do almost half of all Republican women. The survey was fielded from May 15 to June 18, looking at a nationally representative sample of 3,901 people ages 18 to 49…

15 Aug

Foetuses can be called ‘unborn humans’ for Arizona abortion vote

MollyLatest News, United States"Unborn Humans", Arizona, Ballot, Fetus, Fetuses, Poll, Ruling, United States, Vote

"Pro-choice activists in Arizona have hit out after judges allowed the state to use what the campaigners call "biased" language ahead of a vote on abortion. The state's top court ruled on Wednesday that a foetus could be called an "unborn human being" in official public information leaflets ahead of the 5 November poll. America's bitter debate over reproductive freedoms will again be in the spotlight on that date, when Arizona and other states will vote on whether to add to their constitutions the right for a woman to have an abortion...."

13 Aug

Arizona certifies abortion access measure for the November ballot

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Rights, Arizona, Ballot, United Sates, Voting

“Arizona voters will get to decide in November whether to add the right to an abortion to the state constitution. The Arizona secretary of state's office said Monday that it had certified 577,971 signatures — far above the required number that the coalition supporting the ballot measure had to submit in order to put the question before voters…”

12 Aug

Poland’s Abortion Reform Stalls as Coalition Politics Clash with Campaign Promises

MollyInternational, Latest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion laws, abortion reform, Health care, Poland

“Nearly a year after new Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk promised a fresh start for abortion rights, following his election victory in October 2023, reform efforts have stalled as campaign promises collide with the realities of coalition politics in a divided Poland. Poland is amongst only four countries worldwide to have restricted abortion rights in the past three decades, joining El Salvador, Nicaragua, and the United States. In 2020, Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal, stacked with judges appointed by the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, further tightened the country’s already strict 1993 abortion law….”

10 Aug

Kentucky appeals court rejects AG’s efforts to get employment records in abortion case

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Ban, Attorney General, employment records, Kentucky, United States

“The Kentucky Court of Appeals has rejected efforts by the office of the state Attorney General to use a Franklin County grand jury subpoena to get employment records in a case that appears to involve two University of Louisville physicians who performed abortions at EMW Women’s Surgical Center and trained residents at the clinic. Because the case is sealed, the appeals court decision does not identify the parties by name, using pseudonyms Jane Doe 1 and 2 and the employer, Roe, as those seeking to quash the subpoena….”