legislation – Page 3 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

06 Nov

BAD DAY FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN THE U.S.

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Ballot measures did pass in 7 States.

31 Oct

Reproductive rights groups sue Louisiana over controlled substances law

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A group of health care providers and two Louisiana women who were denied abortion care are suing state officials to block a new law that makes common pregnancy medications controlled dangerous substances, arguing the law is discriminatory and unconstitutional.

27 Oct

County judge strikes down Ohio abortion ban, citing voter-approved reproductive rights amendment

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The most far-reaching of Ohio’s laws restricting abortion was struck down on Thursday by a county judge who said last year’s voter-approved amendment enshrining reproductive rights renders the so-called heartbeat law unconstitutional.

26 Oct

Reproductive health care in the Southeast hinges on Florida abortion-rights measure, doctors say

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Dr. Cherise Felix says a recent patient yelled and swore at her before eventually hugging her, grateful she would no longer have to carry the planned-for baby that had died inside her. Felix provides abortions at Planned Parenthood clinics in Florida, which on May 1 banned abortion at six weeks’ gestation. She was able to see this patient, who was about 17 weeks pregnant, because of the abortion law’s limited health exceptions. But before coming to the clinic, the miscarrying patient was turned away by another OB-GYN, something Felix said happens regularly since the ban.

24 Oct

How Abortion Misinformation Gives Rise to Restrictive Abortion Laws

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False claims about abortions later in pregnancy are often spread to distort perceptions of when and how often pregnant people have abortions. Some have exaggerated these claims even further, falsely stating that individuals seek abortions after birth. During the presidential debate on September 10, former President Trump falsely claimed that Democrats support “abortion after birth,” equating it to execution. Despite the fact that killing a child after birth is infanticide and illegal in all states, Trump’s statement sparked outrage among anti-abortion advocates who accepted his words as fact.

24 Oct

Reproductive health care in the Southeast hinges on Florida abortion-rights measure, doctors say

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Dr. Cherise Felix says a recent patient yelled and swore at her before eventually hugging her, grateful she would no longer have to carry the planned-for baby that had died inside her.

15 Oct

Abortion Rights on the 2024 Ballot: Key States Where Voters Will Decide the Future of Reproductive Freedom

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Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe in the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, reproductive rights are now in the hands of the states. Advocates have begun working to enshrine abortion rights in state constitutions across the nation. Since the Dobbs decision, voters in 6 states, California, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Vermont, and Ohio, have weighed in on constitutional amendments regarding abortion. The side favoring access to abortion in the state constitution prevailed in every state. In 2024, abortion measures are on the ballot in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska*, New York**, Nevada, and South Dakota.

14 Oct

An issue for them? Ohio’s 50+ women emboldened by Moreno comments on abortion

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Ohio women 50 and older are headed to the polls having lived through the days before Roe v. Wade legalized abortion nationwide in 1973, during the time when abortion was legal, and now, after the decision was overturned in 2022 and power given to each state to decide.

09 Oct

Reproductive rights: Where do Trump and Harris stand?

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This year’s election marks the first time voters are casting ballots for president since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion and made reproductive rights a pivotal issue for many voters.

03 Oct

VP Debate: What Vance and Walz had to say about abortion and immigration

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Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Republican Ohio U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance squared off Tuesday in the only vice presidential debate and, unsurprisingly, they were miles apart when it came to abortion and immigration policy.

01 Oct

Georgia judge declares state’s abortion ban unconstitutional, allowing procedure to resume beyond 6 weeks into pregnancy

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“A Georgia judge has struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban, declaring it unconstitutional. In a ruling issued on Monday, Judge Robert McBurney said Georgia’s Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act, or LIFE Act, infringes on a woman’s state constitutional rights….”

23 Sep

She was accused of murder after losing her pregnancy. SC woman now tells her story.

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Charges predated SC’s 6-week abortion ban. Democrat solicitor said his office’s prosecution had ‘nothing to do with that.’

18 Sep

Abortion providers — and patients — are on the move, as state laws keep shifting

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“Soon after a series of state laws left a Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbia, Mo., unable to provide abortions in 2018, it shipped some of its equipment to states where abortion remained accessible. Recovery chairs, surgical equipment and lighting from the Missouri clinic — all expensive and perfectly good — could still be useful to other health centers run by the same affiliate, Planned Parenthood Great Plains, in its three other states. Much of it went to Oklahoma, where the organization was expanding, CEO Emily Wales said….”

17 Sep

IVF Protections Heading for Senate Vote

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The U.S. Senate is set to vote Tuesday on a bill aimed at enshrining in vitro fertilization (IVF) as a nationwide right.

12 Sep

Florida’s Six-Week Ban Led to Substantial Drop in Clinician-Provided Abortions

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New estimates from Guttmacher’s Monthly Abortion Provision Study show that clinician-provided abortions dropped substantially in Florida after a ban on abortions after six weeks’ gestation took effect on May 1, 2024. The decline likely reflects reductions in access to abortion for Florida residents as well as people from neighboring states with abortion bans who would have traveled to Florida for abortion care.