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Quick Glance: Historic Visit by Harris to Abortion Clinic
- US Vice President Kamala Harris visited a clinic in St. Paul, Minnesota, that provides abortion services to highlight growing restrictions on women's rights and mobilize voters in November.
- Harris emphasizes the importance of abortion rights and becomes the first sitting president or vice president to visit such a clinic.
- Democrats see personal freedoms as a crucial issue for women, independents, and other key voter groups following the overturning of abortion rights in 2022.
- Harris' trip to Minnesota, a state that has legally protected the right to abortion, underscores the significance of the health crisis and political decisions leading up to the November elections.
Missing from this year's election: Sweeping health care plans: Big health reform plans are taking a backseat to pocketbook health care concerns.
axios.com/2024/03/20/health-care-trump-biden-election-2024
Restoring Roe isn’t enough; women deserve more
deccanherald.com/opinion/restoring-roe-isnt-enough-women-deserve-more-2939376
Poll: Should there be buffer zones around abortion clinics?: Should there be buffer zones around abortion clinics
heraldscotland.com/news/24178558.poll-buffer-zones-around-abortion-clinics/
Abortion clinic buffer zones could see vigils criminalised, opponents claim: Holyrood’s Health Committee heard from a number of groups against the proposed ...
news.stv.tv/scotland/abortion-clinic-buffer-zones-could-see-vigils-criminalised-opponents-claim
Abortion doulas help patients navigate hard decisions post-Dobbs: A growing network of advocates helps patients navigate the emotional, physical ...
bostonglobe.com/2024/03/08/metro/abortion-doulas-dobbs-decision-massachusetts/
Meet 18 women who shared heartbreaking pregnancy journeys in post-Roe world: On the Brink: Women detail impact of abortion restrictions on their health care.
abcnews.go.com/US/meet-18-women-shared-heartbreaking-pregnancy-journeys-post/story
A woman who burned Wyoming's only full-service abortion clinic is ordered to pay $298,000
apnews.com/article/wyoming-abortion-clinic-arson-fire-restitution-62779a51bdbcf5cd2d0612586227a514
Quick Glance: Arsonist Ordered to Pay $298,000 for Burning Wyoming Abortion Clinic
- Judge orders Green to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution, the full amount sought by prosecutors, for burning Wyoming's only full-service abortion clinic.
- Lorna Green serving five years in prison for burning Wellspring Health Access before its opening, now the only abortion clinic in Wyoming.
- Wellspring, the only abortion clinic in Wyoming, opened in April after being targeted by Green weeks before its scheduled opening in Casper.
- U.S. District Judge Alan Johnson ordered Green to pay about $298,000 in restitution, including $240,000 to the clinic’s insurer, Nationwide General Insurance Company.
Kenya abortion: Women go to backstreet clinics amid legal ambiguity: An estimated seven Kenyan women die a day after unsafe abortions even though they are legal ...
bbc.com/news/world-africa-67473183
Weight loss, drug prices, abortion and prescribed psychedelics: Expect reckonings in 2024
cincinnati.com/story/news/2023/12/25/weight-loss-abortion-drug-prices-psychedelics-hot-topics-of-2024/72027935007/
Dozens of independent abortion clinics closed in 2023 post-Roe, study finds: Twenty-three independently owned clinics closed this year, leaving over a dozen ...
theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/05/us-abortion-clinics-close-after-roe-overturned
How Many Abortions Did the Post-Roe Bans Prevent?: The first estimate of births since Dobbs found that almost a quarter of women who would have gotten abortions ...
nytimes.com/2023/11/22/upshot/abortion-births-bans-states.html
Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn
pbs.org/newshour/politics/abortion-restrictions-in-russia-spark-outrage-as-the-country-takes-a-conservative-turn
Are Utah hospitals prepared to handle patients seeking abortion care? Here’s what a new study says.
sltrib.com/news/politics/2023/11/02/are-utah-hospitals-prepared-handle/
A decades-long drop in teen births is slowing; advocates worry a reversal is coming
omaha.com/news/nation-world/teen-pregnancy-birth-rates-contraception-sex-education/article_dcf73ccc-c2cc-52f9-b923-d25d7d9d231d.html
Crowdfunding saves Florida abortion clinic with $193,000 in fines: The Center of Orlando for Women faced a massive fine for violations of a new law requiring ...
washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/09/05/florida-abortion-clinic-crowdfunding-fine/
Understanding The Work Of Abortion Doulas In A Post-Roe V. Wade America: Black abortion doulas on foreseeing the overturn, how their work has changed ...
essence.com/lifestyle/abortion-doula/
Judge sentences a woman who investigators say burned a Wyoming abortion clinic to 5 years in prison
apnews.com/article/wyoming-abortion-clinic-fire-woman-sentenced-88a92fca874acca5b781c99ac0ba9b6d
Antiabortion activist who kept fetuses convicted of blocking clinic: Lauren Handy and four others were found guilty of violating a federal law that prohibits ...
washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/29/lauren-handy-abortion-blockade-guilty/
Anti-abortion group 40 Days for Life launch protest across Scotland: AN ANTI-ABORTION campaign group have launched a 40-day protest across Scotland outside ...
thenational.scot/news/23816029.anti-abortion-group-40-days-life-launch-protest-across-scotland/
A Cape Cod clinic has begun offering medication abortions, and a faith-based group is pushing alternatives
bostonglobe.com/2023/09/22/metro/cape-cod-clinic-has-begun-offering-medication-abortions-faith-based-group-is-pushing-alternatives/
‘Our health data is about to flow more freely, like it or not’: big tech’s plans for the NHS
theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/14/our-health-data-is-about-to-flow-more-freely-like-it-or-not-big-techs-plans-for-the-nhs
When a fetal scan showed problems, she fled Idaho for an abortion – now she’s suing
theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/13/idaho-extreme-abortion-ban-medical-emergency
West Virginia’s former abortion provider is pleading with capital-area residents to keep “an open mind and an open heart” about a proposal to add a syringe service program to its offerings in the opioid-ravaged state.
wvgazettemail.com/ap/state/former-abortion-clinic-pleads-with-charleston-residents-to-keep-open-mind-about-syringe-service-program/article_c868e56a-987d-5902-b46f-447b24e5d1f1.html
Anti-abortion activists flock to Georgia for national convention: About 100 anti-abortion activists lined the sidewalk in front of A Preferred Women’s Health ...
ajc.com/politics/anti-abortion-activists-flock-to-georgia-for-national-convention/GFHNHZGWK5FOVEFQZIOQN3NUJY/
Georgia clinics see nearly as many patients as before stricter abortion law : Despite a sharp drop-off in the number of abortions being performed since Georgia’s ...
ajc.com/politics/georgia-clinics-see-nearly-as-many-patients-as-before-stricter-abortion-law/KZWJZ6LCEVBFRPNR33O7VQ7AUU/
Challenge to abortion clinic 'buffer zone' law rejected by US court: A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld a New York county's law barring anti-abortion ...
reuters.com/legal/challenge-abortion-clinic-buffer-zone-law-rejected-by-us-court-2023-06-21/
A year after the fall of Roe v. Wade, abortion access is reshuffled on state lines
usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2023/06/05/where-is-abortion-banned-or-protected/70282043007/
44 hours with my baby: I carried a nonviable pregnancy to term after Roe v. Wade was overturned
abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/44-hours-baby-carried-nonviable-pregnancy-term-after/story
Federal investigation finds hospitals that denied emergency abortion broke the law
pbs.org/newshour/politics/federal-investigation-finds-hospitals-that-denied-emergency-abortion-broke-the-law
Quick Glance: Feds say Missouri and Kansas hospitals that rejected emergency abortions violated the law.
- Two hospitals that refused to offer an emergency abortion to a pregnant woman who was in premature labor endangered her life and violated federal law, according to a first-of-its-kind federal inquiry.
- The inquiry focuses on Freeman Health System in Joplin, Missouri, and the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, which refused to perform an abortion on a Missouri woman whose water broke at 17 weeks of pregnancy in August.
- The University of Kansas Health System provides appropriate, stable, and quality care to all of its patients, including obstetric patients, in accordance with federal and Kansas law."
Nationwide Effort to Track Abortions Found Thousands Fewer People Got Them after Dobbs
undark.org/2023/03/22/inside-the-post-roe-scramble-to-count-abortions/
Inside the Post-Roe Scramble to Count Abortions: The end of Roe reshaped abortion access across the U.S. What does it take to track those changes?
undark.org/2023/03/22/inside-the-post-roe-scramble-to-count-abortions/
Quick Glance: The Supreme Court overturns lower court orders that limit abortion medicines.
- Abortion rights and anti-abortion groups demonstrate outside the Supreme Court building.
- The Supreme Court temporarily barred lower court orders imposing restrictions on the widely used abortion drug mifepristone on Friday, maintaining the status quo for the most frequent kind of medical abortion while a legal challenge to the Food and Drug Administration's jurisdiction is resolved.
- Between the lines: The decision on Friday came less than a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
- Wade, in which the justices argued that the high court lacked the jurisdiction to define national abortion policy.
Inside the Post-Roe Scramble to Count Abortions: The end of Roe reshaped abortion access across the U.S. What does it take to track those changes?
undark.org/2023/03/22/inside-the-post-roe-scramble-to-count-abortions/
Quick Glance: Where the Likely Presidential Candidates in 2024 Stand on Abortion
- Not even a year after the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade.
- A Texas judge later revoked the FDA's 23-year-old approval of the abortion medication mifepristone (late Wednesday, an appeals court partially halted the order but placed some conditions).
- Mr. Biden, a Democrat, has a mixed relationship with abortion; prior to running for president in 2020, he backed limitations such as the Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal funding for most abortions.
- Mr. Pence stated last year that anti-abortion advocates "must not rest" until abortion is prohibited nationwide.
Matheson 'committed' to buffer zones after protesters gather at hospital
news.stv.tv/west-central/new-health-secretary-committed-to-buffer-zones-after-anti-abortion-protesters-gather-at-glasgow-hospital
Anti-abortion groups, county settle suit over pandemic arrests outside Charlotte clinic
charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article273788060.html
Director, board of Charleston women's clinic to open abortion clinic in Maryland: The leaders of what was West Virginia’s only abortion clinic plan to open a ...
wvgazettemail.com/news/health/director-board-of-charleston-womens-clinic-to-open-abortion-clinic-in-maryland/article_f98b5455-9fe7-50e7-9092-04ac285e9225.html
Divided Oklahoma Supreme Court OK’s abortion to preserve mother’s life: A divided Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a portion of the state’s near ...
chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-oklahoma-abortion-ban-20230321-zeempqlgqnehdpafhtrhmprhba-story.html
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Oklahoma court OK’s abortion to preserve mother’s life: The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a portion of the state’s ban on abortion ...
inquirer.com/news/nation-world/oklahoma-supreme-court-oveturns-portion-of-states-abortion-ban-20230321.html
The fog of fear that now surrounds abortion is drifting north: While it is not illegal to get an abortion in Canada, accessing one should be part of a greater ...
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-im-thinking-of-getting-an-abortion-just-in-case/
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Florida GOP lawmakers seek to ban abortion after 6 weeks: Florida Republicans moved Tuesday to restrict abortion even more by proposing bills to ban it after six ...
sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/os-ne-florida-abortion-ban-six-weeks-bill-20230307-62zzgqxbkbcufmhwukfcc5knqy-story.html
Florida GOP lawmakers seek to ban abortion after 6 weeks: Florida Republicans moved Tuesday to restrict abortion even more by proposing bills to ban it after six ...
orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-florida-abortion-ban-six-weeks-bill-20230307-62zzgqxbkbcufmhwukfcc5knqy-story.html
After Dobbs, Democrats roll out the UPHOLD Privacy Act: The UPHOLD Privacy Act aims to resolve lingering concerns over the online safety of abortion-seeking ...
theverge.com/2023/3/3/23623539/roe-v-wade-dobbs-privacy-location-data-protection-ftc
‘The stuff of war crimes’: Lawmaker objects that mental illness left out of exceptions in Utah’s latest abortion bill
sltrib.com/news/politics/2023/02/23/stuff-war-crimes-lawmaker-objects/
Maternal and infant death rates are higher in states that ban or restrict abortion, report says
cnn.com/2022/12/14/health/maternal-infant-death-abortion-access/
WATCH: The manager of an Ontario abortion clinic tells Global News that he's struggling to keep his facility afloat – and he's not alone.
Read more: globalnews.ca/news/9280268/abortion-access-ontario-under-threat/
She provided an abortion to a 10-year-old. She’s still fighting for her patients.
washingtonpost.com/parenting/2022/10/27/abortion-doctor-indiana-caitlin-bernard/
Gisele Fetterman, forging on through her husband’s heated Senate race: As Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman recovers from a stroke while running for senator ...
washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/10/19/gisele-fetterman-profile/
What is the penalty for violating Charlotte’s noise ordinance? Here’s what to know
charlotteobserver.com/news/local/know-your-704/article268198237.html
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As U.S. abortion bans take midterm centre stage, a clinic helping Canadians faces a crunch
globalnews.ca/news/9244370/abortion-midterms-united-states-canada/
Fear, confusion, anxiety, stress: Tennessee doctors describe care under abortion ban
abcnews.go.com/US/fear-confusion-anxiety-stress-tennessee-doctors-describe-care/story
New Mexico governor commits $10 million to building new abortion clinic near Texas border
usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/09/01/new-mexico-abortion-clinic-texas-border/7960745001/
Abortion: What to expert during procedure, how to find healthcare provider: It's International Safe Abortion Day, so here's what actually happens during the ...
glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/what-happens-during-abortion
US woman denied abortion wants clarity on ‘vague’ Louisiana ban: Nancy Davis, who is 15 weeks pregnant, says she plans to travel out of state for a ‘medically ...
aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/26/us-woman-denied-abortion-wants-clarity-on-vague-louisiana-ban
N.M. plans $10M abortion clinic near Tex. border, expecting post-Roe demand: New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) pledged $10 million for a clinic ahead of ...
washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/09/01/new-mexico-abortion-clinic-texas-border/
FTC threatens to sue firm allegedly revealing abortion clinic visits: It's an early indication of how the FTC might assert itself as a defender of health data ...
washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/08/18/ftc-abortion-location-data/
Wireless carriers keep your location data for years and provide it to the police: The country's largest wireless carriers not only know where you are every ...
cnn.com/2022/08/29/tech/wireless-carriers-locations-fcc/
Safe zone at Dunedin abortion clinic sought: Te Whatu Ora's Southern section has applied for a safe zone around its Dunedin abortion clinic at the first ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/health/safe-zone-dunedin-abortion-clinic-sought
FTC sues company for selling identifiable location data, including abortion clinic visits
engadget.com/ftc-data-broker-lawsuit-geolocation-privacy-abortion-clinic-182423526.html
Google to auto-delete abortion clinic visits from location history: Data privacy is more important than ever in the aftermath of Roe's downfall.
mashable.com/article/google-location-history-abortion-clinics
Quick Glance: Texas and Ohio Supreme Courts allow abortion bans to go into force
- 1 July (Reuters) - After the United States Supreme Court invalidated the nationwide constitutional right to abortion last week, the top courts in Texas and Ohio permitted Republican-led states to impose abortion restrictions and bans on Friday.
- Wade decision nullified women's constitutional right to abortion.
- The landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision is overturned by the United States Supreme Court.
- In an 8-1 decision on Tuesday, the Oklahoma Supreme Court authorized the implementation of another abortion ban in the state.
FTC warns tech companies against misusing health data, following Biden's executive order protecting abortion access
cnn.com/2022/07/12/tech/ftc-warning-tech-health-data/
CQC tells Basingstoke abortion clinic to improve: AN ABORTION clinic in Basingstoke has been told it needs to improve following an inspection.
basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/20594877.cqc-tells-basingstoke-abortion-clinic-improve/
5 things to know about the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade: The court's conservative majority voted to overturn Roe v. Wade as it upheld a Mississippi law.
abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/seismic-impact-womens-lives-things-supreme-court-overturned/story
A House panel will investigate the handling of reproductive health data: A House committee is requesting information from companies on how they handle ...
nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-panel-will-investigate-handling-reproductive-health-data-rcna37213
Some Boulder health care providers report increase in calls, visits since Roe v. Wade decision
dailycamera.com/2022/07/23/some-boulder-health-care-providers-report-increase-in-calls-visits-since-roe-v-wade-decision
Google under scrutiny over pledge to protect abortion location data: Researchers find movements can still be tracked despite firm’s vow to protect location ...
theguardian.com/technology/2022/jul/21/google-abortion-privacy-location-history
5 things to know about the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade: The court's conservative majority voted to overturn Roe v. Wade as it upheld a Mississippi law.
abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/seismic-impact-womens-lives-things-supreme-court-overturned/story
Sonia Furstenau: It’s time to double down on access to reproductive rights and health care in B.C.
vancouversun.com/opinion/sonia-furstenau-its-time-to-double-down-on-access-to-reproductive-rights-and-health-care-in-b-c
Abortion: What to expert during procedure, how to find healthcare provider: It's International Safe Abortion Day, so here's what actually happens during the ...
glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/what-happens-during-abortion
Google to delete user location history on US abortion clinic visits: Google announced it would delete users' location history when they visit abortion clinics ...
iol.co.za/technology/google-to-delete-user-location-history-on-us-abortion-clinic-visits-b6d5102a-bdee-4bac-95e2-6e9c3b23935d
Southern US states push forward with abortion bans, but are ill-prepared for the consequences
inews.co.uk/news/world/us-doctors-prison-abortions-bans-1725872
Roe v. Wade abortion decision likely to hurt Ohio’s economy and families, women advocates say
cleveland.com/coronavirus/2022/06/roe-v-wade-abortion-decision-likely-to-hurt-ohios-economy-and-families-women-advocates-say.html
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Abortion care workers look to unionize as Roe decision nears: Healthcare workers have been under extreme stress due to the pandemic, but those providing abortion ...
latimes.com/business/story/2022-06-14/abortion-care-workers-look-to-unionize-as-roe-decision-nears
Doctor named in abortion case has nothing to do with lawsuit: Dr. Thomas Dobbs has never gotten involved in political fights over reproductive health ...
abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wireStory/doctor-named-abortion-case-lawsuit-85206762
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