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20 Jul

Abortion Gets the Silent Treatment at the RNC

PatLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Abortion Care, Healthcare, legislation, Post-Dobbs, United States

Sen. Marsha Blackburn from Tennessee didn’t talk about it. Neither did her colleagues Sens. Steve Daines from Montana or Tim Scott from South Carolina. Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, didn’t bring it up. A top adviser to the former president, Kellyanne Conway, certainly didn’t — she’s been warning Republican lawmakers for months to be careful about how they talk about it.

14 Jul

What states are voting on abortion ballot measures in 2024?

PatLatest NewsAbortion Rights, legislation, travel, United States, Vote

The following table provides a list of abortion-related measures that are on the ballot in 2024: StateDateMeasureDescriptionColoradoNov. 5, 2024Right to Abortion Initiative• Provide a constitutional right to abortion in the state constitution and allow the use of public funds for abortionFloridaNov. 5, 2024Florida Amendment 4• Provide a constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability, which is estimated to be around 24 weeks, or when necessary to protect the patient's health, as determined by the patient's healthcare providerMarylandNov. 5, 2024Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment• Amend the Maryland Constitution to establish a right to reproductive freedom, defined to include "decisions to prevent, continue, or end…

13 Jul

Opinion: Trump can’t undo the damage he’s done to reproductive rights

PatLatest News2024, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Opinion, United States, Vermont

Try as he might, Donald Trump can’t blur the hard reality he forced upon American women. He vowed in 2016 to get rid of Roe v. Wade and succeeded. As a result, American women lost a half-century right to end an unwanted or dangerous pregnancy.

13 Jul

In Missouri governor race, Democratic rivals see abortion rights as path to victory over GOP

PatLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Election 2024, Missouri, United States, Vote

Crystal Quade and Mike Hamra are facing off in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. Both believe an abortion-rights amendment could help them win the governor’s mansion in November.

10 Jul

THE ABORTION FIGHT GOES LOCAL Becerra fears abortion fight is the ‘painful’ start to an erosion of U.S. freedoms

PatLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, legislation, United States

In February, the secretary of health and human services traveled to Alabama, where he witnessed firsthand the fallout from a local court decision that temporarily banned in vitro fertilization

10 Jul

NJ Pharmacies slow to sign up for no-prescription birth control

PatLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, New Jersey, OTC, United States

Nearly two months after Gov. Phil Murphy announced newly adopted rules that allow pharmacies to dispense hormonal birth control without a prescription, only about four dozen pharmacies statewide have been approved to do so, state data shows.

03 Jul

Despite GOP headwinds, citizen-led abortion measures could be on the ballot in 9 states

PatLatest NewsAbortion ballot measure, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, legislation, United States

For abortion rights supporters in Florida, it was a tumultuous day of highs and lows. On April 1, the Florida Supreme Court paved the way for the state to ban nearly all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. But it also OK’d a ballot measure that would allow Florida voters to overturn the ban this November.

02 Jul

Tennessee Abortion Allies Fight Trafficking Ban for Minors

PatLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Minors, Tennessee, travel

A new Tennessee law that criminalizes a wide range of conduct intended to help pregnant minors get legal abortions in other states without their parents’ consent is unconstitutional, a group of abortion allies says. SisterReach Inc. and (Chicago based ) Midwest Access Coalition Inc. sued Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti (R) and various district prosecuting attorneys on Thursday in the US District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, seeking to have the law declared invalid and to bar potential future prosecutions against them. .

22 Jun

Despite GOP headwinds, citizen-led abortion measures could be on the ballot in 9 states

PatLatest NewsAbortion Rights, legislation, South Dakota, United States

Proposed South Dakota constitutional amendment being challenged in court

22 Jun

Now an Abortion Rights Advocate, Woman Raped by Stepfather as a Child Will Campaign With First Lady

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A 22-year-old woman who's become a vocal reproductive rights advocate after she was raped by her stepfather as a child will campaign with first lady Jill Biden in Pennsylvania this weekend

21 Jun

The political landscape remains unsettled two years post-Roe

PatLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Abortion Care, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Roe v Wade, United States

Two years after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Republicans are still grappling with the political downsides of deferring to states on abortion policy.

20 Jun

Democratic women in U.S. Senate target Project 2025 on reproductive rights

PatLatest NewsComstock law, Healthcare, Minnesota, Reproductive rights, United States

Senate Democrats held a press conference this week to stand up for reproductive rights and freedoms, criticizing a plan by a conservative think tank that if adopted would hinder abortion and contraception access in a Trump administration.

17 Jun

Reproductive rights organizations: “Human beings are dying” because of state policies

PatLatest NewsAbortion Care, Alabama, Healthcare, IVF

Reproductive healthcare advocacy organizations sound alarm about negative trends in Alabama healthcare, blaming recent restrictions on abortion and IVF

12 Jun

Billboard campaign aims attention at fund for out-of-state care

PatLatest NewsHealthcare, legislation, Nebraska, United States

Opponents of abortion-rights amendment push call ads deceptive

11 Jun

Access to reproductive care inspires many doctors to run for office

PatLatest NewsHealthcare, legislation, Medical Doctors, Reproductive rights, United States

Doctors are running for office in an effort to bring their medical expertise to the debate over reproductive rights. With Trump and Biden nearly even in national polls, will it be enough?