Data released today to LawAtlas.org describe a global legal landscape that creates various barriers to access for safe abortion care.
Apr 3, 2020
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By striking down tough abortion restrictions in Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court has emboldened abortion-rights activists nationwide and imperiled a range of anti-abortion laws in numerous states.
Jun 28, 2016
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A nonpartisan report to Congress is raising new questions about a key provision of federal health care law: a compromise on abortion that allowed the legislation to pass in 2010.
Sep 16, 2014
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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
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Abortion care providers in North Carolina report spending more time on administrative tasks, voice frustration with new required consent forms, have feelings of anxiety and burnout, and fear for the future pipeline of providers ...
Jun 21, 2024
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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from North Carolina to revive a requirement that abortion providers show and describe an ultrasound to a pregnant woman before she has an abortion.
Jun 15, 2015
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Abortion is now fully legal in every jurisdiction in Australia. Western Australia became the last state to decriminalize it just two months ago, in September 2023. And the Australian population is solidly pro-choice: a 2021 ...
Dec 6, 2023
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Several U.S. states are blocking health clinics from providing abortions, declaring the procedure to be "nonessential" during coronavirus business closures. Other services deemed medically unnecessary during the crisis include ...
Apr 2, 2020
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The Zika virus outbreak and its probable association with microcephaly in newborns are prompting calls to loosen Latin America's strict abortion laws and make birth control more readily available.
Mar 16, 2016
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State abortion bans in Tennessee and beyond, which constrain women's health care, have put family planning clinics at risk of losing their federal funding.
Jun 5, 2023
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