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Oklahoma Senator Introduces Bill to Criminalize Abortion as First-Degree Murder
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Demand for abortions soars in countries hit by Zika outbreak, study finds
Women in Latin America, where abortion is often illegal, are seeking online help in unprecedented numbers in response to the virus linked to birth defects
Infants born with microcephaly are held by mothers at a meeting for mothers of children with special needs on 2 June 2016 in Recife, Brazil.
22 June 2016
Revelations about the scale of abortion demand published in the New England Journal of Medicine come as the golfer Rory McIlroy pulled out of the Olympics in Rio, citing anxiety over potential Zika infection.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...defects-latin-america-study?CMP=twt_b-gdnnews
Women in Latin America, where abortion is often illegal, are seeking online help in unprecedented numbers in response to the virus linked to birth defects
Infants born with microcephaly are held by mothers at a meeting for mothers of children with special needs on 2 June 2016 in Recife, Brazil.
22 June 2016
Revelations about the scale of abortion demand published in the New England Journal of Medicine come as the golfer Rory McIlroy pulled out of the Olympics in Rio, citing anxiety over potential Zika infection.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...defects-latin-america-study?CMP=twt_b-gdnnews
Supreme Court Strikes Down Strict Texas Abortion Law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down one of the nation's toughest restrictions on abortion, a Texas law that women's groups said would have forced more than three-quarters of the state's clinics to shut down.
Passed in 2013, the law said clinics providing abortion services must meet the same building standards as ambulatory surgical centers. And it required doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.
Since the law was passed, the number of clinics providing abortion services in Texas dropped to 19 from 42. Opponents said that number would fall to ten if the Supreme Court upheld the law.
The Center for Reproductive Rights called the law "an absolute sham," arguing that abortion patients rarely require hospitalization and that many patients simply take two pills.
Justice Stephen G. Breyer in writing the majority opinion said "neither of these provisions offers medical benefits sufficient to justify the burdens upon access that each imposes. Each places a substantial obstacle in the path of women seeking a pre-viability abortion, each constitutes an undue burden on abortion access, and each violates the Federal Constitution."
Breyer was joined in the majority by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan and Anthony M. Kennedy and Sonia Sotomayor. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Clarence Thomas dissented.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/supreme-court-strikes-down-strict-abortion-law-n583001?cid=sm_tw
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down one of the nation's toughest restrictions on abortion, a Texas law that women's groups said would have forced more than three-quarters of the state's clinics to shut down.
Passed in 2013, the law said clinics providing abortion services must meet the same building standards as ambulatory surgical centers. And it required doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.
Since the law was passed, the number of clinics providing abortion services in Texas dropped to 19 from 42. Opponents said that number would fall to ten if the Supreme Court upheld the law.
The Center for Reproductive Rights called the law "an absolute sham," arguing that abortion patients rarely require hospitalization and that many patients simply take two pills.
Justice Stephen G. Breyer in writing the majority opinion said "neither of these provisions offers medical benefits sufficient to justify the burdens upon access that each imposes. Each places a substantial obstacle in the path of women seeking a pre-viability abortion, each constitutes an undue burden on abortion access, and each violates the Federal Constitution."
Breyer was joined in the majority by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan and Anthony M. Kennedy and Sonia Sotomayor. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Clarence Thomas dissented.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/supreme-court-strikes-down-strict-abortion-law-n583001?cid=sm_tw
It's always been first-degree murder.
Federal Judge Blocks Florida Abortion Law That Adds Restrictions
U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle late Thursday stopped key portions of the law hours before it was scheduled to take effect.
Planned Parenthood challenged the measure Gov. Rick Scott signed into law earlier this year. The law prevents any state funds from going to an organization that also provides abortions. It also added new inspection requirements on clinics and requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...lorida-abortion-law-adds-restrictions-n602161
U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle late Thursday stopped key portions of the law hours before it was scheduled to take effect.
Planned Parenthood challenged the measure Gov. Rick Scott signed into law earlier this year. The law prevents any state funds from going to an organization that also provides abortions. It also added new inspection requirements on clinics and requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...lorida-abortion-law-adds-restrictions-n602161
Not if she was unfaithful. Then you just go to the priest and cross your fingers.
8.03.16
All of Texas’s State-Mandated Lies About Abortion
Women seeking an abortion in Texas are given a mandatory booklet with some ‘facts’ about the procedure—but the latest version is full of errors.
The Supreme Court struck down key provisions of a Texas anti-abortion law in late June, but the Lone Star state still has plenty of tricks left up its sleeve.
First, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission quietly changed its rules to require that abortion providers bury or cremate fetal tissue instead of using standard medical waste disposal services.
And now, as the Texas Tribune reported Wednesday, the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is planning a new version of A Woman’s Right to Know, a mandatory booklet that Texas women receive 24 hours before an abortion procedure that is riddled with lies. The revision also ignores recommendations made by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists (ACOG), an OB/GYN professional association with over 57,000 members.
The Daily Beast reviewed both the original and revised versions of A Woman’s Right to Know, and found several inaccuracies, misrepresentations, and omissions.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...xas-s-state-mandated-lies-about-abortion.html
All of Texas’s State-Mandated Lies About Abortion
Women seeking an abortion in Texas are given a mandatory booklet with some ‘facts’ about the procedure—but the latest version is full of errors.
The Supreme Court struck down key provisions of a Texas anti-abortion law in late June, but the Lone Star state still has plenty of tricks left up its sleeve.
First, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission quietly changed its rules to require that abortion providers bury or cremate fetal tissue instead of using standard medical waste disposal services.
And now, as the Texas Tribune reported Wednesday, the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is planning a new version of A Woman’s Right to Know, a mandatory booklet that Texas women receive 24 hours before an abortion procedure that is riddled with lies. The revision also ignores recommendations made by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists (ACOG), an OB/GYN professional association with over 57,000 members.
The Daily Beast reviewed both the original and revised versions of A Woman’s Right to Know, and found several inaccuracies, misrepresentations, and omissions.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...xas-s-state-mandated-lies-about-abortion.html
Texas spends millions of dollars on this never-ending drama...you know, "small government" and "republican" type stuff.
“Republican type stuff”.
Is this the same “Republican type stuff” where you stated …
Care to unpack that? What is all this racist Republican type stuff that is prejudicial and discriminatory against brown and black people?
After Texas Slashed Its Family Planning Budget, Maternal Deaths Almost Doubled
Maternal mortality is a growing problem in the U.S.
Pregnancy-related deaths nearly doubled in Texas between 2010 and 2012, and researchers are at a loss to say why. According to a new study, published in the September issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the spike in the mortality rate is difficult to explain “in the absence of war, natural disaster, or severe economic upheaval.”
This alarming development coincided with the state’s decision to slash its family planning budget by two-thirds in 2011—an attempt to shut down abortion providers that ultimately forced 82 clinics, many of which never performed the controversial procedure, to close. The study’s authors do not posit a correlation between this draconian policy change and the shocking increase in pregnancy-related deaths, but women’s health professionals have. Many of the shuttered clinics provided an “entry point into the health care system” for women, especially low-income women, Sarah Wheat, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas, told The Dallas Morning News. “Chances are they’re going to have a harder time finding somewhere to go to get that first appointment. They may be delayed in getting that initial pregnancy test and then a prenatal referral.”
Many lost access not only to prenatal care, but also to the birth control that had helped them avoided unplanned pregnancies. Researchers from the Population Research Center at the University of Texas, Austin, have calculated that the birth rate rose 27 percent among women who lost access to Planned Parenthood clinics, which represented roughly one-third of the closures.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_facto...y_doubled_in_texas_after_family_planning.html
Maternal mortality is a growing problem in the U.S.
Pregnancy-related deaths nearly doubled in Texas between 2010 and 2012, and researchers are at a loss to say why. According to a new study, published in the September issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the spike in the mortality rate is difficult to explain “in the absence of war, natural disaster, or severe economic upheaval.”
This alarming development coincided with the state’s decision to slash its family planning budget by two-thirds in 2011—an attempt to shut down abortion providers that ultimately forced 82 clinics, many of which never performed the controversial procedure, to close. The study’s authors do not posit a correlation between this draconian policy change and the shocking increase in pregnancy-related deaths, but women’s health professionals have. Many of the shuttered clinics provided an “entry point into the health care system” for women, especially low-income women, Sarah Wheat, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas, told The Dallas Morning News. “Chances are they’re going to have a harder time finding somewhere to go to get that first appointment. They may be delayed in getting that initial pregnancy test and then a prenatal referral.”
Many lost access not only to prenatal care, but also to the birth control that had helped them avoided unplanned pregnancies. Researchers from the Population Research Center at the University of Texas, Austin, have calculated that the birth rate rose 27 percent among women who lost access to Planned Parenthood clinics, which represented roughly one-third of the closures.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_facto...y_doubled_in_texas_after_family_planning.html
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