Abortion for disability. Medical search. Frequent questions

People with disabilities are more likely to have medical reasons to have an abortion that do not fit into any of the exemptions. (indybay.org)
We may not be physically able to carry a fetus to term, and the bill unfairly assigns that determination to medical provider, which will no doubt lead to inconsistent and life-threatening results for people with disabilities. (indybay.org)
In addition, abortion bans represent a threat to bodily autonomy, "a core principle of the disability rights movement," as the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) wrote in a statement after a draft of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe leaked last May. (time.com)
For people with disabilities, those laws only compound long-standing obstacles to abortion care, says Joy Moonan, a Texas-based disability advocate and attorney who has cerebral palsy. (time.com)
Even securing reliable transportation to an abortion provider can be a challenge for someone with limited mobility, Moonan says, and many health care providers aren't well-versed in caring for people with disabilities. (time.com)
In 2022, Senators Tammy Duckworth and Patty Murray introduced legislation meant to ease that problem by funding training programs for providers, as well as recruiting more people with disabilities into the health-care field, but it hasn't progressed since being introduced. (time.com)
People with disabilities also have sex. (time.com)
But "people don't see people with disabilities that way. (time.com)
Indeed, the U.S. has a terrible track record when it comes to providing ethical care for people with disabilities. (time.com)
When Kayla, now 34, was young, well-meaning people told Felty to consider having her daughter's uterus removed as a precaution against pregnancy, since sexual violence against people with disabilities is common . (time.com)
Mr Collins, a Cork South West TD with the Rural Independent Group (RIG), said, "If it means RIG have to table it, we won't be found wanting if it protects people with disabilities," he said. (familyandlife.org)
and this isn't just for people with disabilities, it's for everybody. (reframingministries.com)
The current assault on reproductive freedom will have devastating consequences for all people, but most acutely for historically marginalized communities, including people with disabilities. (ssrn.com)
In response, this Article proposes a vision to help activists, scholars, legal professionals, and policymakers as they imagine the next steps in the battle to protect abortion rights in a way that fully includes people with disabilities. (ssrn.com)
To do so, first, the Article situates the current battle to protect abortion rights within the social context and institutions that propagate reproductive oppression of people with disabilities by examining how reproduction has been weaponized over time to subjugate disabled people as well as presenting contemporary examples of such injustices. (ssrn.com)
The social purpose of prenatal tests is to reduce the incidence of live births of people with disabilities. (feminisminindia.com)
The abortion industry is still clearly mired in extremist hatred and prejudice against people with disabilities, racial diversity or biologically female. (goodsauce.news)
We explain this paradox by showing how media coverage of people with disabilities surrounding the ADA's enactment reinforced negative expectations about raising a child with Down syndrome. (sandiego.edu)
It takes a sensitivity to both the words of Torah and the lives of its major characters to describe familiar figures like Isaac and Joseph, Moses and Samson, in current clinical terms, as people with disabilities and personality disorders. (jta.org)
People with disabilities already face barriers to abortion and contraception. (accessliving.org)
Multiple health system barriers contribute to health inequities and poorer health outcomes for people with disabilities, and they are significantly more likely to experience discrimination and other rights abuses in the context of health. (who.int)

The fall of Roe v. Wade , and the subsequent wave of abortion bans and restrictions in U.S. states, have grave implications for the estimated 26% of U.S. adults with a disability. (time.com)
This decision effectively bans access to safe and legal abortion for all pregnant persons, including women with disabilities. (msmagazine.com)
Twenty-week abortion bans shine light on the practice of disability discrimination abortion. (lozierinstitute.org)
Polling suggests about two-thirds of Americans believe abortion should generally be legal, and Trump has said in recent years that he supports exceptions to abortion bans when a pregnancy was caused by rape or incest or threatens the life of the mother. (kfor.com)
For them to so brazenly oppose bans on disability, race or sex reasons for abortion illustrates their radical fundamentalism obscures their ability to objectively consider the ethics of competing human rights claims. (goodsauce.news)
DeSantis's campaign was quick to hit back against Trump, citing existing six-week abortion bans in states including Iowa, where Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed such a bill into law in July. (wfla.com)
The real uncertainty is how far states go" with abortion bans, said Mary Ziegler, a professor at the University of California, Davis, School of Law and an expert on the politics of reproduction. (wtrf.com)
We won our elections and our voters want abortion bans. (wtrf.com)
The Hill ) - The first state abortion bans have taken effect after the Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, driving home the immediate consequences of the monumental decision. (cbs42.com)
Abortion bans are now in effect in Louisiana, South Dakota, Kentucky, and Missouri, and more states are expected to soon follow. (cbs42.com)
The cascade of state abortion bans illustrates that abortion will be illegal in most cases across many of the states controlled by Republicans. (cbs42.com)
Ron DeSantis (Fla.) and Doug Burgum (N.D.) have both signed far-reaching abortion restrictions in their states but have shied away from calling for bans at the national level. (wane.com)
Only Hutchinson, Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.) and former Vice President Mike Pence have said they would support abortion bans at the national level, with Scott supporting a ban at 15 weeks and Pence supporting a six-week national ban. (wane.com)

It's activists of color, it's been disability activists, and now it's all of us who need reproductive health care. (indybay.org)

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - More than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion, the issue has at times dominated the discussion among the Republicans seeking their party's 2024 presidential nomination and is sure to be on display during the first GOP campaign debate Wednesday in Milwaukee. (wtnh.com)
Last year, Kansas voters overwhelmingly rejected efforts to eliminate the right to abortion under the state Constitution. (publicnewsservice.org)
There will still be a patchwork of policies: In Minnesota, Democrats are planning to add the right to abortion into state law. (wtrf.com)
The reversal of Roe, which enshrined the right to abortion nationwide, was broadly unpopular among voters. (wtrf.com)
Since the Supreme Court last year overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established a federal right to abortion, candidates are being pressed - and sometimes stopping short of a straight answer - on whether states should decide laws governing the procedure, as the court's ruling allowed, or if the federal government should establish a standard law across all states. (valleycentral.com)
The Supreme Court today overturned the right to abortion. (accessliving.org)

and mandates the cremation or burial of fetal remains after an abortion, with the method chosen by the mother. (catholicnewsagency.com)
In a disturbing irony, Poland's decision to remove the "fetal defect" grounds for abortion will have a disproportionately negative impact on the lives and well-being of women with disabilities. (msmagazine.com)
On Oct. 22, Poland's Constitutional Tribunal ruled that Poland's law permitting abortion on grounds of "a severe and irreversible fetal defect or incurable illness that threatens the fetus's life" was unconstitutional . (msmagazine.com)
The Tribunal asserted that removing the "fetal defect" grounds for abortion would protect the rights of persons with disabilities. (msmagazine.com)
Some disability rights advocates are concerned that laws that expressly permit abortion on grounds of fetal impairment codify the notion that disabled lives are worth less than non-disabled lives. (msmagazine.com)
Reproductive rights advocates are concerned that reforming abortion laws to remove fetal impairment grounds-or to expressly ban abortion in the case of a fetal impairment diagnosis-will result in less access to safe abortion and exacerbate related human rights consequences for those seeking to terminate their pregnancies, as we anticipate seeing in Poland as a result of this decision. (msmagazine.com)
It also means that pregnant people can receive unbiased information about a "fetal impairment" diagnosis at all times, including free from bias about the value of the life of a person with a disability, and that the rights of persons with disabilities living in the world are fully respected, protected, and fulfilled. (msmagazine.com)
If most disability discrimination abortions occur after 20 weeks gestation, then laws prohibiting abortion after 20 weeks gestation, except for medical emergencies not including fetal disabilities, will have the effect of banning most disability discrimination abortions. (lozierinstitute.org)
Fetal anomalies (i.e., disabilities) that do not threaten maternal health are not permitted under the exception. (lozierinstitute.org)
HFRC also states, "Fetal abnormalities or woman's health considerations are rarely the reason for undergoing a late-term abortion. (lozierinstitute.org)
The Severe Fetal Impairment Abortion (Amendment) Bill, which completed a First Stage in the Northern Ireland Assembly this morning, proposes that non-fatal disabilities are not grounds for abortion in Northern Ireland and that the current law discriminates against those with disabilities. (nationalrighttolifenews.org)
Nonetheless, when disability is invoked in discourse concerning abortion, it is typically done to either support or oppose abortions based on fetal disability diagnoses. (ssrn.com)
Abortions in the third trimester are rare and typically occur because of a significant fetal abnormality, experts say. (valleycentral.com)
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Alcohol exposure in utero increases the risk of spontaneous abortion, decreases birth weight, and can cause fetal alcohol syndrome, a constellation of variable physical and cognitive abnormalities. (msdmanuals.com)

The Iowa legislature convened on July 11 for a special session and passed a near-total abortion ban. (indybay.org)
BOSTON (AP) - Five women state senators from South Carolina who formed a bipartisan coalition to filibuster a near-total abortion ban in their state have been chosen to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year. (wspa.com)
who signed a near-total abortion ban in Arkansas, originally said the issue should be left up to states but has since said he would sign a 15-week national abortion ban if it had "appropriate exceptions. (wane.com)

Critically, by framing disability and abortion only in the context of disability-selective abortions, activists, scholars, legal professionals, and policymakers fail to recognize that it is actual disabled people-not hypothetical fetuses with disability diagnoses-who abortion restrictions harm. (ssrn.com)
Confronting activists from Operation Save America, Dr. Ashutosh Ron Virmani first tried to support the practice of abortion to the activists through an economic argument. (nationalcenter.org)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Donald Trump is dominating the early stages of the Republican presidential primary even as he's refused to endorse a federal ban on abortion, allowing some top rivals to get to the right of him on an issue that animates many conservative activists. (kfor.com)
He appointed three conservative Supreme Court justices who helped overturn Roe v. Wade, abolishing the federally guaranteed right to the procedure and fulfilling the decades-long aspirations of anti-abortion activists. (kfor.com)
Officials noted that members of the coalition, who became known as the "sister senators," were heckled by anti-abortion activists and the three Republicans were also met with strong opposition from their own party - including censures and promises of primary challenges in 2024. (wspa.com)
These activists are joined by political leaders and pro-lifers trying to restrict abortion rights in New Mexico. (feministe.us)
When Ron DeSantis seemed to say during last week's Republican presidential debate that he would support a federal ban on abortion at 15 weeks of pregnancy, some anti-abortion activists called it the news they had been waiting months to hear. (valleycentral.com)
In Ohio, anti-abortion activists are at odds over messaging and campaign strategy as they try to defeat a constitutional amendment that would protect abortion access in Ohio. (valleycentral.com)

But Health Minister Simon Harris has signalled he will oppose the move, as the Government intends that abortions will be legal for any reason in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. (familyandlife.org)
Independent TDs Mattie McGrath and Michael Collins said at the weekend that they would support proposals to specifically exclude disability in a pregnancy as grounds for abortion. (familyandlife.org)
According to the disability groups, "[t]he numbers of pregnancy terminations following a prenatal diagnosis of certain disabilities are alarmingly high. (lozierinstitute.org)
Earlier this year, he characterized as "too harsh" a measure signed into law by fellow contender Gov. Ron DeSantis that would ban abortions in Florida after six weeks of pregnancy. (wtnh.com)
While DeSantis has been governor, Florida passed an abortion ban after six weeks of pregnancy. (wtnh.com)
In a recent Associated Press interview, Pence went even further, saying abortion should be banned, even when a pregnancy is deemed nonviable. (wtnh.com)
Abortion is then permitted up until the 20th week of pregnancy with the approval of two doctors, and only beyond that if the mother's life is in danger. (righttolife.org.uk)
Also I am a person with a disability, where if I was going to have a pregnancy, that mean bed rest for the entire pregnancy, or being in a hospital. (disabilityvisibilityproject.com)
While many believe that ending a pregnancy is an unnecessary loss of life, Farley noted that in many instances, access to abortion is critical to save the life of the pregnant person. (publicnewsservice.org)
A New York Times/Siena College poll released last month showed 70 percent of Trump's supporters in Iowa saying they were in favor of a state law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. (wfla.com)
The legislation signed by Reynolds banned most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy in the Hawkeye State, with the exception of the well-being of the mother and in cases of rape and incest. (wfla.com)
Despite the filibuster, the South Carolina Legislature was later able to approve the measure that would ban most abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy - before most people know they are pregnant. (wspa.com)
In battleground Michigan, voters overwhelmingly approved an amendment that enshrines abortion rights in the state constitution and affirms a person's right to make pregnancy-related decisions about abortion and other reproductive services without interference. (wtrf.com)
Former President Donald Trump said during a TV interview that DeSantis made "a terrible mistake" by signing into law a ban on abortions in Florida at six weeks of pregnancy. (valleycentral.com)
A cross-sectional epidemiological study with a convenience sample of adolescents and women with pregnancy due to sexual violence and requesting legal abortion between August 1994 and December 2012, at Hospital Pérola Byington, São Paulo, Brazil. (bvsalud.org)
From primary data collected from patients enrolled in a referral hospital for the care of women and adolescents victims of sexual violence and legal termination of pregnancy, with the outcome variable analyzed as abortion, logistic regression was applied and the use of stepwise backward method observed that where only when the sex offender is typified as known explains the withdrawal of the procedure. (bvsalud.org)
If abortion presents a medical risk to the patient, then continuation of the pregnancy presents an even greater risk. (medscape.com)
Drinking alcohol during pregnancy increases risk of spontaneous abortion. (msdmanuals.com)

She details current eugenic thinking in the health profession according to which pre-natal testing and abortion are a bargain compared with the perceived burden of caring for a disabled child. (blogspot.com)
The Ministry [of Health] has proposed to amend the MTP Act, 1971, to… expand access to abortion services on therapeutic, eugenic, humanitarian and social grounds. (righttolife.org.uk)
This measure, if passed, would prohibit the practice of eugenic abortions - those chosen due to a congenital disorder or genetic deformity in the unborn child. (angelusnews.com)
It has been rightly argued by Smitha Nizar in her book, The Contradiction in Disability Law , that the most powerful vehicle of the eugenic ideology has been the law. (feminisminindia.com)
It is argued that selective-abortions under Section 4 of the PDNT Act as well as Section 3 of the MTP Act does more than just comply by the medical model of disability and serve the eugenic interests of the state. (feminisminindia.com)
Eugenic abortion laws unmask the exponential harm legislations such as the MTP do in the society. (feminisminindia.com)

Earlier this month while touring the Iowa State Fair, Pence said he was expecting to use the debate as an opportunity to call out Trump and DeSantis for not insisting on a national abortion ban. (wtnh.com)
Donald Trump isn't backing a national abortion ban. (kfor.com)
The anti-abortion nonprofit group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America (SBA) has called on candidates to support a national abortion ban of at least 15 weeks if they wish to receive the group's support. (wane.com)

In a recent webinar organized by our organizations, Artykuł 6 and Women Enabled International (WEI), together with CREA and Pełnoprawna , Polish feminists with disabilities stressed that pitting reproductive rights against disability rights discounts the perspectives of women with disabilities and undermines the human rights approach to disability rights as encapsulated in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). (msmagazine.com)
We are grateful that the Oklahoma Supreme Court recognized how these laws are medically baseless and threaten grave harm, while ensuring that they remain blocked as this case proceeds," said Rabia Muqaddam, Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, a New York-based abortion rights organization that sued the state, joined by Oklahoma abortion providers. (woodtv.com)
If the court rules in favor of reproductive-rights groups on the trigger ban law, Farley said the Legislature still wants to limit abortion access, and expects a new law would be introduced in the next session. (publicnewsservice.org)

FILE - Zoe Staires protests against the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, June 24, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla. The Oklahoma Supreme Court reiterated its position on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, in a 5-4 opinion that the Oklahoma Constitution guarantees a woman's right to an abortion when necessary to preserve her life, although the procedure remains illegal in virtually all other cases. (woodtv.com)
Missouri's total abortion ban went into effect in June 2022. (publicnewsservice.org)
Abortion rights came under immediate fire in the 2022 legislative session when a trigger bill banning abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade was signed by Gov. Mark Gordon. (publicnewsservice.org)
Protesters for and against abortion rights demonstrate outside the Supreme Court on Friday, June 24, 2022 in anticipation of an opinion that could strike Roe v. Wade. (cbs42.com)

The Human Family Research Center (citing the Guttmacher Institute) reports that "the vast majority of late-term abortions are performed for socio-economic reasons, on a healthy and potentially viable fetus. (lozierinstitute.org)
A recent Freedom of Information request has revealed that at least 710 late-term abortions (between 20 weeks and birth) for Down's syndrome have taken place in England and Wales over 10 years (2009-2018). (nationalrighttolifenews.org)

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, who has signed a law barring abortions based on non-fatal genetic disorders, speaks at an awards luncheon in Scottsdale, Ariz., June 17, 2019. (catholicnewsagency.com)

Attorneys for the abortion industry are again attempting to overturn a law protecting preborn children with disabilities from abortion. (liveaction.org)
The disability groups write, "Though some abortions of children with disabilities involve diagnoses that are likely to be fatal, many involve non-fatal conditions such as Down syndrome, cystic fibrosis, and spina bifida. (lozierinstitute.org)
When all is said and done," Roberts noted pointedly, that standard would barely provide "an education at all" to children with disabilities. (scotusblog.com)
The justices declined the family's invitation to establish a more stringent standard that would require public schools to give children with disabilities an opportunity to (among other things) "achieve academic success" and "attain self-sufficiency. (scotusblog.com)
But advocates for children with disabilities nonetheless hailed yesterday's decision as a big step forward - a ruling that, in light of its role in the Gorsuch hearings, is also not likely to be forgotten anytime soon. (scotusblog.com)
DREDF is a national cross-disability civil rights law and policy center directed by individuals with disabilities and parents who have children with disabilities. (accessliving.org)

In a case involving a legal challenge to five separate anti-abortion bills passed by the Legislature in 2021, the court ordered a lower court to keep in place a temporary ban on three of those laws while the merits of the case are considered. (woodtv.com)

Due to previous reports on sex-selective abortion in India, it is likely that the majority of abortions will have been performed on unborn baby girls. (righttolife.org.uk)
According to Reuters, the majority of abortions performed within Poland are due to a prenatal diagnosis of a disability or disorder in the unborn baby. (angelusnews.com)

Thereafter, it explores disabled people's unique needs for abortion services and the myriad ways they are disproportionately and adversely affected by restrictions on abortion rights. (ssrn.com)
In April, a major anti-abortion group assailed Trump on the issue, saying his contention that abortion restrictions should be left up to individual states, not the federal government, is a "morally indefensible position for a self-proclaimed pro-life presidential candidate. (wtnh.com)
He's warned Republicans against locking themselves into positions that are unpopular with a majority of the public and has argued that the Supreme Court's decision gives abortion opponents the right to "negotiate" restrictions where they live rather than rely on federal curbs. (kfor.com)
Our goal is to see the number of weeks go down, not increase," Amann said, referring to abortion restrictions. (wfla.com)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Democrats hope to use their newfound political control in some states to guarantee that women have access to abortion, while some GOP strongholds may temper their efforts to deepen restrictions after poorer-than-expected results in the midterms. (wtrf.com)
The Committee minority report from Agnes Loheni MP acknowledged serious issues with the Bill in regards to disability: "The Bill's removal of current restrictions significantly widens the ability for a woman to have an abortion on the grounds of disability. (dontscreenusout.org)

Disability advocates often talk about paternalism and bias against disabled people. (indybay.org)
Whatever people's personal feelings are on abortion, they are very clear they don't want the government and politicians monkeying around with their health care," said Megan Peterson, executive director of Gender Justice, a Minnesota nonprofit that advocates for equal rights. (wtrf.com)
Reporters also asked the lawmaker about whether the recent victories for abortion-rights advocates seen at the ballot box this week would impact the party's approach on the issue. (myfox8.com)
In 2017 New Zealand Down syndrome advocates highlighted their concerns around Jacinda Ardern's pledge to change abortion laws and that this would introduce abortion through to birth for babies with disabilities. (dontscreenusout.org)

The Northern Ireland Assembly subsequently passed a motion in opposition to the extreme abortion regulations being imposed on Northern Ireland, which had the support of 75 out of 90 MLAs. (nationalrighttolifenews.org)
Unfortunately, these extreme abortion proposals hit closer to home than you might think. (righttolife.org.uk)
This abortion framework goes far beyond what the Government was required to do after it voted to impose extreme abortion legislation on Northern Ireland. (righttolife.org.uk)
And Democrats in Virginia are hammering Republican candidates for the House and Senate, saying they will pass an extreme abortion ban similar to those in neighboring states if the GOP wins full control of state government. (valleycentral.com)

For example, the 20-week ban in Arizona prohibits abortion after 20 weeks of gestation (" calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period of the pregnant woman") except in cases involving "a medical emergency. (lozierinstitute.org)

SB 1457, signed into law April 27 by Gov. Doug Ducey, most notably prohibits abortions done solely because of a nonlethal genetic abnormality, such as Down syndrome. (catholicnewsagency.com)
According to Bloomberg News , on Monday, The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals seemed open to reviving a lawsuit that had previously challenged Arizona Senate Bill 1457 , which prohibits abortions from being carried out on children solely because they test positive for a genetic condition such as Down syndrome. (liveaction.org)

Policies that restrict access to abortion will drastically exacerbate threats to the autonomy, health, and overall well-being of disabled people. (time.com)
Indeed, disabled people disproportionately experience pervasive and persistent disadvantages that increase their need for abortion services. (ssrn.com)
Finally, drawing from disability reproductive justice, the Article suggests normative and transformative legal and policy solutions for challenging the current assault on abortion rights and its impact on disabled people. (ssrn.com)
Under the garb of women's rights, public health and greater societal good, prenatal testing and selective abortions truly represent a significant step towards the ultimate achievement of the eugenicist's dream of eliminating disabilities by eliminating disabled people. (feminisminindia.com)
Concurring to what Lisa Blumberg opines, it is contended that while the reason for prenatal tests has been to only detect abnormalities, the social purpose of it is to reduce the number of disability-laden births which further leads to denigration of all vulnerable as well as disabled people before and after birth. (feminisminindia.com)

The former president, the current GOP front-runner, has often sidestepped the issue of abortion, even as Republicans across the country have celebrated the Supreme Court's decision. (wtnh.com)
While top Republicans were long able to simply declare themselves opposed to abortion, they must now contend with more complicated questions - including when access should be banned and whether uniform standards might apply across the U.S., even in states where support for abortion rights runs deep. (kfor.com)
In Pennsylvania, pickups for Democrats mean they can likely stop Republicans from adding anti-abortion language to the state constitution, and in divided states such as Wisconsin, a legislative stalemate remains. (wtrf.com)
The exchange and the DeSantis campaign's response provided another example of the muddiness voters are encountering as they seek specific answers from Republicans regarding abortion policy. (valleycentral.com)
Republicans also have called out Democrats for not wanting to limit abortion at all, though many Democrats favor existing Virginia law, which allows elective abortions in the first and second trimesters. (valleycentral.com)
Abortion is proving to be a tough topic at the polls for Republicans. (wane.com)

Following the imposition of abortion on Northern Ireland by the Government in Westminster, the Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No.2) Regulations 2020 permit abortion up to birth based solely on the diagnosis of disabilities including Down's syndrome, cleft lip, cleft palate or club foot. (nationalrighttolifenews.org)
India's Union Cabinet has approved a draft bill that would remove safeguards for unborn babies and introduce disability-selective abortion, possibly for conditions including Down's syndrome and cleft lip, up to birth. (righttolife.org.uk)

Abortion statistics from England and Wales also reveal that around 75 babies with either cleft lip or cleft palate as their principal condition were aborted between 2011 and 2018. (nationalrighttolifenews.org)
While the Department of Health and Social Care are reluctant to release data on abortions where a baby has club foot, data reported by Eurocat showed that 205 babies with club foot were aborted in England and Wales between 2006 and 2010. (nationalrighttolifenews.org)
Under current law, most babies are protected from abortion after five months gestation, the stage of development at which they undeniably feel pain . (texasrighttolife.com)
However, babies who may have a disability can be killed in an abortion through all nine months of development in the womb. (texasrighttolife.com)
The black community should be outraged because Ashutosh Virmani is a brazen racist, and his statement supports what we already know of the billion-dollar abortion industry - black babies are targeted because they are seen as poor, worthless and maybe even "ugly. (nationalcenter.org)
The proposed changes don't just single out disabled women, but also babies with disabilities. (righttolife.org.uk)
Just months after being told the right to life transcends all other rights, the Indian Government has decided it will expand abortion access in the country and, therefore, deny the right to life to hundreds of thousands of babies every year. (righttolife.org.uk)
This not only involves singling out babies with disabilities, but also singling out mothers with disabilities and introducing new criteria that will allow for abortion between 20 and 24 weeks for women who have a disability themselves. (righttolife.org.uk)
The president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, a leading anti-abortion advocacy group, issued a statement thanking DeSantis "for his commitment to support minimum federal protections for babies. (valleycentral.com)
A large number of those who made submissions to the Committee, including a submission from disability advocacy group Saving Down syndrome , voiced their concerns about the Bill introducing abortion right through to birth for babies with disabilities including Down syndrome. (dontscreenusout.org)
There have been over 1,600 abortions of babies with a disability under the stricter abortion up to birth clause in Victoria, Australia, since the law was changed there in 2008. (dontscreenusout.org)

Efforts to amend the government's abortion bill could delay the passing of legislation to liberalise Ireland's abortion laws following the referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment. (familyandlife.org)
The Conservative Government's abortion framework for Northern Ireland, for example, will also permit disability abortion up to birth for conditions such as Down's syndrome and cleft lip. (righttolife.org.uk)
The New Zealand Government's new abortion bill, if it becomes law, will remove the current 20-week gestational time limit for disability. (dontscreenusout.org)
The Government's proposed change to the law could also see New Zealand fall foul of international disability rights obligations, as the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has consistently criticised countries that provide for abortion in a way which discriminates on the basis of disability. (dontscreenusout.org)

From the Supreme Court's recent Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision to a precipitously growing number of states passing draconian laws that drastically limit-and in some states, entirely ban-access to safe and legal abortion services, reproductive freedom is under siege at every turn. (ssrn.com)
The Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion policy research organisation, this week tweeted their criticism of a federal court's decision to allow a Tennessee law prohibiting abortions based on reasons of either Down syndrome diagnosis, sex or race of the child. (goodsauce.news)
Our law prohibits abortion based on the race, gender, or diagnosis of Down syndrome of the child and the court's decision will save lives. (goodsauce.news)

The brief discusses the practice of disability discrimination abortion. (lozierinstitute.org)
Please do not let a law come into practice which will end lives on the basis of disability and stop people like me coming into the world. (nationalrighttolifenews.org)
Some of the division among the candidates has come over whether there should be a national ban on the practice - and after how many weeks - now that the justices have returned specific debate over abortion legality to the states. (wtnh.com)
Although the scholarship and literature dates the ideology of eugenics back to Plato, the contemporary manifestation of its practice is still very evident from the various selective-abortion laws. (feminisminindia.com)
In the handful of jurisdictions that have a similar clause allowing for abortion up to birth, this has in practice allowed for abortion for disabilities including Down syndrome right through to birth. (dontscreenusout.org)

By removing one of the only remaining legal grounds for abortion in Poland while continually failing to ensure an environment that recognizes the dignity of persons with disabilities living in the country, the Constitutional Tribunal ruling fails on many levels to ensure reproductive autonomy or to meet Poland's human rights obligations. (msmagazine.com)
Instead abortion will be available for disabilities including Down syndrome right through to birth, under new grounds outlined in part one, clause seven of the Bill . (dontscreenusout.org)

A legal challenge involving the Arizona 20-week abortion ban is currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. (lozierinstitute.org)
They also experience considerable structural, legal, and institutional barriers that already put access to safe and legal abortion out of reach for many. (ssrn.com)
Abortion in Poland is currently legal only in cases of rape, incest, if the mother's life or health is threatened, or if the baby has received a prenatal diagnosis of a disorder or deformity. (angelusnews.com)
In 2016, 1,042 of the nation's 1,100 legal abortions were reportedly performed for this reason. (angelusnews.com)
During parliamentary discussion on the "Halt Abortion" bill, MPs quotes article 38 of the country's Constitution, which states: "The Republic of Poland guarantees to everyone the legal protection of life. (angelusnews.com)
Abortion is still legal in Wyoming while a lawsuit that contests the ban moves ahead. (publicnewsservice.org)
Wearing T-shirts that said "Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust," they demanded that the museum include an exhibit on what they called the "American genocide" of legal abortion, and fanned out to scatter cards with pictures of bloody "late-term abortion victims. (feministe.us)
Trump also said "it's probably better" from a legal standpoint for abortion to be banned by individual states, rather than nationwide through federal action. (valleycentral.com)
Even with today's horrible decision, abortion is still legal in most of the country. (cbs42.com)
Women, children and adolescents with autism, or intellectual or psychosocial disabilities, can be denied their rights to legal capacity, freedom from torture, violence exploitation and abuse. (who.int)
Few research have documented the personal trajectories and decision-making processes of women who resort to legal abortion. (bvsalud.org)
The known sex offender was found to be associated with a two-fold greater chance of the woman giving up legal abortion. (bvsalud.org)
Since first publication of this guidance in 2003, a considerable amount of new data have been produced and published, relating to epidemiological, clinical, service delivery, legal and human rights aspects of providing safe abortion care. (bvsalud.org)
This indicator represents the response to the survey question 3.47 Is there legal access to abortions without parental consent in your country for adolescents under 18? (who.int)
While the signing of the Maputo Protocol in 2003 strengthened the case for accessible abortion care across the African continent, the DRC has grappled with de jure ambiguity resulting in de facto confusion about women's ability to access safe, legal abortion care for the past two decades. (bvsalud.org)

The BBC's Victoria Derbyshire Show, recently reported that a mother expecting a child with Down's syndrome was offered an abortion at 38 weeks' gestation, and another mother shared her story of being offered an abortion fifteen times after her son was diagnosed with Down's syndrome. (nationalrighttolifenews.org)
The cabinet, which is chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, voted last week to introduce a bill that will allow women to seek abortions at 20 weeks gestation, with the approval of one doctor, rather than 12 weeks. (righttolife.org.uk)

Elective abortion occurs when a pregnant woman does not want to have a child. (lozierinstitute.org)

Before the new abortion regime was imposed on Northern Ireland, disability-selective abortion for conditions such as Down's syndrome, cleft lip and club foot was not permitted and there was a culture of welcoming and supporting people with these disabilities rather than eliminating them. (nationalrighttolifenews.org)
if there is a risk the baby could be born with a disability or physical abnormality, such as a cleft lip. (righttolife.org.uk)

TDs who opposed repealing the Eighth Amendment will press for a 'disability amendment' to be added to forthcoming legislation to stop access to abortion as soon as a disability is diagnosed. (familyandlife.org)
Fianna Fail's Mary Butler, who backed a No vote, also said she would back such an amendment to ban abortions where a disability is diagnosed. (familyandlife.org)

This bill further erodes access to timely reproductive care by banning abortion after embryonic cardiac activity can be detected-which often occurs around six weeks, before most people know they are pregnant. (indybay.org)
It makes me feel very unsafe that I might have less access [to abortion] now," Ellis says. (time.com)
Ensuring that all people, including those with disabilities, have access to essential medical care includes guaranteeing "the option of termination if it's better for their health," Perkins King says. (time.com)
Yet, as people who experience ableism, sexism and other forms of discrimination and need to access the full range of sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion, they are uniquely positioned to address this debate's complexity and bring essential perspectives to this ongoing debate. (msmagazine.com)
Furthermore, as WEI has documented , meaningful reproductive autonomy is a priority for women with disabilities all around the world, both as women and persons with disabilities, and access to abortion is an important part of that reproductive autonomy-and more broadly of their inherent and inalienable right to dignity. (msmagazine.com)
This is welcome news, but the devastating reality is that Oklahomans still do not have access to the abortion care they need. (woodtv.com)
She said after the Supreme Court turned abortion rights over to states, protecting access will mean challenging the new status quo. (publicnewsservice.org)
As more states move to restrict and prohibit access to reproductive care, New Mexico will continue to not only protect access to abortion, but to expand and strengthen reproductive health care throughout the state. (nmhealth.org)
Minnesota doesn't have any laws guaranteeing access to abortion, but abortion is protected under a 1995 state Supreme Court ruling that cites a woman's right to privacy. (wtrf.com)
While Harris said it's up to GOP leadership "as to whether or not they want to attempt to bring the bill back," he noted to The Hill last week the dug-in positions of members on a portion of the bill that seeks to limit access to the abortion pill mifepristone. (myfox8.com)
Medical abortion is also contraindicated in women with no access to emergency services and no partners or family to be with the patient during the heaviest bleeding times. (medscape.com)
Access to safe and comprehensive abortion care has the potential to save thousands of lives and prevent significant injury in a vast and populous country such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). (bvsalud.org)

Heidi wrote to the Party Leaders at Stormont, asking them to do everything they could to oppose abortion on the basis of disability up until birth. (nationalrighttolifenews.org)
All the candidates gathered on the debate stage have made it clear they oppose abortion, but their approaches vary by a wide margin. (wane.com)

We examine this phenomenon through the relationship between the Americans with Disabilities Act and the incidence of abortion after a diagnosis of Down syndrome. (sandiego.edu)

This bill that allows abortion up to birth in Northern Ireland makes me feel that I am not as valued as anyone else. (nationalrighttolifenews.org)

Not all of those trigger laws go into effect immediately, but in three states they do: Louisiana, South Dakota and Kentucky, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights. (cbs42.com)

Approximately 13% of all maternal deaths occur among adolescents, mainly as a result of complications of unsafe abortion. (who.int)

Other possible adverse outcomes include spontaneous abortions (both early and late), major and minor birth defects, perinatal death, low birth weight, altered sex ratio, developmental or behavioral disabilities, and transplacental exposure to carcinogen (9-11). (cdc.gov)
neither the etiology of sperm abnormalities nor the cause of sister-chromatid exchange in spontaneous abortions has been established (11,12). (cdc.gov)
Such studies have shown increased rates of spontaneous abortions among laboratory and chemical workers (14,15) and among workers exposed to lead (16), ethylene oxide (17), and anesthetic gases (18,19). (cdc.gov)

They describe themselves as "public interest organizations that provide research, care and advocacy to benefit individuals with disabilities and their families. (lozierinstitute.org)
In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. (prochoice.org)
The issue in the case is undoubtedly important to many American families: What kind of "educational benefit" does the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act require public schools to provide to students with disabilities? (scotusblog.com)

According to the disability groups, "It is now widely reported that the increase in prenatal screening has resulted in sharply declining numbers of living persons with disabilities such as Down syndrome, cystic fibrosis, and spina bifida. (lozierinstitute.org)
We call for the WHO's priorities in relation to the health of women, children and adolescents to be aligned with Resolution WHA 74.8 and the recommendations of the WHO global report on health equity for persons with disabilities and forthcoming guide for action. (who.int)

Arizona taxpayers will not be forced to support abortions at public colleges and universities, and the laws of Arizona will be interpreted to value all human life. (catholicnewsagency.com)
The law both protects children with Down syndrome or any other genetic condition from being killed by abortion and expands upon existing laws protecting preborn children from abortion due to race or gender. (liveaction.org)
Yet as Denise Harle, senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), said , Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has already stated she will not enforce the law following Gov. Katie Hobbs' executive order stripping the 15 county prosecutors of the ability to enforce abortion laws - meaning there is no threat of prosecution. (liveaction.org)
Laws banning abortion after 20 weeks can have the effect of prohibiting disability discrimination abortions if exceptions to those laws allow only those abortions necessary to avert death or serious health risks to the mother. (lozierinstitute.org)
An additional 18,000 people from Northern Ireland urged the Prime Minister and other British MPs to let the people of Northern Ireland decide their own abortions laws. (nationalrighttolifenews.org)
Similarly, Indian laws employed and sanctioned disability-based selective abortions as a method to thwart the growing population with disabilities and thereby lighten the burden of the state's obligation to the disabled community. (feminisminindia.com)
By diminishing the value as well as visibility of disability from the society, the state through the laws of selective abortion inherently disenfranchises the community from the abled demography to paint a perfectly healthy picture of human society which devoid of any forms of abnormalities. (feminisminindia.com)
That puts the abortion debate squarely on the states to navigate and rework the patchwork of laws that have been in place since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. (wtrf.com)
Thirteen states have "trigger" laws that ban abortion in the event of Roe v. Wade being struck down. (cbs42.com)
Strongly restrictive abortion laws are often enforced in developing countries. (bvsalud.org)

Trump attacked his closest rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), for his signing of a six-week abortion ban, calling the move "a terrible thing and a terrible mistake" during an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press. (wfla.com)
DeSantis' pledge came during one of many chaotic exchanges on the debate stage, when Sen. Tim Scott - who has made a nationwide ban on abortion at 15 weeks a central focus of his campaign - shouted a question, asking if the Florida governor also would support it. (valleycentral.com)

Defenders of the trigger ban argue that article was created in response to the Affordable Care Act, and that the state's constitution does not include the word abortion. (publicnewsservice.org)
In Kentucky, where the state's strict anti-abortion law has been a major issue as Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear seeks a second term, Republican Daniel Cameron appeared to redefine his position on the law twice in two weeks. (valleycentral.com)

For example, according to the disability groups, "recent evidence suggests that as many as 95 percent of parents receiving a prenatal diagnosis of cystic fibrosis elect to terminate the child. (lozierinstitute.org)

Our Developmental Disabilities Support Division provides service and support to children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. (nmhealth.org)

Political momentum on abortion has shifted dramatically since last year's decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. (valleycentral.com)
Remember the old line in the Roe v Wade abortion decision before it was overturned later and recently by the current Supreme Court in the Dobbs decision? (medscape.com)

Despite outlawing sex-selective abortion and pre-natal sex detection in 1994, census data from 2011 showed there were 914 girls to every 1,000 boys for children up to the age of six. (righttolife.org.uk)

Brandi herself was raised by her paternal grandparents after her young mother was unable to meet the challenges of taking care of a child with disabilities. (texasrighttolife.com)
On Saturday 29th September, we will be marching for accountable and evidence-based abortion care. (abortionrightscampaign.ie)
Lander-based Chelsea's Fund provides funding for Wyoming women who cannot afford to pay the full cost of an abortion, and help accessing care in neighboring states. (publicnewsservice.org)
The reasons for people having an abortion is something best left to a person and their health-care team, their doctors, their physicians," said Farley. (publicnewsservice.org)
For the Republican candidates, abortion is at the forefront of health care policy concerns. (wane.com)
We also oversee the NAF Hotline, the largest national, toll-free, multi-lingual hotline for abortion referrals and financial assistance in the U.S. and Canada to include providing case management services and financial assistance to help patients afford the cost of their abortion care and travel-related expenses. (prochoice.org)
NAF's mission is to unite, represent, serve, and support abortion providers in delivering patient-centered, evidence-based care. (prochoice.org)
Particular situation in cases of sexual violence is that of women who give up abortion, even after receiving care in the health service and having legally approved request. (bvsalud.org)

It was aimed at garnering support for the Nazi T4 program, which by 1945 had succeeded in euthanizing more than 300,000 persons with physical and cognitive disabilities. (nd.edu)
The Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America group has said it would not support any White House candidate who did not at a minimum support a 15-week federal abortion ban. (wtnh.com)
From the very onset of the abortion reform movement, disability-based selective abortion enjoyed significant public support. (feminisminindia.com)
Its aim is to support member states in developing strategies and policies to reduce the burden of avoidable disease, disability and mortality of children and adolescents, and for them to achieve their full potential and development. (who.int)

The latest proposed abortion ban would be a terrible infringement on our bodily autonomy, and will lead to deaths, murders, and suicides. (indybay.org)

The South Carolina senator has long voiced his opposition to abortion, pledging that as president "I would sign the most conservative pro-life legislation you can bring to my desk. (wtnh.com)

Trump says he will compromise with Democrats on abortion so that they're nice to him: 'Both sides are going to like me,'" the DeSantis War Room account said on X, formerly known as Twitter. (wfla.com)
Election wins for abortion rights and Democrats could translate into abortion protections in some states. (wtrf.com)
Even after their gains this month, Democrats lack the power to codify abortion rights into federal law. (wtrf.com)
After an election that will put Democrats in charge of both legislative chambers and the governor's office for the first time in eight years, House Speaker Melissa Hortman said a priority when the session begins in January will be to codify abortion rights into state law. (wtrf.com)
The front-runner for the GOP nomination also said he would negotiate with Democrats on abortion legislation. (valleycentral.com)
In states that hold elections in November, there has also been conflict among abortion opponents and accusations from Democrats that GOP candidates are trying to hide their true, extreme positions. (valleycentral.com)

Like the 2018 law, the new bill contains no exception for emotional or psychological conditions or disabilities that can affect someone's readiness to have a child-often a painful, careful personal decision. (indybay.org)
The "Halt Abortion" bill was introduced by the Law and Justice party (PiS), which has been in power since 2015. (angelusnews.com)
The "Halt Abortion" bill will now move forward to the Committee of Social Politics and Family on March 21, and from there will go on to Parliament. (angelusnews.com)
The news comes just days after Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), the chair of the subcommittee that crafted the party's annual agriculture funding bill, cast doubt on the legislation passing anytime soon after it failed on the floor earlier this year amid divisions on abortion and spending. (myfox8.com)
Unfortunately, this was ignored by the majority of the Committee which made no mention of disability concerns in their final report and no recommendations were made by the majority of the Committee to make changes to the Bill to take into account the concerns of the disability community. (dontscreenusout.org)

Results were expressed as the incidence of to health authorities, and estimates of underreporting different disease outcomes and as disability-adjusted life result in considerable uncertainty in burden of illness years (DALY), a health indicator combining illness and studies, which limits the interpretation and analysis of death estimates into a single metric. (cdc.gov)

The law also prohibits the delivery of abortion-inducing drugs- i.e. "the abortion pill"- through the mail, clarifying that a medical abortion may only be prescribed by a doctor after a 24-hour waiting period. (catholicnewsagency.com)
Arizona women will be ensured commonsense safeguards if they choose the abortion pill. (catholicnewsagency.com)

There are exceptions allowed for medical emergencies, though an induced abortion - the intentional and direct killing of a preborn child - is not medically necessary . (liveaction.org)

The former vice president supports a federal ban on abortion at six weeks, before many women even know they're pregnant. (wtnh.com)
Pregnant women who gave up abortion after receiving the procedure approval were included and, in another group, pregnant women who completed the abortion. (bvsalud.org)

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