From crowded to quiet: Inside a clinic as Florida bans abortions after six weeks
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.
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Personal data is easier to get than ever. Reproductive health workers are at risk.
Companies called data brokers are lightly regulated, making the danger of doxxing — where contact information is made public to facilitate harassment — overwhelming.
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Biden administration strengthens health care protections for LGBTQ+ Americans
New rules prohibit discrimination by doctors, Medicaid and health insurance plans — but make religious exemptions easier to obtain.
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State legislators are taking the maternal mortality crisis into their own hands
State lawmakers — many of whom are women — are establishing new committees to study and investigate pregnancy-related deaths, their causes and prevention.
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Supreme Court appears split on if states can prevent hospitals from providing abortions in medical emergencies
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.
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With Florida and Arizona bans looming, money’s getting tight for abortion travel funders
Nonprofits help people cross state lines for abortions. Now those journeys will be longer and costlier — and donations are dwindling.
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Abortion bans and divorce restrictions can be a dangerous combination for pregnant people
Experts are raising concerns about what the intersection — now in four states — means for victims of domestic violence.
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To close the racial gap in maternal health, some states take aim at implicit bias
Black, Hispanic and Indigenous pregnant patients often report facing unfair treatment at hospitals and clinics.
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Arizona upholds an 1864 ban on abortion — making it illegal in the state
The statewide ban had been blocked while Roe was the law of the land. It will prohibit abortion except to save the life of the pregnant person.
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'A crisis of conscience': Idaho OBGYNs are leaving the state after strict abortion ban
Doctors, confused about how to practice medicine under Idaho’s abortion ban, pleaded with state legislators for a solution.