Rates of people seeking permanent contraception spiked after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, new research shows. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and Boston University looked at rates of tubal ligations and vasectomies among 18- to 30-year-olds between 2019 and 2022 using the TriNetX platform and compared them with 2022 … Read more
Women living in states where abortion is restricted or banned are more likely to report either they or someone they know had difficulty accessing abortion services, according to a new survey published Friday from health research group KFF. Nearly two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated federal constitutional protections for … Read more
President Biden on Friday accused former President Trump of trying to hide his views on abortion, as the Biden campaign jumped on a report that Trump supports the idea of a ban on abortion after 16 weeks of pregnancy. The New York Times reported Trump privately told advisers and allies that he favors the 16-week ban … Read more
A South Carolina woman who said she was forced to travel out of state for an abortion due to a law banning the procedure after the detection of a “fetal heartbeat” is asking a court to clarify whether that milestone occurs at six weeks or nine weeks of pregnancy. In a lawsuit filed in state circuit … Read more
A pregnant woman in Kentucky filed a lawsuit on Friday demanding the right to an abortion, challenging the state’s six-week ban as well as its near total “trigger” ban. The lawsuit was filed in state court on behalf of an anonymous woman using the pseudonym Jane Doe, who is about eight weeks pregnant and can’t … Read more
