abortion bans

American Medical Association President Dr. Jack Resneck recently recounted how doctors around the country are facing difficulties practicing medicine in states that ban abortion.

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Doctors who want to defy abortion laws say it's too risky

3:45pm November 23, 2022

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

In states with abortion bans, doctors may hesitate to provide abortion care in a medical emergency. Some ethicists argue doctors should practice civil disobedience and put patients' lives first.

Protesters march outside the Indiana state Capitol building on July 25, 2022, in Indianapolis as activists gathered during a special session.

The first abortion ban passed after Roe takes effect Thursday in Indiana

5:00am September 14, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

Thursday, nearly all abortions must cease in Indiana after state lawmakers passed a full ban in August. Since Dobbs, Indiana has been a destination for those in surrounding states seeking abortions.

Abortion rights activists chant slogans as the Indiana Senate debates during a special session in Indianapolis before voting to ban abortions.

Two months after the Dobbs ruling, new abortion bans are taking hold

3:28pm August 23, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

A cascade of new abortion restrictions known as "trigger bans" are taking effect in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to the medical procedure.

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States with abortion bans tend to have higher rates of child poverty.

States with the toughest abortion laws have the weakest maternal supports, data shows

10:54am August 18, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Many of the states that are moving to ban abortion tend to have less access to health care, worse maternal and infant health care outcomes and weaker social supports for children and families.

A room in a Planned Parenthood of Illinois clinic in Waukegan, where abortion providers from Wisconsin are helping to provide access to more patients from their home state now that abortion is nearly banned there.

Abortion is legal in Illinois. In Wisconsin, it's nearly banned. So clinics teamed up

6:06am August 11, 2022

by Kristen Schorsch

After Wisconsin left an 1849 near-total abortion ban in place, some providers began commuting to Illinois to treat patients. These Planned Parenthood partnerships could be a model for the future.

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Dr. Nicole Scott, the residency program director at Indiana's largest teaching hospital, is worried what the near-total ban on abortion in the state means for her hospital's ability to recruit and retain the best doctors.

Their mentor was attacked. Now young OB-GYNs may leave Indiana

5:00am August 10, 2022

by Farah Yousry

Dr. Caitlin Bernard was publicly vilified for providing abortion care to a 10-year-old rape victim. And that's got some medical residents who were open to practicing in Indiana thinking again.

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at an event on Tuesday. The Justice Department is suing Idaho, arguing that its new abortion law violates federal law because it does not allow doctors to provide medically necessary treatment, Garland said Tuesday.

An Idaho abortion law draws a Justice Department lawsuit

4:55pm August 02, 2022

by The Associated Press

The DOJ argues that a restrictive new ban conflicts with a federal law that requires doctors to give pregnant women appropriate medical care, including abortion when necessary.

Reproductive Health Services is shown in Montgomery, Ala., in 2014. At the time, it was the only abortion clinic in the state capital.

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Dozens of clinics have stopped offering abortions in the states with some form of ban

7:31pm July 28, 2022

by Ayana Archie

In the month since the Supreme Court voted to strike down Roe v. Wade, 43 clinics across 11 states have halted abortion care, a research group says.

A Planned Parenthood of Montana clinic in Helena is among those that recently changed its policies to restrict its distribution of abortion pills only to patients from states without abortion bans in effect.

Montana clinics preemptively restrict out-of-state patients' access to abortion pills

5:00am July 07, 2022

Montana is an island of legal abortion, but four of the state's five clinics now restrict abortion pills from people in states with trigger bans to shield themselves and patients from legal attacks.

A patient talks with a nurse at a traveling contraception clinic in Madagascar run by MSI Reproductive Choices, an organization that provides contraception and safe abortion services in 37 countries. The group condemned the overturn of Roe v. Wade and war

Global reproductive and women's rights groups react to overturn of Roe v. Wade

4:32pm June 24, 2022

by Malaka Gharib

Some nonprofit groups have welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court decision. But many global reproductive and women's rights groups condemned the ruling.