December 15, 2022, 7:30am By Nathaniel Janowitz ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay—Gabriela was 17, pregnant, and out of options. In her hometown in rural Paraguay, Gabriela found a local doctor who offered to give her a clandestine procedure for 3 million guaraníes, or roughly $400. For a senior in high school whose family didn’t know she was pregnant in…
Category Archives: Abortion Access
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Teen Was Raped in State That Has an Abortion Exception
This Teen Was Raped in a State That Has an Abortion Exception. She Still Couldn’t Get One. VICE News Carter Sherman 12-2-22 Legally, if you get pregnant after being raped in Mississippi, you should be able to get an abortion. Although the state has banned almost all abortions, it does permit them in cases of…
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Is it illegal to travel out of state for an abortion?
Is it illegal to travel out of state for an abortion? Roughly half of all states have restricted or banned abortion in the wake of the fall of Roe. Republican gerrymandering and an aggressive legislative approach could soon drive that number even higher, leaving pregnant people in the crosshairs of political power games. Abortion is…
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SCOTUS Overturns Roe v. Wade
Date June 24, 2022 The majority Republican appointed US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) today reversed Roe v. Wade, the 49 year old precedent that made abortion legal. This means that because of their decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, abortion will immediately be illegal in certain states, possibly illegal in others, and safe in some…
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4 Things You Can Do Right Now to Help Abortion Seekers
The likely death of Roe v. Wade has inspired unprecedented press coverage of abortion rights, and how they preserve equal access to opportunities and full human dignity. The truth, though, is that abortion does not have to be illegal for it to become inaccessible. As clinics continue to close, politicians work to delay access to…
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How dare the state criminalize the vital medical care I provide
Tampa Bay Times BY MAYRA CRUZ ITHIER Guest Columnist | Friday, February 18, 2022 A woman in Poland named Izabela died in September in her 22nd week of pregnancy. The hospital team caring for her had been aware of severe problems related to the fetus, including extreme lack of amniotic fluid in her uterus. However,…
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Can you get an abortion over the counter?
Thanks in part to the pandemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has now approved RU-486, the abortion pill, for use by mail. This makes telemedicine abortions a reality, ensuring safer, easier access to abortion early in pregnancy. But pro-choice activists are increasingly, lobbying for even better access to combat new abortion restrictions. A new…
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Is Abortion Still Legal?
Abortion has been in the news for months–most recently thanks to a Supreme Court case that could dramatically restrict abortion rights, or even reverse Roe v. Wade. Anti-choice forces have capitalized on this, and done what they do best: lie. Thanks to their self-congratulations and false advertising, many people who want an abortion now believe…
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When Abortion Clinics Close, an IUD Can Protect You
Abortion clinics across the country are under attack, as the far right moves to close as many women’s health centers as possible. While you do need to get active and vote, you don’t need to panic. Panicked people behave irrationally, and can’t look out for themselves. That’s exactly what the far right wants. At a…
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How to Get a Telehealth Abortion Through the Mail
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare how catastrophic an unintended pregnancy can be. Women are leaving the workforce in record numbers, with overall workforce participation plummeting to 1980s levels. Rather than developing programs to support families, though, politicians across the country have used the pandemic as an excuse to further limit abortion access. Telehealth abortion,…
