"I obtained a video recording of Doyley’s court hearing. Watching her argue her case from her hospital bed shocked me. Even though courts have found time and time again that you can’t force someone to undergo medical treatment — even if it could save someone else’s life — the video underscored for me how pregnant women are the rare exception."
https://www.propublica.org/article/florida-court-hearing-c-section
#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #courts #bioethics
"A 31-year-old Georgia woman has been charged with murder by police who say she took pills to induce an illegal abortion.
If state prosecutors decide to move forward with the murder charge brought by local police against Alexia Moore, her case would be one of the first instances of a woman being charged for terminating a pregnancy in Georgia since it passed a 2019 law banning most abortions."
#healthcare #PublicHealth #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortion
A 31-year-old Georgia woman has charged with murder by police who say she took pills to induce an abortion. Alexia Moore has been jailed in Camden County since March 4. An arrest warrant obtained by a police investigator says Moore arrived at a hospital Dec. 30 complaining of abdominal pain and told medical staff she had taken a drug used in medical abortions. The warrant says the fetus survived about an hour after being delivered. A 2019 Georgia law 2019 bans abortion after embryonic cardiac activity can be detected, typically about six weeks into a pregnancy. The Georgia Public Defender Council, which is representing Moore, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
"Mary Ziegler, a professor at the University of California-Davis School of Law, said the proposed legislation would insulate crisis pregnancy centers from having to meet the standards that medical organizations face. It would blur the line between advocacy and medical practice, she said. And such legislation provides Republicans with a potentially useful campaign message ahead of midterm elections."
Some states have tried to crack down on crisis pregnancy centers, accusing them of deceptive practices. But now conservative lawmakers are pushing legislation to increase protections for the organizations, which work to dissuade women from abortions.
"By the end of last week, more than 10 patients had been turned away and two scheduled procedures have been cancelled at the state’s only clinic for medication and procedural abortions.
That’s after Gov. Mark Gordon signed a ban on most abortions on March 9, despite saying in a letter he expects legal challenges could find the new law violates the state’s constitution."
#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortion #courts #wyoming
"A group of 128 Democratic members of Congress is calling on the federal government to prevent a funding shortfall for reproductive health clinics in two weeks."
#healthcare #HHS #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #contraception #FamilyPlanning #prevention #PrimaryCare
"In North Carolina, where a clinician practices can make all the difference for someone seeking maternity care...Dozens of counties have no local obstetrics care, so families are forced to travel long distances for deliveries. That distance to care for rural patients has been linked to higher rates of cesarean sections, preterm births and maternal complications."
#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #MaternalHealth #RuralHealth #obstetrics #NorthCarolina
"Mentally competent patients typically have the right to choose their medical care — or refuse it. But there is one notable exception: pregnant patients. That inconsistency is particularly striking in Florida, a state that has pushed to expand medical freedom for those who wish to avoid vaccines or fluoridated water, while constricting the rights of people in various stages of pregnancy."
https://www.propublica.org/article/florida-court-ordered-c-sections
#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #CivilRights #courts #florida
Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has also constricted the rights of pregnant women.
"Clinics that provide free and subsidized birth control and other reproductive health services to millions of low-income people nationwide are warning that access could soon be cut off if the federal government continues to delay the funding process."
#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #contraception #FamilyPlanning #abortion #USpol
"People are leaving or avoiding living in states with abortion bans, a new paper shows — resulting in lower rental prices and higher vacancies than in states that protect reproductive rights."
https://19thnews.org/2026/03/abortion-bans-reproductive-health-rental-market-research/
#PublicHealth #housing #rental #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortion #economics
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