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Centers for Disease Control Data Do Not Support Anti-Choicers’‘Born Alive’...
See other pieces from RH Reality Check‘s State of Abortion series here. Review the database of state documents collected and analyzed by RH Reality Check here. Jill Stanek, one of the nation’s most...
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Report Calls for Integrated Efforts to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy Worldwide
Adolescent pregnancy rates remain far too high in developing countries, negatively affecting the health and future prospects of adolescent girls, according to a report released Wednesday by the United...
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Enforcement of Abortion Laws Violates Human Rights
Last year in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, a 28-year-old indigenous woman took drugs to end her pregnancy—one that had resulted from rape. She started hemorrhaging and went to the hospital. During the ten days...
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New Pennsylvania Clinic May Have Ties to Rogue Abortion Provider
The Pennsylvania Department of Health is investigating a new abortion clinic in Philadelphia that is suspected to be associated with rogue abortion provider Dr. Steven Brigham, according to a...
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If You Don’t Think Women Who Get Abortions Should Go to Jail, Don’t Support...
Cognitive dissonance is one way to describe the thinking of those who agree with the criminalization of abortion, but don’t agree with penalties for those who break the law. What sometimes supports...
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Double the Trouble, But Way More Than Twice the Price: Why Is Having...
A new study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology analyzed the average medical costs associated with live births and found that while having one baby cost about $21,000, having...
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Colorado ACLU Files Complaint Against Catholic Hospital Over Anti-Abortion...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Colorado filed a letter of complaint with a state agency Wednesday alleging that a rural Catholic hospital is violating state and federal law by directing...
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To Better Serve Women, Link Family Planning to Abortion Care
We know that women seeking comprehensive abortion care—whether treatment for complications of an unsafe abortion, or a safe, induced abortion—welcome information about and access to contraceptive...
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BREAKING: Pennsylvania Health Department Shuts Down Suspected...
The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s Bureau of Facility Licensure and Certification issued an order Monday against Philadelphia reproductive health clinic Integrity Family Health for failing to...
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Abortion Services Restored at Whole Woman’s Health in Fort Worth, Texas
A reproductive health-care clinic that was recently forced to close due to stringent restrictions passed by the Texas legislature has once again opened its doors to clients after a doctor affiliated...
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Groups Sue Government of El Salvador Over Treatment of Beatriz,...
“Do you remember Beatriz?” is the question feminists in El Salvador are asking today as they announce the filing on November 29 of a lawsuit on behalf of Beatriz with the Inter-American Human Rights...
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Rogue Abortion Provider Lacked Medical Malpractice Insurance, New Jersey AG Says
The controversial doctor at the center of an illegal abortion scandal did not have medical malpractice insurance, in breach of New Jersey law, according to new documents filed in an administrative law...
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How the Bishops’ Directives Derail Medical Decisions at Catholic Hospitals
On Monday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Michigan announced they had filed a lawsuit against the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) “on behalf of a...
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Research Shows Philadelphia Failing UN Maternal and Infant Health Goals
A new report reveals that, on average, pregnant women and newborns in Philadelphia fare worse than in the rest of the state and country. Led by Professor William McCool of the University of...
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‘The People’s Pope’? If By People, You Don’t Mean Women
If the world needed any further evidence of the public-relations prowess of Pope Francis, it was granted by Time magazine on Wednesday, with a fawning profile and bestowal of its Person of the Year...
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The Hidden Work of Abortion Providers: Laverne’s Story
Unlike their counterparts in other industrialized countries, abortion providers in the United States don’t simply perform abortions. Because of all the ramifications of the abortion wars in this...
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New Report Documents Threat to Women’s Health Posed by Catholic Hospitals
A report released this week by the American Civil Liberties Union and the MergerWatch Project documents the rise in Catholic-sponsored or -affiliated hospitals and the negative impact of that rise on...
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Texas Law Forces Hospital, Family to Keep Pregnant Woman on Life Support...
A Fort Worth, Texas, hospital says it has no choice but to keep a pregnant woman on life support until the fetus she is carrying can be delivered, something her family says goes against her end-of-life...
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My Story of Pregnancy and Addiction
Lately there have been several stories in the media about women losing their civil and constitutional rights while pregnant. I’m not referring to abortion, which is often in the news thanks to...
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Family of Pregnant Texan on Life Support: ‘We Know She’s Gone’
Erick Munoz awoke to his son’s cries in the wee hours of November 26, sure that he’d heard his wife, Marlise, get up to grab 14-month-old Mateo a bottle. When he got up to investigate, he found Marlise...
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