An appeals court has allowed the government to kick Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid for a year, eliminating a crucial source of funding for clinics across the country.
Researchers found a “strikingly large” relationship between restrictions on abortion and property crime, underscoring the connection between abortion bans and poverty.
Acetaminophen is one of the few drugs that pregnant people can safely use to relieve pain or fever — conditions that, if left untreated, can increase the risk of birth defects and premature delivery.
The bill, set to become law later this year, could stop providers from mailing pills to Texas, which has allowed thousands to access abortion since Roe fell. It could be a blueprint for other states.
In a suit brought by Texas, New York Attorney General Letitia James will defend her state’s abortion shield laws, which protect health providers offering telehealth abortions to people living under bans.
The legislation lets private citizens sue people who mail abortion medications to Texans. It offers a blueprint for state lawmakers trying to stop their residents from circumventing abortion bans.
Abortion opponents argue that telehealth abortion is making it easier to force people to have an abortion. Experts say the real picture of reproductive coercion looks quite different.
The government’s cancellation of almost $500 million in contracts involving mRNA vaccines could halt progress on cancer research.
Some doctors worry that massive cuts to Medicaid will leave pregnant people needing to drive hundreds of miles for prenatal care and delivery services.
The exodus is an effort to block a redistricting proposal that would favor Republicans, but other GOP priorities are caught up in the plan.