Healthcare – Page 20 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

27 Apr

With Florida and Arizona bans looming, money’s getting tight for abortion travel funders

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With Florida set to enforce a six-week abortion ban as early as May 1 and a near-total prohibition taking effect soon after in Arizona, staffers at abortion funds say they won’t be able to meet the increased demand for help funding out-of-state travel — a development that could lead to more people continuing unintended pregnancies.

25 Apr

Can 14 strangers from Wisconsin help America find common ground on abortion?

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Abortion opponents and supporters seek consensus solutions on reproductive health policy as part of a new citizen-led initiative guided by national nonprofit Starts With Us

24 Apr

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on abortion access in emergency rooms

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The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments today in a case about whether patients have access to emergency room abortions in states banning the procedure.

22 Apr

Hospitals largely keep quiet on maternal care since Dobbs, STAT survey finds

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The Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has transformed not just abortion access but maternal health care across the United States, causing physicians in states with restrictive laws to shift treatment of conditions including ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage. The full scale of the impact, though, has been obscured in a polarized political climate where physicians are often afraid to speak out, or are blocked by their hospitals from talking about their experiences post-Dobbs.

21 Apr

Texas, Idaho abortion bans challenge federal emergency treatment law

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For decades, American hospitals have operated under a federal law requiring them to treat any patient having an emergency. Now, some conservative states that want a nearly complete abortion ban are putting this in jeopardy.

20 Apr

Reagan-era emergency health care law is the next abortion flashpoint at the Supreme Court

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Two years after ending the national right to abortion by overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court will scrutinize one of the marquee efforts by the Biden administration to preserve abortion access in the post-Roe v. Wade era.

17 Apr

UN report points to yawning gap of inequality in sexual and reproductive health worldwide

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A new study says an African woman is roughly 130 times more likely to die from pregnancy and childbirth complications than a woman in Europe or North America, the U.N. population fund reported Wednesday as it decried widening inequality in sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide.

16 Apr

Since Dobbs, women’s dignity and human rights have been attacked in Ohio and across the country

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Can you imagine American men allowing a legislature full of women or a majority female court to enact laws and decrees about their bodies? Can you imagine them tolerating female politicians imposing extreme government overreach on their private medical care decisions? Would American men put up with draconian restrictions on their personal liberties or accede to second class status in a controlling matriarchy? Of course not.

16 Apr

COMMENTARY — Leave the practice of medicine to physicians, not politicians

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Just four short years ago, during a moment where the whole world stopped, health care providers in New Hampshire, and around the nation, were revered as “health care heroes.” “Heroes” that our loved ones, neighbors, complete strangers, as well as our elected officials relied on and trusted, not only to provide comprehensive medical care during a global pandemic and a time of extraordinary uncertainty, but trusted they’d know what’s best for public health and our communities. Today, however, those same health care “heroes” who were trusted to compassionately care for all patients are suddenly under attack.

14 Apr

Abortion rally draws over 1,000 to Orlando for Yes On 4 kickoff

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Danielle Tallafuss spoke through tears Saturday afternoon as she recounted to hundreds of people the difficult decision to have an abortion. The Oviedo resident had been counting down the days in 2020 until the birth of her son, Nathaniel. Then a scan around week 20 of her pregnancy revealed he had a genetic defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

09 Apr

Florida’s strict laws make Latin America a potential destination to get an abortion

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With the Florida Supreme Court upholding the state’s new stricter abortion ban, pregnant women in Florida — especially those in South Florida — may soon head to countries in Latin America, where several countries have legalized the procedure, a reproductive health expert told WLRN on Friday.

08 Apr

i-Health, Inc. Urges U.S. Congressional Leaders to Prioritize the Funding of Natural & Non-Hormonal Solutions for Menopause in Women’s Health Research

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i-Health, Inc. – a global consumer health and wellness company and wholly owned subsidiary of dsm-firmenich– is kicking off vital discussions with members of Congress to advocate for enhanced research and funding dedicated to natural and non-hormonal therapy options for women experiencing menopause. Building upon the White House Initiative on Women's Health Research launched in November 20231 and the recent Executive Order issued by President Biden in March 20242, i-Health, Inc. is taking action to reshape how decision-makers and healthcare professionals address the growing number of women seeking non-hormonal options for managing menopausal symptoms

06 Apr

Majority of women in states with abortion bans believe access should be legal

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"Nearly two years after the Supreme Court ended the federal right to abortion, more than a fifth of reproductive-age adult women in states with abortion bans have struggled to access abortion care themselves or know someone who has, according to first-of-its-kind polling released Friday by the nonprofit, nonpartisan health policy research group KFF. A majority of these women — 67 percent — believe that abortion should be legal in all or most cases, according to the survey taken February 20-28, 2024...."

05 Apr

One in Five Women of Reproductive Age in States with Abortion Bans Say They or Someone They Know Has Had Difficulty Accessing an Abortion Since Dobbs

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According to new KFF polling, in states with abortion bans, one in five (21%) women of reproductive age (18 to 49) and one in seven (14%) of all women say either they or someone they know has had difficulty accessing an abortion since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

31 Mar

No One Could Say: Accessing Emergency Obstetrics Information as a Prospective Prenatal Patient in Post-Roe Oklahoma

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In the wake of the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Oklahoma residents are currently living under three overlapping and inconsistent state abortion bans that, if violated, impose severe civil and criminal penalties on health care providers.