CNN, Oct. 21, 2024 In the year and a half following the Supreme Court Dobbs decision that revoked the federal right to an abortion, hundreds more infants died than expected in the United States, new research shows. The vast majority of those infants had congenital anomalies, or birth defects. The study from researchers with the Ohio State University College of Public Health was published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics Other research has found that births have [...]

ProPublica, Sept. 16, 2024 At least two women in Georgia died after they couldn't access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state, ProPublica has found. This is one of their stories. In her final hours, Amber Nicole Thurman suffered from a grave infection that her suburban Atlanta hospital was well-equipped to treat. She’d taken abortion pills and encountered a rare complication; she had not expelled all of the fetal tissue from her body. [...]

New York Times, Aug. 22, 2024 The nation is convulsing with anger once again — this time, over the ghastly rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor in a Kolkata hospital, as she rested in a seminar room after a late-night shift. Read more >

Washington Post, Aug. 27, 2024 In a state that touts itself as “the most pro-life state in the country,” where abortion is prohibited except to save the life of the mother, timber country in southeast Arkansas is an especially dangerous place to give birth. Arkansas already has one of the nation’s worst maternal mortality rates, and mothers in this area die at a rate exceeding the state average. Ninety-two percent of recent maternal deaths were [...]

WXPR, Aug. 7, 2024 As the number of abortions nationwide grows, pregnant people in states with restrictions and bans are getting pills from out-of-state providers. Some say these providers are breaking the law. "Welcome to modern abortion care," says Angel Foster, as she holds up a box for mailing. Foster, who has an M.D. degree, leads operations at what's known as the MAP, a Massachusetts telehealth provider sending pills to people who live in states [...]

USA Today, July 29, 2024 Iowa's six-week "fetal heartbeat" abortion ban has taken effect. Here's how Iowa's top Republican and Democratic officials are weighing in. Top Democrats say they are centering local campaigns on the issue, arguing that most Iowans agree with their position. They point to results from polls such as the Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll from March 2023, which found that 61% of Iowa adults say abortion should be legal in all [...]

Washington Post, June 24, 2024 After Texas passed a law restricting abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy, the infant death rate increased along with the number of babies who died of birth defects, according to a new study. The study, led by researchers at Johns Hopkins University and published June 24 in JAMA Pediatrics, is the latest research indicating higher rates of infant mortality in states with restrictive laws on abortion. Read More

New York Times, June 24, 2024 Two years after Roe was struck down, the conversation has focused on the complications that can come with pregnancy and fertility, helping to drive more support for abortion rights. That shift helps explain why a record percentage of Americans are now declaring themselves single-issue voters on abortion rights — especially among Black voters, Democrats, women and those ages 18 to 29. Read More

SF Chronicle, June 12, 2024 Telehealth abortions — in which abortion pills are sent by mail — have surged in the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. But the expanded availability of telehealth has obscured just how few providers are behind the climbing numbers. California only has two doctors to help out-of-state patients with telehealth abortions in a post-Roe landscape. Read More