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New Study Confirms That the Texas Abortion Ban “Is Responsible” for a Rise in Infant Deaths
Deaths from fetal anomalies increased 23% after Texas’s six-week ban took effect in 2021.
Deaths from fetal anomalies increased 23% after Texas’s six-week ban took effect in 2021.
7.26.24 (PRESS STATEMENT) – On Monday, July 29, an extreme six-week abortion ban is set to take effect in Iowa. This will mean that 18 states now ban abortion entirely or as early as six weeks—before many know they are pregnant. Many other states have banned abortion at various stages of pregnancy. Doctors who violate Iowa’s […]
Ciudad de Guatemala, 26 de julio de 2024 – (Comunicado de prensa). Esta semana, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) realizó su visita “in loco” a Guatemala para observar la situación de derechos humanos, en especial “la de grupos en situación de vulnerabilidad, desde los enfoques étnico racial y de género”. Una semana antes, […]
Law designed to protect minors has created a chilling effect on adolescent access to safe abortion services.
2024 is not only the year France hosts the Summer Olympics but it also marks the year the country became the first ever to explicitly protect abortion in its constitution.
Warsaw, 12 July 2024—Poland’s lower house of parliament, the Sejm, failed today to pass draft legislation to decriminalize abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy and later under certain conditions. This decision occurred despite a recommendation from a special parliamentary commission last month, which advised the Polish parliament to adopt the bill. The bill […]
“We stand by our conclusion that section 1 of the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights protects a fundamental right to personal autonomy, which includes a pregnant person’s right to terminate a pregnancy.” —Kansas Supreme Court ruling
Although the country criminalizes abortion, it is available clandestinely—and unsafe abortion is the third leading cause of maternal deaths.
Developed by the Center and its partner, the Centre for Equality and Justice (CEJ), this fact sheet examines the laws and practices around abortion in Sri Lanka.
“Today’s decision is not a victory for pregnant patients in Idaho. It is delay.” —Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson