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The Ripple Effects of the New Texas Abortion Law

Posted September 15th, 2021 by south ave & filed under Abortion, Abortion Law, abortion news.

On September 1st, 2021, a new abortion law went into effect in Texas. The legislation bans women from getting abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, when a fetal heartbeat can be detected. While these “heartbeat bills” have been introduced in other states, they have faced legal challenges that have so far prevented them from becoming… Read more »

American Abortion, Unplanned Pregnancy Rates Hit Historic Lows

Posted December 11th, 2018 by south ave & filed under abortion news.

According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the national abortion rate has plummeted over the course of the past decade, falling by 26 percent between 2006 and 2015 to its lowest point on record. Furthermore, between 2008 and 2011, the proportion of unplanned pregnancies fell by six percent in… Read more »

England Approves Plan to Let Women Take Abortion Pill at Home

Posted August 29th, 2018 by south ave & filed under abortion news.

Following months of campaigning from abortion rights activists, government officials have announced that women in England will be allowed to complete the medical abortion process at home by the end of 2018. Medical abortions – which are used to terminate pregnancies in the first ten weeks—account for 80 percent of all abortions in England. During… Read more »

Foreign Governments Unite to Counter Global Gag Rule

Posted February 21st, 2017 by south ave & filed under abortion news.

Since Donald Trump reinstated a revised version of the so-called “global gag rule,” NGOs that provide abortions or abortion referrals to women are now prohibited from receiving federal funding, regardless of whether they use private funds for these services. Although the rule is designed specifically to target organizations that provide abortions, it could also block… Read more »

Ohio’s “Heartbeat Bill” Makes It to Governor’s Desk

Posted December 12th, 2016 by south ave & filed under Abortion Law, abortion news.

Last week, the Ohio state legislature passed a bill that would ban abortions after just six weeks of pregnancy. The bill makes no exceptions for cases of rape or incest – only cases where the mother’s life is at stake. The bill is known as a “heartbeat” bill because a fetal heartbeat can first be… Read more »

Federal Judge Blocks Abortion Restrictions in Alabama

Posted October 28th, 2016 by south ave & filed under Abortion Law, abortion news.

In spite of the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade has guaranteed American women the right to an abortion for over 40 years, some states continue to try to pass restrictive legislation designed to make it harder for women to seek safe abortions. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court blocked… Read more »

Activists Use Drone to Fly Abortion Pills to Northern Ireland

Posted July 5th, 2016 by south ave & filed under Abortion Law, abortion news.

For the last several months, legislators in Northern Ireland have been engaged in a heated debate regarding one of the harshest anti-abortion laws in Europe. Under the current law, women in Northern Ireland can face up to 14 years in prison for receiving abortions. The law is so strict that the United Nations recently declared… Read more »

Study Finds Restrictive Laws Don’t Reduce Abortion Rates

Posted May 13th, 2016 by south ave & filed under Abortion Law, abortion news.

Abortion rates have reached a historic low in the developed world, according to a recent study published by the World Health Organization and the Guttmacher Institute, but it’s not because of increased restrictions on abortions. The research team that conducted the study used national data from a variety of sources to analyze global trends surrounding… Read more »

European Protestors Fight for Women’s Reproductive Freedom

Posted May 2nd, 2016 by south ave & filed under Abortion Law, abortion news.

Here in America, one presidential candidate’s inflammatory comments regarding abortion legislation have given women’s rights activists cause for serious concern. In a number of European countries, meanwhile, another heated battle is being waged in the war for reproductive freedom. In Poland, some citizens and legislators are attempting to strengthen already strict anti-abortion laws. Earlier this… Read more »

FDA Updates Abortion Pill Guidelines

Posted April 1st, 2016 by south ave & filed under abortion news.

Originally developed in the 1980s, the drug mifepristone is now one of the most commonly-used methods for physicians to induce abortion. According to the Guttmacher Institute, medication-induced abortions accounted for roughly a quarter of all the abortions performed in the United States in 2011. Mifepristone works by blocking progesterone receptors, causing a miscarriage. It’s typically… Read more »

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