abortion restrictions

Abortion rights supporters demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24, 2022, in response to its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.

Some states are restricting abortion. Others are spending millions to fund it

5:37am June 20, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

Nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed abortion bans around the country to take effect, some cities and states are pushing in the other direction, a new report finds.

Volunteer clinic escorts shield a patient from anti-abortion activists outside the Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City, Illinois, last month. Clinics in states like Illinois, which has less restrictive laws, have been reporting an influx of patients fro

Even before the Dobbs ruling, more Americans were traveling for abortions

3:59pm July 21, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

A report from the Guttmacher Institute finds that state abortion restrictions do not necessarily correlate to a lower abortion rate, as more patients travel out of state.

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Do restrictive abortion laws actually reduce abortion? A global map offers insights

10:47am May 27, 2022

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Click to see how restrictive or liberal local abortion laws are — and to look at the rate of abortion. The data offers a sense of whether stricter abortion laws reduce the number of abortions.

A view of the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee. One Republican state lawmaker has introduced a restrictive abortion bill that is drawing comparisons to the ban recently enacted in Texas.

A Florida Lawmaker Is Proposing A Restrictive Texas-Style Abortion Bill

5:23pm September 23, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

The bill would ban most abortions as early as around six weeks, allow people to sue anyone who helps end a pregnancy after that point and fine physicians $10,000 for each such abortion they perform.

Kathy Kleinfeld opened Houston Women's Reproductive Services, which offers medication abortions, because she saw a need for more flexible scheduling.

Health & Safety

For Supporters Of Abortion Access, Troubling Trends In Texas

9:32am November 18, 2019

by Ashley Lopez

Three years after winning a big legal battle, abortion providers still find themselves losing the ground war when it comes to keeping clinics open across the huge, populous state.

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Abortion-rights advocate Kim Gibson, a "clinic defender," keeps watch at the entrance of the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic, the only clinic providing abortions in Mississippi, last month.

National

Reproductive Rights Advocates Challenge Dozens Of Mississippi Abortion Restrictions

2:33pm April 09, 2018

by Sarah McCammon

The state recently passed the most restrictive abortion ban in the country, and advocates are now challenging a slate of other laws and regulations restricting the procedure.

Ohio GOP Introduces Bill To Ban Abortion

12:16pm March 20, 2018

by Gabe Rosenberg

Under the legislation, abortions would be prohibited even in cases of rape, incest or danger to a woman's life.

The U.S. abortion rate is at the lowest recorded point since the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision in 1973.

U.S. Abortion Rate Falls To Lowest Level Since Roe v. Wade

5:12pm January 17, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

A report by the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that backs legalized abortion, puts the 2014 rate at 14.6 abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age — the lowest recorded rate since 1973.

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