Abortion Ban – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

16 Jan

Abortion Bans Might Endanger Pregnancies Achieved Through Fertility Treatment

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Abortion restrictions could be endangering some pregnancies conceived through fertility treatment, a new study says.

13 Jan

Abortion Restrictions Affect Fertility Treatment Outcomes, Study Says

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States with restrictive abortion laws are associated with significantly worse health outcomes for patients who conceive through fertility treatments, according to new research.

05 Jan

Iowa Doesn’t Have Enough OB-GYNs. The State’s Abortion Ban Might Be Making It Worse.

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Jonna Quinn was initially thrilled when she got her first job after her medical residency, working as an OB-GYN in Mason City, Iowa. It was less than two hours down the road from West Bend, where she grew up on a farm. ...read more

24 Nov

How Planned Parenthood Got Defunded

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Abortion bans may not be politically feasible—but cutting funding from the clinics gets you a lot of the way there.

17 Nov

South Carolina looks at most restrictive abortion bill in the US as opponents keep pushing limits

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Sending women who get abortions to prison for decades. Outlawing IUDs. Sharply restricting in-vitro fertilization. These are the strictest abortion prohibitions and punishments in the nation being considered by South Carolina lawmakers, even as opponents of the procedure are divided over how far to go.

16 Oct

Abortion pills are under attack

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Trump is targeting medication abortion.

16 Oct

Banning abortion is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes

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For years, this was the kind of thing that happened in Poland, Nicaragua or El Salvador. Now, it’s headline news in the United States.

30 Sep

States Without Total Abortion Bans See Declines in Clinician-Provided Abortions and Out-of-State Patients

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New findings from the Monthly Abortion Provision Study show that an estimated 518,940 clinician-provided abortions occurred in the first six months of 2025 in states without total abortion bans: a 5% decrease compared to the same period in 2024.

16 Sep

Abortion bans push families deeper into poverty and drive up crime, economists say

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Researchers found a “strikingly large” relationship between restrictions on abortion and property crime, underscoring the connection between abortion bans and poverty.

21 Aug

Women in states with abortion bans are the biggest users of abortion telemedicine

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As conservative lawmakers work to restrict online access to abortion medication, a new report shows how popular it has become for women who live in states that have outlawed abortion.

14 Aug

Women in states with abortion bans are the biggest users of abortion telemedicine

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In a new study, 84% of online prescriptions went to patients living in abortion-ban states

12 Aug

Indiana court upholds abortion ban in case asking for more health exceptions.

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The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the state's near-total abortion ban on Aug. 11, ruling that the 2022 law did not violate the "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" clause of the Indiana Constitution.

26 Jul

How State Bans Increase Costs and Delay Abortion Care

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People in states that have banned abortion were more than twice as likely to receive them later in pregnancy, according to a new study by researchers at UC San Francisco.

02 Jul

Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban

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“The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by newer state laws regulating the procedure, including statutes that criminalize abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb. The ruling came as no surprise given that liberal justices control the court. One of them went so far as to promise to uphold abortion rights during her campaign two years ago, and they blasted the ban during oral arguments in November….”

20 Jun

Abortion Bans Criminalize People — and Not Just Those Who Are Pregnant

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ost-“Roe,” pregnancy outcomes — and even actions taken to help pregnant people — face escalating criminalization.