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Women waiting too long for abortions, health watchdog finds

‘All abortion providers are operating against a tough backdrop. Not only is there unprecedented demand, but abortion services have been underfunded for far too long,’ expert says

The Independent UK

Woman nearly dies after abortion ban

Doctors couldn’t help early in the woman’s pregnancy because they feared violating the state’s anti-abortion law

Salon

Tennessee mother forced to undergo emergency hysterectomy after being denied life-saving abortion

Mayron Hollis was desperate to have a life-saving abortion. But due to Tennessee’s abortion laws, doctors feared they would end up in prison if they carried out the procedure

The Independent UK

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Podcast: Conserving a martyred village, abortion drug shortages, identifying HIV

The village of Oradour-sur-Glane continues to memorialise the massacre of 643 of its inhabitants by the Nazis in 1944. Are shortages of an abortion drug in France linked to the anti-abortion movement in the United States? And the French doctor who helped identify HIV in the early days of the…

Radio France Internationale

Abortion service bosses ‘out of touch’ with frontline staff

Inspectors visited the charity’s administrative headquarters in Warwickshire over two days in February 2023 to review its leadership and governance.

The Independent UK

Oklahoma’s Supreme Court struck down two abortion bans. But a 113-year-old law is severely restricting access

A state law from 1910 threatens abortion providers with a felony punishable up to five years in prison, writes Alex Woodward

The Independent UK

Argentina eases access to 'morning after pill', broadening reproductive rights

Argentina will no longer require a prescription to obtain emergency contraception, commonly known as the 'morning after pill', the government said on Wednesday, broadening reproductive rights in the traditionally conservative South American country.

Reuters

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Government loses Dail vote on People Before Profit abortion bill

The Government lost the vote on People Before Profit's Bill after the coalition parties told its TDs it could have a free vote on the matter.

Irish Mirror

Woman who fell pregnant due to sexual assault was 'actively obstructed' from getting an abortion

Some 40 per cent of doctors offering abortions have not registered with the HSE MyOptions service, which offers advice or tells people how they can obtain care

Irish Mirror

Dobbs decision now a factor in med school residency picks - Roll Call

Data shows abortion ruling may play a role in medical school residency decisions, could drive some away from becoming OB-GYNs.

Roll Call

Nevada Republican governor approves abortion protections in rare cross-party move

Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a bill into law enshrining existing protections for out-of-state abortion patients and in-state providers on Tuesday, marking a rare occurrence of a Republican governor approving measures that are part of Democrats’ vow to make the western swing state an abortion safe haven

The Independent UK

ACLU sues Nebraska over combined law targeting abortion and gender-affirming care: ‘Egregious overreach’

The state’s constitution states that ‘no bill shall contain more than one subject’

The Independent UK

Australian women's access to abortion is a postcode lottery. Here's what needs to change

When the American legal precedent protecting women’s right to an abortion in the United States, Roe versus Wade, was overturned last year, women around the world felt anxious.

The Conversation

Abortions up by a fifth in last year with most in poorest areas

The number of abortions recorded in Scotland rose by almost a fifth last year, new figures have shown.

The National (Scotland)

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Salon

Why rural abortion battlegrounds matter

Extreme variations in abortion policy from state to state are the new normal. Local challenges matter immensely

The Texas Tribune

In first session after Dobbs ruling, Texas lawmakers provide more support for pregnant and parenting college students

Now that Texas has a near-total ban on abortion, lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle are trying to make sure colleges are serving students who are pregnant or have children.

Salon

Paxton impeachment exposes GOP fissures

Nowhere is the GOP chasm more apparent than the fight over Paxton’s future

The Independent UK

‘Extortionate’ childcare costs pushing women to have abortions as terminations rise to record levels

Exclusive: Six in 10 women who have had an abortion said the cost of childcare put them off pregnancy

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Texas Legislature passes bill to offer new moms a year of Medicaid coverage

The Texas House and Senate voted for the proposal, capping a yearslong effort to extend coverage for low-income moms. Medicaid covers half of all births in Texas, and coverage currently expires after two months.

WEKU

A judge halts South Carolina's new abortion law pending state Supreme Court review

A judge put South Carolina's new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy on hold until the state Supreme Court can review the measure.

The Independent UK

Doctor's supporters, hospital at odds with Indiana penalty for talking about 10-year-old's abortion

Supporters of an Indianapolis doctor have voiced frustration with the Indiana medical board’s decision that she violated patient privacy laws when she talked with a newspaper reporter about providing an abortion last summer to a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim

The Independent UK

Kermit Gosnell butchered women and babies for decades. The anti-abortion movement weaponised his horrors

Behind the doors of Kermit Gosnell’s ‘house of horrors’ clinic were countless vulnerable women with nowhere else to turn. But when his crimes were finally exposed, their stories became lost in the anti-abortion movement. Rachel Sharp reports

Axios

Judge temporarily blocks South Carolina's 6-week abortion ban

The South Carolina Supreme Court in January said that a similar six-week ban violated the state's constitution.

The Independent UK

South Carolina judge halts six-week abortion ban as state Supreme Court set to review new law

The state’s Supreme Court blocked a similar measure just months ago

The Independent UK

Doctor who provided abortion care to 10-year-old rape survivor reprimanded in case that drew national scrutiny

Dr Caitlin Bernard was subject to political attacks in a closely watched case after the end of Roe v Wade

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