Uncertainty has bled into the world of medical education, forcing some new doctors to factor state abortion laws into their decisions about where to begin their careers.
Led by Andrea Campbell of Massachusetts, the top lawyers from blue states want to use shield laws, legal hotlines and “reproductive justice” units to secure abortion rights.
Organizers in Missouri submitted over 380,000 signatures for a measure to restore abortion rights, overcoming legal challenges, delays and vigorous “decline to sign” efforts led by anti-abortion groups.
While Arizona’s total abortion ban will be in effect only temporarily, it highlights how many Latinx people live in states with restrictions on abortion before fetal viability.
GOP Sens. Shawnna Bolick and T.J. Shope, both vocal opponents of the Civil War-era ban, backed the repeal.
At A Woman’s Choice in Jacksonville, staffers treated a surge of last-minute patients before the May 1 deadline. Now, they will have to refer most of them out of state.
The vote came after three Republican legislators crossed party lines to join Democrats in backing the bill.
In a case before the Supreme Court, Idaho is contesting EMTALA, a law that requires federally-funded hospitals to provide stabilizing emergency care — including, in some cases, abortion.
A new Biden administration rule means that doctors cannot turn abortion-related records over to law enforcement.
Florida’s ban takes effect May 1 and the fate of Arizona’s abortion access is in the throes of legal, political and legislative battles.