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The policy banning aid to groups abroad that give abortions is re-enacted by Trump
A new study has found that the US’ Mexico City policy produced an increase in a country’s typical abortion rate of 40% during the period when the policy was in place. The researchers found a 14% decrease in the use of contraception and a 12% increase in pregnancies. Because the policy prohibits even discussion of…
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There are 10 essential books about Jimmy Carter
Former US President Jimmy Carter, who passed away at the age of 91 on Sunday, was known to have written many books. “Of all our modern presidents…Carter was America’s mostneminent author,” his publisher Jonathan Karp said. Carter’s memoir describes his rural Georgia childhood during the Great Depression, as well as his takes on contemporary issues…
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Texas is challenging shield laws by challenging a doctor who prescribed abortion pills
US President-elect Donald Trump has said he’ll work with his allies to make it easier for women to get abortions. “I want to make it easier for women…to have a good, safe pregnancy,” he said. Trump had said in January that he would “work with” his allies on a “pro-life” platform. The statement comes after…
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There is a mobile clinic near the DNC
Planned Parenthood in the US said that it is providing abortion for rape survivors in Illinois and in the US during the Democratic Convention. “It’s a great opportunity for us to show how when you have a state like Illinois that prioritises healthcare access, you can be creative and innovative in how you meet people’s…
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Opinion about the Polling about a Kamala Harris candidacy
During the presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, Trump claimed Democrats support abortions during pregnancy “even after birth”. Trump further said that Democrats support abortions late in pregnancy. A recent Pew Research Centre poll showed that 67% of people say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, with 43% saying it…
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Anyone who thinks that Trump is anti-abortion is a fool, says the New York Times
US Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump has said that he wants Florida and Arizona “to loosen their abortion restrictions”. Trump’s comment came after the state of Florida allowed a six-week ban to take effect. “ConstitutionalConstraints on Proton and Human Abelian Rights,” he added. He further said, “States’ rights to decide their own abortion policies.”
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Don’t believe Trump if he says that abortion will be left to the States
US Presidential candidate Donald Trump said that if he is elected president, the law of the state, which will be determined by it, will be determined by either vote or legislation. “Most people in the US support legal abortion, even if it is done under the constitutional status quo,” he added. The Supreme Court has…
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The New York Times explains why abortion is back at the Supreme Court
Doctors are challenging the US FDA’s actions that made abortion pills more accessible. Drug can be used through 10 weeks of pregnancy, rather than the previously limit of seven weeks, because of changes made by the FDA. The changes also relaxed the requirement that the drug be dispensed in person, allowing it to be sent…
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There are consequences for every drug in the abortion pill case
anti- abortion doctors are challenging the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) actions to makeabortion pills more accessible. “It would be traumatizing to the system,” said Marsha Henderson, a former FDA associate commissioner for women’s health and a 22-year Veteran of the agency. The FDA had made it easier for women to access abortion pills…
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The Supreme Court is involved in the case
The US Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on Tuesday in a challenge to abortion pill access across the country. More than six in 10 abortions in 2023 were carried out via medication, according to data from the Guttmacher Institute. Anti-abortion activists are challenging abortion pill access across the country, including in states where abortion…
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The use of abortion pills has increased in recent years
A study by the University of Texas at Austin found that telemedicine vendors in the US offer women free abortion pills. The study evaluated prospective patients using written questionnaires, issued prescriptions from doctors who were typically in Europe and had pills shipped from pharmacies in India. Community networks typically asked for information about the pregnancy…
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In Gaza, famine is imminent; how Louisana’s abortion ban changed maternal care
Doctors in Louisiana are delaying prenatal care until 12 weeks of pregnancy because of the state’s restrictions on abortion, a report by Physicians for Human Rights and Lift Louisiana said. It added that black and low-income women are being put at risk because of the ban. “We were stunned by…how much regular medical practice for…
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President Biden gave a State of the Union address
In his first State of the Union address as US President, Joe Biden said he would end the abortion rights of the law of the land if Democrats were elected to Congress. Biden further said he’d restore the abortion rights of the Law of the Land if Democrats were elected to Congress. The US has…
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How states could use the right to be a fetus in a national case
The Supreme Court of Alabama, which earlier ruled embryos in vitro are “extrauterine children”, is planning on sending an engraved invitation to make anargument to the Florida Supreme Court, according to a University of California-Davis law professor. The proposed constitutional amendment would specifically protect access to abortion. US Supreme Court had earlier ruled that foetuses…
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Harris supports a cease-fire in Gaza and France is in favor of abortion rights
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said that he had made a commitment to make women’s “freedom to have an abortion irreversible by inscribing it in the constitution”. This comes after the French Parliament approved a bill allowing abortion in cases of rape, incest and when the woman’s life is in danger. The legislation will…
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The Florida legislature decided to stop the bill to protect unborn child
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a provision that allowed women who had an abortion to seek compensation from their late-term fetus’ parents. The court said that the embryo was not a human being until it entered the mother’s “life” and should be considered children. It said that the provision violated a woman’s…
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There is a senator who has a plan to protect IVF access
A Republican US Senate candidate said in a recent interview that if elected, she’d vote against an abortion ban in Arizona.kari lake said on tape, “It will prohibit abortion in Arizona, except to save the life of a mother.” This comes after Alabama Supreme Court ruled that a state law banning abortion would not be…
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Women are now stockpiling abortion pills
Demand for abortion pills made by women who were not yet pregnant spiked during events when reproductive health care access appeared under threat, a study found. The American College of Obstetricians and Surgeons ( ACOG) described mifepristone as “a very safe and effective drug”. However, ACOG said that “people are worried about needing abortion care…
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There is demand for abortion pills because of threats to abortion access
A non-profit organisation in Austria that sells abortion drugs in the US has released an analysis of requests for abortion medication to be sent to Aid Access, a nonprofit in Austria that sells abortion drugs. In addition to timing of requests, she analysed the locations of patients who sought advance provision. The largest increases seemed…
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The US Supreme Court will have a say in this issue
The US Supreme Court has refused to hear the case of a woman who left Texas to get an abortion. She had been seeking an abortion for over two months when she decided to leave Texas. Texas law makes it illegal to perform abortions after 20 weeks’ gestation and requires doctors who perform abortions to…
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The abortion pill case will be taken up by the Supreme Court
The US FDA has ruled that the abortion pill is safe and effective, setting up a clash between the agency’s 23-year studies and supervision of the abortion pill. It further said that the drug’s conditions of use are updated based on “additional evidence and experience”. The US Supreme Court had earlier allowed telemedicine to send…
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A woman who sued state for abortion went out of state for the procedure
The US court has allowed a 38-year-old woman in Texas to get an abortion, saying she was qualified for the procedure because she risked her future fertility if she carried the baby to term. “I believe I’m in a unique situation where there’s only a very limited exception,” the woman said. Abortion is illegal in…
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The Democratic strongholds on Tuesday were the suburbs
Kentucky has approved a ballot measure that would allow abortion up to the 14th week of pregnancy. The amendment will require state legislation to be signed by the Governor. Kentucky is one of the states with the highest per capita abortion numbers in the country. Earlier this year, Kentucky also approved a referendum to allow…
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Again, abortion rights win big in elections
US President Donald Trump has criticised Arizona lawmakers for passing an amendment to the state constitution that bans most abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy. Trump claimed that the amendment would make it more difficult for women in Arizona to get abortion care. He added that it was a “total travesty” of the Constitution…
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In the election in 2023 Abortion rights will win big
Democrats took control of the state Senate and flipped the state House of Delegates in West Virginia, which means there will be a divided government. Virginia is the only state that hasn’t restricted abortion in response to the Supreme Court decision last year. Ohio voters approved a Ballot Initiative in 2015 that would include abortion…