Health
Federal judge blocks Missouri's 8-week abortion ban
A new Missouri ban on abortions at or after eight weeks of pregnancy won't take effect Wednesday after a federal judge temporarily blocked it from being implemented.
Aug 27, 2019
0
2
Page 2 - News tagged with abortion ban
Health
South Korean constitutional court orders abortion ban be lifted (Update)
South Korea's constitutional court on Thursday ordered the country's decades-old abortion ban to be lifted in a landmark ruling over a law that campaigners say puts women at risk.
Apr 11, 2019
0
1
Health
After abortion ban, US state sees substandard pregnancy care
Louisiana's strict abortion ban is having spillover effects across women's health care in the US state, leading doctors to turn away patients for routine prenatal visits and perform unnecessary Cesarean sections, according ...
Mar 20, 2024
0
0
Health
Tennessee GOP advance new narrow abortion exemption bill
Tennessee Republican lawmakers on Wednesday took another swing at adding a narrow exemption to one of the strictest abortion bans in the United States.
Mar 16, 2023
0
1
Obstetrics & gynaecology
More Americans now think abortion should be allowed in any circumstance
Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, more Americans think their state should allow a woman to get a legal abortion for any reason, a new poll finds.
Jul 9, 2024
0
13
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Number of abortions performed per month in U.S. unchanged since fall of Roe v. Wade
The historic overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 has not had any significant effect on the number of abortions performed each month in the United States, new data shows.
Feb 29, 2024
0
1
Obstetrics & gynaecology
What Florida's new 6-week abortion ban means for the South, and traveling patients
A Tennessee mother, Monica Kelly, was around 13 weeks pregnant when, according to a lawsuit filed against the state of Tennessee, doctors gave her the devastating news that her baby had Patau syndrome.
Apr 30, 2024
0
0
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Most state abortion bans have limited exceptions, but it's hard to understand what they mean
More than a year after the Supreme Court found there is no fundamental right to get an abortion, 21 states have laws in effect that ban abortion well before fetal viability, generally allowing it only in the first trimester.
Jan 26, 2024
0
0
Health
Judge blocks Kansas' ban on 2nd-trimester abortion procedure
A judge on Thursday blocked Kansas' first-in-the-nation ban on an abortion procedure that opponents describe as dismembering a fetus, concluding that the law would likely present too big of an obstacle for women seeking to ...
Jun 24, 2015
0
3
