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11 May

Late Abortions Are Rare. the US Just Lost a Clinic That Offered the Procedure for Over 50 Years

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To fellow travelers, Hannah Brehm likely looked like she was taking a belated babymoon well into her third trimester. But she and her husband had received a crushing diagnosis: Their baby's brain was not developing properly, upending their wanted pregnancy. Medical experts warned moving forward would likely mean her son would know only pain and suffering. The Minnesota couple wasn't going to take that chance.
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02 May

The Women’s Health Initiative has shaped women’s health for over 30 years, but its future is uncertain

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Women make up more than 50% of the population, yet before the 1990s they were largely excluded from health and medical research studies. To try to help correct this imbalance, in 1991 the National Institutes of Health launched a massive, long-term study called the Women’s Health Initiative, which is still running today. It is the largest, longest and most comprehensive study on women’s health ever conducted in the U.S. It also is one of the most productive studies in history, with more than 2,400 published scientific papers in leading medical journals.
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01 May

Commentary: Act now to shield New Yorkers’ reproductive health data

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Celeste Burgess, the Nebraska teenager found guilty of violating her state’s abortion laws, never expected that her private Facebook messages with her mother would be used as evidence in court. The messages revealed how she ordered abortion pills online and planned to conceal the pregnancy termination. The prosecution served Meta, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, with a search warrant to hand over the messages.
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25 Apr

Assisted Reproductive Technology Market worth US$6.02 Billion by 2030

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Increased levels of infertility caused by stress, lifestyle changes, and medical conditions are among the key drivers affecting the assisted reproductive technology (ART) market. The sector has expanded due to technological advancements such as preimplantation genetic testing (PGT), embryo freezing, and enhanced in-vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques that have significantly improved success rates. Industry growth is prevented by ethical and regulatory issues, including legal bans, expensive processes, and the ethical debate over the handling of embryos and surrogacy.  Government backing from the state, a change in social perception, and rising public awareness all drive market growth.  Improved healthcare infrastructure and greater…
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14 Apr

Oklahoma senators spurned fearmongering about women’s health. Will the House and governor step up?

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A tip of the hat to Oklahoma’s state senators who managed to do some good governing that, for once, actually would help improve women’s health.  These brave lawmakers voted to allow women to access six months’s worth of birth control at a time. That would make life infinitely easier for tens of thousands of Oklahomans who rely on contraceptives to prevent unwanted pregnancies or to treat other medical problems such as acne, irregular periods or endometriosis.
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08 Apr

Strict Abortion Laws In Louisiana, North Carolina Could Get More Severe

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In Louisiana, where abortion is banned without any exceptions, a Republican bill would expand the definition of "coerced abortion." In North Carolina, where abortion is legal only up to 12 weeks of pregnancy and has exceptions for rape and incest, a Republican bill would make abortion illegal after conception and eliminate those exceptions.
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