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Reproductive rights in America The Supreme Court could overturn the landmark
1973 Roe v. Wade decision, a move that would effectively end federal protection
for abortion rights.
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REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN AMERICA
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Abortion rights activists at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on March 26,
the day the case about the abortion drug mifepristone was heard. The number of
abortions in the U.S. increased, a study says, surprising researchers. Drew
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DESPITE STATE BANS, ABORTIONS NATIONWIDE ARE UP, DRIVEN BY TELEHEALTH
May 14, 2024 • Telehealth accounts for 19% of all abortions, new research finds.
And while the number of abortions did plummet in ban states, overall abortions
across the country are up.
DESPITE STATE BANS, ABORTIONS NATIONWIDE ARE UP, DRIVEN BY TELEHEALTH
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Employers are required to make accommodations for pregnant women and new moms
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WHAT ABORTION POLITICS HAS TO DO WITH NEW RIGHTS FOR PREGNANT WORKERS
April 27, 2024 • A new regulation to protect the rights of pregnant workers is
the subject of an anti-abortion lawsuit because it includes abortion as a
pregnancy "related medical condition."
An exam room is seen inside Planned Parenthood in March 2023. Republican
attorneys general from 17 states filed a lawsuit on Thursday, challenging new
federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for
abortions, calling the rules an illegal interpretation of a 2022 federal law.
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17 STATES CHALLENGE FEDERAL RULES ENTITLING WORKERS TO ACCOMMODATIONS FOR
ABORTION
April 25, 2024 • The lawsuit comes after federal regulations were published on
implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. The language means workers can
ask for time off to obtain and recover from an abortion.
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The Supreme Court will hear another case about abortion rights on Wednesday.
Protestors gathered outside the court last month when the case before the
justices involved abortion pills. Tom Brenner for The Washington Post/Getty
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WHAT'S AT STAKE AS THE SUPREME COURT HEARS IDAHO CASE ABOUT ABORTION IN
EMERGENCIES
April 23, 2024 • The Supreme Court will consider the question: Should doctors
treating pregnancy complications follow state or federal law if the laws
conflict? Here's how the case could affect women and doctors.
ProLife Across America, a national nonprofit, has placed multiple anti-abortion
billboards in Rapid City, South Dakota. Arielle Zionts/KFF Health News hide
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WHAT COUNTS AS AN EXCEPTION TO SOUTH DAKOTA'S ABORTION BAN? A VIDEO MAY SOON
EXPLAIN
KFF HEALTH NEWS
February 27, 2024 • South Dakota allows doctors to terminate a pregnancy only if
a patient's life is in jeopardy. Lawmakers say a government-created video would
clarify what that exception actually means.
Access to the abortion drug mifepristone could soon be limited by the Supreme
Court for the whole country. Here, a nurse practitioner works at an Illinois
clinic that offers telehealth abortion. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption
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ABORTION PILLS THAT PATIENTS GOT VIA TELEHEALTH AND THE MAIL ARE SAFE, STUDY
FINDS
February 15, 2024 • The study looks at 6,000 patients who got abortion pills
after an online appointment. It found that 99.7% of those abortions were not
followed by any serious adverse events.
ABORTION PILLS THAT PATIENTS GOT VIA TELEHEALTH AND THE MAIL ARE SAFE, STUDY
FINDS
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The Supreme Court will hear the case against the abortion pill mifepristone on
March 26. It's part of a two-drug regimen with misoprostol for abortions in the
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RESEARCH AT THE HEART OF A FEDERAL CASE AGAINST THE ABORTION PILL HAS BEEN
RETRACTED
February 9, 2024 • A research paper that raises questions about the safety of
abortion has been retracted. The research is cited in a federal judge's ruling
about the abortion pill mifepristone.
RESEARCH AT THE HEART OF A FEDERAL CASE AGAINST THE ABORTION PILL HAS BEEN
RETRACTED
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The scene at the U.S. Supreme Court on the day it overturned Roe v. Wade in June
2022. Researchers estimate that 64,565 rape-caused pregnancies have occurred in
states that banned abortion since then. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
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RAPED, PREGNANT AND IN AN ABORTION BAN STATE? RESEARCHERS GAUGE HOW OFTEN IT
HAPPENS
January 24, 2024 • Researchers estimate nearly 65,000 rape-caused pregnancies
have happened in states with abortion bans in effect since Roe v. Wade was
overturned. The report is in JAMA Internal Medicine.
RAPED, PREGNANT AND IN AN ABORTION BAN STATE? RESEARCHERS GAUGE HOW OFTEN IT
HAPPENS
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A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for
a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., on Oct.
12, 2022. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption
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THREATS TO ABORTION ACCESS DRIVE DEMAND FOR ABORTION PILLS, ANALYSIS SUGGESTS
January 2, 2024 • Requests for abortion pills from people who were not yet
pregnant spiked when patients appeared to perceive threats to abortion access,
new research has found.
Elizabeth Weller speaks at a press conference in Austin, Texas on July 19. She's
one of 20 women suing the state after being denied abortions despite serious
pregnancy complications. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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'JANE ROE' IS ANONYMOUS NO MORE. THE VERY PUBLIC FIGHT AGAINST ABORTION BANS IN
2023
December 26, 2023 • As the first full year since Roe v. Wade was overturned
closes, the abortion landscape in the U.S. has changed legally, politically and
medically.
Center for Reproductive Rights attorney Molly Duane speaks before the Texas
Supreme Court in Austin on Nov. 28. The court ruled in a different abortion case
on Monday. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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ANALYSIS
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5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE LATEST ABORTION CASE IN TEXAS
December 13, 2023 • The case involves just one abortion, but it's likely to have
wider implications in the state with some of the strictest abortion laws in the
country.
Kate Cox and her husband were expecting their third child when they got a
devastating fetal diagnosis last week. She is also having problems threatening
her own health. A judge said Thursday she has permission to end her pregnancy.
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TEXAS JUDGE GRANTS PERMISSION FOR WOMAN'S ABORTION
December 6, 2023 • A woman who is pregnant and seeking an abortion in Texas has
been granted permission to have the procedure by a state judge. The fetus has a
condition that is almost always fatal.
When the Center for Reproductive Rights first announced the lawsuit against
Texas in March, there were five patient plaintiffs. Now there are 20. Sarah
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TEXAS ABORTION CASE HEARD BEFORE STATE'S HIGHEST COURT, AS MORE WOMEN JOIN
LAWSUIT
November 28, 2023 • Dr. Dani Mathisen is one of 20 patients who say abortion
bans in Texas harmed them during complicated pregnancies. Attorneys in the
lawsuit will argue before the Texas Supreme Court Tuesday.
TEXAS ABORTION CASE HEARD BEFORE STATE'S HIGHEST COURT, AS MORE WOMEN JOIN
LAWSUIT
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A #RestoreRoe rally outside Michigan's capitol in Lansing in Sept. 2022. Voters
overwhelmingly approved enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution
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IN MICHIGAN, #RESTOREROE ABORTION RIGHTS MOVEMENT HITS ITS LIMIT IN THE
LEGISLATURE
MICHIGAN PUBLIC
November 8, 2023 • Last year, Michigan voters put the right to abortion in the
state constitution. This year, the state legislature kept a 24-hour waiting
period and said Medicaid can't pay for the procedure.
IN MICHIGAN, #RESTOREROE ABORTION RIGHTS MOVEMENT HITS ITS LIMIT IN THE
LEGISLATURE
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A poll worker has an "Ohio Voted" sticker on her shirt during early in-person
voting at the Hamilton County Board of Elections in Cincinnati on Oct. 11. Ohio
has a constitutional amendment before voters this year that would include
reproductive health protections in the state's constitution, including abortion
rights. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
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ABORTION IS ON THE BALLOT IN OHIO. THE RESULTS COULD SIGNAL WHAT'S AHEAD FOR
2024
October 31, 2023 • If approved by voters on Nov. 7, 'Issue 1' would amend Ohio's
state constitution to include protections for reproductive health decisions,
laying the groundwork for similar measures next year.
ABORTION IS ON THE BALLOT IN OHIO. THE RESULTS COULD SIGNAL WHAT'S AHEAD FOR
2024
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Anti-abortion demonstrators gather outside Planned Parenthood's Water Street
Health Center in Milwaukee on Monday, Sept. 2023. Planned Parenthood of
Wisconsin began offering abortions at the clinic that day after not doing so for
more than a year. Margaret Faust/ WPR hide caption
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ABORTIONS RESUME IN WISCONSIN AFTER 15 MONTHS OF LEGAL UNCERTAINTY
IDEAS NETWORK
September 21, 2023 • After Roe v. Wade was overturned, a law still on the books
from 1849 left the legality of abortions in dispute in the state. This week,
Planned Parenthood resumes services.
Demonstrators rally to mark the first anniversary of the US Supreme Court ruling
in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization case in Washington, DC on June 24,
2023. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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ABORTION ACCESS COULD CONTINUE TO CHANGE IN YEAR 2 AFTER THE OVERTURN OF ROE V.
WADE
July 3, 2023 • It's already harder to get an abortion in many places and access
is likely to be limited more with the passage of new laws.
ABORTION ACCESS COULD CONTINUE TO CHANGE IN YEAR 2 AFTER THE OVERTURN OF ROE V.
WADE
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Demonstrators protest about abortion outside the Supreme Court in Washington,
June 24, 2022. In the year since, approximately 22 million women, girls and
other people of reproductive age now live in states where abortion access is
heavily restricted or totally inaccessible. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
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A YEAR AFTER DOBBS AND THE END OF ROE V. WADE, THERE'S CHAOS AND CONFUSION
June 24, 2023 • With states empowered to regulate abortion, doctors say they're
trapped by vague laws that criminalize care. And ongoing court battles make it
hard to keep up with the procedure's legal status.
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HOW MANY MILES DO YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL TO GET ABORTION CARE? ONE PROFESSOR MAPS IT
June 21, 2023 • An economics professor at Middlebury College and her undergrad
research assistants have been tracking access to abortion care since 2009. These
maps show the dramatic changes in the past decade.
South Carolina Sen. Penry Gustafson, R-Camden, speaks during a Senate debate on
whether to pass a stricter law on abortion, Tuesday, May 23, 2023, in Columbia,
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SOUTH CAROLINA IS POISED TO RENEW ITS 6-WEEK ABORTION BAN
May 23, 2023 • The proposal restores a ban South Carolina had in place when the
U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year — which was overturned by
the state's highest court.
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MANY AMERICANS DON'T KNOW BASIC ABORTION FACTS. TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
January 26, 2023 • An NPR/Ipsos poll found widespread confusion on some basic
facts about abortion and pregnancy. Can you answer the same questions correctly?
Dr. Sarah Prager and Dr. Kelly Quinley work together for the nonprofit TEAMM,
Training, Education and Advocacy in Miscarriage Management, which operates on
the premise that "many people experience miscarriage before they're established
with an OBGYN." Rosem Morton for NPR hide caption
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MANY ERS OFFER MINIMAL CARE FOR MISCARRIAGE. ONE GROUP WANTS THAT TO CHANGE
January 4, 2023 • A group of doctors trains health care providers to treat
miscarriage in the emergency department. This could be increasingly important in
states where abortion is outlawed.
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