• www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2023/23_0104.htm Preventing Chronic Disease. (cdc.gov)
  • Accessible Version: www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2023/23_0104.htm total potential score of 11. (cdc.gov)
  • Thailand has legalized early term abortions during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. (thailawforum.com)
  • However Thailand law has maintained criminal penalties for abortions that occur after 12 weeks of pregnancy punless the prgnancy falls into a specific exception. (thailawforum.com)
  • Abortions will be performed for many reasons if it is an unwanted pregnancy for social and/or financial reasons or if there are medical circumstances with the child and/or the mother. (bartleby.com)
  • Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. (wikipedia.org)
  • Countries that permit abortions have different limits on how late in pregnancy abortion is allowed. (wikipedia.org)
  • Abortion rates are similar between countries that restrict abortion and countries that broadly allow it, though this is partly because countries which restrict abortion tend to have higher unintended pregnancy rates. (wikipedia.org)
  • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio Supreme Court justices vigorously questioned the state's lawyer Wednesday about a legal strategy that Ohio is attempting in hopes of reviving its law banning most abortions except in the earliest weeks of pregnancy. (wdtn.com)
  • The law, signed by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine in April 2019, prohibits most abortions once cardiac activity can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks into pregnancy, before many women know they're pregnant. (wdtn.com)
  • Abortions in Florida are still legal at 15 weeks of pregnancy. (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)
  • Ethical Dilemma When the question of abortion comes into play it is often after a pregnancy that is not wanted. (ipl.org)
  • An ethical dilemma today in society is that of abortion, which one would define as a deliberate end to a pregnancy. (ipl.org)
  • MARTÍNEZ: Florida's Statehouse passed a bill banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. (krvs.org)
  • Access to medical abortions will be dramatically expanded in Australia under major changes that will allow all doctors and nurse practitioners to prescribe the pregnancy termination pill, and all pharmacies to stock it. (cathnews.com)
  • To meet this increased demand, more pregnancy centers, including Mosaic Health, are offering abortion pill reversal. (erlc.com)
  • Oppose limiting abortions to under 20 weeks of pregnancy. (ontheissues.org)
  • Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Mike Pence, and others responded by letting loose every piece of anti-abortion disinformation in the party's arsenal-from pushing falsehoods about abortion later in pregnancy, to ignoring the science to justify bans before many people even know they are pregnant, to peddling the lie that most voters support bans. (thenation.com)
  • And data shows that pregnant people living in states with abortion bans are "nearly three times more likely to die during pregnancy, childbirth or soon after giving birth. (thenation.com)
  • Eighty-five percent (85%) said that a woman should be able to obtain a legal abortion if her life is seriously endangered due to pregnancy, and 77% said a woman should be able to obtain a legal abortion if she became pregnant because of rape. (lsu.edu)
  • Unwanted pregnancy is a complicated issue that requires a lot of courage and understanding to be solved. (legalreader.com)
  • Due to the underlying causes that formed your attitude about unwanted pregnancy, abortion could be a hard or easy choice. (legalreader.com)
  • Following Sunday's interview, the country's largest anti-abortion organization, which backs a national ban on abortions at 15 weeks of pregnancy, quickly released a statement saying anything less restrictive 'makes no sense. (yahoo.com)
  • Banning abortion at six weeks of pregnancy, as Florida enacted earlier this year, is unpopular with the U.S. public , according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research conducted in June. (yahoo.com)
  • Abortion is ending a pregnancy using medicine or surgery. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Abortion with medicine (pills) is usually only done in the first 9 to 11 weeks or so of pregnancy. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Later in pregnancy, abortions are more complicated and usually have to be done surgically. (msdmanuals.com)
  • However, you should keep in mind that using birth control to prevent pregnancy is safer than having an abortion. (msdmanuals.com)
  • If abortion presents a medical risk to the patient, then continuation of the pregnancy presents an even greater risk. (medscape.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)
  • Abortion-related deaths from 2018 were assessed as part of CDC's Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System (PMSS). (cdc.gov)
  • In 2018, the most recent year for which PMSS data were reviewed for pregnancy-related deaths, two women died as a result of complications from legal induced abortion. (cdc.gov)
  • Overturning a nearly 50-year-old precedent, the Supreme Court ruled in a Mississippi case that abortion wasn't protected by the Constitution, a decision likely to lead to bans in about half the states. (wgntv.com)
  • These appointment requests are being made by those across the county, mostly from residents in states where the abortion bans are starting to be enforced. (clickondetroit.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)
  • As abortion bans take hold in many states, questions arise about the legality of abortion pills. (findlaw.com)
  • But voters see through the disinformation, having witnessed, in some cases firsthand, the absolute havoc that abortion bans are wreaking on the lives of people across the country. (thenation.com)
  • Already, 22 states have eliminated or restricted access because of abortion bans, and every day, we see a new horrific instance of somebody who was put into a life-threatening situation because of a ban. (thenation.com)
  • If they get their way, the Clause would not constrain state abortion travel bans-or anything else. (reason.com)
  • A second potential line of attack on state abortion travel bans is that states lack the authority to regulate activity that takes place beyond their borders. (reason.com)
  • Finally, state abortion travel bans are open to challenge because they violate the constitutional right to travel . (reason.com)
  • Regarding the bill signed by DeSantis, which bans abortions before many women know they are pregnant, Trump said, "I think what he did is a terrible thing and a terrible mistake. (yahoo.com)
  • Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion, are seen at the Women's Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 17, 2022. (businessinsider.in)
  • But in the wake of the high court's 2022 vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that legalized abortion in the United States, the medical procedure has become a political albatross for the GOP - galvanizing Independents and suburban voters against the party. (businessinsider.in)
  • Activists gather outside the U.S. Courthouse to demonstrate in support of abortion, in downtown Los Angeles on May 3, 2022. (theepochtimes.com)
  • Looking at some statistics from January to December 2022 that there were 60 abortion plotlines in all 52 different TV shows. (indiatimes.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Laws on abortion, genetic consultation, and assisted reproduction 'LL File No. 2022-021233. (loc.gov)
  • He has argued Republicans' push for abortion restrictions hurt the GOP in the 2022 midterm elections and that GOP candidates need to do a better job of explaining the issue. (yahoo.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)
  • In a challenge to the legality of the 2021 Regulations, it contends that the Secretary of State has gone beyond his legal authority. (itv.com)
  • Abortion-rights activists attended the Committee vote wearing shirts and buttons saying, "Women are not livestock. (aclu-il.org)
  • It started in September, when Newsom declared California a "reproductive freedom state" and established a group of abortion rights' activists to examine California's abortion laws and figure out how to strengthen them. (kpbs.org)
  • Pro-abortion activists had millions of dollars at their disposal, so they hired pricey Madison Avenue marketing people who knew language generates emotion. (lifeissues.org)
  • People who testify against anti-abortion activists may face retaliation. (truthout.org)
  • Donald Trump is facing new blowback from anti-abortion activists for refusing to commit to national abortion restrictions and for calling Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' signing of a six-week ban on the procedure a "terrible mistake. (yahoo.com)
  • Proposition 1 would insert the right to an abortion into the California Constitution. (theepochtimes.com)
  • 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)
  • Oregon has codified the right to an abortion. (kpbs.org)
  • Plaintiffs in the lawsuit challenging Arkansas's unconstitutional 12-week abortion ban were awarded $27,060 in attorney fees and $1,375 in costs for work to date on the state's unsuccessful appeal of the district court decision striking down the law. (arktimes.com)
  • Voters recently rejected a gubernatorial candidate with a solid, anti-abortion record because they want the state's leadership to focus on fixing the budget and creating jobs. (aclu-il.org)
  • On September 8th, the Florida Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the case challenging the state's 15-week ban on abortion. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • The special session was in response to an ongoing legal battle preventing the state's previous "heartbeat law" from taking effect. (lc.org)
  • In 1969, the California Supreme Court declared the state's original abortion law to be unconstitutional but left the 1967 law in place. (kpbs.org)
  • The justices, without comment or dissent, refused to hear an appeal from the Planned Parenthood Federation, which said the state's law, if put into effect, would leave most women without access to a doctor who can provide medication that will bring about an abortion. (latimes.com)
  • As of 2018[update], 37% of the world's women had access to legal abortions without limits as to reason. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2018, Iowa passed a six-week abortion ban as a trigger law meant to take effect once the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision was overturned. (lc.org)
  • She appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court which remains deadlocked 3-3 on the issue keeping the 2018 law unenforceable. (lc.org)
  • From 2018 to 2019, the total number of abortions increased 2% (from 614,820 total abortions), the abortion rate increased 0.9% (from 11.3 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years), and the abortion ratio increased 3% (from 189 abortions per 1,000 live births). (cdc.gov)
  • The legal battle over the law comes as a proposed constitutional amendment that would protect abortion access in Ohio will go before voters in November. (wdtn.com)
  • While it is estimated that roughly half of the states across the U.S. will move to either outright ban or greatly restrict abortion access, there is growing momentum in a handful of states to not only protect abortion access for their state residents, but also to expand access to people who live in states that ban or restrict abortion. (kff.org)
  • When Fox News began the Republican debate on Wednesday night with a video introduction noting that voters have mobilized to protect abortion access in elections since the fall of Roe , they admitted the truth: When it comes to abortion access and our right to control our own bodies, they are on the wrong side of the American people. (thenation.com)
  • Flowers said each abortion that takes place that would have been prevented under Ohio's 2019 ban constitutes such harm. (wdtn.com)
  • For 2019, 49 reporting areas voluntarily provided aggregate abortion data to CDC. (cdc.gov)
  • RESULTS: A total of 629,898 abortions for 2019 were reported to CDC from 49 reporting areas. (cdc.gov)
  • Among 48 reporting areas with data each year during 2010-2019, in 2019, a total of 625,346 abortions were reported, the abortion rate was 11.4 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years, and the abortion ratio was 195 abortions per 1,000 live births. (cdc.gov)
  • From 2010 to 2019, the total number of reported abortions, abortion rate, and abortion ratio decreased 18% (from 762,755), 21% (from 14.4 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years), and 13% (from 225 abortions per 1,000 live births), respectively. (cdc.gov)
  • However, abortion ratios in 2019 were highest among adolescents (aged 19 years) and lowest among women aged 25-39 years. (cdc.gov)
  • Abortion rates decreased from 2010 to 2019 for all women, regardless of age. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2019, 79.3% of abortions were performed at 9 weeks' gestation, and nearly all (92.7%) were performed at 13 weeks' gestation. (cdc.gov)
  • After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, Wisconsin reverted to a law from the 19th century banning abortion in nearly all cases - a policy at odds with the majority of Wisconsin voters, according to state polling. (yahoo.com)
  • But in June the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision mandating legalized abortion in all 50 states. (theepochtimes.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • For example, Michigan enacted an abortion ban in 1931, decades before the Supreme Court issued its decision in Roe v. Wade . (kff.org)
  • The bills were all inspired by a Mississippi abortion law now being considered by the Supreme Court, a case that many believe may lead justices to overturn Roe v. Wade. (krvs.org)
  • Take abortion: When the conservative majority struck down Roe v. Wade , eliminating the constitutional right to abortion, the conservative justices said they were simply returning to the states the question of whether abortion could be legal. (kzyx.org)
  • The Democratic governors of California, Washington and Oregon on Friday vowed to protect reproductive rights and help women who travel to the West Coast seeking abortions following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade . (kpbs.org)
  • Another ballot measure approved by voters in 1991 affirmed a woman's right to choose physician-performed abortion prior to fetal viability and further expanded and protected access to abortion in the state if Roe v. Wade was overturned. (kpbs.org)
  • A year ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and drastically altered access to abortion in our nation. (erlc.com)
  • Can States Ban Residents From Getting Abortions in Other States, if Roe v. Wade is Overturned? (reason.com)
  • If, as seems likely , the Supreme Court overrules Roe v. Wade , some conservative states may not only restrict abortions within their borders, but also try to bar residents from traveling out of state to get them . (reason.com)
  • The Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade left the decision of whether and how to restrict abortion to the states, creating a patchwork of laws across the country, with most Republican-led states imposing new restrictions and states led by Democrats passing protections. (yahoo.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)
  • Abortion may solve the problem of an unwanted child, but it is not the answer to all unwanted pregnancies, in fact, many women are against it, many say "that if they are given a choice between keeping their unborn child and aborting it, 85 per cent will chose to keep the child" (Reachout.com, 2014). (bartleby.com)
  • Most abortions result from unintended pregnancies. (wikipedia.org)
  • Medication abortions" became legal in the U.S. in 2000, when the Food and Drug Administration approved mifepristone for early non-surgical abortions up to the 10th week of pregnancies. (findlaw.com)
  • The Supreme Court has refused - for now - to block an Arkansas abortion law that could prevent most women there from ending their early pregnancies with medication. (latimes.com)
  • Also, having an abortion doesn't raise your chance of problems with future pregnancies. (msdmanuals.com)
  • PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION: Abortion surveillance can be used to help evaluate programs aimed at promoting equitable access to patient-centered quality contraceptive services in the United States to reduce unintended pregnancies. (cdc.gov)
  • In some areas, abortion is legal only in specific cases such as rape, fetal defects, poverty, risk to a woman's health, or incest. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Iowa legislature convened a special session yesterday and passed a six-week "fetal heartbeat" abortion ban strengthening protection for unborn babies. (lc.org)
  • Governor Kim Reynolds called the state legislature back into session specifically to approve House File 723 , which directs physicians in the state to not perform an abortion when the "unborn child has a detectable fetal heartbeat. (lc.org)
  • GREG ALLEN, BYLINE: Well, it would prohibit all abortions after 15 weeks, with no exceptions for fetal abnormalities and to protect the life of the mother. (krvs.org)
  • Because the laws on this issue are still evolving, employers should be mindful that travel benefits payable solely to obtain an abortion or other health care services could be viewed as a group health plan. (blr.com)
  • Florida law requires a person to have two appointments at least 24 hours apart to obtain an abortion. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • Fifty-seven percent (57%) oppose making it illegal for women in Louisiana to cross state lines to obtain an abortion, and 59% oppose making it illegal to provide assistance for a woman to get an abortion, such as providing money or transportation. (lsu.edu)
  • The percentage of abortions by pills has risen steadily since then and now accounts for more than half of the total . (findlaw.com)
  • Public health data shows that making safe abortion legal and accessible reduces maternal deaths. (wikipedia.org)
  • A Brisbane pro-choice rally is planned for International Safe Abortion Day on September 28 outside parliament house. (greenleft.org.au)
  • The goal of the assessment was to evaluate the continuity of essential SRHR services with focus on safe abortion, post-abortion care and Family Planning (FP). (who.int)
  • Since first publication of this guidance in 2003, a considerable amount of new data have been produced and published, relating to epidemiological, clinical, service delivery, legal and human rights aspects of providing safe abortion care. (bvsalud.org)
  • 1 In the United States, the risk of maternal mortality is 14 times lower after induced abortion than after childbirth. (wikipedia.org)
  • Unsafe abortions-those performed by people lacking the necessary skills, or in inadequately resourced settings-are responsible for between 5-13% of maternal deaths, especially in the developing world. (wikipedia.org)
  • Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life. (ontheissues.org)
  • I would like to share three diverse experiences in using epidemiologic tools to help eliminate maternal deaths from abortion. (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)
  • Yet another investigation documented the rapid decline in maternal mortality from abortion after decriminalization. (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)
  • Title : Abortion surveillance annual summary 1973 Corporate Authors(s) : Center for Disease Control. (cdc.gov)
  • 1975). Abortion surveillance annual summary 1973. (cdc.gov)
  • We have seen a 50% increase in requests for abortion appointments compared to the weekend before the Supreme Court decision," said Ashlea Phenicie of Planned Parenthood Michigan . (clickondetroit.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)
  • Additionally, Planned Parenthood launched a mobile medical unit for the sole purpose of providing abortions along state lines, thereby providing even more access to abortion in Illinois. (erlc.com)
  • Since 1993, 11 people have been killed in abortion-related attacks - doctors, clinic staff, and last week, a police officer and two visitors in the line of fire at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. (truthout.org)
  • More than two-thirds of Irish voters came out in support of nixing some of the most prohibitive legislation against abortion in the European Union. (newsweek.com)
  • Join us Wednesday, March 23rd for a rally in Naperville , home of the chief sponsor of the anti-abortion legislation. (aclu-il.org)
  • They tied abortion rights messages on purple ribbon to the fence around parliament house and urged all MPs to vote for the legislation. (greenleft.org.au)
  • As of today, it remains your right in Florida to access abortion care up to 15 weeks. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • This citizen-led ballot initiative is working to put an amendment on the 2024 ballot that would constitutionally protect Floridians' freedom to access abortion. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • Since then, the state Supreme Court has interpreted that right to privacy as a right to access abortion. (kpbs.org)
  • We are well aware that women in Tennessee are seeking abortion pills via the mail and are even traveling across state lines into bordering states to access abortion providers that are unavailable in Tennessee. (erlc.com)
  • 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)
  • Ipsos polling reveals that Americans don't want to see an end to the legality of medication abortion. (businessinsider.in)
  • Those who support the legality of abortion often argue that it is a woman's reproductive right. (wikipedia.org)
  • Some say the state should decide on the legality of an abortion, some politicians say the federal government should decide, and many believe it should be up to the women since it pertains to their body. (ipl.org)
  • Since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization giving states the power to make their own decisions about abortion, the availability and legality of the pills vary widely. (findlaw.com)
  • The dueling rulings have now set up a legal standoff that will likely be resolved at the Supreme Court. (businessinsider.in)
  • In this week's Wisconsin Supreme Court race, Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz, who voiced support for abortion rights, easily defeated former Wisconsin Supreme Court Judge Daniel Kelly - giving the liberal bloc a majority on the court for the first time in 15 years. (businessinsider.in)
  • Following the ruling, Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit to overturn Wisconsin's 1849 criminal abortion ban - a case that's widely expected to end up before the state Supreme Court. (yahoo.com)
  • The annual marches in New York, San Francisco, Chicago and elsewhere take place just two days after one conservative justice on the Supreme Court signaled, in a ruling on abortion, that the court should reconsider the right to same-sex marriage recognized in 2015. (wgntv.com)
  • However, since the Iowa Supreme Court also recently held abortion is not protected under the Iowa Constitution, nothing prevents the Iowa legislature from passing abortion restrictions in the future. (blr.com)
  • Across the nation, states are preparing for the impending Supreme Court ruling on the case challenging the state of Mississippi ban on abortions past 15 weeks, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health . (kff.org)
  • The Supreme Court acknowledged the authenticity of the draft but stated, "it does not represent a decision by the Court or the final position of any member on the issues in the case. (kff.org)
  • 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)
  • Many familiar hot-button issues are back at the U.S. Supreme Court, which begins its new term Monday. (kzyx.org)
  • The 5th Circuit is ready to adopt the politically most conservative position on almost any issue, no matter how implausible, and no matter how much defiling of precedent it takes," says Irv Gornstein, director of the Georgetown University Supreme Court Institute, who refers to some of the 5th Circuit rulings as coming from "crazy-town. (kzyx.org)
  • In this Nov. 30, 2005 file photo, an anti-abortion supporter stands next to a pro-choice demonstrator outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. (reason.com)
  • Two years ago, the Supreme Court by a 5-3 vote struck down a Texas law that imposed strict regulations on abortion clinics that had caused most of them to close. (latimes.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)
  • Employers should monitor the state laws as they develop in the states where they operate, including legal challenges to their application of employer and employee benefit plans. (blr.com)
  • For the time being, including the benefits within the employer's major medical coverage and expanding travel-related benefits to services other than abortion coverage (such as services that can only be obtained from an out-of-state provider) are ways employers can reduce the risk in states with restrictive laws. (blr.com)
  • Employers should work with their legal counsel and tax advisors to ensure any benefits provided outside the employer's major medical coverage is appropriately structured to comply with federal benefits and tax laws. (blr.com)
  • Abortion laws and cultural or religious views of abortions are different around the world. (wikipedia.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)
  • Cairns Pro Choice member Kay Haig told Green Left Weekly that she was astounded to hear that LNP president Gary Spence had reportedly said changes to Queensland's abortion laws are against party policy. (greenleft.org.au)
  • As many states across the nation proceeded to pass laws that made abortion illegal or severely limited, Illinois opened three more abortion facilities along border cities. (erlc.com)
  • If the Dormant Commerce Clause forbids state laws barring residents from traveling to use marijuana in another state (or alcohol or any other product that might be forbidden in their home state), then the same goes for travel for the purpose of getting an abortion. (reason.com)
  • Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), including access and information on the laws and policies related to abortion , varies considerably between countries. (bvsalud.org)
  • We found a substantial lack of knowledge among migrants of reproductive age in Sweden regarding important laws and policies of SRHR, particularly the right to abortion . (bvsalud.org)
  • SRHR-related programmes and comprehensive sexual health education for recently arrived migrants could include components to increase knowledge of legal and safe abortions and other laws concerning SRHR. (bvsalud.org)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • In contrast, unsafe abortions performed by unskilled individuals, with hazardous equipment, or in unsanitary facilities cause between 22,000 and 44,000 deaths and 6.9 million hospital admissions each year. (wikipedia.org)
  • 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)
  • Voted YES on barring HHS grants to organizations that perform abortions. (ontheissues.org)
  • However, medication abortions that are self-managed are highly effective and safe throughout the first trimester. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to the Guttmacher Institute, 19 states have barred the use of telehealth for medication abortions, and four have barred the mailing of pills outright. (findlaw.com)
  • Still, in the states that are banning abortions, that means all abortions - including medication abortions - and Biden almost certainly won't be able to stop them. (findlaw.com)
  • The abortion complication rate for all healthcare sources came to 2.1% (n = 1156) for medication abortion, 1.3% (n = 438) for first-trimester aspiration abortion, and 1.5% (n = 130) for second-trimester or later abortions. (medscape.com)
  • And CDC research documented the safety of D & C for second trimester abortions. (bvsalud.org)
  • Dueling court rulings on the abortion pill mifepristone have further ignited passions on the issue. (businessinsider.in)
  • After a federal judge in Texas halted the Food and Drug Administration's 23-year-old approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, another federal judge - this time in Washington state - ruled that the pill is safe and said that it could continue being used in 17 states and Washington, DC. (businessinsider.in)
  • Birth control, such as the pill or intrauterine devices, can be used immediately following abortion. (wikipedia.org)
  • The methods like medication abortion or abortion by pill make up about 6 percent of US abortions. (indiatimes.com)
  • Two shows, Shonda Rhimes and Grey's Anatomy have a dialogue on the proper abortion-pill protocol that gives a broad perspective to the audience on this topic. (indiatimes.com)
  • The next season of Grey's Anatomy will be real and focus on pill abortion. (indiatimes.com)
  • The abortion pill was first approved for use in Australia in 2006 after a fierce political debate that required a conscience vote in parliament to strip then-health minister Tony Abbott of his veto power over the drug. (cathnews.com)
  • Abortion is almost certain to be front and center because of a 5th Circuit decision that would reinstate restrictions on access to mifepristone, the pill that accounts for more than half of the abortions in the United States today. (kzyx.org)
  • They say that if the lower court ruling is upheld, it would dramatically cut back access to the abortion pill in every state in the country, regardless of whether abortion is legal or illegal in the state. (kzyx.org)
  • The term "septic abortion" refers to a spontaneous miscarriage or therapeutic/artificial abortion complicated by a pelvic infection. (medscape.com)
  • 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)
  • JW: How have abortion pills by mail or abortion tourism affected the families you serve? (erlc.com)
  • Are Abortion Pills Legal? (findlaw.com)
  • When it comes to mailing pills, telehealth providers in abortion-legal states can face legal consequences for mailing them to women in abortion-ban states. (findlaw.com)
  • Because it is unlikely that any telehealth provider would take that risk, it means that women in abortion-ban states might start looking to other countries as a source for the pills, like the European organization Aid Access. (findlaw.com)
  • That way, for instance, someone in abortion-ban Texas could set up a mail-forwarding account in an abortion-legal state, consult with a telehealth provider there, and have the mail-forwarding service ship the pills to Texas. (findlaw.com)
  • The Biden administration, meanwhile, says it intends to do what it can to make abortion pills available. (findlaw.com)
  • DeSantis, who has thrown his support behind a six-week abortion ban also embraced by the Republican-controlled Florida legislature, may have the most at stake, though. (businessinsider.in)
  • As a result, some states, such as Florida and Texas, have reinstituted an abortion ban. (theepochtimes.com)
  • The Florida Legislature passed a law banning abortion after 15 weeks and 6 days. (plannedparenthood.org)
  • Greg, how does the bill change access to abortion in Florida? (krvs.org)
  • The current Florida law allows abortions until 24 weeks, and that's a point that's generally considered viability by doctors. (krvs.org)
  • Abortion is a method in which the baby still in the mother's womb or the living embryo/fetus is killed. (bartleby.com)
  • Polling stations are open across Ireland where voters will decide whether or not to abolish the eighth amendment which makes abortions illegal in the country, except for circumstances where the mother's life is at risk. (newsweek.com)
  • Ireland and Malta are currently the only two European Union countries that outright restrict access to abortion on request except for in the case of a mother's life being at risk. (newsweek.com)
  • Washington and Oregon border Idaho, which following Friday's ruling will ban abortions except in cases of reported rape or incest, or to protect the mother's life. (kpbs.org)
  • Findings show most residents support legal abortion when the mother's life is in serious danger and in cases of rape, but opinion divides on other cases. (lsu.edu)
  • ACLU of Illinois Hails Passage of Protections for Abortion and. (aclu-il.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)
  • Protasiewicz is campaigning on restoring abortion access in Wisconsin. (yahoo.com)
  • At issue is a provision in a 2015 law that requires a doctor who prescribes or dispenses an "abortion-inducing drug shall have a signed contract with a physician who agrees to handle complications. (latimes.com)
  • Frequency of complications depends on gestational age (GA) at the time of miscarriage or abortion and method of abortion (see the Gestational Age from Estimated Date of Delivery calculator). (medscape.com)
  • More women have complications from delivering a baby than from having an abortion. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Perinatologists, obstetricians, and abortion counselors prefer to put the risks in the context of the statistical likelihood of complications, and then let the patient make her final decision. (medscape.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)
  • BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Emails and phone calls from same-sex couples, worried about the legal status of their marriages and keeping their children, flooded attorney Sydney Duncan's office within hours of the Supreme Court's decision eliminating the constitutional right to abortion. (wgntv.com)
  • Presented in this publication of the AUL Studies in Law and Medicine series are the legal analyses of the Hatch-Eagleton proposed constitutional amendment on abortion, which were prepared at the request of the Senate Constitution Subcommittee by AUL lawyers Horan, Rosenblum, Wardle, and Valentine. (aul.org)
  • German abortion law after the 1993 constitutional decision 'August 1993. (loc.gov)
  • As the video introduction made clear, the vast majority of Americans support legal abortion. (thenation.com)
  • It is not inhumane, or unfair for women to seek out an abortion , it is their medical decision. (bartleby.com)
  • People state that the mother could simply give the child up for adoption, and the mother is just trying to run away from their responsibilities, but there are a number of reasons why women choose to have an abortion. (bartleby.com)
  • Of the women who reported having an abortion, 21 % said they made the choice because of inadequate finances, 11% were too young and/or immature, 3% was due to the baby having possible health problems and less than 1% said they made the decision because of being raped or because of incest. (bartleby.com)
  • Women choose to have abortion for a lot of reasons some may believe that they are too young and do not have a lot of responsibility of parenting. (bartleby.com)
  • Over half of all women who have an abortion used a contraceptive method during the month they became pregnant. (bartleby.com)
  • The American College of OB/GYN's supports this saying "abortion is an essential component of comprehensive healthcare for women. (lifeissues.org)
  • The reasons why women have abortions are diverse and vary across the world. (wikipedia.org)
  • In some countries abortion is legal and women have the right to make the choice about abortion. (wikipedia.org)
  • 1 in 3 women will have an abortion by age 45. (yesmagazine.org)
  • Many women in neighboring states with abortion restrictions are seeking appointments in Michigan. (clickondetroit.com)
  • Comparatively, some women are depicted as dead or killed when obtaining an abortion. (indiatimes.com)
  • There are many women who have been raped and it can be argued that ethically they have the right to have an abortion as they did not choose to get pregnant, but in Christianity's view a life is a life, regardless of how it occurred. (ipl.org)
  • Require women seeking abortions to view a sonogram. (ontheissues.org)
  • Rated Funding abortion avoids discrimination against poor women. (ontheissues.org)
  • At least until the courts rule on whether states can ban an FDA-approved drug, the women seeking abortions in those states face legal hurdles. (findlaw.com)
  • Fifty-one percent (51%) oppose employers or insurance companies paying for women in Louisiana to travel out of state for an abortion. (lsu.edu)
  • The majority, including Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, concluded the Texas law imposed "an undue burden" on women seeking abortions under the guise of protecting their health and safety. (latimes.com)
  • If allowed to take effect, it would make Arkansas the only state to effectively ban medication abortion, a common method of early abortion that has been safely used by over two million American women since its approval in 2000. (latimes.com)
  • Many women face a post-abortion syndrome that can significantly damage their self-perception and even lead to depression. (legalreader.com)
  • Many women tend to blame themselves for abortion. (legalreader.com)
  • Twenty-five million women of childbearing age now live in states where abortions are more difficult to get than before the ruling. (yahoo.com)
  • Medical abortion is also contraindicated in women with no access to emergency services and no partners or family to be with the patient during the heaviest bleeding times. (medscape.com)
  • 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)
  • PROBLEM/CONDITION: CDC conducts abortion surveillance to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions and number of abortion-related deaths in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • Census and natality data were used to calculate abortion rates (number of abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years) and ratios (number of abortions per 1,000 live births), respectively. (cdc.gov)
  • Women aged 20-24 and 25-29 years accounted for the highest percentages of abortions (27.6% and 29.3%, respectively) and had the highest abortion rates (19.0 and 18.6 abortions per 1,000 women aged 20-24 and 25-29 years, respectively). (cdc.gov)
  • The decrease in abortion ratio was highest among women aged 40 years compared with any other age group. (cdc.gov)
  • Whether a state law criminalizing the aiding and abetting of abortion services is preempted by ERISA will likely depend on how the law is drafted. (blr.com)
  • The appeal plays out against the backdrop of a November election in which Ohio residents will vote on an amendment to enshrine a right to abortion in their state constitution, passage of which would likely impact both the suit and the law. (wdtn.com)
  • The problem with the First District's ruling ( denying Ohio's request to appeal Jenkins' order) is that, if it's right, then all 88 (county) common pleas courts can unilaterally, indefinitely suspend operation of state law for as long as it takes to conduct discovery, to hold the trial and issue an injunction," Flowers told the court. (wdtn.com)
  • SPUC is seeking to overturn a High Court ruling that the Secretary of State was entitled to impose a deadline on the Stormont Executive to introduce a centralised system for abortions. (itv.com)
  • With that argument introduced for the first time, a barrister representing the Secretary of State sought more time to deal with the legal point. (itv.com)
  • Abortion has been legal in the state since 1967. (theepochtimes.com)
  • Inslee also revealed details of a proposed law to protect Washington abortion providers and patients from out-of-state legal actions. (lexisnexis.com)
  • The states issued a joint " multi-state commitment ," saying they will work together to defend patients and medical professionals providing reproductive health care. (kpbs.org)
  • They also pledged to "protect against judicial and local law enforcement cooperation with out-of-state investigations, inquiries and arrests" regarding abortions performed in their states. (kpbs.org)
  • Washington state remains steadfast in our commitment to protecting the ability and right of every patient who comes to our state in need of abortion care. (kpbs.org)
  • Newsom will likely sign one of them into law Friday, a measure aimed at shielding abortion providers and volunteers from civil judgements imposed by out-of-state courts. (kpbs.org)
  • State law was updated in 2017 and allows for late-term abortion and requires private medical insurance and state Medicaid to cover the procedure. (kpbs.org)
  • A $15 million fund established by state lawmakers this year covers costs for abortion providers and patients without insurance coverage or traveling from out of state. (kpbs.org)
  • Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson also said he will work to ensure his state "welcomes any individual who comes here to access the fundamental right to reproductive justice," adding that he is "already working to protect medical professionals who are prosecuted in other states for providing essential health care services that are legal and protected in Washington. (kpbs.org)
  • Abortion has been legal in Washington state since a 1970 statewide ballot referendum. (kpbs.org)
  • The reality on the ground here in Knoxville and across the state, however, was felt as the abortion providers quickly closed their doors or altered drastically the services they provided after the Dobbs decision. (erlc.com)
  • Illinois has long been considered a "sanctuary state" for abortion. (erlc.com)
  • In Tennessee, we have been successful in legislating a decline in abortion, and the state should be applauded for that, but we haven't stopped there. (erlc.com)
  • Voted YES on prohibiting minors crossing state lines for abortion. (ontheissues.org)
  • Voted YES on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions. (ontheissues.org)
  • Prohibit transporting minors across state lines for abortion. (ontheissues.org)
  • For many, it will mean traveling to a state that does not ban medication abortion for a telehealth appointment and having the medication mailed to a pick-up location. (findlaw.com)
  • The most obvious rationale for challenging a state-law abortion travel ban is the Dormant Commerce Clause , which forbids state regulations that specifically restrict interstate commerce or discriminate against it . (reason.com)
  • But no such importation of contraband occurs when the state government bars residents from getting abortions that are entirely administered outside their territory. (reason.com)
  • Barring interstate travel to get an abortion is more like a state criminalizing residents who travel to use marijuana in another state, rather than those who buy it in the latter location and then bring it back home. (reason.com)
  • The survey is further dedicated to tracking public opinion on the contemporary policy issues that face the state. (lsu.edu)
  • It would also leave only one remaining abortion provider in the entire state of more than 53,000 square miles. (latimes.com)
  • They say other physicians in the state have refused to enter into contracts with abortion providers. (latimes.com)
  • He said he could "live with" the procedure being banned by individual states or nationwide through federal action, though he said 'from a legal standpoint, I think it's probably better" to be handled at the state level. (yahoo.com)
  • The first warnings of the epidemic in Brazil came on April 20, 2015 ( 10 ), with a report about the large number of cases of rash of unknown origin, which began at the end of December 2014 in various regions of the state of Pernambuco, followed by an alert issued by the state of Rio Grande do Norte ( 11 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The TV advertisements that portray abortions are often not actual, according to a research study conducted on Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health by the University of California San Francisco. (indiatimes.com)
  • In California, abortion was outlawed in 1850, except when the life of the mother was in danger. (kpbs.org)
  • Reasons for procuring induced abortions are typically characterized as either therapeutic or elective. (wikipedia.org)
  • These abortions have been termed therapeutic abortions. (medscape.com)
  • Seventeen percent say they will vote only for candidates for major office who share their own views on abortion, one of the higher rates of abortion-centric voting seen in presidential election years since 1992. (gallup.com)
  • Approximately one in six registered voters (17%) say they will vote only for candidates for major office who share their views on abortion -- as high a percentage as Gallup has seen in recent election years. (gallup.com)
  • The Intertwined Future of Attacks on Abortion and Gender-Affirming. (aclu-ky.org)
  • Now, according to NARAL's research, 73 percent of voters nationwide , including a majority of 2020 Trump voters, three in four independents, and 55 percent of white rural men believe that attacks on abortion access have gone too far. (thenation.com)
  • If you have made such a choice, it means that you had enough reasons for abortion. (legalreader.com)
  • It is also important to understand if the employer's assistance could be viewed as aiding and abetting the provision of abortion services. (blr.com)
  • Section 9 of the Act imposed specific duties on him about the provision of abortion and post-abortion services. (itv.com)
  • Those who oppose abortion often argue that an embryo or fetus is a person with a right to life, and thus equate abortion with murder. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the United Kingdom, 1 to 2% of abortions are done due to genetic problems in the fetus. (wikipedia.org)
  • In a surgical abortion, the fetus is removed from your uterus through your vagina. (msdmanuals.com)
  • In a medical abortion, the doctor gives you medicine that makes your uterus contract and push the fetus out. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Abortion and protection of the human fetus : legal problems in a cross-cultural perspective / edited by Stanislaw J. Frankowski, George F. Cole. (who.int)
  • And while he's well-liked among Republicans, a six-week abortion ban - despite its fifteen-week exceptions for victims of rape or incest - would become a rallying cry among Democrats and very likely turn off a wide swath of Independents in critical battleground states in a general election. (businessinsider.in)
  • Monday's CBS Mornings furthered the liberal media-wide narrative that their friends in elected office still have a chance to win the midterm elections as, thanks to the latest CBS News Battleground Tracker , CBS's experts believe Republicans will only come away with an eight-seat advantage in the House tanks to the supposed popularity of expanding abortion. (newsbusters.org)
  • A recent USA Today /Suffolk University poll found that 80 percent of voters oppose a federal abortion ban , including 65 percent of Republicans. (thenation.com)
  • Another poll from Navigator found that a majority of voters also "believe it is likely that Republicans would pass a nationwide abortion ban if they take control of both the White House and Congress in 2024. (thenation.com)
  • Abortion was created to aid in certain situations in which a woman could not or did not want to give birth to a child and to care for the child. (bartleby.com)
  • The governor and lawmakers also announced two other abortion-related measures: one to indemnify Washington-based corporations helping employees in other states get abortions and another that would block hospital and health care organization mergers that would limit abortion services. (lexisnexis.com)
  • Left unchecked, this decision would cause turmoil not only for abortion and miscarriage patients, but for our health care system more broadly," says the ACLU's Julia Kaye. (kzyx.org)
  • We work on a variety of issues that impact people's access to comprehensive reproductive care. (catholicsforchoice.org)
  • On July 8, President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra to prepare a report within the next 30 days on how to "protect and expand access to abortion care, including medication abortion. (findlaw.com)
  • This is, after all, what the party does to stigmatize abortion care and confuse voters. (thenation.com)
  • In the wake of the United States Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, many companies have announced plans to assist employees in accessing abortion services, including providing travel assistance to employees located in states where abortion is now illegal. (blr.com)
  • The Guttmacher Institute , an organization that focuses on reproductive health, predicts that 26 states will fully ban abortions, including medication abortion. (findlaw.com)
  • The paper also outlines the endeavours being made by the Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences to address such issues and draw up recommendations and rulings. (who.int)
  • However, he neglected to mention that, just below the 41 percent of voters saying they were going to the ballot box to support abortion and 16 percent to oppose abortion, 43 percent said their vote wasn't about abortion. (newsbusters.org)
  • Justice Samuel Alito said the ruling involved only the medical procedure, writing: "Nothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion. (wgntv.com)
  • The liberal West Coast states anticipate an influx of people seeking abortions, especially as neighboring conservative states move to outlaw or greatly restrict the procedure . (kpbs.org)
  • The abortion-ban states are prohibiting or severely restricting all abortions, whether by medical procedure or medication. (findlaw.com)
  • Abortion is a quite complicated procedure that affects both mental and physical health aspects. (legalreader.com)
  • A history of active medical problems may indicate that the patient needs to be medically stabilized prior to the abortion or have the procedure performed in a facility that can handle special medical problems. (medscape.com)
  • A brief physical examination is usually conducted prior to an abortion 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)
  • I think every healthcare professional who doesn't want to do something has an obligation, presuming the procedure or whatever it is that the patient might need is legal and allowed in the United States, to tell patients where they can go and how they can go about getting it. (medscape.com)
  • This revision procedure has ensured careful evaluation of each item in terms of its current and future usefulness for legal, medical and health, demographic, and research purposes. (cdc.gov)
  • And the public debate about the Texas judge's ruling could make the Republican Party's abortion dilemma even more dire, as President Joe Biden is certain to make abortion rights a tenet of his expected reelection campaign. (businessinsider.in)
  • Help us challenge and dismantle religiously-based barriers to safe, legal, and comprehensive reproductive healthcare. (catholicsforchoice.org)
  • Knowledge of the abortion law and key legal issues of sexual and reproductive health and rights among recently arrived migrants in Sweden: a cross-sectional survey. (bvsalud.org)
  • In their appeal, they told the justices that the restriction on drug-induced abortions was "enacted supposedly to protect women's health [but] is medically unnecessary. (latimes.com)
  • Local governments in the states said they were also ready to help protect and provide abortion access. (kpbs.org)
  • A surgical abortion is often called a dilation and evacuation (D & E) or a dilation and curettage (D & C) with suction. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Also, for a surgical abortion, you may need treatment for a day or two to open up your cervix. (msdmanuals.com)
  • What happens during a surgical abortion? (msdmanuals.com)
  • A surgical abortion is usually done in an office or clinic. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Surgical abortion is contraindicated in patients with hemodynamic instability, profound anemia, and/or profound thrombocytopenia. (medscape.com)
  • Pro-life groups say Prop. 1 would guarantee abortion right up to seconds before birth, which they call "partial-birth abortion. (theepochtimes.com)
  • The law changed in 1967 to include abortions in the case of rape, incest or if a woman's mental health were in danger. (kpbs.org)
  • Others favor legal and accessible abortion as a public health measure. (wikipedia.org)
  • But it wasn't until 2012 that MS Health started importing it and medical abortions became more widely available. (cathnews.com)
  • A parliamentary vote to remove abortion from Queensland's Criminal Code and treat it as a health issue could happen on October 16. (greenleft.org.au)
  • This is a health issue and it should be in the Health Act . (greenleft.org.au)
  • Surely any modern political party would want to have this important women's issue be a health issue rather than a criminal offence? (greenleft.org.au)
  • Kathy Lesnoff worked as a medical assistant in an abortion clinic and is now the president/CEO of Mosaic Health. (erlc.com)
  • Abortions unnecessary except for woman's life or health. (ontheissues.org)
  • Fifty-one percent (51%) support Medicaid covering the costs of abortion, and 48% support requiring health insurance companies to cover the cost of abortion. (lsu.edu)
  • Abortion mortality is an important global public health problem but a relatively neglected area of epidemiologic study. (bvsalud.org)
  • Widespread infertility and the need for assisted reproduction due to poor semen quality and/or oocyte failure are now major health issues. (who.int)
  • Comprehensive abortion health services. (who.int)
  • Pamela Hyde, Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), kicked off Wednesday's plenary session by stressing the importance of quality data in developing prevention, treatment, and recovery programs for national behavioral health issues. (cdc.gov)
  • DESCRIPTION OF SYSTEM: Each year, CDC requests abortion data from the central health agencies for 50 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City. (cdc.gov)
  • The passing of radical pro-abortion ballot initiatives has had a demoralizing effect on both the pro-life movement and those who. (lifeissues.org)
  • Further, Planned Parenthood's lawyers say this restriction works to outlaw such abortions entirely. (latimes.com)
  • L]ast week, we had primary races and a special election, which abortion favor - was a very important issue. (newsbusters.org)
  • According to the Centers for Disease Control, there were 730,322 abortions reported in 2011. (bartleby.com)
  • Some people have abortions because they can not support the child and also to prevent the birth of a child with birth defects or severe medical problems. (bartleby.com)
  • Employers seeking to add, expand, or maintain abortion coverage and access benefits should also consider if they want to include such coverage within the current medical insurance coverage. (blr.com)
  • Over 54% of abortions are now medical. (erlc.com)
  • Abortion-rights advocates argued this legal restriction is unnecessary as a matter of medical safety. (latimes.com)
  • Legal abortions done by doctors in medical facilities are very safe. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Medical abortion is contraindicated in patients with clotting disorders, severe liver disease, renal disease, cardiac disease, and chronic steroid use. (medscape.com)
  • Despite widespread global use of abortion it has very limited legal and medical acceptability in Latin America. (bvsalud.org)
  • Among those that were eligible (9 weeks' gestation), 53.7% of abortions were early medical abortions. (cdc.gov)
  • The failure of an August anti-abortion amendment in Kansas - one of the most conservative states in the country - was a clear sign that the party's messaging was not working. (businessinsider.in)