DONALD TRUMP AND ABORTION
What Trump's Abortion Comments to TIME Reveal About His Plans For a Second Term
| By Philip Elliott, Time staff | April 30, 2024 2:53 PM EDT Updated 6:55 PM EDT |
KEY FACTS ON ABORTION IN THE U.S.
Key Facts on Abortion in the United States
| By Usha Ranji, Karen Diep, and Alina Salganicoff, KFF staff | November 21, 2023 |
Abortion and the 2024 election: There is no easy way out for Republicans
| By Elaine Kamarck, Center for Effective Public Management at Brookings | April 17, 2024 |
Ballot Tracker: Status of Abortion-Related State Constitutional Amendment Measures for the 2024 Election
| KFF Staff | Last updated on May 3, 2024 |
MEDICATION ABORTION
BACKGROUND
The 19th Explains: How the Supreme Court could further limit abortion The court will consider reversing a federal decision that allowed the abortion pill mifepristone to be prescribed online. The consequences could be significant.
| By Shefali Luthra, Health Reporter, The 19th News | March 25, 2024, 5:00 a.m. CT |
The 19th Explains: What is the Comstock Act? Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear a case on abortion pill access that could revive a 19th Century anti-obscenity law that's been used to curtail access to everything from birth control to pornography.
| By Shefali Luthra, Health Reporter, The 19th News | March 25, 2024, 5:00 a.m. CT | [NOTE: Text of the Comstock Act included in this article.] |
In January 2023, the FDA lifted restrictions that prevented patients from obtaining medication abortion pills from a retail pharmacy. Pharmacies must complete a certification form from the manufacturer to dispense the pills. Individuals cannot obtain the medication at a pharmacy in states that have a near-total abortion ban."
| Guttmacher Institute: State Laws & Policies on Medication Abortion | As of October 31, 2023 |
COURT CASES ABOUT MEDICATION ABORTION
A Texas woman sues prosecutors who charged her with murder after she self-managed an abortion
| By Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press | Updated 3:28 PM CDT, March 29, 2024 | NOTE: Misoprostol used in this instance, not mifepristone.
QUOTE FROM ABOVE ARTICLE:
"[Ms.] Gonzalez was charged with murder in 'the death of an individual by self-induced abortion.'
Under the abortion restrictions in Texas and other states, women who seek abortion are exempt from criminal charges."
Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to the abortion medication mifepristone
| By Mark Sherman, Associated Press. AP writers Amanda Seitz & Lindsay Whitehurst contributed to this report. | March 26, 2024 Updated 5:57 PM CDT |
Medication Abortion Accounted for 63% of All US Abortions in 2023—An Increase from 53% in 2020
| By Rachel K. Jones and Amy Friedrich-Karnik, Guttmacher Institute | First published online: March 19, 2024 |
NOTE: QUOTE FROM ABOVE WEB PAGE: "The medication abortion counts for 2023 do not include self-managed medication abortions that take place outside of the formal health care system or abortion medication mailed to people in states with total abortion bans.
Justice Department asks Supreme Court to end abortion pill legal challenge that threatens widespread access Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar wrote that the case marked the first time a court has ever second-guessed the "expert judgment" of the FDA in approving a drug
| NBC News staff | September 8, 2023 Updated on September 8, 2023 at 5:51 PM |
COURT CASES REGARDING TEXAS ABORTION EMERGENCY EXCEPTIONS
Texas abortion law endangers our daughters. A Mother's Perspective.
| By Lesley Briones, Harris County Commissioner. Opinion piece, Houston Chronicle, Outlook Section [Section A page 23A] | May 10, 2024 |
US Supreme Court split over Idaho's strict abortion ban in medical emergencies
| Reporting by John Kruzel and Andrew Chung; Editing by Will Dunham, Reuters staff | April 24, 2024 1:19 PM CDT |
The 19th Explains: Could an emergency medicine law give pregnant people access to life-saving abortions? Hospitals in Texas and Idaho aren’t required to provide abortion in those instances. But the question is hardly settled.
| By Shefali Luthra, Health Reporter, The 19th News | January 5, 2024, 11:20 a.m. CT | [Editor’s note: This article has been updated throughout.] |
Emergency rooms not required to perform life-saving abortions, federal appeals court rules The Biden administration reminded hospitals of their obligation to perform life-saving abortions under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act after the overturn of Roe v. Wade. Texas sued, arguing it was an overstep that mandated abortions.
| By Eleanor Klibanoff, Texas Tribune | January 2, 2024 5 PM Central |
Texas Abortion Ban Emergency Exceptions Case: Zurawski v. State of Texas [Filing date March 6, 2023]
QUOTE FROM ABOVE WEB PAGE:
The Center for Reproductive Rights filed this groundbreaking lawsuit on March 6, 2023 asking the state of Texas to clarify the scope of the "medical emergency" exceptions under its abortion bans. The case was filed on behalf of seven original plaintiffs: five Texas women denied abortion care—who as a result faced risks to their health, fertility and lives—and two Texas obstetrician-gynecologists."
The [Zurawski v. Texas] case, filed in state court in Austin, is the first lawsuit brought on behalf of women denied abortions since the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to abortion in June 2022.
GROUP PHOTO of Zurawski women plaintiffs (plus more about case)
Cox v. Texas (Filing date December 5, 2023)
QUOTE FROM ABOVE WEB PAGE: "This is the first case since the overturning of Roe v. Wade filed on behalf of a pregnant woman seeking emergency abortion care." [Kate Cox, President Biden's guest at the 2024 State of the Union speech]
Pregnant Texas woman asks court to let her have abortion under exceptions to state's ban The lawsuit was filed a week after the Texas Supreme Court heard arguments about whether the ban is too restrictive for women with pregnancy complications
| By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press [as seen on Channel 5 NBCdfw Web site] | December 5, 2023 Updated on December 6, 2023 at 10:42 AM | [Kate Cox case]
QUOTE FROM ABOVE ARTICLE:
"Doctors told Cox that if the baby's heartbeat were to stop, inducing labor would carry a risk of a uterine rupture because of her prior cesareans and that another cesarian at full term would endanger her ability to carry another child."
TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD PROPOSED GUIDANCE REGARDING MEDICAL EXCEPTIONS
Texas Medical Board proposes guidance on medical exceptions to abortion ban
By Hannah Norton, Community Impact | March 22, 2024 4:08 PM CDT Updated 4:18 PM |
Texas Medical Board proposes new guidance for abortion medical exceptions The guidance was disappointing to reproductive rights advocates who were seeking more specificity and a list of conditions that could qualify.
| By Neelam Bohra, Texas Tribune | March 22, 2024 |
Texas Medical Board to consider issuing guidance on abortion laws' medical exceptions On March 22, the board will discuss clarifying what counts as a medical exception to the state’s abortion restrictions.
| By Madaleine Rubin, Texas Tribune | March 14, 2024 11 AM Central |
TEXAS ABORTION LAWS
Texas has three state laws banning abortion:
A trigger ban, which outlaws abortion entirely;
S.B. 8, the "vigilante" ban that prohibits abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy; and
A pre-Roe criminal ban that several courts have determined to be implicitly repealed
How new regulations impact abortion and birth control access in Texas More than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, Texas continues to be the largest state in the nation to ban nearly all abortions. But some questions and changes to abortion and birth control access have arisen since then.
| By Maria Mendez, Texas Tribune | October 11, 2023 5 AM Central |
S.B. 8 (THE "VIGILANTE" BAN) AND ABORTIONS PERFORMED OUT-OF-STATE
How a Texas man is testing out-of-state abortions by asking a court to subpoena his ex-partner
| By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press. Associated Press writer Geoff Mulvihill contributed to this report. | Updated May 8, 2024 4:46 PM CDT |
Texas man takes legal action against ex-partner who travelled to Colorado for abortion
| By Dan Gooding, The Independent US [as seen on AOL.com] | May 3, 2024 at 12:11 PM |
Medical records for out-of-state abortions will now be protected by HIPAA A new Biden administration rule means that doctors cannot turn abortion-related records over to law enforcement.
| By Shefali Luthra, 19th News Health Reporter | April 22, 2024, 10:55 a.m. CT |
TEXAS LAW MADE THIS MOM CARRY A DOUBLE NONVIABLE PREGNANCY TO TERM
She was told her twin sons wouldn't survive. Texas law made her give birth anyway. Miranda Michel, 26, couldn't leave the state for an abortion. But she also couldn't bear the idea of carrying a nonviable pregnancy to term.
| By Eleanor Klibanoff. Photos by Shelby Turner. Texas Tribune | October 11, 2023 5 AM Central |
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