A new ‘born alive’ bill has been brought before federal parliament. While it won’t pass, it reveals the strategies of the growing anti-abortion push.
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Although states have the power to regulate medical care, they cannot exercise that power by prohibiting speech on medical topics that the state disagrees with.
More Americans now hold absolutist positions, supporting legal access to abortion in all or most cases and opposing government regulation altogether.
In vitro fertilization has become a bigger part of reproductive rights debates as a once-fringe movement to recognize embryos as people grows louder.
This year, decisions from the courts, FDA or DOJ could all shut down telehealth for medication abortion, which is how most people in states with bans get care.
YouTuber Jesse Ridgway’s post about his family’s decision to terminate a pregnancy due to a Down syndrome diagnosis has sparked debate about the persistence of eugenics narratives.
Limits on healthcare for undocumented women are reshaping pregnancy and family health.
Despite a long history of being pro-choice, Pauline Hanson is adopting an array of Trumpian tactics – including trying to wind back abortion access.
No poetry collection on the subject of abortion has come out of Ireland.
On first glance, this might appear to be a defensible measure. But there’s little evidence these abortions are occurring.
Medications used to perform abortions are also widely used to treat severe pregnancy complications, as well as several conditions unrelated to childbirth.
The draft African Charter on Family, Sovereignty and Values contains serious inaccuracies and could have far-reaching consequences if adopted.
The court’s decision sends the mifepristone case back to a lower court, which has signaled that it will continue its challenge to the legality of mailing the abortion pill.
A Kentucky woman was arrested for ordering abortion meds online. Her case shows how bad policy can trap people just trying to cope with an unintended pregnancy.
First Choice, the crisis pregnancy center chain that brought the case, argued that merely issuing a subpoena can deter donors from making a gift.
Parental involvement laws and the stigma of teen pregnancy create significant barriers for teenagers seeking abortions. These factors are pushing teens to obtain abortion pills online.
Research showed that older women used safer methods of abortion. Fully safe methods did not dominate in any region of Ghana.
Polls indicate majority support for abortion rights in most states, but laws differ greatly between places that uphold such rights and those that ban the procedure.
Judges and federal regulators will make significant decisions over Americans’ reproductive rights.
The term ‘pro-life’ can seem simple – but how Americans and advocacy groups interpret it varies widely.
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