Abortion Care

27 Aug

Health professionals and students say abortion restrictions in Wisconsin diminish care

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Following a recent state Supreme Court decision that upheld legal abortion in Wisconsin, medical students and health care professionals say Wisconsin laws and the Trump administration attacks on reproductive health still make care inaccessible for many patients and that physicians still face significant challenges in providing care.
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18 Aug

Virginia abortion funds see sharp uptick in patients both in and out of state

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Virginia-based abortion funds are citing an increased uptick in calls to their intake lines, as more people rely on their assistance to help cover the cost and sometimes travel expenses to get abortions.  Since federal protections were overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court three summers ago, various states have enacted restrictions or near-total bans on the procedure. With Virginia the least-restrictive southern state, several funds here told the Virginia Mercury in interviews they’re seeing a spike in assistance requests. 
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09 Aug

The Next Infodemic: Abortion Misinformation

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Approximately 20% of women in the United States have had an abortion. On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization allowed a Mississippi law that proposed to make abortion illegal after 15 weeks to stand, which effectively overturned Roe v. Wade, a 1973 SCOTUS decision that affirmed the right to have an abortion under the 14th amendment . With the reversal of Roe v. Wade, a perfect storm of factors is driving an abortion infodemic including a confusing and rapidly changing legislative landscape, the proliferation of abortion disinformants, lax efforts by internet…
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27 Jul

How US adults feel about legal abortion 3 years after Roe was overturned, according to AP-NORC poll

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"Three years after the Supreme Court opened the door to state abortion bans, most U.S. adults say abortion should be legal -- views that look similar to before the landmark ruling. The new findings from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll show that about two-thirds of U.S. adults think abortion should be legal in all or most cases. About half believe abortion should be available in their state if someone does not want to be pregnant for any reason...."
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27 Jul

No, California is not guaranteed to remain an abortion haven

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"The sudden closure of five Planned Parenthood clinics in Northern California last week reveals a sad, stark truth: California is not the national “haven” for abortion rights that it has aspired to be since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. No state could be under Republican rule in Washington, or while federal law trumps state law, the Supreme Court majority opposes abortion rights and clinics are reliant on federal money to survive.  There are few options to fix this problem, even in California, the world’s fourth-largest economy. The state barely covered its budget deficit this year, and it has holes…
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20 Jul

HIPAA’s Reproductive Health Rule Is Vacated Nationally

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The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on June 18, 2025, issued an order vacating the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy, published on April 26, 2024, which amended the Health Insurance Accountability and Portability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule (Reproductive Health Rule or Rule). The decision left intact amendments to the HIPAA rule regarding certain Notice of Privacy Practice provisions pertaining to substance use disorder regulations.
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