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Iowa Abortion Ban Will Take Effect on Monday

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 [...]

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Olympics-host France Leads on Liberalizing Abortion

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.

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U.S. Repro Watch, July 11

SCOTUS "dawdles" on EMTALA, progress and setbacks in the states, U.S. maternal mortality highest among wealthy countries, and more news on U.S. reproductive rights.

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U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Say Whether Hospitals Must Provide Stabilizing Abortion Care

“Today’s decision is not a victory for pregnant patients in Idaho. It is delay.” —Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

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Kansas Supreme Court Reaffirms Right to Abortion Under State Constitution

07.05.24 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Kansas Supreme Court reaffirmed that the state constitution protects the right to abortion, striking down several abortion restrictions. Among the laws permanently struck down today is a ban on [...]

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U.S. Repro Watch, June 26

Two years without Roe, Supreme Court abortion case updates, and other news on U.S. reproductive rights.

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Supreme Court Refuses to Say Whether EMTALA Requires Hospitals to Provide Stabilizing Abortions

06.27.24 (PRESS RELEASE) — Just one day after accidentally posting the unfinished opinion to their website, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today to reinstate a lower court injunction that blocked Idaho’s abortion ban to the [...]

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Leading Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice Organizations Launch ‘Abortion Access Now’ Campaign and $100 Million Investment

06.24.24 (PRESS RELEASE) – Marking the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, leading reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations have launched the 'Abortion Access Now' campaign, pledging a $100 million investment to advance abortion rights [...]

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Texas Medical Board Fails to Clarify Abortion Ban Exceptions

6.21.2024 (PRESS STATEMENT) — Today, the Texas Medical Board published rules to purportedly clarify exceptions to the state’s harsh abortion bans. The rules were published after undergoing a 30-day public comment period and a public [...]

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Supreme Court Ruling Maintains Access to Mifepristone

Current regulations of mifepristone will remain unchanged for now

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U.S. Repro Watch, May 29

Attacks on medication abortion, the growing use of telehealth, and more news on U.S. reproductive rights.

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Texas Supreme Court Rules Against Women Denied Abortion Care Despite Dangerous Pregnancy Complications

In Zurawski v. State of Texas, court refuses to provide clarity on exceptions to state abortion bans.

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U.S. Repro Watch, December 15

Court battles for abortion ban exceptions, SCOTUS to weigh in on abortion medication case, more clinic closings, and other news on U.S. reproductive rights.

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