DALLAS (AP) — A Texas medical panel on Friday rebuffed calls to list specific exceptions to one of the most restrictive abortions bans in the U.S., which physicians say is dangerously unclear and has forced women with serious pregnancy complications to leave the state. The head of the Texas Medical Board also said that wider… Continue reading Texas Medical Panel Refuses To Help Clarify Abortion Ban Exceptions
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Gretchen Whitmer Bets Big On Abortion, LGBTQ+ Rights
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) has been promoting her state as a place that respects freedom ― as in, the ability to control what happens to your body, who you love, or how you identify yourself. Now Whitmer is taking that message directly to some states where those freedoms are under assault. Last week, the… Continue reading Gretchen Whitmer Bets Big On Abortion, LGBTQ+ Rights
Sinema calls for Biden admin and Tuberville to find ‘middle ground’ in abortion standoff
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the Arizona independent who left the Democratic Party last year, is calling on both the Biden administration and Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., to soften their positions and find a “middle ground” on a Pentagon policy involving abortion in order to end the Republican’s monthslong blockade of hundreds of military promotions. According to… Continue reading Sinema calls for Biden admin and Tuberville to find ‘middle ground’ in abortion standoff
Abortion pills: what does the latest mifepristone ruling mean? | Abortion
A federal appeals court ruled to limit access to a widely used abortion pill, mifepristone, upholding portions of a lower court decision by a federal judge in Texas to suspend the drug’s FDA approval. Mifepristone, the generic abortion pill, remains on the market for now. In a 2-1 decision, a panel of conservative judges said… Continue reading Abortion pills: what does the latest mifepristone ruling mean? | Abortion
Appeals court upholds some restrictions on abortion pill access
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld parts of a decision limiting access to a widely used abortion pill, but the ruling will have no immediate or practical impact on the availability of the drug, mifepristone. In their ruling, a three-judge panel on the conservative-leaning U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Food… Continue reading Appeals court upholds some restrictions on abortion pill access
Home test that checks if an abortion has worked reduces follow-up surgery, study finds | Health
A home test that checks whether a drug-induced abortion has worked is not only safe but reduces rates of unnecessary follow-up surgery, an Australian-first study has found. People who attend clinics to access medication to terminate a pregnancy, known as a medical abortion, usually need to see a doctor 14 days later and may undergo… Continue reading Home test that checks if an abortion has worked reduces follow-up surgery, study finds | Health
Girl, 13, gives birth after she was raped and denied abortion in Mississippi | Abortion
A 13-year-old girl in Mississippi gave birth to a boy after she was raped as well as impregnated by a stranger – and then was unable to get an abortion, according to a Time magazine report published on Monday. The mother of the girl, who uses the pseudonym Ashley in the report, was looking to… Continue reading Girl, 13, gives birth after she was raped and denied abortion in Mississippi | Abortion
RFK Jr. Endorses Federal Abortion Ban Then Reverses Himself
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. walked back comments endorsing a federal abortion ban, a longtime Republican goal virtually no other Democratic politician has embraced. In an interview with NBC News at the Iowa State Fair over the weekend, Kennedy repeatedly said “yes” when asked if he would sign a federal ban on abortion… Continue reading RFK Jr. Endorses Federal Abortion Ban Then Reverses Himself
Democrats aren’t the only ones voting for abortion rights, Ohio shows
WASHINGTON — The fallout from the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision continued last week in Ohio where voters defeated a plan that would have made it more difficult to change the state constitution, with an amendment aimed at securing abortion rights on the ballot this fall. For years abortion has been thought of as a… Continue reading Democrats aren’t the only ones voting for abortion rights, Ohio shows
Iowa conservatives pessimistic about fate of 6-week abortion ban
Just weeks ago, Iowa conservatives lit up with excitement when Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a new six-week abortion ban — an event she orchestrated shortly after the state Supreme Court ruled that an earlier six-week ban would remain blocked. But much of the excitement has dimmed amid questions over whether a conservative… Continue reading Iowa conservatives pessimistic about fate of 6-week abortion ban