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Florida Takes On Planned Parenthood

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In anti-abortion Republicans’ latest attack on abortion pills, Florida’s attorney general is suing Planned Parenthood for allegedly misrepresenting the safety of the drugs—despite the fact that more than 100 scientific studies have shown they are safe and effective. The 37-page lawsuit, announced by Attorney General James Uthmeier’s office on Thursday and filed in Florida’s First […]

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What Tuesday’s Elections Mean for the Future of Abortion Access

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Abortion may not technically be on the ballot in Tuesday’s off-year state elections, but in the post-Roe v. Wade era, abortion is always on the ballot. Since the US Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs ruling that ended the federal right to abortion, statewide elections have become opportunities for reproductive rights supporters and opponents alike to expand […]

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Report: Anti-Abortion Leaders Helped Tank Trump’s Promise of Free IVF

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Anti-abortion advocates haven’t just played key roles in rolling back abortion rights in recent years. They also helped tank President Donald Trump’s campaign-trail promise to make in vitro fertilization free. That’s according to a new report published Saturday in Politico, which reveals that anti-abortion activists—some of whom are opposed to IVF because it involves discarding […]

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Staffers Fear a Southern Planned Parenthood Faces a “Dangerous Threat From Within”

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To hear former Planned Parenthood Southeast staffers tell it, the alarm bells started going off in the summer of 2024. The latest CEO had just been ousted, and the organization needed a seasoned reproductive rights advocate to lead it through a period of unprecedented political and institutional upheaval. Instead, Mairo Akposé, the new interim chief […]

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So Much for Trump’s Promise of Free IVF

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In the Oval Office on Thursday, several Cabinet members and advocates for in vitro fertilization (IVF) gathered to claim that President Donald Trump was delivering on his campaign trail pledge to radically expand access to the popular but expensive process for getting pregnant. In reality, Thursday’s announcement falls far short of Trump’s prior promise to […]

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One Woman’s Quest to Reclaim the Ugly History of Black Maternal Health

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A decade or so ago, to help pay the bills, the artist-activist Michelle Browder started giving human-rights tours of Montgomery, Alabama, the city where her family has deep roots. Riding around in a red-and-white trolley, she would delve into the uncomfortable historical truths that many people she encountered either didn’t know about or preferred to […]

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After the Fall of “Roe,” Will El Salvador’s Total Abortion Ban Be Model for US?

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El Salvador has imprisoned women who suffered obstetric emergencies like miscarriages or stillbirths.

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When Miscarriages Become Crimes

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In early June, Sasha, who was around 16 weeks pregnant, started to bleed vaginally. She went to the emergency room, where doctors told her she was suffering from a “subchorionic hemorrhage,” diagnosed her with a “threatened miscarriage,” and sent her home. A couple of weeks later, Sasha (whose name has been changed to protect her privacy) […]

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On Its 25th Birthday, Mifepristone Is More Under Attack Than Ever

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Twenty-five years ago today, the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of mifepristone for abortions. Now, the drug is more under threat than ever as anti-abortion Republicans seek to revoke FDA approval of the drug in a bid to further curtail abortion access nationwide. The first of two drugs used in the standard abortion […]

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Wisconsin Planned Parenthood Will Stop Abortions—Even Though They’re Legal

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At least one Planned Parenthood affiliate is preparing to drop abortion services in an apparent bid to remain eligible to participate in Medicaid under the GOP budget law enacted this summer. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin (PPWI) is not scheduling abortion appointments beyond September 30, two sources confirm to Autonomy News. Under the Congressional budget’s “defund” […]

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Republicans Want More Pregnant Women in Prisons. A New Book Describes What It’s Like.

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Women are the fastest-growing population of incarcerated people. And if Republicans get their way, more pregnant women will be joining their ranks. That’s because conservatives are behind a growing push to criminalize pregnancy outcomes nationwide, in part by giving full rights to fetuses. And while abortion opponents have long claimed they do not want to […]

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Texas Lawsuit Over Cocoa “Laced” With Abortion Drug Gets Even Wilder

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A Texas man accused of putting abortion pills in his partner’s drink has countersued for $100 million, claiming she made the whole thing up. Last month, Autonomy News reported on a lawsuit filed by Liana Davis, a Texas woman who alleged that Christopher Cooprider, a 34-year-old Marine pilot, had given her abortion-inducing medication without her […]

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