The number and rate of abortions across the United States have plunged to their lowest levels since the procedure became legal nationwide in 1973, according to new figures released Wednesday.
Sep 18, 2019
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After seven states passed sweeping abortion bans this year, speculation soon arose about the potentially onerous travel burdens the laws could someday impose on women seeking to end unwanted pregnancies.
Sep 9, 2019
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The Trump administration's ban on taxpayer-funded family planning clinics referring women for abortions prompted a major provider in Maine to announce Tuesday it is dropping out of the program after nearly 50 years. Others ...
Jul 16, 2019
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Although surgically induced abortion is a low-risk procedure, women whose physician infrequently performs it have almost twice the risk of severe complications, found new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association ...
May 13, 2019
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Massachusetts is among 37 states in the U.S. that currently mandate parental consent or notification before a minor is provided with abortion care. Minors who have a poor relationship with their parents or face other barriers ...
Apr 9, 2019
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Almost half of all pregnancies are unplanned. In 2017, 12,733 abortions were carried out in Norway. The number of live births the same year was 56,600.
Mar 21, 2019
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A new study by the Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TxPEP) finds that the number of second-trimester abortions in Texas increased 13 percent after the implementation of the restrictive abortion law known as House Bill 2 (HB ...
Mar 13, 2019
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With the national abortion debate entering a new stage, a survey of U.S. obstetricians and gynecologists has found that while nearly 3 out of 4 had a patient who wanted to end a pregnancy in the past year, fewer than 1 in ...
Feb 11, 2019
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Missouri is down to one clinic providing abortions Wednesday, after the only other clinic in the state that performs the procedure failed to adhere to new state requirements.
Oct 3, 2018
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Adolescents who received funding to help pay for an abortion experienced greater hardships that affected abortion access compared to adult abortion-fund patients, according to the results of a new study by a University at ...
Aug 8, 2018
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