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News Articles: Abortion rights

Samantha Casiano told a Texas courtroom that she should have been able to let her daughter, who had anencephaly, "go to rest sooner."

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  • Health

Denied abortion for a doomed pregnancy, she tells Texas court: 'There was no mercy'

Women who had complicated and tragic pregnancies are suing Texas over its abortion bans. A hearing had emotional testimony in an Austin courtroom Wednesday. The state wants the case dismissed.

July 20, 2023
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Two mothers faced vastly different outcomes when they got pregnant and needed medical care in Texas.

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  • Health

In post-Roe Texas, 2 mothers with traumatic pregnancies walk very different paths

The state's abortion bans make no exceptions for fatal fetal anomalies. Two women had devastating pregnancy diagnoses — one could leave the state for an abortion, and the other could not.

July 04, 2023
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Demonstrators protest about abortion outside the Supreme Court in Washington, June 24, 2022. In the year since, approximately 22 million women, girls and other people of reproductive age now live in states where abortion access is heavily restricted or totally inaccessible.

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  • Health Care

A year after Dobbs and the end of Roe v. Wade, there's chaos and confusion

With states empowered to regulate abortion, doctors say they're trapped by vague laws that criminalize care. And ongoing court battles make it hard to keep up with the procedure's legal status.

June 24, 2023
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Anna drove 40 minutes from her home to pick up free diapers from Tere Haring at Allied Women's Center in San Antonio. Anna, who is pregnant with her seventh child, says she did consider abortion: "All I could think about — like, I need an abortion because there's no way I can deal with everything going on right now and taking care of all the boys by myself and having another baby."

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  • Health Care

They tried and failed to get an abortion. Texas family grapples with what it'll mean

Anna and Tony have six kids and are expecting a seventh. They couldn't afford to travel to where abortion is legal. With few places to turn to for help, they're worried about their family's future.

June 23, 2023
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By:
  • Katia Riddle
The Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion on June 24, 2022.

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  • Health

New abortion laws changed their lives. 8 very personal stories

After the Supreme Court ruled a year ago to overturn Roe v. Wade, more than a dozen states acted to outlaw abortion or severely restrict access. Here's how those laws affected the lives of residents.

June 23, 2023
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  • NPR Staff

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  • Health

How many miles do you have to travel to get abortion care? One professor maps it

An economics professor at Middlebury College and her undergrad research assistants have been tracking access to abortion care since 2009. These maps show the dramatic changes in the past decade.

June 21, 2023
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin and
  • Shelly Cheng
Abortion rights supporters demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2022, in response to its decision in <em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization</em>.

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  • National

Some states are restricting abortion. Others are spending millions to fund it

Nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed abortion bans around the country to take effect, some cities and states are pushing in the other direction, a new report finds.

June 20, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin in Washington, D.C., in 2019. Her state of Wisconsin now has near total ban on abortion under an 1849 law.

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  • Health

Abortion care training is banned in some states. A new bill could help OB-GYNs get it

Medical schools in states that have banned abortion can't teach abortion care. Sen. Tammy Baldwin wants to make funds available for students in those states to travel for the training.

June 15, 2023
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  • Pien Huang
Protesters filled the street in front of the Supreme Court after the court's decision to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade</em> on June 24, 2022. Nearly a year later, <em></em>61% of respondents to a new Gallup poll said overturning <em>Roe </em>was a "bad thing."

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  • National

Nearly a year later, most Americans oppose Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe

The latest Gallup poll also finds increased political polarization. Some 60% of Democrats said abortion should be legal under any circumstances, compared with 8% of Republicans.

June 14, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
Abortion rights supporters rally outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis on May 31, 2019. At the time, it was the last location in Missouri performing abortions. The state's abortion ban took effect soon after the Dobbs decision in 2022.

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  • National

A year after Supreme Court's abortion decision, Planned Parenthood announces layoffs

Nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court rolled back abortion rights, the nation's most prominent abortion provider says it will rethink its structure and cut staff.

May 24, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
Dr. Franz Theard performs a sonogram on a patient seeking abortion services at the Women's Reproductive Clinic in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, a state that has not banned abortions.

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  • Health

Abortion bans drive off doctors and close clinics, putting other health care at risk

Even the Trump-era surgeon general is concerned about the repercussions for women's health, as doctors say they are reluctant to practice in states that have banned abortion.

May 23, 2023
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By:
  • Julie Rovner
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray discusses efforts to protect reproductive rights during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in August 2022. Murray has re-introduced legislation that would require health insurers to cover over-the-counter birth control if the FDA approves it.

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  • National

With growing abortion restrictions, Democrats push for over-the-counter birth control

With abortion increasingly restricted in many states, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), hopes to persuade Republicans to back insurance coverage for over-the-counter birth control.

May 22, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
On Wednesday, a federal appeals court heard arguments over access to mifepristone, a drug commonly used in a two-pill regimen to provide abortion and miscarriage care.

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  • Law

The abortion pill mifepristone has another day in federal court

While a Supreme Court order continues to ensure the drug is still widely available, the issue returned Wednesday to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals as lawyers for both sides urged the court to act.

May 18, 2023
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Republican Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens presides over a Tuesday, May 9, 2023, vote at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, to send a proposal that would make it more difficult to amend the state's constitution to a Wednesday floor vote.

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  • Politics

Ohio Constitution question aimed at foiling abortion rights push heads to August vote

Ohio voters will be able to decide whether to make it harder to pass constitutional amendments just ahead of a possible November vote on an amendment that would enshrine abortion rights in the state.

May 11, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Jonathan Mitchell, pictured on April 27 inside the statehouse in Austin, Texas, is credited with devising the legal strategy behind the near-total abortion ban in Texas known as S.B. 8.

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  • National

He helped craft the 'bounty hunter' abortion law in Texas. He's just getting started

The attorney Jonathan Mitchell is known for leveraging the law to achieve his conservative clients' goals — regardless of the potential political fallout.

May 08, 2023
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  • Sarah McCammon
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