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If you experience an unplanned pregnancy, you may consider the option of having an abortion. (plannedparenthood.org)
Clare Murphy, a spokesperson for the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), which helped roughly 3,000 women travel from Ireland to Britain annually to obtain abortions, told The Guardian: "That number will definitely drop, without a doubt. (sky.com)
In the unlikely event that you are still pregnant, you may need another dose of medicine or to have an in-clinic abortion to end the pregnancy. (plannedparenthood.org)
Before your abortion, our expert and caring staff will discuss all of your pregnancy options with you to help you make sure abortion is the best decision for you. (plannedparenthood.org)
In March 2022, Washington state enacted legislation that expands abortion protections to people of all genders and prohibits any penalties for people assisting pregnant individuals seeking an abortion or criminalizing any pregnancy outcomes. (kff.org)
Lawmakers debated for more than 15 hours and voted 38-31 against the measure that would have legalized abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. (courthousenews.com)
Today, abortion is available on demand up to 12 weeks, until 18 weeks if the pregnancy resulted from rape or incest and any time, with a doctor's consent, if the women's health is in danger or the foetus is severely deformed. (ipsnews.net)
This fact sheet summarizes the findings of a study titled Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion in India, which provides the first comprehensive estimates of the incidence of abortion and unintended pregnancy and of the provision of induced abortion and postabortion services in Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. (guttmacher.org)
Induced abortion has been legal in India on a broad range of grounds since the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act was passed in 1971. (guttmacher.org)
The abortion rate (the number of pregnancy terminations per 1,000 women aged 15-49) provides a means of comparing each of the study states directly. (guttmacher.org)
Most facilities that offer abortion turn away one or more women per year seeking to terminate a pregnancy. (guttmacher.org)
Right now, federal law prohibits Tricare , the military's health insurance, from covering abortions and military treatment centers from providing abortions unless the mother's life is in danger or the pregnancy was the result of rape or incest. (military.com)
That means service members have to go off base to terminate a pregnancy -- something that Democrats and abortion rights advocates have been arguing makes female service members particularly vulnerable to Roe's expected overturning since they cannot choose where they are stationed. (military.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)
But the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has now made abortion a significant element in Canada's aid strategy in countries such as Mozambique, one of a small number of African countries where abortion has been legalized without restrictions in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. (theglobeandmail.com)
An abortion with pills is very safe and effective to do at home till 12 weeks of pregnancy. (womenonwaves.org)
In May 2018 the Irish people voted to repeal the 8th Amendment to the Constitution and paved the way for the rollout of termination of pregnancy services in 2019, heralding a radical change in clinical practice as well as in law. (tcd.ie)
A challenge that has emerged is how to accommodate the right to conscientious objection while ensuring access to termination of pregnancy services. (tcd.ie)
The CORALE Study (Conscientious Objection after Repeal: Abortion, Law and Ethics) is an interdisciplinary project, based at Trinity, that examines conscientious objection in termination of pregnancy services in Ireland. (tcd.ie)
Twelve servicewomen who contacted Women on Web to obtain an abortion reported that their pregnancy occurred as a result of rape. (womenonweb.org)
[6] For example, if a woman in the course of a year receives a free condom, a pregnancy test, a sexually transmitted infection (STI) test, and an abortion, Planned Parenthood would say abortion was only 25 percent of the services provided. (heritage.org)
Labour leader Ivana Bacik has called for a full audit of abortion services across the country following the publication of the Unplanned Pregnancy and Abortion Care (UnPAC) study conducted by Trinity College Dublin. (labour.ie)
This is a great opportunity for you to gather information about your pregnancy, including the age, location, and viability - each of these plays a role in determining the type of abortion you might be eligible for. (fcws.org)
Thankfully, ultrasounds are free at your local pregnancy center, First Coast Women's Services! (fcws.org)
And as the price of abortion (which can typically range between $350-3,500) is contingent upon how far along a pregnancy is, longer wait times translate into a more costly procedure - and that's assuming you have the money. (austinchronicle.com)
In 1969, CDC began abortion surveillance to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions, to monitor unintended pregnancy, and to assist efforts to identify and reduce preventable causes of morbidity and mortality associated with abortions. (cdc.gov)
Younger women (i.e., women aged less than or equal to 24 years) were more likely to obtain abortions later in pregnancy than were older women. (cdc.gov)
The number and characteristics of women who obtain abortions in the United States should continue to be monitored so that trends in induced abortion can be assessed, efforts to prevent unintended pregnancy can be evaluated, and the preventable causes of morbidity and mortality associated with abortions can be identified and reduced. (cdc.gov)
Legal induced abortion was defined as a procedure, performed by a licensed physician or someone acting under the supervision of a licensed physician, that was intended to terminate a suspected or known intrauterine pregnancy and to produce a nonviable fetus at any gestational age (1,2). (cdc.gov)
More than 40% of all women will end a pregnancy by abortion at some time in their reproductive lives. (medscape.com)
An abortion is a procedure to end a pregnancy. (medlineplus.gov)
Medication abortion, which uses medicines to end the pregnancy. (medlineplus.gov)
Procedural abortion, a procedure to remove the pregnancy from the uterus. (medlineplus.gov)
Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy before the fetus has attained viability. (who.int)
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)
Pregnancy should be confirmed before abortion is induced. (msdmanuals.com)
MVA may also be used to manage spontaneous abortion during early pregnancy. (msdmanuals.com)

Amid the continuing impasse at Stormont, a direction was issued under the Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 for the Department of Health to set up full services by March this year. (itv.com)
Military hospitals performed fewer than 100 abortions between 2016 and 2021. (militarytimes.com)
With a report published last month outlining how over 200 women were forced to make the lonely journey to the UK to obtain abortions in 2021, Deputy Bacik pointed out the inadequacy of the current level of service provision for women. (labour.ie)
Monique Wiegand, 25, poses with a taco at the 2021 kick off of the Abortion Fund's Taco or Beer Challenge in Safety Harbor. (wmnf.org)
Tampa Bay Abortion Fund 2021 Taco or Beer Challenge in Safety Harbor. (wmnf.org)
Materials and methods: A multi-centre cross-sectional survey among abortion-seeking women (n = 623;14-47y) in Sweden, 2021. (lu.se)
However, in September 2021, Bukele withdrew from a constitutional reform bill the possibility of legalizing abortion when the mother's life is in danger, after criticism from the Catholic Church. (ticotimes.net)

The plaintiffs in the case have asked the Court to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey , cases which have set the federal standard for the types of laws that states may implement to regulate abortion access. (kff.org)
On May 2, 2022, Politico published a leaked draft of the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v, Jackson Women's Health that would overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and eliminate the federal standard regarding abortion access. (kff.org)
Two Planned Parenthood clinics in Wisconsin will resume performing abortions on Monday, following a Wisconsin judge's ruling seemingly declaring abortion legal in the state. (chicagobusiness.com)
The move may ease demand at Planned Parenthood of Illinois' Waukegan clinic, which has been collaborating with its neighbor to the north since the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision left the question of abortion laws up to individual states. (chicagobusiness.com)
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin announced this week that abortion services would once again be available at its clinics in Milwaukee and Madison. (chicagobusiness.com)
Planned Parenthood of Illinois has also seen a 165% increase of abortion patients coming from Missouri and a 120% increase of abortion patients coming from Indiana, the statement said. (chicagobusiness.com)
Abortion services have stopped, at least temporarily, at South Dakota's sole Planned Parenthood clinic while the organization waits for the Supreme Court of the United States to decide the fate of an abortion rights case out of Mississippi that has the potential to overturn Roe v. Wade. (yahoo.com)
Emily Bisek, vice president of strategic communications for the Planned Parenthood North Central States, said the clinic in Sioux Falls is still open to patients for the other forms of care it offers, like birth control, IUDs and family planning, but not abortion. (yahoo.com)
Patients seeking abortions at this time are notified that Planned Parenthood in Sioux Falls is pausing that form of care because if Roe v. Wade is overturned by SCOTUS soon - Bisek noted the health care provider is expecting a decision between now and June 30 - South Dakota's trigger law would go into effect. (yahoo.com)
Based on the available data projections, Planned Parenthood North Central State's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Sarah Traxler, says they are expecting a 5-to-25% increase in demand for abortion services at Minnesota's abortion clinic locations alone. (yahoo.com)
PHOENIX - For the first time since a Supreme Court ruling in June put abortion decisions into the hands of states, Planned Parenthood Arizona is providing the procedure again. (ktar.com)
Brittany Fonteno, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Arizona, said there were a couple of reasons the decision to resume abortion care was made. (ktar.com)
Planned Parenthood Arizona plans to expand its abortion care throughout the state over time as it gets more providers that are willing and feel safe to work. (ktar.com)
Cristina Villarreal, chief of external affairs at Planned Parenthood of Illinois, said the Texas ruling was the result of "judge shopping" by anti-abortion groups. (publicnewsservice.org)
In the meantime, Villarreal said Planned Parenthood of Illinois will continue to offer all abortion-care options available. (publicnewsservice.org)
Planned Parenthood offices are among the more of 150 statewide abortion clinics that will be listed on a publicly-funded website. (kristv.com)
Planned Parenthood Federation of America claims that the 665 clinics run by its affiliates [1] provide a "wide range" of health care as justification for taxpayers providing more than 40 percent of their funding, and that abortion is a small proportion of their services. (heritage.org)
[2] Yet, data show that Planned Parenthood Federation of America is the country's largest abortion provider with affiliates performing more than 300,000 abortions per year, which amounts to approximately one out of every three in the country. (heritage.org)
How Does Planned Parenthood Calculate Its Claims About Its Abortion Services? (heritage.org)
Although Planned Parenthood Federation of America reportedly requires all affiliates to have at least one clinic that performs abortions, [4] Planned Parenthood's annual report does not identify the number of affiliated clinics that provide abortion services or how much of Planned Parenthood's total revenue results from abortions. (heritage.org)
Instead, the report claims that abortions account for only 3 percent of the medical services Planned Parenthood affiliates provide. (heritage.org)
Even with Planned Parenthood's broad definition of "medical service," data reported in the organization's annual report suggest that roughly 12 percent of people who received a service from Planned Parenthood affiliates received an abortion during the reporting year. (heritage.org)
Despite a nearly 20 percent decline in the number of abortions in the country between 2000 and 2011, [8] the number of abortions Planned Parenthood performed during that time increased from 197,070 to 333,964, thereby more than doubling its share of the abortion market from 15 percent in 2000 to 32 percent in 2011, [9] the latest year for which national data are available. (heritage.org)
Planned Parenthood affiliates perform about 20 abortions for every prenatal care visit and about 200 abortions for every adoption referral based on the approximately 300,000 abortions they perform each year. (heritage.org)
Referring patients to Planned Parenthood, the court ruled, violates state law regarding abortion services provided to patients. (jonathanturley.org)

In January 2022, the New Jersey legislature enacted and the governor signed a statutory protection for abortion. (kff.org)
Similarly, in April 2022, Colorado also added statutory protections for reproductive health care that includes abortion care. (kff.org)
In May 2022, Connecticut passed a bill that builds upon their previous law protecting the right to abortion. (kff.org)
The reproductive services organization, along with other abortion clinics in the state, halted abortions following the June 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling. (chicagobusiness.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)

A 2003 report by the Center for Reproductive Rights concluded that the Global Gag Rule also "helps perpetuate unsafe abortion" in countries with restrictive abortion laws and limited access to safe abortion services. (reproductiverights.org)
In such situations, 20-50% of maternal deaths are related to unsafe abortion. (leaf.ca)
it prevents the costs currently imposed by unsafe abortion on health systems and on society and individuals. (leaf.ca)
New estimates and trends regarding unsafe abortion mortality. (msdmanuals.com)

MARÍA forms part of the National Network of Abortion Funds, an umbrella group for local abortion funds mainly in the United States, and receives financing from Mexican reproductive health groups. (ipsnews.net)
By their own admission, the National Network of Abortion Funds have been able to assist only a fraction of those who have reached out to them for help. (revcom.us)
The challenge was started by the National Network of Abortion Funds, NNAF, and runs now through the middle of September. (wmnf.org)

Women on Waves sails a ship to countries where abortion is illegal (for more information see www.womenonwaves.org). (womenonwaves.org)
U.S service women are often deployed in countries where abortion is illegal and U.S federal policy prohibits abortion services at medical treatment facilities. (womenonweb.org)
and the overwhelming majority of these deaths occur in countries where abortion is illegal. (msdmanuals.com)

Apart from the capital Kathmandu, Nepal's largest city, government services predominate in rural areas and private/NGO clinics in urban settings. (ipsnews.net)
The safe abortion training could be the most controversial element of the project - especially in an era when President Donald Trump's administration has banned U.S.-funded organizations from providing any information about abortion, causing severe budget shortfalls for clinics where U.S. donors were forced to withdraw. (theglobeandmail.com)
Many clinics in Mozambique and elsewhere in Africa have been forced to cut back their family-planning services since 2017 because of the Trump policy, commonly known as the Global Gag Rule. (theglobeandmail.com)
For more information on expected fees for abortion or to compare non-resident costs across clinics please click here . (abortion.gen.nz)
and the final part - temporarily blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court - forces abortion clinics to make expensive changes to conform with the same building requirements as ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs). (austinchronicle.com)
Taken together, the package law - said to be one of the harshest and most destructive in the nation - has shuttered half of the state's abortion clinics and created a logistical nightmare for providers and patients. (austinchronicle.com)

Ireland has introduced its first abortion services today following a 2018 referendum decision to liberalise the country's ban on terminating pregnancies. (sky.com)
Lack of awareness, uneven supply of services, poverty and social taboos are just some of the barriers that women with unwanted pregnancies face. (ipsnews.net)
The number of abortions occurring annually in each state allows for estimation of the total number of pregnancies, which is the sum of births, miscarriages (including stillbirths) and induced abortions. (guttmacher.org)
Roughly half of all pregnancies are unintended, and 26-41% of all pregnancies end in abortion. (guttmacher.org)
Abortion is illegal in much of the developing world, forcing women to use dangerous clandestine methods if they want to end their pregnancies. (theglobeandmail.com)
Pompeo dismissed criticism that the policy could lead to more pregnancies and abortions in rural areas as "just wrong. (euronews.com)
RCW 9.02.160 provides that "[I]f the state provides, directly or by contract, maternity care benefits, services, or information to women through any program administered or funded in whole or in part by the state, the state shall also provide women otherwise eligible for any such program with substantially equivalent benefits, services, or information to permit them to voluntarily terminate their pregnancies. (jonathanturley.org)
UN Secretary General, Ban-Ki Moon has made clear that "access to safe emergency contraception and services for the termination of pregnancies resulting from rape should be an integral component of any multisectoral response. (leaf.ca)
Based on estimated lifetime risk, each American woman is expected to have 3.2 pregnancies, of which 2 will be a live birth, 0.7 will be an induced abortion, and 0.5 will be a miscarriage. (medscape.com)
Elective Abortion: Does It Affect Subsequent Pregnancies? (medlineplus.gov)

Last year, we know that over 200 women had to travel to Britain to obtain abortions for that reason. (labour.ie)

Clinical guidance and training has been provided and circulated to healthcare teams nationwide to assist practitioners in the clinical decision making involved in providing abortion care. (sky.com)
Call us for a referral list of health care providers in your area that offer other abortion services. (plannedparenthood.org)
In the face of a possible loss of the federal standard granted by Roe, policymakers in some states have recently added explicit language to state laws or the state constitution to protect the right to abortion care. (kff.org)
The increase, the statement said, came "because there was such a major swing in access to abortion care in those states. (chicagobusiness.com)
But "it's going to take 20 years to end unsafe abortions", she added in an interview Thursday after a meeting to review the work of the growing number of facilities providing comprehensive abortion care (CAC). (ipsnews.net)
CREHPA's study found that of 1,560 cases treated at the post-abortion care unit at Maternity Hospital from April 2004 to April 2005, 138 were for complications caused by induced abortion. (ipsnews.net)
Sure I can understand that in the districts, where they are alone and have to treat everything from broken legs to internal injuries, but not in the cities," added the former manager of the Ministry of Health's Technical Committee for the Implementation of Comprehensive Abortion Care (TCIC). (ipsnews.net)
The health care provider is offering abortions at its Southern Arizona Regional Health Center in Tucson. (ktar.com)
We really wanted to respect all of our providers decisions about whether they felt comfortable providing abortion care during this legal limbo period of time," Fonteno said. (ktar.com)
The reality is also that as the state's largest reproductive health care provider, restarting abortions services unfortunately isn't as quick and simple as turning on a light switch," Fonteno said. (ktar.com)
Among public and private facilities that offer postabortion care but not abortion, lack of trained providers and lack of equipment or supplies are cited as major reasons for not providing abortion ( see figure ). (guttmacher.org)
Almost all facilities that provide abortion-related services in the six study states report offering contraception after an abortion or postabortion care, but the majority provide only some components of comprehensive contraceptive care. (guttmacher.org)
Previous efforts in Congress to expand abortion access and other reproductive care for service members have made it into early NDAA drafts, only to be taken out in the final version that became law because of strong Republican opposition -- potentially foreshadowing how the fight will go this year. (military.com)
For now, it remains legal to travel to other states such as Minnesota for abortion care and websites like abortionfinder.org and abortionfunds.org have sprung up to facilitate it. (publicnewsservice.org)
Veterans Affairs leaders are vowing to continue "providing reproductive health care" to patients in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision on abortion last week , but that won't mean providing any new services or travel assistance to help women get the procedure. (militarytimes.com)
Access to gender-specific reproductive health services, including contraception and fertility services, is and will remain a critical component of veteran health care," he said. (militarytimes.com)
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)
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)
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)
More than 22 states have imposed bans or restrictions on abortion, with Idaho enacting a law prohibiting the transport of minors across state lines for abortion care. (publicnewsservice.org)
We know that the American public supports access to abortion care. (publicnewsservice.org)
Our staff and partners in countries as diverse as Bolivia, Malawi and India are working to ensure all people can access high-quality abortion care. (ipas.org)
Our materials are designed to help reproductive health advocates and professionals expand access to high-quality abortion care. (ipas.org)
Levi Strauss & Co announced on Wednesday that the company plans to reimburse travel expenses for full and part-time employees who need to travel to other states for health care services like abortions. (wtvr.com)
Critics argue the policy, which they call a "global gag rule" over its application to all family planning services, threatens the health of the world's most vulnerable populations, including women in developing nations with limited access to care. (euronews.com)
Further expanding the global gag rule puts international organizations in an impossible position: provide women the full scope of reproductive health care services or deny critical funding that saves lives. (euronews.com)
BALTIMORE - Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott announced Tuesday the city would direct a second round of grant funding to nonprofit organizations providing abortion and abortion care services. (mddems.org)
Responding to the lack of services available outside the main urban centres, Deputy Bacik said that government must ensure that more GPs will provide access to abortion care for women. (labour.ie)
In 2018, people voted for repeal of the Eighth Amendment to enable women to have access to abortion care in this country. (labour.ie)
We know that there are 13 counties in which less than 10 GPs provide abortion care, and we are aware that many counties have no GPs providing services. (labour.ie)
Even when they do travel to see a GP who is willing to provide abortion care, the legislation may restrict their access. (labour.ie)
Both Medicaid insurance and health plans offered under the state of Florida's Affordable Care Act will only cover abortion procedures in the cases of rape, incest, or life endangerment. (fcws.org)
Here at First Care Women's Services, we believe women should be able to make the decision that's best for them - not the one that they feel forced into. (fcws.org)
Conclusions The clinical experiences and opinions of the respondents suggest that the current legal availability of abortion in Ireland is insufficient to guide best clinical practice and does not represent the views of those that provide obstetric care. (bmj.com)
People who are able to access reproductive health care, specifically abortion, go on to say out of poverty and have more control over their lives," Wallace said. (wmnf.org)
But Lawler said limiting abortion access, even the possibility of it, limits women's access to health care. (wmnf.org)
State law does allow heath care professionals to decline to perform voluntary abortions for personal reasons. (jonathanturley.org)
Plaintiff argues, however, that Defendants do not comply with this act despite the resolution in that they do not provide for "substantively equivalent services for terminations as it does maternity care, and Defendants continue to have a practice of never performing medication abortions and of rarely performing surgical abortions for patients seeking or needing such medical care. (jonathanturley.org)
At a time when much of our nation is facing numerous restrictions on access to abortion, it's a breath of fresh air to have a court ensure women can get the care they need. (jonathanturley.org)
She recalled that Esme was initially imprisoned preventively "for having a spontaneous abortion and not having comprehensive care to prevent situations, in a context where abortion is totally criminalized. (ticotimes.net)
Establish or strengthen a coordinated network with likeminded stakeholders and health system partners to advocate for safe abortion and improved access to comprehensive abortion care. (kit.nl)
If you are thinking of having an abortion, talk with your health care provider. (medlineplus.gov)
Our findings demonstrate that online telemedicine provided by Aid Access not only provided a critical service, but also offered care that participants deemed legitimate and trustworthy. (bvsalud.org)
The National Reproductive Health Strategy 2006 2009 contributed to improving the health of the people of Afghanistan, especially women and children, through the implementation of the basic package of health services (BPHS) and the essential package of hospital services (EPHS) as the standard, agreed-upon minimum package of health care services to be provided at each level of the health system. (who.int)
While health planning/contraception and comprehensive abortion systems around the world are being challenged by care, including post abortion care are integrated in increasing demand for care of COVID-19 patients, it is the essential health services package in 12 (80%) of critical to all other services including sexual reproductive the 15 countries that have sexual reproductive health health services. (who.int)
The purpose of this abortion care and post abortion care during the COVID report was to assess and document continuity of sexual pandemic. (who.int)
9(59%) of the countries reported reduction in and reproductive health services with a focus on safe the use of family planning services, 6(35%) indicated no abortion, post abortion care and family planning services changes in the use of family planning services with only during the COVID -19 pandemic in selected countries of 2(12%) countries providing no response. (who.int)
Induced abortion : guidelines for the provision of care and services. (who.int)
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)
This guideline covers care for women of any age (including girls and young women under 18) who request an abortion. (bvsalud.org)

Some states are focusing on clarifying and strengthening long-standing protections for abortion rights, while others seek to assure affordable access to abortion services for their residents and to protect clinicians who provide abortion services in their states. (kff.org)
The bill, which seeks wider access to abortion services, passed second stage in the Dáil last night. (thejournal.ie)
The investments supported increased access to abortion services by "helping grantees to hire more staff, increase the number of in-person and medication abortion telehealth visits, decrease the time to access abortion services, and cover costs for travel and medical treatment," the mayor's office said. (mddems.org)

Rural service provision for abortions is currently sparse, the groups say, with no GPs signed up to the service in some counties. (thejournal.ie)
Among PHCs, which are the most numerous type of public facility and which also tend to be small and underresourced, abortion provision is rare. (guttmacher.org)
Lack of registration to provide abortion is also a major barrier to provision among private facilities. (guttmacher.org)
Section 9 of the Act imposed specific duties on him about the provision of abortion and post-abortion services. (itv.com)
While the provision has a long way before it becomes law and is expected to face efforts by Republicans throughout the lawmaking process to remove it from the bill, the inclusion signals Democrats' willingness to put up a fight over abortion rights in the military. (military.com)
For example, in 2010, a Senate version of the NDAA would have removed the restriction on performing abortions in Defense Department facilities, but that provision was stripped from the bill before it became law. (military.com)
All groups involved in the healthcare service provision in Ireland are being invited to participate in the anonymous survey -e.g. doctors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, hospital administrators and healthcare assistants and students. (tcd.ie)
A new research paper described the provision of telemedical abortion services by Women on Web to women in the U.S military located overseas. (womenonweb.org)
The calculation counts each "discrete clinical interaction" as a separate "medical service," meaning simple tests or routine provision of birth control are given the same weight as surgical or chemical abortions. (heritage.org)
Introduction The provision of abortion services in the Republic of Ireland is legally restricted. (bmj.com)
The provision of abortion services in the Republic of Ireland is restricted through constitutional and legislative mechanisms. (bmj.com)
RCW 9.02.100(4) provides, "[t]he state shall not discriminate against the exercise of these rights in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information. (jonathanturley.org)

Argentina's Senate on Thursday rejected a bill to legalize elective abortion, a defeat for a grassroots movement that came closer than ever to achieving the decriminalization of the procedure in the homeland of Pope Francis. (courthousenews.com)

Thousands of women, most of them poor, are hospitalized each year for complications linked due to unsafe abortions. (courthousenews.com)
Cases of abortion complications have declined steeply, and the lives of many women have been saved, Dr. Diomba says. (theglobeandmail.com)
In Mozambique, as in most other African countries, complications from unsafe abortions are among the leading causes of maternal mortality, accounting for an estimated 11 per cent of all deaths among pregnant women and girls. (theglobeandmail.com)
Additionally, an ultrasound will allow your doctor to see if there are any conditions that could lead to abortion complications. (fcws.org)
In the case of complications related to the abortion procedure, you can expect to pay for any necessary surgeries and medications. (fcws.org)
In 1992, 10 women died as a result of complications from legal induced abortion, and no deaths were reported associated with illegal abortion. (cdc.gov)
Illegal abortions are unsafe and account for 13% of all maternal mortality and serious complications. (medscape.com)
In countries where abortion is legal, abortion is usually safe and complications are rare. (msdmanuals.com)

The decision could echo across Latin America, where anti-abortion forces remains strong even if the Roman Catholic Church has lost influence and moral authority due to secularization, an out-of-touch clerical caste and an avalanche of sex abuse scandals. (courthousenews.com)
Pushed by a wave of demonstrations by women's groups, the lower house had already passed the measure and conservative President Mauricio Macri had said that he would sign it, even though he is anti-abortion. (courthousenews.com)
The legal limbo that was created by Arizona's anti-abortion politicians was strategic and intentional," Fonteno said. (ktar.com)
The service ended with The Knights of Columbus leading attendees, who carried anti-abortion signs, around the courthouse in a silent walk. (wuft.org)
Anti-abortion demonstrators participated in the silent walk around the courthouse. (wuft.org)

In 2005 it founded Women on Web, a telemedical service that supports women in countries where there is no access to safe abortion to obtain a medical abortion. (womenonwaves.org)
It is sometimes called a "medical abortion" or "abortion with pills. (medlineplus.gov)
Medical abortion done before 11 weeks may be done on an outpatient basis. (msdmanuals.com)
Patients who undergo medical abortion after 11 weeks should be observed because heavy bleeding is possible. (msdmanuals.com)

The Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion (CCS) was a group of American clergy that counseled and referred people to licensed doctors for safe abortions before the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade made abortion legal nationwide. (wikipedia.org)
House Democrats are moving to ensure service members can take leave to get an abortion ahead of the Supreme Court's expected ruling to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that prevents states from outlawing the procedure. (military.com)
The U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision secured women's access to abortion without excessive government intrusion. (wmnf.org)

The government, private and NGO sectors all offer abortion services in this South Asian nation of 25 million people. (ipsnews.net)
Ruling on statutory grounds, Skagit County, Washington Superior Court Judge Raquel Montoya-Lewis held that a public hospital offering maternity services to women must also offer abortion services. (jonathanturley.org)

More than one half of all abortions (55%) were performed at less than or equal to 8 weeks of gestation, and approximately 88% were performed before 13 weeks. (cdc.gov)
Approximately half of all abortions are performed with this method. (medscape.com)

Strongly restrictive abortion laws are often enforced in developing countries. (bvsalud.org)

We offer surgical abortion services ( in-clinic abortion ) and/or medication abortion services ( abortion pill ) at five locations in the Chicago area and central Illinois. (plannedparenthood.org)
PPIL provides in-clinic abortion services up to 19 weeks and 6 days gestation and offers medication abortion, also known as the abortion pill, up to 10 weeks gestation. (plannedparenthood.org)
Availability and how to prepare The abortion pill (also known as a medication abortion) is offered up to 11 weeks after the first day of your last menstrual period. (plannedparenthood.org)
Abortion pill (medication abortion) services are available by appointment only. (plannedparenthood.org)
The same day, a Washington State judge ruled the FDA must keep medication abortion drugs available in over a dozen Democratic-led states, including Illinois. (publicnewsservice.org)
The study published in Women's Health Issues, reviews de-identified data from email inquiries and online consultation forms from 323 U.S. service women or military spouses seeking medication abortion from Women on Web between January 2010 and December 2017. (womenonweb.org)
In the lead-up to the lawsuit, Plaintiff served two demand letters to Defendants in July, 2014 and February, 2015 requesting that Defendants provide medication abortions and surgical abortions in compliance with Washington state law. (jonathanturley.org)

We work with partners around the world to advance reproductive justice by expanding access to abortion and contraception. (ipas.org)
Contraception (all forms) can be started immediately after an induced abortion at (msdmanuals.com)

There are an estimated 100,000 abortions in Mozambique annually - and almost all have traditionally been illegal and highly risky. (theglobeandmail.com)
The mortality rate related to induced abortion was 0.6 deaths per 100,000 abortions. (medscape.com)

While abortion is largely banned, with very few exceptions, in Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee, Iowa law bans abortion at 22 weeks and requires patients to make two trips - one for in-person counseling and another at least 24 hours later for an abortion, according to the Guttmacher Institute. (chicagobusiness.com)
Up to 26 states could ban abortion after Roe is overturned, including 13 that have so-called trigger laws to immediately end abortion after a Supreme Court ruling, according to the pro-abortion rights Guttmacher Institute . (military.com)
Some 61% of women undergoing abortion in the U.S. already have at least one child, and half of them have two or more children, according to the Guttmacher Institute. (austinchronicle.com)
Worldwide, some 20-30 million legal abortions are performed annually, with another 10-20 million abortions performed illegally (see The Alan Guttmacher Institute ). (medscape.com)

The ruling by Poland's Constitutional Tribunal removed one of the few remaining grounds for legal termination in the country, which already had some of the strictest abortion laws in Europe. (wbrz.com)
In their response, two days following the second demand letter, Defendants adopted by resolution a policy concerning the Washington Reproductive Privacy Act, stating that they do not prohibit or have a written policy against providing termination services to women. (jonathanturley.org)

Studies estimate there are about 25 million unsafe abortions around the world annually, causing about 30,000 deaths among women every year - almost entirely in the developing world. (theglobeandmail.com)
Legal and social barriers and a lack of availability of quality services lead to the 22 million unsafe abortions that the WHO estimates take place each year, which result in 13% of the maternal deaths that occur worldwide. (leaf.ca)

The Legislature is expected to consider proposals to tighten abortion restrictions. (publicnewsservice.org)
Since then, most "red" states have put restrictions on the procedure, while others have made abortions generally available. (publicnewsservice.org)
While a bortion rights protest leaders have accused government officials of pushing the court to tighten abortion restrictions in order to please the Church, religious leaders say they've played no part in influencing the new legislation. (wbrz.com)
Because the abortion restrictions are less strict in Florida. (wmnf.org)
WHO evidence shows that restrictions placed on abortion services or the lack of availability of safe services do not reduce abortion rates. (leaf.ca)
In the United States, abortion of a previable fetus is regulated by state-specific restrictions (eg, mandatory waiting periods, gestational age restrictions). (msdmanuals.com)

This brief reviews the status of state actions to strengthen and guarantee abortion access to their residents, as well as to prepare for the likely increase in demand for abortion services in those states should the high court overturn the constitutional right to abortion established by Roe v. Wade . (kff.org)

In both the public and private sectors, many facilities that offer abortion do not provide it beyond certain gestational ages that are well below the 20-week legal limit. (guttmacher.org)

The Clergy Consultation Service also started Women's Services, an abortion clinic in New York City, in 1970 after statewide legislation made abortion legal in New York State. (wikipedia.org)
On that day, the Clergy Consultation Service of New York opened the first freestanding outpatient abortion clinic in the U.S., the Center for Reproductive and Sexual Health (later known as Women's Services), under the medical direction of Dr. Hale Harvey III and the administration of graduate student Barbara Pyle. (wikipedia.org)
Harvey had performed abortions for CCS-referred patients in New Orleans and was invited by the CCS to set up the clinic in New York. (wikipedia.org)
There are 15 public hospitals in the federal district of the capital that offer safe, legal abortions, but the Beatriz Velasco Reproductive Health Clinic has carried out one-quarter of such procedures since first trimester abortion was legalised by the Mexico City legislature in April 2007. (ipsnews.net)
One-quarter of those clients had sought an abortion from a private unlisted clinic, about one-sixth from an unskilled provider and one in eight tried to abort using unapproved drugs. (ipsnews.net)
Akron, Ohio - Funeral services have been set for LaKisha Wilson, 22, who died at Preterm abortion clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. (operationrescue.org)
Wilson was transported from Preterm abortion clinic to University Hospital Case Medical Center on March 21. (operationrescue.org)
A press conference featuring state and national pro-life leaders was held on April 2 outside the Preterm abortion clinic to call for the immediate suspension of Preterm's abortion facility license pending a full investigation into Wilson's death. (operationrescue.org)
Abortion services are provide at Te Aka Tauawhi Tangata (Tauwahi)- Women's Clinic, Rotorua Hospital. (abortion.gen.nz)
Forty-one percent of women of childbearing age nationwide would see their nearest abortion clinic close! (revcom.us)
There are so many barriers to women in the U.S. procuring safe abortions: Cost, ability to travel to a clinic, language, and pressure from friends and family, to name a few. (americanwomensservices.com)

If the Court rules to overturn Roe in the Dobbs ruling, it is anticipated that new legal challenges to abortion bans will be filed in and decided by state courts. (kff.org)
At least 18 states have full or partial bans on abortions following the latest Supreme Court ruling. (militarytimes.com)
Pompeo also announced that the United States will cut funding to the Organization of American States for abortion-related activities forbidden under the Siljander amendment, a federal law that bans the use of U.S. funds to lobby for abortion. (euronews.com)
Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) along with 119 cosponsors introduced the "Global Democracy Promotion Act," which would put an end to the harmful Mexico City Policy, more commonly known as the Global Gag Rule, which also bans U.S.-funded family planning groups from advocating for the decriminalization of abortion in the countries they are based. (reproductiverights.org)

She and other women visited many of the abortion providers themselves, posing as pregnant women, to check the clinical conditions and procedure used, as well as the demeanor of the doctors. (wikipedia.org)
In the last three years, some 65,000 women have visited public health facilities to find out about abortions, and 40,000 have undergone the procedure, the Mexico City health secretariat reported this month. (ipsnews.net)
Officials did not say whether VA physicians may update information about available services in light of the recent developments, particularly in states where the procedure is now outlawed. (militarytimes.com)
Several Democratic lawmakers have suggested in recent days that President Joe Biden could use federal land and federal facilities to allow abortion providers to work in regions where state officials have outlawed the procedure. (militarytimes.com)
As abortion rights face challenges in the U.S., including on the federal level, some companies are showing support for employees who seek the procedure. (wtvr.com)
The state does not require private abortion plans to cover abortion , however, you can purchase an additional rider to cover the procedure. (fcws.org)
While women feel as though abortion will be the most financially beneficial option for them, the procedure can be quite costly. (fcws.org)
The abortion pill is a serious medical procedure and, like other procedures, women should be prepared for additional costs that might come their way. (fcws.org)
Determined, April conducted heavy research (a "part-time job" she calls it) trying to find out where she could go in Texas for the procedure, how much it would cost, and what kind of financial support was available, all the while striving to understand the complex hurdles imposed by House Bill 2, the four-part law restricting abortion access, passed during the 2013 legis-lative session. (austinchronicle.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)
Completion of an induced abortion can be confirmed by directly observing removal of uterine contents or via ultrasonography used during the procedure. (msdmanuals.com)

By the time of the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, it is estimated that the Clergy Consultation Service had nationally referred at least 450,000 people for safe abortions. (wikipedia.org)
By 1972, there were chapters in 38 states, and by the time the Roe v. Wade decision made abortion legal nationwide in January 1973, some 3,000 CCS counselors had referred as many as 450,000 women for safe abortions. (wikipedia.org)
For example, Michigan enacted an abortion ban in 1931, decades before the Supreme Court issued its decision in Roe v. Wade . (kff.org)
In a statement issued just hours after the court overturned the long-standing Roe vs. Wade decision - which legalized abortion across America - VA Secretary Denis McDonough said that officials at the department were looking into what the decision would mean for individuals who use VA medical facilities. (militarytimes.com)
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, essentially giving the power to states to regulate abortion access. (publicnewsservice.org)
A draft opinion leaked to Politico on Monday said the Supreme Court could overturn Roe v. Wade and allow states to create their own laws regarding abortion. (wtvr.com)
If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade (the decision that legalized abortion), this would immediately eradicate legal abortion in nearly half the states in this country. (revcom.us)
Supporters gather at the annual Roe v. Wade Memorial Service in front of The Old Citrus County Courthouse. (wuft.org)
But the following day in Inverness, demonstrators gathered in protest of abortion rights at the annual Roe v. Wade Memorial Service. (wuft.org)

Abortion is permitted up to 20 weeks' gestation when it is necessary to save a woman's life or protect her physical or mental health, and in cases of economic or social necessity, rape, contraceptive failure among married couples and fetal anomaly. (guttmacher.org)

KATHMANDU, Sep 9 2006 (IPS) - As the 21st century began, more women were dying during childbirth in Nepal than in almost any other country and it was estimated that half of maternal deaths in hospitals were caused by unsafe abortions. (ipsnews.net)

For example, 13 percent of women who sought abortions at 22 facilities from January to March this year were rejected because they were more than 12 weeks pregnant, according to a study released at Thursday's meeting. (ipsnews.net)
The report also found that some government centres were refusing to provide abortions if patients were nine weeks pregnant or more, despite the law permitting abortion on demand up to 12 weeks. (ipsnews.net)
who is pregnant and requests leave to obtain an abortion" or "is the spouse , partner, or significant other of a pregnant individual and requests leave to assist that individual in obtaining an abortion," according to the bill text. (military.com)
Another woman wrote, "I am pregnant and need an abortion but am facing incredible challenges. (womenonweb.org)
But minors do get pregnant, and some minors want abortions. (americanwomensservices.com)
More women in the group who had 0-1 abortion (n = 109/420) believed they could not become pregnant at the time of conception, compared to women who had ≥2 abortions (n = 27/161), p=.038. (lu.se)

The move comes after an Arizona judge heard the state's request to enforce the 1901 ban on abortion which currently on the books. (ktar.com)
The CORALE team has recently shared some preliminary observations with Marie O'Shea, Chair of the independent review into the State's abortion laws. (tcd.ie)

In 1973, following Roman Catholic opposition to legalized abortion, a group of Protestant and Jewish clergy formed an education and advocacy organization, the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights (RCAR), which in 1993 broadened to become the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC). (wikipedia.org)
Last month, a draft Supreme Court opinion leaked and published by Politico revealed the court's conservative majority is poised to overturn Roe, the landmark 1973 ruling that guaranteed the right to an abortion nationwide. (military.com)
Around 150 people met at The Old Citrus County Courthouse to mourn over 60 million abortions since the U.S. Supreme Court 1973 ruling. (wuft.org)
There have been 60 million abortions since 1973. (silentnomoreawareness.org)
[ 1 ] Accurate statistics have been kept since the enactment of the 1973 US Supreme Court decisions legalizing abortions. (medscape.com)
Since the 1973 decision, approximately 1.3-1.4 million abortions have been performed annually in the United States. (medscape.com)
Since the landmark 1973 US Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, hundreds of laws, federal and state, have been proposed or passed, making this the most actively litigated and highly publicized area in the field of medicine. (medscape.com)

She added that women seeking abortions after 12 weeks faced uncertainty, saying: "We expect there will be a significant cohort of women who won't be catered for. (sky.com)
The website is part of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's pledge to make California a sanctuary for women seeking abortions. (kristv.com)

Post abortion counselling appointments are also available. (abortion.gen.nz)

Just over 66% of the electorate voted to repeal a controversial amendment in the Irish constitution which made abortion illegal except in certain extremely limited circumstances. (sky.com)

The law legalising abortion in the capital triggered a wave of legal counter-reforms pushed by the most conservative sectors of society in Mexico, led by the local Catholic Church hierarchy and right-wing political leaders, which tightened already strict state legislation against abortion. (ipsnews.net)
Information about changes in the abortion legislation and what these changes mean for health practitioners. (health.govt.nz)
Changes were made to the abortion law in 2020 to better align the legislation with that of other health services. (health.govt.nz)
Information on changes to abortion legislation in New Zealand resulting from the 2020 law reform. (health.govt.nz)
Minister Donnelly needs to outline when the abortion review will be published, but it is clear already that the legislation is not providing the level of access required. (labour.ie)
PRESS RELEASE) New federal legislation was introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives that would prevent future U.S. presidents from imposing a harmful policy barring any organization that receives U.S. international family planning assistance from providing information, referrals, or services for legal abortion, even with their own funds. (reproductiverights.org)
Recent legislation that has been implemented allows for abortion if there is a real and substantial risk to the woman's life, but in general Irish women must travel abroad for abortion services. (bmj.com)

The department also does not provide any "abortion counseling" services through its medical centers. (militarytimes.com)
Because Title X grants offer up-front funding to providers (rather than payment after-the-fact, as with Medicaid or private insurance), the program provides essential infrastructure support that allows health centers providing family planning services to keep their doors open for clients. (heritage.org)

Such a practice has deprived clients of their rights to safe and legal abortion up to 12 weeks of gestation from any government approved facility of her choice," says the 'National Facility-based Abortion Baseline Study' by the Centre for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities (CREHPA). (ipsnews.net)
Given the legal permissibility of abortion in most of these countries as well as in Canada, there is ample scope for Canadian international cooperation efforts to support increased access to safe and legal abortion services for women and adolescent girls as part of a comprehensive and integrated package of sexual and reproductive health services. (leaf.ca)

Northern Ireland's abortion laws were liberalised in 2019, but the Department of Health never centrally commissioned the rollout of full services due to a political impasse at Stormont. (thejournal.ie)
Abortions resulting from fetal defects comprised approximately 98% of all legal abortions carried out in Poland in 2019, according to data from the Polish Ministry of Health. (wbrz.com)
The research team is seeking input from healthcare workers on the operation of the right to conscientious objection, since the commencement of abortion services in Ireland in 2019. (tcd.ie)
Since April 2019, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) has worked with ten of its member associations - that is, national societies of obstetrics and gynaecology - to become key actors in safe abortion advocacy and national leaders in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for women. (kit.nl)

Biden regime to turn Christian doctors into MURDERERS by forcing them to perform abortions. (newstarget.com)
The fundamental conflict in the case litigated was ostensibly due to the defendant hospital district's position that while agreeing to offer such services, it experienced difficulty in complying due to lack of health professionals willing to perform abortions. (jonathanturley.org)

The Trump administration is expanding a ban on U.S. aid to foreign groups that promote or provide abortions to include those who support others who do, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Tuesday. (euronews.com)

You can expect to pay around $500 for the abortion pill and early surgical abortions, and upwards of several thousand dollars for second and third-trimester surgical abortions. (fcws.org)

When the former Conservative government launched Canada's $3.5-billion maternal and child-health program in 2010, abortion was explicitly excluded from the program, mainly because many Conservatives were ideologically uncomfortable with it. (theglobeandmail.com)
Its mission is to protect maternal health by preventing unsafe abortions. (womenonwaves.org)

At Women's Services, abortions cost as little as $25 for patients in economic need, and women were referred there by CCS chapters throughout the east. (wikipedia.org)
Here at First Coast Women's Services, we believe women should feel empowered as they choose the best option for them. (fcws.org)
Schedule your appointment at First Coast Women's Services today! (fcws.org)

The abortion ratio was 314 legal induced abortions per 1,000 live births, and as in 1995, the abortion rate was 20 per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years. (cdc.gov)
Using 1996 data, this translates into 3.89 million live births, 1.37 million abortions, and 0.98 million miscarriages. (medscape.com)

5 The resultant common law and two subsequent referenda in 1992 and 2002 upheld the right to abortion services in Ireland if there was a real and substantial risk to the life of the mother, including the risk of suicide. (bmj.com)
Expected to be the most pivotal abortion rights case since 1992, Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt could very well set the course for reproductive health laws across the country for decades to come. (austinchronicle.com)
This report also includes recently reported abortion-related deaths that occurred in 1992. (cdc.gov)
In 1992, the case-fatality rate of legal induced abortion was 0.7 abortion-related deaths per 100,000 legal induced abortions. (cdc.gov)

At the same time, the New York CCS was concerned that demand for legal abortion in New York City would be much greater than hospitals were equipped to provide. (wikipedia.org)
The group offered a referral to anyone who had difficulty getting an abortion at New York City hospitals and amassed statistics indicating that the hospital system did not provide timely treatment. (wikipedia.org)
Services will be provided in GP practices and family planning services, and maternity units and hospitals across the country. (sky.com)
The Health Department said it will be asking the HSE to fully implement abortion services in all maternity hospitals and units by September. (thejournal.ie)
Among facilities that offer abortion, the majority of CHCs and PHCs-and many public and private hospitals-provide it only during the first trimester. (guttmacher.org)
Previously, the ACLU tried to get another chain of Catholic hospitals to commit abortions in 2015. (newstarget.com)
ACLU Senior Staff Attorney Brigitte Amiri said, "Today's decision is a huge victory for women seeking access to abortion, and we hope it will serve as an example for hospitals throughout the country. (jonathanturley.org)

She said after the Supreme Court turned abortion rights over to states, protecting access will mean challenging the new status quo. (publicnewsservice.org)

Starting in 1965, New York State Assemblyman Albert H. Blumenthal led an effort to reform state abortion laws. (wikipedia.org)
Laws were quickly passed following the referendum to ensure that as of midnight on Tuesday, the country's national health service was able to offer terminations free of charge. (sky.com)
Should the Supreme Court overturn or weaken the Roe decision in its ruling on the Dobbs case, it will again be up to each state to establish laws protecting or restricting abortion in the absence of a federal standard. (kff.org)
While much has been noted about the states that will likely ban or greatly restrict abortion access, some states are moving to enact laws that are protective of abortion rights for their residents. (kff.org)
We can't in good faith schedule patients for abortions when they would have to go out of state anyway,' Bisek told the Argus Leader on Wednesday afternoon, noting that because of many laws already set in South Dakota, it takes multiple appointments to get an abortion. (yahoo.com)
The South Dakota state Legislature is expected to convene in a special session to reassess abortion laws. (publicnewsservice.org)
Now we need to see the new laws brought into force urgently to ensure that women are not intimidated when they seek to access abortion services. (labour.ie)
we heard powerful testimonies from those whose lives were touched by tragedy because of draconian laws outlawing abortion. (labour.ie)
Medical professionals from your provider can explain local laws pertaining to youth abortions, lay out your options, and refer you to an attorney if necessary. (americanwomensservices.com)
Feminist and human rights organizations have called on authorities to decriminalize abortion and reform laws. (ticotimes.net)
Before the 19th century, most US states had no specific abortion laws. (medscape.com)

In addition to Tuesday's move in the fiscal 2023 defense spending bill and Senate Armed Services Committee members telegraphing a fight in their NDAA, a key House lawmaker recently suggested the House's version of the NDAA could also see a debate over abortion rights. (military.com)
Purewal, N & Eklund, L 2023, Population Control and Sex-Selective Abortion in China and India: A Feminist Critique of Criminalisation . (lu.se)

The Salvadoran Penal Code since 1998 prohibits abortion in all cases and establishes penalties of up to 8 years. (ticotimes.net)

Some State Supreme Court decisions have established that the right to an abortion is included in the right to privacy or other provisions of the state constitution. (kff.org)
However, just as the United States Supreme Court could overrule Roe , State Supreme Courts could also overrule these prior decisions regarding the right to an abortion in the state constitution. (kff.org)

Ireland voted for Repeal five years ago, where are we now with abortion services? (thejournal.ie)

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