Pat – Page 5 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

12 Dec

Early voting kicks off in Virginia’s key special elections as reproductive rights take center stage

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Early voting began on Wednesday for two key special elections in Virginia’s General Assembly, with reproductive rights groups urging support for the Democratic nominees.

12 Dec

Jewish Fertility Foundation advocates for reproductive rights

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Approaching a decade of supporting those experiencing infertility, the Jewish Fertility Foundation (JFF) is planning a celebration gala on Jan. 14 at The Stave Room. Elizabeth Carr, the first IVF baby born in the United States, is the guest speaker.

11 Dec

Democrats Work To Safeguard Reproductive Health Info From Data Brokers

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Measures at state and national levels would ban brokers from selling health and location data that could be used to track patients seeking abortion care, The 19th reports. Also, despite broad abortion restrictions, most U.S. women aren't seeking family planning services, the CDC has found.

11 Dec

Women and Equalities Committee: Women’s reproductive health conditions

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Women’s reproductive health conditions, such as endometriosis, adenomyosis and heavy menstrual bleeding are highly prevalent in the UK.

01 Dec

These activists wanted more from Missouri’s abortion amendment. They’re not done yet

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Some reproductive rights activists say that Amendment 3, which Missouri voters passed in November, didn't go far enough in expanding abortion access to help the most vulnerable populations. One sticking point was the amendment's language setting limits at "fetal viability," which does not have a true medical definition.

30 Nov

Is it safe to have a child? Americans rethink family planning ahead of Trump’s return

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Some in the US are reconsidering children, with fears over reproductive healthcare and the climate crisis front of mindhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/30/family-planning-trump

30 Nov

Letter: Miscarriage, abortion both tragic

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Regarding the “Abortion care is health care” letter (Our Readers’ Views, Oct. 26): While dilation and curettage is used to remove fetal tissue in both abortions and miscarriages, there is a difference. According to Planned Parenthood, the key difference is the intent behind the pregnancy termination; a miscarriage happens on its own, while an abortion is a conscious choice to end a pregnancy.

29 Nov

Tracking abortion laws across the United States

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Abortion is now banned in more than a dozen states, while four have banned the procedure past roughly six weeks of pregnancy

20 Nov

Alabama unlikely to revisit abortion ban despite success of abortion rights initiatives

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A 2018 “Sanctity of Life” amendment could make it difficult to simply add exceptions to the law. When the Alabama Legislature approved a near-total abortion ban in 2019, some Republican members of the Legislature downplayed the impact of the legislation, saying it was meant as a challenge to Roe v. Wade and that the state would revisit the issue if Roe fell, possibly in a “heartbeat” bill that would ban the procedure at about six weeks after conception.

19 Nov

Judge’s ruling temporarily frees Montana abortion clinics from new licensing requirements

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Abortion clinics in Montana won’t be subject to new licensing requirements — ones their lawyers said could shut them down — at least for the time being. Last week, a Lewis and Clark County District Court judge said the licensing requirements imposed by House Bill 937 from the 2023 Montana Legislature are likely to violate patients’ rights to equal protection.

11 Nov

Health experts outline how Trump administration could affect abortion, contraception access

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President-elect Donald Trump has several choices to make in the coming months about whether his second administration will keep access to contraception and abortion as it is now or implement changes.

11 Nov

Pa. abortion providers, legal experts look at what’s ahead for reproductive rights under a second Trump term

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Health providers and legal experts say changes to federal funding, insurance coverage and federal law during Trump’s first presidency could foretell what’s to come.

10 Nov

Opinion: How could Trump and abortion rights both win?

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Making sense of this election’s very strange abortion politics.

31 Oct

Reproductive rights groups sue Louisiana over controlled substances law

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A group of health care providers and two Louisiana women who were denied abortion care are suing state officials to block a new law that makes common pregnancy medications controlled dangerous substances, arguing the law is discriminatory and unconstitutional.

24 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.