Health care provisionLegislative reformMaternal morbidityMaternal mortalityPolitical economyWe examine the impact of progressive and regressive abortion legislation on women's health and survival in Mexico. Following a 2007 reform in the Federal District of Mexico which decriminalised and subsidised early-...
More information:Abigail R A Aiken et al, The impact of Northern Ireland's abortion laws on women's abortion decision-making and experiences,BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health(2018).
Here are some of the most consequential new laws in Kansas: ‘Women’s Bill of Rights’ Men and women are now defined by their sex assigned at birth. But it appears the true ramifications of the law will need to be resolved in court. Republican Attorney General Kris...
last year, representing a rate of 15.9 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age. “This increase demonstrates that people continue to seek and obtain abortion care despite the drastic reduction in abortion access in many states,” the Guttmacher Institute writes. “While access has decreased...
justices have opted to bury their heads in the sand," Sotomayor wrote in her own opinion. "Because the Court's failure to act rewards tactics designed to avoid judicial review and inflicts significant harm on the applicants and on women seeking abortions in Texas, I dissent." ...
Some insurance plans cover abortion care. And many clinics offer free or sliding-scale payment options based on how much money you make. To explore these options, look into your local Planned Parenthood or other women's health clinics.
Under a law dating from 1861, women who seek abortions and providers who perform them can face prison time. In 2022, the president’s cabinet backed a bill that would have decriminalized the procedure. However, the proposed legislation, called the Safe Motherhood and Reproductive...
The process with Aid Access works via an online consultation, with the service then connecting the patient with a U.S.-based health care provider who can prescribe the pills. If they face restrictions within their home state, women may be connected with Gomperts herself, who can issue a pres...
Nonetheless, at least 13 other states with Republican-dominated legislatures have adopted similar bans, although courts have blocked them all from being implemented. Democrats call the new Texas law an unconstitutional assault on women's health. ...
California, San Francisco, National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health to Dr Upadhyay; an anonymous private foundation to Dr Upadhyay; and a grant from the Center for Public Health Practice and Leadership at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health to Ms Pleasants. ...