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A survey from Michigan State University found the number of people saying they never wanted children increased by 5 percentage points, from 21% to 26%, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade.
Idaho has become ground zero for extreme abortion legislation along with Texas, and this latest bill is no exception. The legislation would change how state laws refers to a fetus, instead using “preborn child.”
A searing take from Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern of Republican state officials denying women who face medical danger abortion access.
More women joined a case in Tennessee challenging the state’s abortion ban, similar to a case brought in Texas.
The life and death of Yeniifer Alvarez in rural Texas, who died, along with her unborn child, at 30 weeks of pregnancy.
A deep dive explanation into a case in Ohio where a woman who miscarried a nonviable fetus at 21 weeks could be indicted for “abuse of a corpse.”
An analysis of a federal court ruling that women who show up in a Texas ER needing an abortion to survive are not guaranteed to get one.
A study from JAMA Internal Medicine looked at records from the nonprofit Aid Access and found women in the US requested abortion pills…
Breaking down the practice of “missed period pills” which are the same medications as what’s commonly known as the abortion pill.
Federal health records found “more than 100 pregnant women in medical distress who sought help from emergency rooms were turned away or negligently treated since 2022.”
Federal health records found “more than 100 pregnant women in medical distress who sought help from emergency rooms were turned away or negligently treated since 2022.”