“People who claim to be pro-life, who advocated for these abortion bans, often suggest that these policies are designed to protect children, women and families,” said Madden, the researcher. But the weakness of the safety net shows “the hypocrisy of that argument.”...
The process to get recertified was “such a headache” that she’s going without SNAP. “I just felt like it was purposely being made difficult so that I would just give up,” she said. The issues extend beyond Tennessee. Women with young children in states where abortion is banned or...
suggesting that the rape exceptions fail to provide reasonable access to abortion for survivors." Victims of rape who become pregnant in states with abortion bans sometimes seek a self-managed abortion or try to travel—often hundreds of miles—to a state where abortion is legal, but this leaves...
“I just felt like it was purposely being made difficult so that I would just give up,” she said. The issues extend beyond Tennessee. Women with young children in states where abortion is banned or limited to early weeks of pregnancy said it can be tough ...
As states look to further limit access to abortion, the impact of their decisions on women will likely be felt beyond the procedure, according to Shirley Graham, director of the Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs at George Washington University. She says that taking away the abilit...
While the right to an abortion was established 40 years ago by Roe v. Wade, women in North Dakota may no longer have the ability to terminate a pregnancy.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday said abortion is “not a states’ rights issue” as he continues to promote his legislation that would ban abortions nationwide after 15 weeks. In an interview on “Fox & Friends,” Graham acknowledged that his leg
The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade.
states have so-called trigger laws that would immediately ban abortion, and more states will ban or restrict abortions in the coming months. According to public-health think tank Guttmacher Institute, 40 million women will be impacted by states’ rest...
The issue of abortion will be before voters in at least four states this year, and possibly more. Voters have sided with abortion rights supporters every time the issue has been directly on the ballot since the U.S.