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Health The US Quietly Joined an International Anti-Abortion Pact
Health Trump Administration Signs Global Pact That There’s ‘No International Right to Abortion’

“This is the U.S. trying to normalize and legitimize a narrow perspective on human rights and health that is not in line with longstanding international agreements recognizing human rights, including reproductive rights."

Lily Puckett October 26, 2020 4:16 pm EDT
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Health From Forced Vaginal Ultrasounds to Rollbacks: How Virginia’s Abortion Policies Changed in 8 Years

On Wednesday, a new law takes effect in Virginia eradicating restrictions that "were really a successful driver in people not getting abortions," said one activist.

Meghan McCarthy Meghan McCarthy June 29, 2020 2:13 pm EDT
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Courts Supreme Court Blocks Law That Would Have Left Only 1 Abortion Provider in Louisiana

Opponents of the law argued the law was burdensome and medically unnecessary and aimed only to regulate abortion clinics out of business.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil June 29, 2020 11:31 am EDT
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Commentary How the Supreme Court’s Abortion Access Case Will Impact Black Women Most

As more people are rising up to challenge systemic racism, we must recognize how Black women and women of color will be most impacted if the court upholds a law designed to shut down abortion clinics.

Fabiola Carrión Fabiola Carrión June 24, 2020 2:34 pm EDT
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Health Tennessee, Iowa GOPers Push Abortion Restrictions in Middle of the Night

One June night after 12:30 a.m., Iowa lawmakers mandated a 24-hour waiting period for patients seeking abortion care. A week later at 5:30 a.m., Tennessee lawmakers banned the procedure once a fetal heartbeat is detected.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil June 23, 2020 2:00 pm EDT

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Health FILE - In this Wednesday, March 4, 2020 file photo, abortion rights demonstrators rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington. A federal appeals court panel ruled that medication abortions, in which pills are taken to terminate a pregnancy, can be provided in Texas during the coronavirus pandemic. In a ruling Monday, April 13, 2020, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that medication abortions can go forward. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin File)
Health Poll: 49% of Republicans Want Roe v. Wade Left in Place

The Supreme Court in the coming weeks is expected to issue a decision in June Medical Services LLC v. Russo, a major case looking at abortion restrictions.

Lisa Needham June 11, 2020 12:35 pm EDT
Courts FILE - In this April 26, 1989 file photo, Norma McCorvey, Jane Roe in the 1973 court case, left, and her attorney Gloria Allred hold hands as they leave the Supreme Court building in Washington after sitting in while the court listened to arguments in a Missouri abortion case. Three years after her death of heart failure at age 69, the woman better known as “Jane Roe” is making headlines again. In a documentary being released Friday, Norma McCorvey tells the audience that her support for the anti-abortion cause was an act all along. The documentary “AKA Jane Roe” premieres Friday on FX. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Courts Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade: I Was Paid to Turn Against a Woman’s Right to Choose

In a documentary being released Friday, Norma McCorvey, aka Jane Roe, says she was paid to speak out against abortion.

Associated Press Associated Press May 22, 2020 8:45 am EDT