Health care – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

07 Apr

Romania Rowing Back on Women’s Right to Abortion: Report

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“A report by Human Rights Watch, released on Monday, says women and girls in Romania face increasing obstacles to the full exercise of their legal rights to contraception and abortion. “Women and girls in Romania face an increasingly hostile landscape, as they seek to make decisions about their own bodies and health care,” Song Ah Lee, author of the report, said. “The Romanian authorities are not only failing to uphold sexual and reproductive health rights but are often enabling efforts to block women and girls from exercising these rights,” the report claims….”

11 Mar

OB/GYNs ‘vote with their feet’ as workforce declines in states that restricted abortion

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“Modest but significant decreases in OB/GYN practitioners occurred in states with full abortion bans following the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Association, a study showed. However, results of the case-control study revealed the workforce of such practitioners ultimately grew overall across all states…”

10 Mar

Abortion bans are changing career calculations for workers who want kids

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“Employers are navigating a complex benefits landscape when it comes to reproductive health, as they seek to comply with various state laws restricting abortion while ensuring their employees can still access care they need. A recent survey finds reproductive health access is top-of-mind for US adults, and this has implications for HR leaders. Abortion restrictions are prompting some adults to relocate, while reproductive health benefits are proving to be a key factor for job-seekers as they weigh whether to apply for or accept a role. How reproductive healthcare policies are affecting workers, job-seekers. One in five adults planning to have children…

23 Feb

Yukon’s only dedicated abortion clinic to lose current space

MollyInternational, Latest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Clinic, Canada, Health care, Relocation, Whitehorse, Yukon

"The Opal Clinic is currently embedded with the obstetrics, gynecology and sexual health clinics at the Whitehorse General Hospital. Now, both of those clinics are moving to a new location downtown. Opal says the space that's been offered to them is too small...."

22 Feb

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.

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"Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021, ProPublica found in a first-of-its-kind data analysis. The rate of sepsis shot up more than 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the second trimester, ProPublica found. The surge in this life-threatening condition, caused by infection, was most pronounced for patients whose fetus may still have had a heartbeat when they arrived at the hospital...."

16 Feb

Abortions to resume in Missouri after judge halts licensing requirements

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“Planned Parenthood clinics in Missouri will begin offering abortions after a Missouri judge granted a request from the provider to overturn licensing requirements for clinics that provide the procedure. Jackson County Circuit Judge Jerri Zhang on Friday issued an order that declared the state’s licensing requirements discriminatory because they applied only to abortion providers….”

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...."

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….”

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.”…”

17 Dec

Advocates brace for demand on Minnesota’s reproductive healthcare system in face of second Trump term

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“Reproductive rights experts in Minnesota say the state will stay a haven for abortion rights amid a second Donald Trump administration, and could become even more of a destination for people seeking care. Healthcare providers and advocates say further restrictions to abortion are likely on the horizon with President-elect Trump headed back to the White House next month alongside a GOP-controlled Congress….”

03 Dec

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

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“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

Miscarrying patient was passed around ‘like a hot potato’ due to Idaho abortion ban, doctor testifies

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“A woman experiencing dangerous bleeding was not admitted by doctors at an until her fourth emergency room visit in one week, due to fear and confusion over the state's abortion ban, an Idaho doctor said in testimony on Tuesday. The "heavily bleeding" patient was told the pregnancy would not survive, but she had not been counseled on abortion, Dr. Julie Lyons, a family physician in Idaho and plaintiff in a lawsuit over the state's abortion bans, said on the stand….”

22 Nov

Georgia axes maternal health panel after leak about abortion deaths

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“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….”

20 Nov

Texas Lawmakers Push for New Exceptions to State’s Strict Abortion Ban After the Deaths of Two Women

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Care, Abortion Legislation, exceptions, Health care, miscarriages, reproduction laws, Reproductive care, Texas, United States

“Weeks after ProPublica reported on the deaths of two pregnant women whose miscarriages went untreated in Texas, state lawmakers have filed bills that would create new exceptions to the state’s strict abortion laws, broadening doctors’ ability to intervene when their patients face health risks. The legislation comes after the lawmaker who wrote one of Texas’ recent abortion bans wrote an op-ed in the Houston Chronicledefending the current exceptions as “plenty clear.”…”

19 Nov

Judge strikes down Wyoming’s abortion laws, saying they violate state constitution

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“A Wyoming judge ruled Monday that two laws restricting and banning abortion in the state violate its constitution, making the procedure legal up until fetal viability for the time being. Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens imposed an injunction on the pair of state laws in a ruling that said they ran afoul of the state constitution, which says every person has a right to personal autonomy in making medical decisions….”