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171,000 Traveled for Abortions Last Year. See Where They Went.
Out-of-state travel for abortions more than doubled in 2023 from 2019, a few years before the Supreme Court overturned Roe. v. Wade, according to new estimates.
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In new lawsuit, two UT Austin professors say they won’t excuse absences for abortion patients
“I will not accommodate or become complicit in these crimes by excusing a student’s absence from class if that student skips class to obtain an illegal abortion in Texas, or to perform a self-managed abortion with illegally obtained abortion drugs,†Hatfield said in his filing.
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The Unlikely Women Fighting for Abortion Rights
The end of Roe has turned women who terminated pregnancies for medical reasons into a political force.
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Louisiana governor signs bill to classify abortion pills as controlled substances into law
Louisiana became the first state to classify two abortion-inducing medications as controlled substances, making possession of the pills without a prescription a crime.
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Interstate travel becomes a target for the anti-abortion movement with Texas filing
Signaling a new tactic by anti-abortion groups, a Texas man has taken legal action against his ex-girlfriend over her alleged out-of-state abortion. Texas has a strict abortion ban. Link: https://www.npr.org/2024/05/17/1252218618/interstate-travel-becomes-a-target-for-the-anti-abortion-movement-with-texas-fil
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How a Denton divorce could imperil IVF access in Texas
The Texas Supreme Court is considering taking up the question of whether frozen embryos should be treated as people, not property, in a divorce case.
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Medical residents are starting to avoid states with abortion bans, data shows
According to new statistics from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), for the second year in a row, students graduating from U.S. medical schools this year were less likely to apply for residency positions in states with abortion bans and other significant abortion restrictions.
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Texas man files legal action to probe ex-partner’s out-of-state abortion
The previously unreported petition reflects a potential new antiabortion strategy to block women from ending their pregnancies in states where abortion is legal.
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A State-by-State Guide to Abortion Access in the U.S.
Track where abortion is legal, banned or under threat after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade
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Florida’s 6-week abortion ban takes effect as doctors worry women will lose access to health care
The new ban has an exception for saving a woman’s life, as well as in cases involving rape and incest. But Roberts said health care workers are still prevented from performing an abortion on a nonviable pregnancy that they know may become deadly — such as when the fetus is missing organs or implanted outside…