Roe v Wade – Page 2 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

14 Jan

California offers lifeline for medical residents who can’t find abortion training

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Bria Peacock chose a career in medicine because the Black Georgia native saw the dire health needs in her community — including access to abortion care. Her commitment to becoming a maternal health care provider was sparked early on when she witnessed the discrimination and judgment leveled against her older sister, who became a mother as a teen. When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Peacock was already in her residency program in California, and her thoughts turned back to women like her sister.

13 Jan

Many Republicans support abortion. Are they switching parties because of it?

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The first time Carol Whitmore ever had sex, she got pregnant. It was 1973, and Whitmore was a teenager. Whitmore’s parents were in and out of trouble with the police, Whitmore said. When they told Whitmore they would help her raise the child, she thought, nope. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/13/abortion-republican-voters-presidential-electionInstead, Whitmore got an abortion. That same year, the US supreme court legalized abortion nationwide in Roe v Wade

07 Jan

Biden’s top priority for a second term: Abortion rights

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“The president has been adamant that we need to restore Roe. It is unfathomable that women today wake up in a country with less rights than their ancestors had years ago,” Fulks said. Biden has been poised to run on what has been described as the strongest abortion rights platform of any general election candidate as he and his allies look to notch a victory in the first presidential election since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022.

31 Dec

‘Jane Roe’ is anonymous no more. The very public fight against abortion bans in 2023

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As 2023 comes to a close, so too does the first full year of the post-Roe era in America. Some of the year's developments were expected, like more conservative states enacting abortion restrictions. Others were surprising, like the fact that there were more abortions nationally in the year after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health decision than the previous one.

30 Dec

How abortion rights fared in 2023 is a mixed bag

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The absence of a constitutional guarantee to the right to an abortion has led to a deeply inconsistent landscape of reproductive policy across the map. This year, voters in many states resoundingly elected officials who stood for abortion rights over those who vowed to enact restrictions. Yet, state lawmakers elsewhere implemented draconian abortion bans that would have been unconstitutional under Roe v. Wade, and we saw officials go to great lengths to prosecute, intimidate and shame individuals under those laws.

27 Dec

‘Jane Roe’ is anonymous no more. The very public fight against abortion bans in 2023

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"As 2023 comes to a close, so too does the first full year of the post-Roe era in America. Some of the year's developments were expected, like more conservative states enacting abortion restrictions. Others were surprising, like the fact that there were more abortions nationally in the year after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health decision than the previous one. In the final weeks of the year, the country followed the story of Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two in Texas, as she sought to end a tragic pregnancy to ensure she could have a future one...."

03 Dec

‘Moderate’ or Roe v Wade killer: can Trump have it both ways on abortion?

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The former president is proud of appointing the supreme court justices who overturned the right to abortion – now the issue is a vote loser for Republicans

02 Dec

‘It was a wake-up call’: After Roe v. Wade, French lawmakers seek to enshrine abortion rights

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When the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, French women were paying close attention. They watched with alarm as those across the Atlantic lost their long-standing right to abortion, seemingly overnight. What if France came next?

23 Nov

Abortions rose 5% in year before Roe was overturned: CDC

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"The number of abortions in the U.S. increased 5% the year before Roe v. Wade was overturned, with women in their 20s accounting for nearly 6 in 10 of the procedures, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Wednesday. Why it matters: The 2021 data from CDC's annual abortion incidence report track with earlier research showing demand for abortions was trending upward before the Supreme Court struck down federal protection of the procedure. 53% of procedures that year were medication abortions — and use of abortion pills at or before nine weeks of gestation rose 3% from 2020 to 2021...."

17 Nov

What to know about abortion and the 2024 election

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Perhaps no issue is thornier for the 2024 Republican presidential primary candidates than abortion. Republican leaders widely cheered the 2022 Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. But since then, they have found that going too far on abortion restrictions can be a political liability.

19 Oct

Dr Anita Allen Discusses the Current Regulatory Landscape on Abortions

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Since the overturn of Roe v Wade by the US Supreme Court, women no longer are guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion. Despite global trends that aim to ensure reproductive rights, the United States seems to be heading in the opposite direction, according to many advocates for women’s health.

10 Oct

Can the Pro-life Movement Compromise on Abortion?

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Abortion foes thought Roe v. Wade’s reversal would usher in a more pro-life America by finally clearing the legal obstacles to the eventual abolition of abortion. But in the 16 months since Roe fell, everywhere abortion has been on the ballot—including red states such as Kansas, Ohio, Montana, and Kentucky—voters have instead supported measures that protect abortion rights.

30 Sep

Bills would make Michigan abortion haven

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Now that abortion rights are enshrined in the state constitution, Democrats should deliver on the promises made before Proposal 3 was passed last fall — to recreate the abortion environment that existed under Roe v. Wade, prior to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision.

29 Apr

Alito Says He Has ‘Pretty Good Idea’ Who Leaked Abortion Ruling

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In an interview with The Wall Street Journal’s opinion pages, the justice rejected the theory that the leak had come from the right. "Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., the author of the majority opinion that overruled Roe v. Wade last June, told The Wall Street Journal’s opinion pages that he had “a pretty good idea who is responsible” for leaking a draft of his opinion to Politico..."