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15 Jan

Tusk pledges bill introducing “legal and safe abortion” in Poland

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"Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, has pledged that his centrist Civic Coalition (KO) political grouping will submit a bill to liberalise the abortion law. He admitted, however, that it remains uncertain if he can gather enough support from his more conservative coalition partners to pass the measure. “Civic Coalition will submit a bill that gives the right to safe abortion up to the 12th week [of pregnancy] with certain conditions,” said Tusk in an interview on Friday with Poland’s largest three television stations, TVP, Polsat and TVN...."

12 Jan

Abortion rights clashes with NIMBYism in California

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"There would seem to be no place friendlier to abortion rights than Beverly Hills, where the City Council voted unanimously on a resolution supporting access to the procedure after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Which is why billboards going up Thursday in the famously wealthy city are such a surprise. “Los Angeles should be safe for abortion seekers,” the brightly colored signs read. “Fight back against attempts to shut down DuPont Clinic.”..."

10 Jan

In the fight over abortion rights, the government bans its first company from tracking medical visits

MollyUnited StatesAbortion Ban, Abortion Providers, Abortion Rights, legislation, Medical data, Medical visits, Personal data, Tracking ban, Tracking medical visits, United States

"The Biden administration stopped a company from selling data on people’s medical visits on Tuesday, its first settlement on a privacy issue that has many Americans concerned about who can see their most sensitive personal data — particularly visits to abortion providers. After an investigation, the Federal Trade Commission said it had reached a settlement with Outlogic, a location data broker formerly known as X-Mode Social, which had been collecting information on people’s visits to medical centers...."

09 Jan

Arkansas group files third draft of proposed abortion amendment

MollyUnited StatesAbortion Rights, Amendment, Arkansas, Attorney General, legislation, State constitution, Third draft, United States

"Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin will review a third draft of a proposed constitutional amendment that would guarantee a limited right to abortion. Arkansans for Limited Government, a ballot question committee supporting the amendment, submitted the draft Monday after Griffin rejected the second draft last week. Griffin wrote in Thursday’s opinion that the drafters had addressed most of the issues he had with the first iteration of the amendment, which was proposed and rejected in November...."

05 Jan

Arkansas AG rejects second proposed amendment to make abortion a constitutional right

MollyUnited StatesAbortion Rights, Alabama, Amendment, Attorney General, Proposed amendment, State constitution, United States

"A proposed constitutional amendment proposing a limited right to abortion in Arkansas needs further revisions before it can appear on the 2024 statewide ballot, Attorney General Tim Griffin wrote in a Thursday opinion. Griffin rejected a previous version of the proposed amendment in November. The initial proposal said state government entities would not be allowed to “prohibit, penalize, delay or restrict” Arkansans’ access to abortion “within 18 weeks of conception.” Both rejected proposals would have permitted abortion services in cases of rape, incest, a “fatal fetal anomaly” or to protect a pregnant person’s life or health...."

03 Jan

Court Says Texas Can Ban Certain Emergency Abortions. What That Means

MollyUnited StatesAbortion Ban, Abortion Care, emergency abortion, Emergency abortion ban, Healthcare, Texas, United States

"Texas hospitals cannot be required to perform emergency abortions to stabilize the life of a patient, a federal appeals court ruled, despite federal guidance to the contrary. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, along with the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists and Christian Medical and Dental Associations. The judges wrote in their opinion that the Biden Administration's guidance—which says hospitals receiving Medicare must provide abortions if they were a necessary medically stabilizing treatment—oversteps its authority and runs counter to state laws...."

03 Jan

Thousands of women stocked up on abortion pills, especially following news of restrictions

MollyUnited StatesAbortion Pills, Healthcare, legislation, Medication abortion, mifepristone, misoprostol, Restrictions, United States

"Thousands of women stocked up on abortion pills just in case they needed them, new research shows, with demand peaking in the past couple years at times when it looked like the medications might become harder to get. Medication abortion accounts for more than half of all abortions in the U.S., and typically involves two drugs: mifepristone and misoprostol. A research letter published Tuesday in JAMA Internal Medicine looked at requests for these pills from people who weren't pregnant and sought them through Aid Access, a European online telemedicine service that prescribes them for future and immediate use...."

02 Jan

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker seeks ballot referendum regarding abortion laws

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"A top Republican lawmaker in Wisconsin has expressed his desire for voters to have a say on the state's abortion laws. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is advocating for a ballot referendum in the new year, which would ask voters whether to limit abortion access to between 12 and 14 weeks of pregnancy. This proposal contrasts with the current state law that prohibits abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy...."

28 Dec

Woman who burned Wyoming’s only full-service abortion clinic ordered to pay $298,000

MollyUnited StatesAbortion Clinic, Arson, Domestic Terrorism, Full-Service Abortion Clinic, Restitution, Sentencing, United States, Wyoming

"A judge has ordered a woman who set fire to Wyoming's only full-service abortion clinic to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution, the full amount sought by prosecutors. Lorna Green is serving five years in prison for burning Wellspring Health Access weeks before the clinic was set to open in Casper in 2022. The fire gutted the building while it was being renovated for the new clinic and delayed its opening by almost a year...."

27 Dec

Florida’s abortion rate increases despite 15-week ban

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"A 15-week ban on abortion in Florida hasn't decreased the number of procedures done in the state as women from surrounding states with more restrictive bans head here for their procedures. “We are seeing a lot of in-state and out-of-state individuals who are having to travel farther to receive care,” said Miranda Colavito, with Planned Parenthood communications. Colavito has been doing advocacy work for women’s rights for five years...."

27 Dec

‘Jane Roe’ is anonymous no more. The very public fight against abortion bans in 2023

MollyUnited StatesAbortion Bans, Abortions, Jane Roe, Nonviable Pregnancy, Roe v Wade, Texas, United States

"As 2023 comes to a close, so too does the first full year of the post-Roe era in America. Some of the year's developments were expected, like more conservative states enacting abortion restrictions. Others were surprising, like the fact that there were more abortions nationally in the year after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health decision than the previous one. In the final weeks of the year, the country followed the story of Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two in Texas, as she sought to end a tragic pregnancy to ensure she could have a future one...."

23 Dec

Wisconsin is not out of the woods on abortion

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"Wisconsinites breathed a sigh of relief this month when Dane County Judge Diane Schlipper ruled that our 1849 “abortion ban” doesn’t actually apply to consensual abortions. On the strength of that ruling, Planned Parenthood has begun offering abortion services again at clinics in Madison, Milwaukee, and Sheboygan for the first time since the 2022 Dobbs decision ending federally protected abortion rights. But the battle over abortion rights isn’t over. Sheboygan District Attorney Joel Urmanski is appealing Schlipper’s ruling, pushing for a full felony abortion ban. Urmanski previously promised to prosecute anyone involved in providing an abortion under the 1849 law...."

22 Dec

Advocates propose amending Montana Constitution to guarantee abortion rights

MollyUnited StatesAbortion Rights, legislation, Montana, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, State constitution, United States

"If advocates are successful, Montana voters may have a chance next year to decide whether access to abortion should be specifically protected in the state constitution. A proposed constitutional amendment, backed by Planned Parenthood Advocates of Montana, would add language to the Montana Constitution, establishing “a right to make and carry out decisions about one’s own pregnancy, including the right to abortion.”..."

22 Dec

A woman who had a miscarriage is now charged with abusing a corpse as stricter abortion laws play out nationwide

MollyUnited StatesAbortion laws, corpse, Felony charge, Healthcare, Miscarriage, Nonviable fetus, Nonviable Pregnancy, Ohio, reproduction laws, United States

"An Ohio woman who had sought treatment at a hospital before suffering a miscarriage and passing her nonviable fetus in her bathroom now faces a criminal charge, her attorney told CNN. Brittany Watts, 33, of Warren, has been charged with felony abuse of a corpse, Trumbull County court records show. “Ms. Watts suffered a tragic and dangerous miscarriage that jeopardized her own life. Rather than focusing on healing physically and emotionally, she was arrested and charged with a felony,” her attorney, Traci Timko, told CNN in an email...."

21 Dec

North Dakota judge to decide whether to temporarily block part of abortion law that limits doctors

MollyUnited StatesAbortion Care, Abortion law, Abortion News, Doctors, Healthcare, Judge, legislation, Limitations, North Dakota, United States

"A North Dakota judge said Wednesday he will decide soon whether to temporarily block a part of the state's revised abortion laws so doctors can perform the procedure to save a patient's life or health. The request for a preliminary injunction asks state District Court Judge Bruce Romanick to bar the state from enforcing the law against physicians who use their “good-faith medical judgment” to perform an abortion because of pregnancy complications that could pose "a risk of infection, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, or which otherwise makes continuing a pregnancy unsafe.”