Posts Categorized: abortion law

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 »

SCOTUS Blocks Restrictive Abortion Law in Louisiana

Posted March 7th, 2016 by south ave & filed under abortion law, abortion news.

In 2014, Louisian Lawmakers enacted a clinic regulation law which required doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. This law effectively masqueraded as a healthcare measure while profoundly restricting women’s access to essential health services. It was designed to hold abortion clinics to the same standards as ambulatory surgical centers in… Read more »

Zika Outbreak Raises Important Concerns About Women’s Rights

Posted February 15th, 2016 by south ave & filed under abortion law, Birth Control.

In April of 2015, an outbreak of the mosquito-borne Zika virus took hold in Brazil and soon spread to other countries in South America, Central America and the Caribbean. Since the outbreak began nearly a year ago, there have been an estimated 1.6 million confirmed cases of Zika infection, the vast majority of which have… Read more »

In Texas, Defunding Planned Parenthood Harms Women’s Health

Posted February 8th, 2016 by south ave & filed under abortion law, Birth Control.

In January of 2013, Texas eliminated Planned Parenthood clinics from their Medicaid program. In an effort justify the move, state legislators cited an undercover video recording that purportedly showed Planned Parenthood employees discussing the sale of fetal tissue. The video has since been discredited as a heavily-edited hoax designed to villainize Planned Parenthood. In 2011,… Read more »

Supreme Court Rejects Two Restrictive Abortion Laws

Posted January 26th, 2016 by south ave & filed under abortion law, abortion news, Roe v. Wade.

More than 40 years after their landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, the United States Supreme Court is continuing to defend the reproductive rights of women from repressive pieces of state legislation. This month, two of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country were thrown out by the Supreme Court after being deemed unconstitutional…. Read more »

Study Uncovers Troubling News About Women’s Health in Texas

Posted November 20th, 2015 by south ave & filed under abortion law, abortion news.

According to a recent study conducted by the researchers at the Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TxPEP), over 100,000 women in Texas have attempted to self-induce an abortion at some point in their lives. The researchers surveyed 779 women between the ages of 18 and 49, and found that 1.7 percent had tried to terminate their… Read more »

The abortion law seesaw? Different states, different measures

Posted April 24th, 2013 by southavewomensservices & filed under abortion law, abortion news.

Abortion law in America is a seesaw, one end goes up and the other goes down. In other words, as one state enforces stricter abortion laws (such as Kansas and North Dakota), a prochoice state will step up to the plate and grant more freedom to women and greater access to abortion providers. Recently, it… Read more »