Abortion Care – Page 3 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

01 Feb

Planned Parenthood asks judge to block remaining Missouri abortion regulations

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Care, Court, Healthcare, Missouri, Planned Parenthood

A Jackson County judge previously allowed certain regulations, such as mandatory pelvic exams for medical abortion, to remain in place

29 Jan

Stopping the Abuse of Tech in Surveilling and Criminalizing Abortion

PatLatest NewsAbortion Care, Data Security, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Apps and consumer data could be weaponized to criminalize those seeking, providing, and supporting abortion care, and policymakers and individual Americans should act to protect private reproductive health information.

17 Jan

Parental rights at center of reproductive health debate

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Care, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Virginia

Democrats push constitutional amendment and contraception protections; GOP raises oversight concerns. Republicans are ramping up opposition to Democrat-led efforts to protect abortion and contraception access, claiming the proposals undermine parental rights in minors’ healthcare decisions. As these measures advance in the legislature, the battle over oversight is heating up.

12 Jan

Great Britain: ‘Unprecedented’ rise in abortion prosecutions prompts call for law change from medical leaders

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Care, England, Healthcare, International

Medical leaders are calling for reform of abortion laws in England and Wales after an “unprecedented” rise in women and girls being prosecuted for ending their own pregnancies.

07 Jan

With lawsuits and legislation, Texas Republicans take aim at abortion pills

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Care, Abortion Pills, Healthcare, Lawsuits and legislation, legislation, mifepristone, Texas, Texas Republican Party, United States

"Since the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states like Texas to ban nearly all abortions, the number of pregnancy terminations in the United States actually increased. This paradox, which pleases abortion advocates as much as it frustrates their conservative counterparts, hinges mostly on pills. An average of 2,800 Texans receive abortion-inducing medications through the mail each month from states that still allow abortion, according to #WeCount, a tracking project from the Society of Family Planning...."

06 Jan

Quebec launches action plan to improve access to abortion, protect women’s right to choose

MollyInternationalAbortion Access, Abortion Care, action plan, Canada, Healthcare, Quebec, Right to choose

"Quebec has introduced its first-ever action plan aimed at improving access to abortion in the province and reaffirming women's right to choose, particularly in light of the setbacks to reproductive rights unfolding in the United States. Martine Biron, minister responsible for the status of women, announced the Plan d'action gouvernemental sur l'accès à l'avortement 2024-2027 on Monday, saying this plan responds to women's concerns about the protection of their rights...."

04 Jan

Florida doctor faces $10,000 fine in abortion case

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Care, Abortion case, Board of Medicine, doctor, fine, Florida, Healthcare, United States

"After the state Department of Health called for revoking the doctor's license, the Florida Board of Medicine this week issued a final order imposing a $10,000 fine and reprimanding a physician who did not comply in 2022 with a law requiring 24-hour waiting periods before abortions can be performed. The order came after the board decided last month to approve penalties for physician Candace Sue Cooley that were less severe than what the Department of Health wanted...."

31 Dec

Trump’s second term leaves abortion providers and harbor states in uncharted territory

BarbraLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Since the Supreme Court overturned federally-mandated nationwide abortion access in the 2022 Dobbs decision, states have been enacting ever-tightening restrictions on access to reproductive healthcare.

29 Dec

Faith in Action: The Red Tent Fund and the Fight for Reproductive Justice

BarbraLatest NewsAbortion Care, Healthcare, National Council of Jewish Women, NCJW, Reproductive rights, United States

More than half of women of reproductive age enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP live in states that ban assistance coverage for abortion, with very rare exceptions. And about half of those women are women of color. That is according to the National Council of Jewish Women. At a recent event for the local chapter of NCJW, Allison Tombros Korman, founder of The Red Tent Fund, assisting those who need care is a fundamental Jewish value. “For me, Tikkun Olam needs to be more than just repairing a broken world. It needs to be about being proactive in preventing those things…

28 Dec

Abortions are up in the US. It’s a complicated picture as women turn to pills, travel

BarbraLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Pills, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, travel, United States

Even with abortion bans in place in most Republican-controlled states, the number of people obtaining them has grown slightly

22 Dec

Total Maine Dec. 22, 2024: The future of abortion services in Maine

BarbraLatest NewsAbortion Care, Healthcare, Maine, Reproductive rights

The medical director for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England shares the concerns patients are sharing

16 Dec

Report details struggles of independent abortion clinics nationwide after Roe

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Independent Abortion Clinics, Reproductive rights, United States

"LaDonna Prince’s new reproductive care clinic in Illinois was supposed to be open more than a year ago. Prince and her staff were prepared for Indiana to ban abortion, and started trying to move operations to Danville, Illinois, in 2023. It’s about 90 minutes across the border from her old clinic in Indianapolis, which provided abortion care for more than 40 years before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 and allowed states to regulate abortion access. Today, 12 states — including Indiana — have a near-total ban on abortion, and four states have a six-week ban,…

04 Dec

California lawmakers unveil new abortion protections ahead of Trump return to White House

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Access, Abortion Care, abortion medication, Abortion Pills, Abortion Rights, California, Healthcare, Lawmakers, legislation, protections, United States

“California’s lawmakers unveiled two new pieces of legislation to protect abortion access in the state ahead of President-elect Trump’s return to the White House in January. The first of the two bills seeks to protect Californians’ access to abortion, particularly medication abortion….”

03 Dec

Zimbabwe court rules against law that denies abortion to marital rape victims and girls below 18

MollyInternational, Latest NewsAbortion Care, Court, Health care, legislation, Minors, Reproductive care, Ruling, Sexual Assault, victims, zimbabwe

“A law prohibiting abortion services for women raped by their husbands and girls under the age of 18 is unconstitutional, Zimbabwe’s High Court has ruled. In his ruling handed down on Nov. 22 and made public this week, Judge Maxwell Takuva said since Zimbabwe’s laws already criminalize marital rape and sex with a minor, victims should be allowed to abort if they become pregnant….”

22 Nov

Georgia axes maternal health panel after leak about abortion deaths

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Care, Georgia, Health care, Leak, maternal health panel, Reproduction Rights, Reproductive care, United States

“Georgia officials have dissolved a committee responsible for investigating deaths of pregnant women in the state, after one or more members leaked confidential information about deaths linked to the state's strict abortion laws. In a letter sent to members of the Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC), Georgia health commissioner Kathleen Toomey said an investigation failed to identify those responsible for the leak, so all current members would be removed….”