Book: Abortion in the Age of Unreason A Doctor’s Account of Caring for Women Before and After Roe v. Wade By Warren M. Hern Copyright 2025 Coming Soon – Buy the book on Routledge Description This vivid account by a nationally prominent doctor reports the daily challenges of offering and receiving abortion services in a volatile…
Category Archives: Abortion Access
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Abortion Care in Rural Communities: Need for Support
Abortion Care. Rural Communities. Rural areas’ access to abortion services is a critical problem that is often little noticed. People who are living in rural communities face particular issues concerning their reproductive health care, such as a lack of enough providers, long distances one must travel, and increased stereotypes. This article will discuss why it…
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Incest and Abortion: Guide into Options and Legal Aspects
Incest and abortion. Dealing with a pregnancy as a result of incest is an undeniably difficult issue, and it is not something that anybody should ever experience. However, it’s important to note that you do have options and rights when it comes to ending the pregnancy. This article plans to guide you on how to…
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Inside the Christian Shelter Where No Girl Is Too Young to Have a Baby
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…
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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 How dare the state criminalize the vital medical care I provide 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…
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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…
