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Three political science professors surveyed over 1,300 Americans about pregnancy dating.
Senate Democrats called out Republicans for proposing a federal pregnancy database.
American support for abortion reached its highest level ever, with 63% of people saying abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
Florida’s state health care agency tried to push back on the fact that many women do not know they are pregnant at six weeks gestation, since it is only two weeks after a missed period for a woman on a very regular menstrual cycle.
For the second year in a row the number of applicants to residency programs dropped in states that have abortion bans in place.
The third time was the charm for Arizona state House Democrats, who got three Republicans to join them in repealing the 1864 total abortion ban that was set to go into effect in the coming weeks.
Supreme Court justices seemed split mainly along ideological lines during oral arguments over a federal requirement that hospitals provide emergency care to stabilize a patient, including abortions when necessary.
A progressive group, Campaign for Accountability, sent letters to state attorneys general in Idaho, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington.
The Washington Post has more horror stories of women getting turned away from the ER because they are pregnant, and extreme state abortion bans have scared providers.
The AP has the dystopian details on what pregnant women face in America after Roe: “One woman miscarried in the lobby restroom of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to check her in.”
The Biden administration issued new regulations to protect medical records for reproductive health care across state lines.
An article from Duke’s Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy says it is “the first to evaluate new and existing laws criminalizing abortion…”
One of the women, Sunni, told viewers that “she was craving information when she was planning her abortion. ‘This is the video I was looking for.’
Vice President Harris made history on Thursday as the first president or vice president to tour a facility that provides abortions.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is responsible for naming the Supreme Court justices that overturned Roe vs. Wade. So, he is looking closely at the abortion positions of his potential VP picks.
A deep dive on Idaho becoming an “OBGYN desert.” At the end of March, the third labor and delivery unit in the state will close since Roe fell.
Doctors in states with abortion bans have lobbied legislators to give them much clearer guidance in the law when they can perform an abortion for the benefit of their patient’s health.
Nearly 90% of Americans said they support abortion for women who are having pregnancy-related emergencies, according to a poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Florida’s Supreme Court heard arguments today on a ballot initiative to protect abortion access to the state.
Sage Publications retracted two studies written and used by the anti-abortion movement to claim the abortion pill is dangerous.