Abortion Ban

• Pregnant, brain-dead Georgia woman kept alive due to state abortion ban

  According to Smith's family, her doctors said they can not remove life support because Georgia's abortion laws forbid abortion after cardiac activity is detected in the fetus.

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  May 16
  
• Since Roe fell, U.S. emergency care refusals for pregnant women have spiked

  Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, federal documents show.

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  Apr 19, 2024
  
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• Texas woman who asked court for abortion got care in another state amid legal limbo

  Kate Cox, whose fetus has a fatal condition, had spent nearly a week seeking court permission to end her pregnancy, but her attorney said she could not wait any longer.

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  Dec 11, 2023
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• Texas abortion permission case highlights ‘new normal’ women face amid ban

  A Texas judge gave a pregnant woman permission to get an abortion, but the state's attorney general has warned hospitals they may still face legal consequences for performing it.

  U.S. News

  Dec 7, 2023
• Manitoba welcomes North Dakotans seeking medical services in wake of abortion ban

  The province says anyone can access abortion services, in light of the law that bans nearly all abortions in North Dakota. 

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  Apr 25, 2023
• As U.S. abortion bans take midterm centre stage, a clinic helping Canadians faces a crunch

  With next week's midterms shaping up to be a referendum on abortion rights, Hern says the outcome will be 'critical' — both for U.S. women, and Canadian women, too.

  Canada

  Nov 3, 2022
• U.S. abortion debate reignited by Republican proposal for nationwide 15-week ban

  Democrats torched it as an alarming signal of where ``MAGA'' Republicans are headed if they win control of the House and Senate in November.

  World

  Sep 13, 2022
• Idaho barred from enforcing abortion ban in medical emergencies: judge

  In Idaho, the ban makes performing an abortion in any ``clinically diagnosable pregnancy'' a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.

  World

  Aug 24, 2022
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• Biden administration condemns Indiana’s new ban on abortion: ‘A devastating step’

  Indiana became the first state in the U.S. to approve abortion bans since the Supreme Court overturned a 1973 landmark case Roe v. Wade.

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  Aug 6, 2022
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• Does U.S. health care law protect emergency abortion? Here’s what to know

  The U.S. Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act went into effect in 1986 and was aimed at making sure people could get emergency care regardless of their ability to pay.

  Health

  Aug 3, 2022