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Pre-Roe abortion bans are cutting off access — even laws that aren’t supposed to be in effect
With Roe v. Wade overturned, it’s not clear whether unrepealed abortion restrictions can legally be enforced. But they’re blocking abortion access anyway.
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State-level abortion bans could restrict care in neighboring states, too. Here’s how.
A Montana abortion provider decided to limit what kinds of abortions it offers out-of-state patients. It could foreshadow similar moves elsewhere.
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‘How soon do you need me to be there?’: For a short window, these three states that banned abortions can resume services
In the legal chaos following the fall of Roe v. Wade, clinics in Texas, Louisiana and Utah have resumed offering services while courts weigh the legality of those bans. Now, clinics are trying to provide as much care as they can.
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Abortions are now harder to access. Thanks to inflation, they’re also far more expensive.
Traveling out of state for an abortion was already unaffordable for many. But the end of federal abortion rights has come as inflation rates are pushing up prices for gas, hotels, plane tickets, medical supplies and food.
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Biden administration officials offer few details on medication abortion protections
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra declined to say whether the department would take legal action to preserve access to mifepristone.
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The Biden administration just hinted at how it could protect access to medication abortion
The administration may try to “preempt” state laws banning medication abortions, officials suggested.
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From marriage equality to interracial marriage, Supreme Court conservatives appear divided on handling civil rights after Roe decision
The court’s majority and concurring opinion preview a debate over protections such as the right to marriage equality, contraception, interracial marriage and same-sex relations.
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Roe v. Wade has been overturned. In these states, abortion access will no longer be accessible.
Thirteen states have trigger laws that would immediately, or almost immediately, ban abortion now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade.
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Medication abortion and clinics on federal land: Here are Democrats’ ideas to protect abortion access
Facing a congressional stalemate, Democratic senators have asked the White House to consider a bevy of executive actions to protect abortion care ahead of an expected Supreme Court decision gutting Roe v. Wade.
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In 2020, 1 in 5 pregnancies ended in abortion — the first increase in 30 years
The report from the Guttmacher Institute comes just as the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade.