• Red Rose members have been criminally charged and convicted for actions carried out at three New York clinics - two on Long Island, one in Westchester County - in 2021 and 2022. (mynorthwest.com)
  • Another action took place on July 7, 2022, at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Hempstead, where Red Rose activist Christopher Moscinski blocked access by placing six industrial locks and chains on the front gates, James said. (mynorthwest.com)
  • Investigators say Green broke a window at the clinic, filled aluminum baking pans with gasoline and set it ablaze on May 25, 2022. (journalrecord.com)
  • 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)
  • NARAL Virginia's deputy director agreed, grumbling that the real agenda behind mandating wider halls and doors was "restricting safe, legal abortion access," according to MSNBC . (jillstanek.com)
  • As Abigail Censky of the Kansas News Service reports, the future of legal abortion in Kansas could shift in the coming year. (wkyufm.org)
  • Shannon Brewer, the director of Jackson Women's Health, commented in the segment, "Now you have safe, legal abortion. (reproductiverights.org)
  • As in Texas, this provision was designed to force clinics to close, further restricting access to safe, legal abortion. (aclu.org)
  • These restrictions are part of a nationwide effort to block a woman from having an abortion by making safe, legal abortion inaccessible. (aclu.org)
  • Second, the internationally-renowned obstetrician-gynecologist, Dr. David Grimes has published an excellent book applying epidemiologic methods to abortion: Every third Woman in America: How Legal Abortion Transformed Our Nation 2 .This book may be downloaded for 99 cents! (bvsalud.org)
  • Today an estimated every third woman in America will have at least one legal abortion. (bvsalud.org)
  • We see on an almost daily basis anti-abortion protesters outside our health centers and throughout our affiliates using harmful tactics," said Dipal Shah, chief external affairs officer for Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, who joined James and other elected officials at the Hempstead clinic. (mynorthwest.com)
  • Protesters often engage in what is known as "sidewalk counseling", in which they warn people entering the clinic about risks of abortion, attempt to offer alternatives to abortion or show pictures of fetuses. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Court acknowledged that Massachusetts couldn't pass this kind of law just because anti-abortion protesters or counselors made other people uncomfortable, but it underscored that the concerns that prompted the legislature to pass this law - trying to keep access to clinics open and keep the area around clinics safe - aren't aimed at what people are saying. (scotusblog.com)
  • Unfortunately, our clinics are often targeted by anti-abortion protesters. (abortionclinics.org)
  • The clinic, which had drawn anti-abortion protesters, was scheduled to open a few weeks later but was not able to begin seeing patients until March because of the fire damage. (journalrecord.com)
  • Before the Clearwater City Council voted unanimously on March 2 to create a buffer zone at an abortion clinic due to volatile confrontations with protesters, Florida Preborn Rescue member Allen Tuthill warned what would happen next. (tampabay.com)
  • The nonprofit organization alleges the demonstration-free zone that allows patients to access the Bread and Roses Women's Health Center violates protesters' First Amendment rights and "targets the speech of people with a pro-life viewpoint. (tampabay.com)
  • He said it was a way to protect patients' rights to access care while preserving the First Amendment rights of protesters. (tampabay.com)
  • On May 16, an anti-abortion group also represented by the Thomas More Society sued the city of Carbondale, Illinois, over an ordinance it passed in January that blocks protesters from approaching people within 100 feet of health care facility entrances. (tampabay.com)
  • Moscinski was convicted of violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act and is scheduled to be sentenced on June 27, 2023. (mynorthwest.com)
  • Abortion providers in three states filed a lawsuit Monday, May 8, 2023, aimed at preserving access to the abortion pill mifepristone, even as the drug is threatened by a separate Texas lawsuit winding its way through U.S. court system. (apnews.com)
  • Patients often prefer medication abortions over surgical abortions because they are cheaper, require less time at a clinic, and offer them greater privacy and more control. (khsu.org)
  • In 2020, medication abortions made up more than half of abortions in the U.S. for the first time, according to the Guttmacher Institute , a research organization that supports abortion rights. (khsu.org)
  • Advocates expect medication abortions to become a target of new state laws. (khsu.org)
  • A resource guide to help clinics and mail-order pharmacies collaborate to provide medication abortion care/prescriptions while the FDA is allowing exceptions to the REMS dispensing restrictions. (reproductiveaccess.org)
  • In their lawsuit, the clinics argue that these restrictions "stigmatize and undermine access to medication abortion. (apnews.com)
  • The Planned Parenthood decision came days after the Missoulian reported that Blue Mountain Clinic in Missoula would offer medication abortions only to people with a Montana address . (northdenvernews.com)
  • A fourth Montana clinic, Blue Mountain Clinic in Missoula, will provide abortion medication to patients who are physically in the state, even if they are residents of another state, said executive director Nicole Smith. (ctpublic.org)
  • Care Express medication abortion in 60 minutes or less. (abortionclinics.org)
  • Nestled a mere mile from El Paso, Texas, this sanctuary is acclaimed for its extraordinary patient care and is highly commended for medication abortion services in New Mexico. (reproductiveservices.com)
  • The Women's Reproductive Refuge of New Mexico devotes time to equipping patients with exhaustive information about their options, including the medication abortion procedure, enabling individuals to make enlightened decisions about their reproductive health. (reproductiveservices.com)
  • Medication abortion colloquially referred to as the abortion pill , is a secure and efficacious method for terminating early pregnancies. (reproductiveservices.com)
  • Researchers now have clear evidence that telehealth and mail-order models enabling access to medication abortion without the need for an in-person visit with a health care provider - models accelerated in part by the COVID-19 pandemic - are safe, effective and satisfactory to patients. (wspa.com)
  • This is especially true for those who are further along in their pregnancy, cannot afford the cost , live in one of the 19 states that ban telehealth provision of medication abortion or don't have a safe place to receive and use the pills. (wspa.com)
  • Medication abortion can be used for pregnancies that are less than 11 weeks or that are more than 15 weeks. (msdmanuals.com)
  • After any abortion (surgical or medication), women with Rh-negative blood are given injection of Rh antibodies called Rho(D) immune globulin. (msdmanuals.com)
  • In addition, even within states where abortion is still legal to some degree, vast numbers of clinics have stopped offering abortion services in order to guard against potential lawsuits. (stacker.com)
  • There are many communities and spaces where they won't rent to clinics offering abortion services. (syr.edu)
  • But Montana's potential to become an abortion refuge has been diminished - not by the lawmakers and governor whose attempts to restrict abortions have been stymied by the state constitution's right to privacy, but by the operators of at least three of the state's five clinics, which are preemptively limiting who can receive abortion pills. (khsu.org)
  • But that changed last year, when women from Texas and Oklahoma, facing new restrictions there, flooded the state's clinics. (wkyufm.org)
  • That's when they'll vote on whether to change the state's constitution to say there's no legal right to an abortion. (wkyufm.org)
  • Between 2011 and 2016 the number of abortion clinics in Texas dropped from 40 to 19 as a result of the state's House Bill 2, which was struck down by the Supreme Court in June 2016. (wikipedia.org)
  • Last fall, Into America looked at how Black Texans were being hurt by the state's strict abortion laws. (msnbc.com)
  • Last fall, Into America took a closer look at the disparate impact abortion restrictions would have in Texas, following the state's passage of SB-8 , which banned abortion after six weeks. (msnbc.com)
  • ABC News traveled to Jackson, Mississippi to see what the battle for abortion access looked like on the ground at the state's last remaining clinic. (reproductiverights.org)
  • But opponents argue it's a way of shaming women who want to end their pregnancy in a state that already has other laws restricting abortion access, like requiring that two doctors be present during an abortion and prohibiting insurance plans in the state's health exchange from covering the procedure. (vox.com)
  • The American Civil Liberties Union, on behalf the state's lone abortion provider, filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Louisville seeking to stop enforcement of House Bill 454, which bans a common abortion procedure from the 11th week of pregnancy onward. (medscape.com)
  • That state's only abortion clinic has also sued to block that law. (medscape.com)
  • Since last year, when Republicans took control of the Kentucky House for the first time since 1921, the state's legislature has passed several measures to restrict access to abortion, including banning all abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy. (medscape.com)
  • Now with new restrictions in those states, the phones are ringing off the hook again at this Wichita clinic. (wkyufm.org)
  • Unfortunately there are a lot of state restrictions and abortion is not available in a lot of places. (womenonwaves.org)
  • The clinics in Virginia, Montana and Kansas sued the FDA on Monday in federal court to force the agency to drop several longstanding restrictions on how mifepristone can be prescribed. (apnews.com)
  • These bills, referred to as TRAP laws (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Provider) implement medically unnecessary restrictions for clinics that will be difficult or impossible for providers to meet, therefore forcing clinics to close under the guise of increasing the safety of the procedure. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization , which repealed the precedent set by Roe v. Wade to federally protect abortion rights in the U.S., many states have instituted restrictions-or total bans-on abortions. (stacker.com)
  • In the past four years, states have enacted 231 abortion restrictions - more than what passed in the prior decade. (vox.com)
  • Many women in neighboring states with abortion restrictions are seeking appointments in Michigan. (clickondetroit.com)
  • These restrictions may delay or prevent access to abortion. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Gosnell would have been one of the abortion clinics regulated out of existence had state agencies or the National Abortion Federation bothered. (jillstanek.com)
  • CARE is a member of the National Abortion Federation and as an approved member, we have access to loans and grants for people who qualify. (abortionclinics.org)
  • This rise in threats and attacks-further documented in a report published last month by the National Abortion Federation (NAF)-has also prompted abortion rights groups to demand that the government strengthen and fully enforce the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, a 22-year-old federal law intended to ensure access to abortion clinics and to protect the lives of abortion providers and patients. (rewirenewsgroup.com)
  • Officials from Planned Parenthood of Montana, which operates the three clinics, said the intent is to ensure that they and their patients from states with trigger bans - laws to ban or restrict abortion that were designed to go into effect if Roe v. Wade was struck down - are protected from criminal charges and lawsuits. (khsu.org)
  • If Kansans pass the constitutional amendment and the U.S. Supreme Court overturns or weakens the landmark Roe v. Wade case next year, 21 states are poised to restrict or outright ban abortions. (wkyufm.org)
  • Abortion is legal in the united states since the supreme court decision Roe vs Wade in 1973. (womenonwaves.org)
  • Access to this essential and time sensitive care is more important than ever given the Supreme Court's decision this week to consider a case that directly challenges Roe v Wade . (nirhealth.org)
  • Though Google made no explicit reference to it, the policy change is a clear response to last week's U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe vs. Wade, a decision that is expected to lead to abortion becoming illegal in about half of the nation's states. (latimes.com)
  • According to a recently leaked document, the Supreme Court may overturn Roe v. Wade, leaving abortion matters to the states. (msnbc.com)
  • Those who work at clinics that offer the procedure are anticipating the aftermath of Roe v Wade being nullified. (theroot.com)
  • The building, severely damaged, is a huge setback in the fight to preserve abortion rights in Republican-controlled states - especially considering that Wyoming is one of 13 states with a trigger law that would instantly outlaw abortion in the event Roe v. Wade is overturned. (thepetitionsite.com)
  • With Roe v. Wade on the line, anti-abortion activists are still trying to physically block women from walking into abortion clinics. (indyweek.com)
  • Clinics in Michigan are seeing a spike in calls for appointment requests days after the overturning of Roe V Wade . (clickondetroit.com)
  • Following the US Supreme Court decisions, Roe v Wade and in 1973, abortion became legal throughout the US and well accepted in areas which had achieved the second demographic transition 3 . (bvsalud.org)
  • While dilation and evacuation is used in most second-trimester abortions, nearly 90 percent of all abortions are performed in the first trimester, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights. (medscape.com)
  • And CDC research documented the safety of D & C for second trimester abortions. (bvsalud.org)
  • The clinic provides about 2,800 abortions per year, for up to 21 weeks and 6 days of pregnancy. (daytondailynews.com)
  • More and more experts came to the point of view that abortions would happen anyway, whether or not the act was criminalised, and it was to conduct them safely for those women determined to end their pregnancy. (wikipedia.org)
  • 16:01 By 1975, abortion clinic network Stimezo (an abbreviation of Stichting Medisch Verantwoorde Zwangerschapsonderbreking, "Medically Responsible Pregnancy Termination Foundation", set up in 1969) ran nine clinics throughout the country. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Center is representing the clinic, as known as the Pink House, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization , a case challenging a Mississippi law that bans abortion at 15 weeks of pregnancy. (reproductiverights.org)
  • We are one of the nation's only clinics that provide abortion care throughout pregnancy, meaning 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-trimester abortion care. (abortionclinics.org)
  • Please keep in mind that abortions later in pregnancy can require 2-4 days to allow your body to dilate and to ensure that the process is safe. (abortionclinics.org)
  • The Conversation ) - One in three people in need of abortion will consider doing something on their own to end the pregnancy if they are unable to get an abortion at a clinic. (wspa.com)
  • Research over the past two decades has shown that pregnant people who face obstacles to getting to an abortion clinic or who have a desire for a more natural or private abortion experience will try to end a pregnancy on their own. (wspa.com)
  • One yet unanswered question is how many of those in need of abortion and unable to get to a clinic will be able to end a pregnancy on their own with a safe and effective method such as the FDA-approved medications mifepristone and misoprostol, or misoprostol alone - versus how many will turn to other, likely less effective, methods with potentially harmful outcomes. (wspa.com)
  • Missouri legislators are pursuing legislation that would require a woman to watch a video showing the anatomy of her pregnancy at least 72 hours before obtaining an abortion. (vox.com)
  • More than 40% of all women will end a pregnancy by abortion at some time in their reproductive lives. (medscape.com)
  • Mississippi's governor last month signed into law the most restrictive abortion measure in the United States, banning all abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy. (medscape.com)
  • Induced abortion is the intentional ending of a pregnancy by surgery or medications. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Pregnancy is confirmed before an abortion is started. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Contraception can be started immediately after an abortion done before 28 weeks of pregnancy. (msdmanuals.com)
  • For abortions done early in the pregnancy, only a local anesthetic may be needed. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Moreover, it led to a shift to terminations earlier in pregnancy and to more equitable access to abortion for the poor-indeed the poor are more likely to get an abortion. (bvsalud.org)
  • Increasing contraceptive access for women who want to delay or avoid pregnancy in Puerto Rico during a Zika virus outbreak can substantially reduce the number of cases of ZAM and healthcare costs. (cdc.gov)
  • Methods: Three hundred and twenty-three women in the second trimester of pregnancy entered the study at a prenatal clinic providing genetic counselling information. (cdc.gov)
  • The bill's purpose is to stigmatize essential health care, criminalize doctors and eliminate abortion access, said Lauren Blauvelt-Copelin, Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio's VP of government affairs. (daytondailynews.com)
  • Abortion proponents mocked the idea that the architectural standards would actually translate into better health care," noted the Washington Post . (jillstanek.com)
  • Kate Michelman , former president of NARAL , complained in a piece blaming pro-lifers for Gosnell that the very state hosting his "House of Horrors," as it's now known, Pennsylvania , had enacted "volumes of costly regulations… designed to regulate abortion care right out of existence. (jillstanek.com)
  • NEW YORK (AP) - New York's attorney general filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday against an anti-abortion group whose members have been arrested for blocking access to health care clinics in New York and other states. (mynorthwest.com)
  • The group, Red Rose Rescue, "has made it their mission to terrorize reproductive health care providers and the patients they serve," said Attorney General Letitia James said in announcing the lawsuit against the organization and several members who she said have trespassed at suburban New York clinics, occupied waiting rooms and barricaded entrances. (mynorthwest.com)
  • Right now, we believe that that is the best way of ensuring that out-of-state patients are not afraid to access the essential follow-up care they may need because of the intimidation and fear-mongering of extreme anti-abortion politicians," said Laura Terrill, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood of Montana. (khsu.org)
  • REBECCA TONG: We've also discussed, you know, becoming more of a, you know, support network to help people travel to receive this care, to help them access the funding. (wkyufm.org)
  • LOUISVILLE - Late on May 20, 2021, the Louisville Metro Council passed a safety zone ordinance, O-179-21, that will provide safer access to health care facilities in Louisville, including the city's two abortion clinics, the only two abortion clinics in Kentucky. (nirhealth.org)
  • This is exactly the type of local solution that cities can pass to ensure that patients are able to access the health care they need in order to live their lives with dignity, respect, and security. (nirhealth.org)
  • Without safety zones, patients are subjected unnecessarily to harassment, stigmatization, and shame for seeking basic health care services, including abortion," said Tamarra Wieder, Kentucky State Director for Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates . (nirhealth.org)
  • This small space will provide safer access to health care facilities and help mitigate the risk of COVID-19 exposure. (nirhealth.org)
  • Public safety and increasing access to health care should be a priority for all community leaders, especially during a pandemic. (nirhealth.org)
  • Abortion is a legal right in Kentucky and we must do everything we can to protect patient access to it and other essential health care. (nirhealth.org)
  • Louisville now joins the ranks of cities across the U.S. - from Pittsburgh to Boulder to Pensacola - that have passed laws creating safety zones around health care facilities, including abortion clinics. (nirhealth.org)
  • Alphabet Inc.'s Google said it will automatically delete records of user visits to sensitive locations, including abortion clinics, responding to growing concerns that the data could be used to prosecute those seeking reproductive care and other personal services. (latimes.com)
  • Legal and privacy experts widely expect that the criminalization of seeking, obtaining or aiding in abortion care will lead law enforcement and courts to demand search, location, email and cloud data from Google and other technology giants. (latimes.com)
  • Founded by LeRoy and Mary Lou Carhart, part of our mission is to provide comprehensive abortion care that recognizes the complexities of people's lives and experiences in a compassionate, comfortable and personal environment. (abortionclinics.org)
  • We actively recognize the need for the care we provide and are proud to serve our patients with comprehensive abortion care. (abortionclinics.org)
  • If you need help accessing abortion care, please contact us and we will provide as much guidance as you need. (abortionclinics.org)
  • At CARE, abortions are our specialty. (abortionclinics.org)
  • Our team understands and actively provides abortion care because we understand the importance of being able to determine your future and reproductive decisions. (abortionclinics.org)
  • Abortion care is what we specialize in. (abortionclinics.org)
  • Abortion Care Network is the only national membership organization for independent abortion clinics - who provide the majority of abortion care in the United States. (abortioncarenetwork.org)
  • We support their sustainability and ability to provide dignified abortion care. (abortioncarenetwork.org)
  • In the last six years, nearly a third of all independent abortion clinics have been forced to close their doors - greatly diminishing access to essential health care in America. (abortioncarenetwork.org)
  • The #KeepOurClinics campaign is bringing people together across the country - rallying support for the independent abortion providers that care for our communities. (abortioncarenetwork.org)
  • Abortion providers across the country are in need of basic items for patients who are traveling for care - Uber gift cards, snacks, underwear, etc. (aafront.org)
  • At Wellspring Health Access, we pride ourselves on being an abortion clinic that is a secure, friendly facility that provides everyone with complete reproductive health care. (wellspringaccess.org)
  • Every person who enters our doors has access to our high-quality, affirming health care services, even if they are unable to pay the full cost of the services they require. (wellspringaccess.org)
  • The best medical care is provided by our kind staff and knowledgeable doctors at Wellspring Health Access abortion clinic. (wellspringaccess.org)
  • We are excited to continue to bring abortion care to underserved areas. (wellspringaccess.org)
  • Though state regulations have become the determining factor for abortions overall, folks who require abortion care will often travel in order to receive the help they need. (stacker.com)
  • All of this has made travel distances to gain access to abortion care greater and increased the demand for services in places where clinics are still available. (stacker.com)
  • You can't have things like that, you have to have safe access to care. (iradio.ie)
  • No matter how we feel about abortion, we can agree that a woman who has decided to get an abortion should get safe, timely, compassionate care. (aclu.org)
  • The FACE Act, which allows for criminal and civil remedies, makes it a federal crime to use force or the threat of force to prevent people from accessing or providing reproductive health care. (rewirenewsgroup.com)
  • We acknowledge that opting for an abortion is an intensely personal decision, and it cultivates a supportive and non-prejudiced milieu where individuals can procure the care and support they need. (reproductiveservices.com)
  • These vigilante aggressors do not care that abortion is still a right in all 50 states, they only care to try and put a stop to it by any means necessary. (thepetitionsite.com)
  • The clinics could operate seven days a week and would still not be able to provide the care that will be in high demand. (syr.edu)
  • Nobody should be denied access to reproductive health care or receive inadequate care because of their lack of income. (thedailybeast.com)
  • The national conversation about health care sparked a debate over whether health insurance plans should have to cover abortions. (vox.com)
  • The increase, the statement said, came "because there was such a major swing in access to abortion care in those states. (chicagobusiness.com)
  • The reproductive health care provider will lose $400,000 a year for services in Maine rather than submit to a Trump administration rule that bars it from making abortion referrals. (pressherald.com)
  • Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, which operates four health care clinics in Maine, including one in Portland, announced Wednesday that it will stop accepting federal dollars rather than submit to the terms of Trump administration rules that bar Planned Parenthood from making abortion referrals. (pressherald.com)
  • Planned Parenthood health care clinics in Maine receive about $400,000 a year of that total. (pressherald.com)
  • We're evaluating some policies and procedures to try to make access to care as available as possible. (clickondetroit.com)
  • Complications are uncommon when an abortion is done by a trained health care professional in a hospital or clinic. (msdmanuals.com)
  • A state-based telephone system of health surveys that collects information on health risk behaviors, preventive health practices, and health care access primarily related to chronic disease and injury. (cdc.gov)
  • Stay-at-home orders in many jurisdictions, cancellation of elective procedures, and closures of outpatient medical offices disrupted patient access to care. (cdc.gov)
  • Furthermore midwives in Sweden work within youth clinics, cancer screening, gynaecological and abortion care as well as with infertility problems and anticonception. (lu.se)
  • Organizing and managing a family planning/reproductive health clinic for maximizing access to and quality of care. (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)
  • But (it has) a last-minute targeted restriction on abortion providers (TRAP law), that would allow the department of health to revoke ambulatory surgical licenses, shutting down health centers and fully eliminating abortion access in Southwest Ohio. (daytondailynews.com)
  • Some of the places people visit - including medical facilities such as counseling centers, domestic violence shelters, abortion clinics, fertility centers, addiction treatment facilities, weight loss clinics and cosmetic surgery clinics - can be particularly personal," Google said in a post Friday on its website. (latimes.com)
  • Such clinics may be public medical centers, private medical practices or nonprofit organizations such as Planned Parenthood. (wikipedia.org)
  • In response to the Zika virus outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal and local partners are seeking to improve access to contraception for women in Puerto Rico who desire it but encounter barriers to accessing the full range of contraception methods, including long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs). (cdc.gov)
  • 12:43 In the early 1970s, the first specialised abortion clinics emerged such as in Arnhem (Mildredhuis, 1971) and Heemstede (Bloemenhove Clinic, 1973). (wikipedia.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)
  • At Wellspring Health Access abortion clinic near Ketchum, Idaho, we are aware of how frightful unplanned pregnancies and GYN emergencies may be. (wellspringaccess.org)
  • Wellspring Health Access is led by Julie Burkhart, who founded Trust Women and was at the helm for 12 years. (wellspringaccess.org)
  • Wellspring Health Access operates under Circle of Hope Healthcare Services and is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. (wellspringaccess.org)
  • Green told investigators that she opposes abortion and was experiencing anxiety and having nightmares over the Wellspring Health Access clinic that was to open in Casper, Wyoming, last year, so she decided to burn it, according to court documents. (journalrecord.com)
  • Shannon Brewer, who serves as the director of Mississippi's only abortion clinic, told NBC News on Tuesday that she is preparing to move to New Mexico in case it happens. (theroot.com)
  • That was a state that we were hoping was going to be available," said Kim Floren, director of the Justice Through Empowerment Network , a South Dakota abortion fund which provides financial aid to people who need the procedure. (khsu.org)
  • That happened when the governors of Texas and Oklahoma first deemed abortion an elective medical procedure. (wkyufm.org)
  • A waiting period is a mandatory delay between when a woman requests an abortion and when the procedure can be performed. (chennaiabortionclinic.in)
  • Since abortion was legalised in Ireland 5 years ago, the procedure is only available in 12 of the 19 maternity hospitals across the country. (iradio.ie)
  • Brewer, who has been vocal about the attack on abortion access for years, knows that banning the procedure will disproportionately affect Black and brown people. (theroot.com)
  • The other requires abortion providers to perform an ultrasound prior to the procedure and to describe the fetus in detail to the patient even if she objects (though she is not required to look at the ultrasound images). (motherjones.com)
  • Supporters of the bill say the mandatory video would make sure women seeking abortions understand the procedure. (vox.com)
  • The procedure accounts for 16 percent of all abortions performed in Kentucky. (medscape.com)
  • After Kentucky's General Assembly passed the bill late last month, state Representative Addia Wuchner, its main sponsor, said she was not seeking to prevent a woman's access to an abortion, but to restrict a "brutal and cruel" procedure. (medscape.com)
  • In part due to the political controversy over the acceptability of abortion as public health intervention, as a medical procedure, and as a woman's right, few public health research studies have been conducted to evaluate interventions to prevent abortion deaths - indeed most countries would be challenged to accurately document the public health problems of abortion. (bvsalud.org)
  • We provide abortions 6 days a week. (abortionclinics.org)
  • The Cabinet is referring to Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, which has tried unsuccessfully for more than a year to secure a long-term license to provide abortions at its downtown Louisville clinic. (motherjones.com)
  • The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists opposes laws that restrict access to abortion. (aclu.org)
  • These findings offer a clear snapshot of what lies ahead as states move to ban abortion outright or severely restrict access. (wspa.com)
  • They and their patients require clarity around their continued provision of mifepristone," states the lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of the clinics by the Center for Reproductive Rights, a New York-based legal and advocacy group that works to ensure access to abortion. (apnews.com)
  • 12:27 Illegal abortions were mostly performed with very risky and dangerous methods, which led to serious infections and internal bleeding. (wikipedia.org)
  • You're going to throw that away and have unsafe, illegal abortions? (reproductiverights.org)
  • Illegal abortions are unsafe and account for 13% of all maternal mortality and serious complications. (medscape.com)
  • Starting with the "bad old days" before 1967 when many women in the United States died from illegal abortions to a transitional time when abortions were legally available on the West and East coastand huge medical tourism led women to California or New York for abortions. (bvsalud.org)
  • But in the four months since Musick and Yarborough submitted their request to Blackburn's staff, the panel has forged ahead with its investigation , not just into Planned Parenthood's fetal tissue donation practices, but into abortion practices generally. (rewirenewsgroup.com)
  • It's about to what extent the Commonwealth of Kentucky has the right to regulate abortion practices for the health and safety of women. (motherjones.com)
  • Early Christians had varying practices regarding abortion. (medscape.com)
  • The final result of these investigative and more in-depth studies and changes in abortion laws and practices have led to evidence that a woman obtaining an abortion early in gestation in the United States has a mortality risk of about 1 in one million. (bvsalud.org)
  • Between 2011 and 2016, 162 abortion clinics in the United States closed or stopped offering abortions due largely to legislative regulations enacted by Republican state lawmakers. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Victorian case was brought by Kathleen Clubb, a pro-life campaigner who was fined $5,000 in 2016 for "communicating about abortion" to a woman using an abortion clinic. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • Kentucky's Cabinet for Health and Human Services contends that EMW's agreement with the hospital is not signed by an authorized person, and the hospital "withdrew from a similar agreement with another abortion facility in 2016. (motherjones.com)
  • On Monday night, a leaked draft revealed the Supreme Court's majority decision to overturn the right to abortion. (theroot.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)
  • According to the Guttmacher Institute, 31% of women in rural areas traveled over 100 miles in order to receive an abortion while another 43% traveled between 50-100 miles. (wikipedia.org)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • They also note that Louisville Emergency Medical Services is available for transporting patients from EMW and Planned Parenthood, even though complications from abortions are extremely rare- a 2014 study pointed out that it occurs at about the same frequency as complications from a colonoscopy-less than a quarter of a percent of the time. (motherjones.com)
  • In countries where abortion is legal, complications are rare. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Deaths and complications from unsafe abortion are commonplace in many countries. (bvsalud.org)
  • Yet, investigations of clusters of abortion-related complications led to establishing a nation-wide abortion surveillance system. (bvsalud.org)
  • One prohibits abortions after 20 weeks of gestation. (motherjones.com)
  • The Trump administration posted a new federal rule Friday that prohibits all health clinics receiving Title X family-planning funds from referring patients for abortions, and from "performing, promoting, referring for, or supporting abortion as a method of family planning. (thedailybeast.com)
  • The Trump administration's rule prohibits providers receiving Title X funds from telling patients how or where to access abortion. (pressherald.com)
  • Minneapolis passed an ordinance in January that "prohibits the obstruction of entrances and driveways to abortion clinics" and was sued by an anti-abortion group in April, The Associated Press reported. (tampabay.com)
  • The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Virginia on behalf of clinics in Virginia, Montana and Kansas, is the latest legal action over the decades-old pill , which is part of the two-drug regimen used in most U.S. abortions. (apnews.com)
  • Our clinic offers the abortion pill, gynecological services, gender affirming services, as well as much more! (wellspringaccess.org)
  • Why Opt for Accessing The Abortion Pill In-person? (reproductiveservices.com)
  • Here can you can find information about contraceptives, the morning after pill, sexual transmitted infections (STI) and the best use of misoprostol for safe abortion and safe birth. (womenonwaves.org)
  • In March, Maine Family Planning - another abortion provider - and the global Center Center for Reproductive Rights filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Portland. (pressherald.com)
  • For more information on Abortion Access Front's support of independent abortion providers and how you can join in all year long, visit our resources . (aafront.org)
  • Abortion clinics have frequently been the site of protests by anti-abortion activists. (wikipedia.org)
  • We are recognized by healthcare professionals as a leader in reproductive healthcare, including abortion clinic services, both nationally and globally. (wellspringaccess.org)
  • Our mission is to bring access to quality reproductive healthcare to patients in abortion deserts. (wellspringaccess.org)
  • For those questing for reproductive healthcare, inclusive of abortion services , the Women's Reproductive Clinic of New Mexico is a credible and esteemed haven. (reproductiveservices.com)
  • The sterling reputation of the Women's Reproductive Clinic of New Mexico mirrors its unwavering pledge to dispense vital reproductive healthcare services. (reproductiveservices.com)
  • In summation, access to reproductive healthcare, including abortion, is an intrinsic facet of reproductive rights and healthcare. (reproductiveservices.com)
  • For reporters covering this ongoing story, Syracuse University architecture professor Lori Brown offers a unique perspective due to her work researching the physical structures of abortion clinics and how the debate has shaped access to reproductive healthcare. (syr.edu)
  • Worldwide, about 13% of deaths in pregnant women are due to unsafe abortion. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates about 22 million unsafe abortions are performed worldwide each year and about 47,000 women die from unsafe abortion and 99% of these deaths occur in less developed regions of the world. (bvsalud.org)
  • We salute the Louisville Metro Council Members and all the advocates and activists in Louisville who played the long game, organized people on the ground, and demanded action to protect abortion access. (nirhealth.org)
  • The government tolerated these illegal clinics until 1976, when Minister of Justice Dries van Agt tried to close the Bloemenhove Clinic, which was promptly occupied by hundreds of pro-choice activists from numerous women's rights organisations. (wikipedia.org)
  • Australia's high court on Wednesday threw out cases brought by pro-life activists challenging "buffer zone" laws in Victoria and Tasmania that bar any protests within 150 meters (nearly 500 feet) of a clinic or hospital that performs abortions. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • Pro-life activists in the Archdiocese of Louisville have spoken out against a city ordinance which resulted in the creation of a temporary buffer zone outside Kentucky's only facility where abortions can be procured. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • The Tennessee bill would force a woman to undergo an ultrasound before an abortion and view the image. (aclu.org)
  • The ACLU in 2017 sued to keep the EMW Women's Surgical Center in Louisville open, and a federal judge struck down a law passed in January 2017 that required women to undergo an ultrasound exam before receiving an abortion. (medscape.com)
  • NEW YORK - The Tennessee legislature today sent two abortion restriction bills to the governor's desk, which he is expected to sign, that would mandate abortion delays and could force women's health clinics to close. (aclu.org)
  • The other, a Texas-style abortion restriction, would single out abortion clinics for expensive, medically unnecessary building renovations. (aclu.org)
  • The bill is awaiting a vote in the Missouri House, and part of a larger trend of states restriction abortions. (vox.com)
  • The Dayton area's only remaining abortion clinic could close because of a new Ohio law, after years of legal battles and disputes with state regulators. (daytondailynews.com)
  • The three Planned Parenthood clinics in Montana will continue to provide abortion procedures to out-of-state residents. (khsu.org)
  • ABIGAIL CENSKY, BYLINE: It had been nearly 50 years since more than half of the abortions in Kansas were performed on women from out of state. (wkyufm.org)
  • CENSKY: That might allow clinic workers to ferry patients across state lines to get an abortion. (wkyufm.org)
  • That is what 18 liberal states achieved last month when a federal judge in Washington state issued a ruling ordering the FDA to preserve access to mifepristone in those states, regardless of any conflicting court decisions. (apnews.com)
  • In 2007, Massachusetts passed a law that makes it a crime to stand on a public road or sidewalk within thirty-five feet of any abortion clinic in the state. (scotusblog.com)
  • Either option would allow the state to target particular individuals who block access to clinics or harass women, without penalizing people like the plaintiffs who say that they are just trying to talk to women. (scotusblog.com)
  • The Court also expressed skepticism that access to and public safety around clinics are actually problems anywhere other than one specific clinic: "For a problem shown to arise only once a week in one city at one clinic, creating 35-foot buffer zones at every clinic across" the state "is hardly a narrowly tailored solution. (scotusblog.com)
  • Keep reading to see the state of abortion clinic access in your locality. (stacker.com)
  • Brown says that there will be increased visitations to these clinics from people living in places where state governments have completely outlawed abortion. (syr.edu)
  • In March, the clinic was notified by Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's administration that it was failing to meet state health regulations, which require agreements with a local hospital and an ambulance service in case of medical emergencies. (motherjones.com)
  • EMW was joined by Planned Parenthood in the federal lawsuit and contends that the regulations are not motivated by protecting women's health, as the governor argues, but are an attempt by the Bevin administration to shut down abortion access in the state. (motherjones.com)
  • State Representative Linda Black (R) introduced the bill to " enhance " the written and verbal information Missouri doctors are mandated to give women seeking abortions. (vox.com)
  • And shortly after Obamacare passed in 2010, Republicans gained power in more state legislatures, making it easier for them to pass bills restricting abortions. (vox.com)
  • 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 uncertainty surrounding the future of abortions in Michigan is pushing some to book appointments sooner than they were planning and what Planned Parenthood is calling "scare tactics" from conservative district attorneys around the state who believe they can begin prosecuting women and doctors even with the court's hold on the law in place. (clickondetroit.com)
  • LOUISVILLE (Reuters) - A day after the governor signed the bill, a civil rights group on Wednesday sued to block a Kentucky law that restricts abortion access in the state. (medscape.com)
  • Kentucky politicians have already shut down all but one abortion clinic in our state," Michael Aldridge, executive director of the ACLU of Kentucky, said in a statement. (medscape.com)
  • Lawyers cited these investigative reports before the U.S. Supreme Court thus contributing to the Court's decision to overthrow state laws making abortion a crime. (bvsalud.org)
  • The four states bordering Montana have "trigger laws" in effect or pending now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ended federal protections for abortion, making conservative Big Sky Country an unlikely haven for women seeking to end their pregnancies. (khsu.org)
  • Even so, it has become an unlikely sanctuary for women across the Midwest and the South who find themselves with even less access to abortion. (wkyufm.org)
  • CENSKY: Trust Women is one of just two surgical abortion clinics in Kansas. (wkyufm.org)
  • But Voellinger says losing Kansas as a sanctuary would complicate things for women seeking abortions all across the Midwest and South. (wkyufm.org)
  • Aid Access, is an online abortion service that supports women access a safe abortion with pills. (womenonwaves.org)
  • 11% of abortions were performed on women who travelled to the Netherlands for the treatment. (wikipedia.org)
  • Black women seek abortions at a higher rate than any other group. (msnbc.com)
  • Yesterday the Supreme Court struck down the Massachusetts "buffer zone," siding with a group of abortion opponents who argued that the law was unconstitutional because it prevented them from being able to counsel and offer assistance to women entering the clinics. (scotusblog.com)
  • In the Court's view, the exemption simply allows employees - not only the escorts who walk women into the clinic but also the guy who shovels the sidewalk in front of the clinic - to do their jobs. (scotusblog.com)
  • It's not going to affect women who have the means financially to be able to get an abortion anywhere. (theroot.com)
  • BPAS supports thousands of women with abortion treatment every year. (bpas.org)
  • It and the American Medical Association have said that laws like the one that could force clinics to close have " no medical basis " and that they "do not serve the health of women. (aclu.org)
  • The governments of Victoria and Tasmania had contended that the laws are designed to allow women to access legal medical services. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • These restricted-abortion states are home to just over one-half of U.S. women of reproductive age . (wspa.com)
  • Missouri already has an "informed consent" law which makes physicians provide women written information about the risks of abortions before getting one. (vox.com)
  • Black said her bill tackles handicaps that women may have understanding the information given to them before an abortion, like illiteracy. (vox.com)
  • In line with their obligations defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, CEDAW, as well as the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, States must pro-actively engage in activities intended to strengthen people's -including women informal workers'- access to and utilization of resources and means to ensure their livelihood, including food security, social security, and employment even in times of pandemics or natural or other disasters. (lu.se)
  • If women have risk factors for problems related to an abortion (such as heart or lung disease, seizures, or a history of cesarean deliveries), they may require further evaluation. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Before a surgical abortion, women are given antibiotics that are effective against infections in the reproductive tract. (msdmanuals.com)
  • He estimates that women spent about $67 million in today's dollars travelling to and from these clinics. (bvsalud.org)
  • The ability of mobile clinics to reach more vulnerable women and to offer more long acting methods might affect a policy decision between these options. (bvsalud.org)
  • In the intervention scenario, women in Puerto Rico are assumed to have same-day access to contraception methods, including LARC, with no out-of-pocket costs. (cdc.gov)
  • Abortion-rights advocates and their opponents continue jostling for a legal foothold on the issue across the country. (apnews.com)
  • Catholic leaders and pro-life advocates in England and Wales are praising the government's decision not to impose buffer zones around abortion clinics throughout the territory, allowing peaceful protests to continue. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • The Government is also being urged to follow their colleagues in Northern Ireland and introduce safe access zones around abortion clinics. (iradio.ie)
  • Exclusion zones to block anti-abortion protests outside health clinics across the border will be introduced on Friday. (iradio.ie)
  • There is norestriction at all on political communications outside of safe access zones. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • British Home Secretary Sajid Javid rejected proposals for buffer zones around abortion clinics throughout England and Wales as disproportionate in a Sept. 13, 2018 decision, after finding that most abortion protests are peaceful and passive. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • Architecture is absent in these types of spaces, they can't afford architects or architectural services, they believe architects won't work with them, and they are often in existing spaces that have been re-appropriated as a medical facility," she says in the article The Architecture Of Abortion: How Providers Build Their Own Buffer Zones . (syr.edu)
  • The lawsuit, filed May 26 and amended Wednesday, is one of several challenges to buffer zones at clinics across the nation at a time when access to abortion has been eroded in many states. (tampabay.com)
  • You can support abortion providers and patients directly by ordering needed items from their wish lists! (aafront.org)
  • One of Tiller's former associates, Burkhart, asserted that 'Whether you're against abortion or support abortion rights, you're not going to make abortion go away. (thepetitionsite.com)
  • Surgical abortion can be used for most pregnancies up to 24 weeks. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Just two days after NARAL Pro-Choice America submitted a letter asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate anti-choice activities as domestic terrorism, an extremist opened fire on a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado, murdering three people and injuring nine others. (rewirenewsgroup.com)
  • In her book "Contested Spaces" Brown conducted in-depth research on abortion clinics in America and found that many clinics were operating out of spaces that were not originally designed to be health clinics because of the expense of new construction and that landlords were unwilling to rent to them. (syr.edu)
  • We refuse to let the Trump Administration bully us into withholding abortion information from our patients," Alexis McGill Johnson, acting president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement. (pressherald.com)
  • Despite widespread global use of abortion it has very limited legal and medical acceptability in Latin America. (bvsalud.org)
  • nonetheless, a demand for terminating pregnancies remained, and an illegal abortion market grew. (wikipedia.org)
  • This is for the safety of your abortion and protect your ability to have future pregnancies to term without problems. (abortionclinics.org)
  • 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)
  • Induced abortion does not increase risks for the fetus or woman during subsequent pregnancies. (msdmanuals.com)
  • A Planned Parenthood of Montana clinic in Helena is among those that recently changed its policies to restrict its distribution of abortion pills only to patients from states without abortion bans in effect. (khsu.org)
  • Planned Parenthood of Montana decided June 30 not to provide abortion pills at their clinics in Billings, Great Falls and Helena to patients from states where trigger laws have gone into effect. (khsu.org)
  • This might include turning to self-sourced abortion pills , alcohol or drugs, herbs or physical methods. (wspa.com)
  • Warning, fake abortion pills for sale online! (womenonwaves.org)
  • Putting these numbers together with data on who seeks abortion in the U.S., researchers estimate that over 100,000 pregnant people per year will soon face insurmountable travel distances to their nearest abortion provider and be unable to get an abortion at a clinic. (wspa.com)
  • The mortality rate related to induced abortion was 0.6 deaths per 100,000 abortions. (medscape.com)
  • Their intention is to make abortion services cost prohibitive," Clegg said in a telephone interview Wednesday evening. (pressherald.com)
  • AGI contacts abortion providers directly and provides abortion data every 4-5 years. (medscape.com)
  • Jodi apparently thinks legalization has made abortion so safe it is utterly impervious to human error or frailty. (jillstanek.com)
  • The frequency and intensity of protests has increased substantially in the last four years, with the clinic becoming a target of national anti-abortion groups, some of whom are affiliated with militant anti-government organizations. (nirhealth.org)
  • The laws in the states of Victoria and Tasmania bar any protests within 150 meters (nearly 500 feet) of a clinic or hospital that performs abortions. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • Most of these deaths occur in countries where abortion is highly restricted or illegal. (msdmanuals.com)
  • I would like to share three diverse experiences in using epidemiologic tools to help eliminate maternal deaths from abortion. (bvsalud.org)
  • Then CDC began investigating all reported abortion-related deaths to determine whether the death was attributed to abortion, whether the abortion was spontaneous or induced, and if induced, whether it was a legal or illegal abortion. (bvsalud.org)
  • The purpose of the course is to educate public health students on laws, policies, clinical methods and case studies that facilitate preventing abortion deaths and on those barriers that enhance the likelihood of dying from abortion. (bvsalud.org)
  • Fertility experience: including gravid- (period prevalence), any respondent who ity, abortions, number of live births and had current unmet need or gave a history of deaths of children aged under 5 years. (who.int)
  • If Kansas restricts access, she says, then her patients might have to travel to Colorado, New Mexico or Illinois. (wkyufm.org)
  • This ordinance is a testament to the power and potential of local policy advocacy to advance and protect reproductive freedom - especially important now, in light of threats to abortion access from states and the Supreme Court," said Andrea Miller, President of the National Institute for Reproductive Health , which has worked closely alongside Kentucky partners for several years to pass this necessary ordinance. (nirhealth.org)
  • National organizations last year began identifying a spike in violent acts, such as arson, vandalism, and death threats, directed at reproductive health clinics and staffers. (rewirenewsgroup.com)
  • The one-in-three figure is even higher among those who have a difficult time affording the cost of their abortion, have no health insurance or are seeking an abortion because of concerns about their own physical or mental health. (wspa.com)
  • The rules also requires all Title X health clinics to be physically and financially separate from those that provide abortion, directly impacting organizations like Planned Parenthood that provide contraceptives and STD tests alongside abortion services. (thedailybeast.com)
  • Under the rule, Planned Parenthood would also be barred from providing abortion services in the same buildings where other health services such as cancer and STD screenings occur. (pressherald.com)
  • Abortion mortality is an important global public health problem but a relatively neglected area of epidemiologic study. (bvsalud.org)
  • First, we recently reviewed all of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Epidemic-Assistance investigations on Maternal and Child Health between 1946 and 2005 and concluded that "the investigations of abortion-related health problems might have had the best-documented impact on public policy and public health 1 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Upon in-depth review of the reports, 1,429 were indeed related to maternal and child health and 25 related to abortion. (bvsalud.org)
  • The American Public Health Association urges medical and public health schools, residency training programs and midwifery and physician assistant programs to teach courses on abortion, and Drs. Eva Lathrop, Emory Medical School Obstetrician/Gynecologist, AndreeaCreanga (CDC epidemiologist) and I have, for the past six years, taught a course on the Global Elimination of Maternal Mortality from Abortion (GEMMA) 4 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Medical experts oppose the laws because a woman who has already decided to have an abortion shouldn't be forced to delay it because of medically unnecessary waiting periods, needless additional trips to the clinic, or because the clinic in her area has been forced out of business," said Jennifer Dalven, director of the ACLU's Reproductive Freedom Project. (aclu.org)
  • Clinics must have doors, elevators, and other passages adequate to allow stretcher-borne patients to be carried to a street-level exit. (jillstanek.com)
  • She says they're brainstorming on ways for patients to get access to abortions even if those become severely restricted in Kansas and Oklahoma. (wkyufm.org)
  • Louisville's EMW Surgical Center was Kentucky's only abortion provider for a decade, and has long been the target of anti-abortion protestors, who clog the sidewalks and block the clinic entrance as they threaten and harass patients - resulting in assault and violence on several occasions. (nirhealth.org)
  • This ordinance will provide for a 10-foot wide safety zone to protect the entrance to the clinic by providing a clear boundary for patients and their companions to enter and exit safely while protecting First Amendment rights. (nirhealth.org)
  • First and foremost, if the goal is to protect patients and more broadly maintain order outside clinics (which, the Court agreed, is a legitimate interest), there is a separate provision of the law that specifically addresses misconduct outside clinics and imposes criminal penalties for violations. (scotusblog.com)
  • Abortion foes have learned all of the federal and local statutes to know how close they can physically reach patients and providers while staying inside the law, Dr. Willie Parker told Rewire . (rewirenewsgroup.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)
  • The Northern New England chapter of Planned Parenthood says it will also leave Title X, a decision that Nicole Clegg, vice president of public affairs, says will affect about 12,000 patients served by clinics in Portland, Biddeford, Sanford and Topsham. (pressherald.com)
  • The federal lawsuit filed by Florida Preborn Rescue alleges the buffer, aimed to protect patients accessing the facility, violates the First Amendment. (tampabay.com)
  • Among practicing obstetricians and gynecologists in the United States, 97% encountered patients seeking abortions, whereas only 14% performed them. (medscape.com)
  • Yet another investigation documented the rapid decline in maternal mortality from abortion after decriminalization. (bvsalud.org)
  • One of many complaints abortion supporters have against clinic regulations, which they call TRAP laws - Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers - is a requirement for wider doors and hallways than clinics apparently usually have. (jillstanek.com)
  • Kansas has a litany of abortion regulations. (wkyufm.org)
  • Under the 'Questions and Answers' link there is even more information, especially about the abortion process with misoprostol. (womenonwaves.org)