Lindsay Ruhr, a graduate student at the University of Missouri, says she will continue her research on the effect of the state's 72-hour forced waiting period for abortions, despite a state senator's pushback.
The bills target what anti-choice groups call “dismemberment abortions,” which are actually dilation and evacuation (D and E) procedures. D and E is a common procedure in which a physician dilates a woman’s cervix and removes the fetus using forceps, clamps, or other instruments.
A new program connects patients with trained volunteers who offer private rooms, home-cooked meals, and emotional support for women on the nights surrounding their clinic visit.
A women’s health clinic in South Bend, Indiana, was forced to cease abortion care on Friday after allegedly violating two anti-choice laws passed by the GOP-controlled legislature.
The closing of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin's Appleton North Health Center has left three abortion providers in the state, as the state's GOP further restricts abortion rights.
Michigan has seen a significant drop in the number of uninsured since the law went into effect, as the next ACA enrollment period is set to begin November 1.
The state's Republican-controlled legislature introduced two new anti-choice bills a week after the Michigan house had a hearing on a bill to criminalize D and E procedures.
