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Study finds prosecutors targeting low-income women mainly in US south – and figure likely to be an undercountIn the first two years after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, prosecutors in 16 states charged more than 400 people with pregnancy-r…
International Safe Abortion Day, observed annually on 28 September, draws attention to global disparities in access to safe and legal abortion.
Greg Abbott’s latest move fuels clash between US red states and blue-state shield laws protecting abortion careGreg Abbott, the Republican governor of Texas, on Wednesday signed into law a bill that lets people sue anyone suspected of manufacturing, di…
Reproductive rights group condemns ruling as ‘backdoor abortion ban’ and says 200 US clinics may face closureThe Trump administration can move forward with its plan to “defund” Planned Parenthood by blocking it from receiving reimbursements from Medica…
If Greg Abbott signs, state would become first to try to crack down on the most common abortion methodA measure that would allow Texas residents to sue out-of-state abortion pill providers advanced to the desk of the governor, Greg Abbott, on Wednesday…
Trump administration to end nearly all abortions even though third of female veterans are sexual assault survivorsDoctors at the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) would be barred from performing abortions, even in cases of rape and incest, under n…
Stigma around mifepristone is stopping studies, experts in reproductive health claim in Lancet opinion pieceA drug used in medical abortions could help prevent women at high risk of breast cancer from developing the disease, according to an internation…
Reproductive health giant’s ability to treat patients at risk due to Republicans’ plans to cut Medicaid reimbursementsPlanned Parenthood clinics treated people who rely on Medicaid at more than 1.5m visits in 2024, new research published on Wednesday s…
Abortion pill provision rates were also more than three times higher in states that ban abortion compared with those that do notAn abortion provider shipped almost 120,000 packs of abortion pills to US residents between July 2023 and August 2024 – near…
Group fears administration could try to claw back Medicaid payments if judge’s ruling on reimbursements is overturnedAn Ohio affiliate of Planned Parenthood said it will not accept Medicaid insurance because of uncertainty around a judge’s ruling order…