Clinics in a handful of states are now central access points for abortion. But they’re short on staff, facing unprecedented patient demand, and navigating legal quagmires none had anticipated.
Michigan is expected to join that list after abortion rights activists submitted signatures to enshrine access in the state constitution.
The veracity of a story of a 10-year-old girl who was raped and got an abortion has been debated in the media, though a document confirms details of the story.
Fertility patients are beginning to move their frozen embryos to states that protect abortion, worried that abortion laws could strip them of their choices.
Proposals to restrict sex ed coincide with abortion restrictions at the national and state levels and a movement to stop educators from discussing gender and sexual orientation.
Jean Peters Baker is part of a project that aims to educate other prosecutors across the country over how to navigate this new legal arena.
A letter from the Department of Health and Human Services explicitly states that the procedure can be used to stabilize a patient during a medical emergency under EMTALA rules.
Providers hope the new clinics can help serve the surge of patients now expected to travel for abortions.
35 states have marriage bans, and experts doubt that Congress could codify marriage equality.
The order comes two weeks after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, allowing states to ban abortion.