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Shefali Luthra
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Medication abortion is recognized as safe — even without a doctor — but do enough people know about it?
Some scholars and abortion providers worry that those who don’t know how to access pills, or who aren’t plugged into the right communities, could be at risk of harm.
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Many states are bracing for a post-Roe world. In Oklahoma, it’s practically arrived.
Already, clinicians in Oklahoma are trying to devise strategies to help their patients get to clinics in other states because of a six-week ban. But there are limits to what they can do.
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Republican state lawmakers prepare to quickly limit abortion access if Roe v. Wade is overturned
Through the courts, new bills and special sessions, Republican state lawmakers are working to make sure they are ready to limit access as soon as is legally permissible.
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Abortion providers expected that Roe v. Wade could be overturned. But the leaked draft made it real.
Abortions remain legal in every state. But the leak is pushing providers to begin envisioning a country without federal abortion rights.
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Blue states have passed laws to shore up abortion access, but it may not be enough to address potential surge
Several Democratic-led statehouses have taken steps in recent months to codify abortion protections, but few have done anything to increase access in anticipation of out-of-state patients.
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Impacts of leaked Supreme Court draft decision could have a 'chilling effect' on abortion access
Abortion clinics have already been working to try to publicize information about what is currently legal — as well as about the impending Dobbs decision.
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What we know about the Supreme Court draft opinion — and what it could mean for abortion access
If Roe is overturned, the level of abortion access — or if the procedure is legal at all — would be left to the states.
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Employees of one of the biggest reproductive health research orgs are unionizing at a pivotal moment in the abortion rights movement
The push comes after months of low morale at the institute — and just as the Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling that could weaken or overturn Roe v. Wade
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Oklahoma approves two laws that could immediately end all in-state abortion access
Gov. Kevin Stitt has indicated that he plans to sign both bills, which would end abortion services at clinics in the state and add to a growing abortion desert.
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At Oklahoma abortion clinics, each day could be the last for care as new laws loom
No new abortion ban has taken effect, but the impacts are already being felt in clinics across the state.