The onslaught of health care bans are driving nurses, medical students and doctors out of Texas. Many worry about the patients they are leaving behind.
Opinions on abortion — stagnant for decades — shifted after Roe v. Wade fell, leaving more Americans in favor of access and critical of banning it, according to new Gallup polling.
The deal, struck in a case challenging the Affordable Care Act’s preventive services mandate, affects access to the HIV prevention pill, breast cancer screenings and key reproductive health services.
Gov. Henry McMaster is expected to sign it into law if it passes the Senate. Once signed, it will take effect immediately.
In arguments Wednesday, the conservative-leaning court appeared sympathetic to arguments against access to the abortion medication.
The ban's time limit and new restrictions will functionally eliminate one of the South's last abortion destinations.
If passed, the new bans — 12-week prohibitions in North Carolina and Nebraska, and a six-week ban in South Carolina — could further erode access to care.
In some cases, anti-abortion legislators have been forced to backtrack from some more restrictive proposals. In others, they’ve tried to subvert the lawmaking process to avoid blowback.
If implemented, the move by the FDA could expand access to a key method of contraception without a prescription and with no age restrictions.
Health reporter Shefali Luthra reflects on how America lost Roe v. Wade in the summer of 2022 and how The 19th was able to tell that story.