Abortion Rights

07 Jun

New abortion provider in Western Maryland will cut patients’ journeys from West Virginia, where procedure is banned

BarbraUnited States, , , ,
Katie Quiñonez stood ankle deep in snow last December in front of a brick building about 5 miles west of the West Virginia state line, staring at a small brass key in her hand. She had rented a two-door hatchback to drive through the Allegheny Mountains during a blizzard to get there. 
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06 Jun

A Year Without Roe v. Wade, Opinion by OutFront Magazine

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As we enter June, we dawn on the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the case that established a constitutional right to reproductive health care including abortion access. Now, that right is left up to the states. Since then, we have seen states codify protections for abortion access and some put harmful bans in place. 
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04 Jun

OPINION: Column: Persecution of the abortion doctor who treated pregnant child was a shameful political farce

BarbraOpinion, United States, , , ,
"The first physician to publicly fall victim to the antiabortion madness that has followed the overturning of Roe vs. Wade was vindicated last month when Indiana medical officials ruled that she did not fail to report child abuse and was not unfit to practice medicine after providing abortion care to a 10-year-old and telling a reporter about it...."
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31 May

Anti-abortion rights demonstrators assaulted outside Baltimore Planned Parenthood, police say

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"Anti-abortion rights demonstrators were attacked Friday, one brutally, after an ideological argument outside a Planned Parenthood in Baltimore, police said.  The attack involved the suspect tackling an 80-year-old man and pummeling a 73-year-old man before kicking him "with extreme force" in the face, police said...."
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31 May

Rising use of abortion pill shifting the landscape, expert says [Canada]

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"The increased accessibility of the so-called "abortion pill" in New Brunswick is dramatically changing the reproductive-rights landscape and shifting the terms of the debate, according to an assistant professor at the University of New Brunswick. Medical abortions, induced by medication, now outnumber surgical abortions by more than two to one, according to new provincial data collected by Martha Paynter, a teacher and researcher in the faculty of nursing...."
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30 May

Western Maryland abortion provider will open in ‘abortion desert’ as other states further restrict abortion access

MollyUnited States, , , , , , ,
"In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down federal abortion protections, state legislatures have passed new laws to shape abortion access in their states. While some states aimed to severely restrict access to abortions, states such as Maryland are seen as “access points” due to more lenient abortion laws. People who wish to terminate their pregnancies are likely to travel into the state for those services. This dynamic is on display at a new clinic called the Women’s Health Clinic of Maryland, set to open in late June. The new Maryland clinic is an extension of the Women’s…
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26 May

Judge halts South Carolina’s new stricter abortion law until state Supreme Court review

MollyLatest News, United States, , , , , , ,
"A judge on Friday put a temporary halt to South Carolina’s new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy until the state Supreme Court can review the measure. The ruling by Judge Clifton Newman came just about 24 hours after Gov. Henry McMaster signed the bill. The decision means South Carolina reverts back to a ban at about 20 weeks after fertilization. “The status quo should be maintained until the Supreme Court reviews its decision,” Newman said. “It’s going to end up there.” The law passed Tuesday by the General Assembly is similar to a ban on abortion once cardiac…
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