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Supreme Court appears split on if states can prevent hospitals from providing abortions in medical emergencies
In a case before the Supreme Court, Idaho is contesting EMTALA, a law that requires federally-funded hospitals to provide stabilizing emergency care — including, in some cases, abortion.
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With Florida and Arizona bans looming, money’s getting tight for abortion travel funders
Nonprofits help people cross state lines for abortions. Now those journeys will be longer and costlier — and donations are dwindling.
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Abortion bans and divorce restrictions can be a dangerous combination for pregnant people
Experts are raising concerns about what the intersection — now in four states — means for victims of domestic violence.
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To close the racial gap in maternal health, some states take aim at implicit bias
Black, Hispanic and Indigenous pregnant patients often report facing unfair treatment at hospitals and clinics.
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Arizona upholds an 1864 ban on abortion — making it illegal in the state
The statewide ban had been blocked while Roe was the law of the land. It will prohibit abortion except to save the life of the pregnant person.
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'A crisis of conscience': Idaho OBGYNs are leaving the state after strict abortion ban
Doctors, confused about how to practice medicine under Idaho’s abortion ban, pleaded with state legislators for a solution.
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This Planned Parenthood will start offering sedation for IUD insertion
Health care providers in the St. Louis area made the decision after noticing that some patients were opting for other forms of birth control due to concerns about pain.
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The federal government will now offer its employees generous fertility benefits
The nation's largest employer will offer plans that cover a broad menu of fertility services, including up to $25,000 annually for IVF procedures.
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Survivors sidelined: How Illinois’ sexual assault survivor law allows hospitals to deny care
Illinois hospitals routinely skirt one of the nation’s strongest laws protecting victims of sexual assault.
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Even where abortion is legal, people in jail face huge barriers
New reviews of jail policies in 13 states found vague, confusing or nonexistent guidelines and major hurdles to obtaining an abortion.