United States

15 Feb

JD Vance abortion buffer zone comments ‘dangerous’

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"The American Vice-President JD Vance has been accused of "spreading misinformation" about buffer zones at abortion clinics in Scotland. In a speech at the Munich Security Conference Vance claimed people who live within safe access zones had been sent letters by the Scottish government warning them about praying within their homes. The Safe Access Zones Act came into force last September and prevents protestors gathering within 200m (656ft) of clinics that perform abortions...."
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14 Feb

Infant mortality rises in US states with abortion bans, study finds

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“Infant mortality rates have increased in US states which have enacted abortion bans following the landmark ruling overturning the nationwide right for women to access the procedure, a new study has found.  According to researchers, there were an estimated 478 infant deaths across 14 states with bans or heavy restrictions after six weeks of pregnancy - which they say would not have occurred had they not been not in place.  Alison Gemmill, co-leader of the study, said "restrictive abortion policies" could be "reversing decades of progress" in reducing infant deaths across the US….”
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13 Feb

Two New Studies Provide Broadest Evidence to Date of Unequal Impacts of Abortion Bans

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“In two new papers, researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and colleagues estimate that abortion bans in 14 states resulted in 22,180 additional live births and 478 additional infant deaths above what would have been expected in the absence of these bans.  Texas imposed what was then the country’s most stringent abortion ban on September 1, 2021. Additional states have enacted abortion bans since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in its landmark Dobbs decision in June 2022. The researchers limited their analysis to the first 14 states that imposed a complete or six-week abortion ban to allow enough…
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04 Feb

Doctors who provide abortion, transgender care could get legal protections under Virginia bill

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“Virginia moved closer Monday to shielding doctors from extradition if they provide reproductive or gender-affirming healthcare to out-of-state patients, advancing legislation that underscores the deepening divide over healthcare access and state sovereignty. The Senate narrowly passed Senate Bill 1098, sponsored by Ghazala Hashmi, D-Chesterfield, which would block the extradition of health care providers facing criminal charges in other states for performing medical services that are legal in Virginia. Every Republican opposed the measure….”
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04 Feb

N.Y. moves to shield abortion medication prescriptions after Louisiana indicts doctor

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“New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday signed a bill to shield the identities of doctors who prescribe abortion medications, days after a physician in the state was charged with prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor in Louisiana.  The new law, which took effect immediately, allows doctors to request for their names to be left off abortion pill bottles and instead list the name of their health-care practices on medication labels….”
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02 Feb

New York doctor faces criminal charges for prescribing abortion pills to Louisiana patient

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"A Louisiana grand jury on Friday indicted a New York doctor for allegedly prescribing abortion pills to a minor patient in the southern state, in what appears to be the first criminal case against an abortion provider since Roe v. Wade was overturned. Dr. Margaret Daley Carpenter and her company Nightingale Medical have been charged with criminal abortion by means of abortion-inducing drugs, The Associated Press reported. The patient’s mother, who prosecutors say ordered the pills online for her daughter, has also been charged with the same felony crime, according to the AP...."
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02 Feb

NH abortion ban: Bill to prohibit procedure after 15 weeks, introduced then withdrawn

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"New Hampshire legislators introduced — and then immediately withdrew — a bill to ban abortions after 15 weeks in the Granite State Monday. The first public hearing on the bill, HB 476, was held on Monday morning in front of the House Judiciary committee. However, prime sponsor Rep. Katy Peternel, R-Wolfeboro, said she had decided to withdraw the bill. “After careful review, it has become clear that there is a flaw in the bill that prevents us from moving forward in a logical, reasonable, or obvious way,” said Peternel in a statement. “Without consensus among the pro-life organizations across New Hampshire, this bill does…
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01 Feb

Pentagon ends paying for travel for abortion and other reproductive care

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"The Pentagon has rescinded a Biden administration policy that reimbursed service members and dependents for travel to states where abortion and other reproductive health procedures are legal. The Pentagon’s Defense Travel Management Office issued the memo on Wednesday, ending reimbursements immediately.  The move, which is already drawing criticism from women in Congress, reverses a 2023 policy enacted under then-Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin after the repeal of Roe v Wade. The policy provided paid leave and travel reimbursement for troops and their families who had to cross state lines because they were stationed in a state where abortion and other reproductive care, such as in vitro…
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01 Feb

Manitoba law that restricts protests near abortion clinics comes into effect

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"A new Manitoba law restricting protests near clinics and hospitals where abortions are performed is to take effect Saturday. The NDP government introduced a bill last year that creates buffer zones of between 50 and 150 metres around such health facilities, as well as the homes of abortion providers...."
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29 Jan

Activists whose videos accused Planned Parenthood of selling fetal remains plead to felony

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“Two anti-abortion activists who made sensational videos of Planned Parenthood officials nearly a decade ago pleaded no contest this week to a felony count of illegally recording someone without consent. David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt secretly filmed Planned Parenthood executives in California and edited the clips in a way that purported to show them selling fetal remains. Monday’s plea deal and felony conviction ends a criminal case that has dragged through the court system since 2017….”
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25 Jan

Trump uses executive power to reinstate anti-abortion pacts

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“President Donald Trump on Friday used his executive authority to restore U.S. participation in two international anti-abortion pacts, including one that cuts off U.S. family planning funds for foreign organizations if they provide or promote abortions. Trump reinstated the Mexico City Policy, which opponents call the "global gag rule" because they say it silences abortion advocates. Established by former President Ronald Reagan in 1984, it has been rescinded by each Democratic president since then and reinstated when a Republican returns to the White House….”
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23 Jan

Senate Dems block GOP’s first abortion bill

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“A GOP-led abortion bill failed in the Senate due to Democratic opposition on Wednesday, a sign of where the party is drawing the line on bipartisan cooperation. After a week marked by Senate Democrats’ willingness to work with their Republican counterparts on both an immigration bill and confirming former Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of State, every Democrat voted against legislation that would “prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.”…”
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19 Jan

Biden declares Equal Rights Amendment adopted, sparking a debate about his abortion legacy

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“President Joe Biden’s Friday announcement declaring the Equal Rights Amendment part of the U.S. Constitution is reviving long-simmering tensions in the abortion-rights movement about the outgoing president’s legacy on reproductive rights. The last-minute move, three days before the end of Biden’s term, has sparked arguments between Biden’s defenders and his detractors over its significance, since even the White House acknowledged the announcement does not have the force of law. And the president’s declaration is also fueling a broader debate about whether Biden did enough to prepare for and respond to the fall of Roe v. Wade….”
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18 Jan

Defining fetal viability among GOP priorities after Missourians overturn abortion ban

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"The day he was sworn in as speaker of the Missouri House, Jon Patterson declared that defining fetal viability could be a difficult task. A surgeon serving his fourth term in the legislature, Patterson said despite the vagueness of the medical phrase, the decision by voters to overturn Missouri's abortion ban means lawmakers have no choice but to try. "What I'll tell you is, if you took 10 doctors and lined them up and said 'what's the definition of fetal viability,' you'd get 10 different answers," Patterson said at a press conference last week. "Our citizens deserve to know what…
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18 Jan

Study shows growing support nationwide for expanded access to abortion pills

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"Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in 2022 to allow states to regulate abortion access, support for expanded access to abortion pills has significantly increased, including among those living in states with abortion bans, according to a new study from the Journal of the American Medical Association. A sample of more than 7,000 women nationwide between the ages of 15 and 49 answered surveys in December 2021 prior to the Dobbs decision, and a random sampling of half the same population was surveyed again in June 2023 after the decision. The surveys gauged support for two models of expanded access to…
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