On March 2, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a case that could redefine
abortion access in America.
These restrictions — hospital admitting privileges and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) requirements — have reduced
abortion access in Missouri to just one operating licensed health center offering safe, legal abortion, forcing countless patients to drive hundreds of miles for health care.
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I have to admit: I am feeling angry and scared about the future of
abortion access in this country.
At the other end of the scale, there was mounting pressure from doctors to liberalise
abortion access in the early stages of pregnancy.
The new chair of the House Rules Committee came under attack for proposing a constitutionally questionable procedural maneuver to pass the controversial Affordable Care Act in 2010, refused to hold town hall meetings during the height of the Tea Party movement, and compared Republicans to Nazis during a fight over
abortion access in 2011.
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My own postgraduate research into
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Not exact matches
«Brazil and other countries
in Latin America are really good examples of what it looks like when you set up barriers to
access for
abortions,» said Mónica Arango, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Center for Reproductive Rights.
The combination of restricted
access to
abortion and increased Internet
access has led to the rise of Do - It - Yourself
abortions in the U.S., many of which look remarkably like the illegal
abortions taking place
in Brazil.
Although the charges were ultimately dismissed, pro-choice activists believe that there will be more cases like it as
access to
abortion becomes more limited
in the U.S.
Still, potential parallels may be emerging as states
in the U.S. move to restrict
access to
abortion.
She also discussed some of the women's health and family policies that she would prioritize
in the White House, such as paid family leave and
access to birth control and safe
abortion.
All this changed when the sexual revolution and the rise of feminism ushered
in easy divorce, the expectation of a career outside the home for married women, ready
access to contraception and
abortion, and the gay - rights movement.
Well, if you look at the statistical analysis, you will find that as
abortion became legal and safe, the rate of violent crime has dropped
in this country — significantly and with a high correlation to
access to safe and legal
abortions.
Women have
access to
abortion in the third trimester only
in extreme circu.mstances.
The religious among us keep trying to chip away at the separation of church and state by making people recite the pledge of allegiance with the God clause, installing religious symbols and displays on public property, holding prayer breakfasts for politicians, berating the removal of prayer
in public schools, trying to pass laws limiting women's
access to birth control, and trying to get an amendment passed outlawing
abortion (since
in their view God creates a soul the moment a sperm enters an egg).
And when a woman becomes pregnant within a loving, supportive, respectful relationship, has every option open to her, [and] decides she does not wish to bear a child; and has
access to a safe, affordable
abortion — there is not a tragedy
in sight — only blessing.
Almost all of the coverage of the Lancet findings suggests that this decline
in abortions correlates to increased
access to contraceptives — for obvious reasons.
In Sweden, for example, an increase in affordable access to contraception and the presence of free contraceptive counseling have paralleled a substantial increase in the teen abortion rat
In Sweden, for example, an increase
in affordable access to contraception and the presence of free contraceptive counseling have paralleled a substantial increase in the teen abortion rat
in affordable
access to contraception and the presence of free contraceptive counseling have paralleled a substantial increase
in the teen abortion rat
in the teen
abortion rate.
It is just this illusion of sex without consequences, she maintains, that brought us to the point of needing widespread
access to
abortion in the first place.
In the long and arduous fight leading up to Roe v. Wade, the one thing feminists were most passionate about was their belief that unrestricted
access to
abortion was indispensable to achieving gender equality.
Most of the countries where
abortion is illegal also suffer from widespread poverty and limited
access to contraception — huge drivers
in the
abortion rate.
Obviously, so the argument goes, if we want to cut teenage pregnancies and
abortions we must have
access to sexual health services —
in other words, teenagers are less likely to get pregnant if they are using contraception; failing contraception, then we should give them
access to the morning - after pill, which may be seen as preferable to a twelve - year - old getting pregnant.
The best way of testing this (putting aside ethical concerns for a moment) would be to conduct an experiment
in which one group did not have
access to confidential
abortion and another did, and then we could monitor the differences between them.
Not only would improved
access to contraception impact the
abortion rate
in the U.S., it would dramatically reduce maternal and infant deaths around the world.
When
abortion is made easier to
access, e.g. by assuring youngsters that their parents need never know, we would predict more youngsters to engage
in risky sexual activity.
Even Anna Glazier, a health expert and a strong proponent of greater
access to the morning - after pill, stated
in early 2006
in an editorial
in the British Medical Journal that greater
access to emergency birth control has failed to cut pregnancy and
abortion rates.
And why on earth oppose
access to birth control and reforms
in the health care system when those will likely make the biggest difference
in actually curbing
abortions in this country?
The response of the last government was essentially more of the same: earlier and more detailed sex education, family planning clinics
in schools, promotion of emergency birth control (otherwise known as the «morning after pill») easier
access to
abortion, all without the need for parental consent even
in the case of underage girls.
In her eyes, by running ahead of the people, the now - infamous 1973 decision gave «opponents of
access to
abortion a target to aim at relentlessly.»
The Connexions service, school nurse service and Healthy Schools standards are just a few of the many routes whereby inappropriate sex education or
access to
abortion and contraception may sneak
in under the radar of unwary teachers and governors.
However, if we could increase
access to contraceptives to meet this need, it is estimated that it would result
in 50 million fewer
abortions per year worldwide.
Those who are on the front lines of championing contraceptive
access to reduce
abortion in the developing world are having national impact among conservatives!
How dare these women insist that their
abortions are appropriate and moral, while simultaneously attempting to destroy
abortion access for every other woman
in the country?
In Lader's mind there was a very definite connection between the struggle to abolish slavery in the 19th century and the struggle to abolish legal restrictions on access to abortion in the 20t
In Lader's mind there was a very definite connection between the struggle to abolish slavery
in the 19th century and the struggle to abolish legal restrictions on access to abortion in the 20t
in the 19th century and the struggle to abolish legal restrictions on
access to
abortion in the 20t
in the 20th.
The writers of the report are, perhaps, most disturbed by the fact that «even when legal,
abortion is often prevented or delayed by obstacles to the
access of appropriate services, such as the widespread use of conscientious objection, medically unnecessary waiting periods or biased counselling»; and calls on Member States to «regulate and monitor the use of conscientious objection
in the key professions, so as to ensure that reproductive healthcare is guaranteed as an individual's right.»
Regarding
abortion — we know that laws
in some states have been affected emanating from religious sources that have limited
access to facilities.
Perhaps most troubling was her recent statement at a Women
in the World Conference where she suggested that
in order to expand worldwide
access to
abortion, «deep - seated cultural codes, religious beliefs, and structural biases have to be changed.»
Endorsing a man who publicly and privately promotes sexual promiscuity
in hopes of reducing
abortion is no less absurd than endorsing the candidate who promises increased
access to
abortion.
In Guttmacher's analysis, they found that the decline of
abortions is because of the availability of effective, affordable birth control and the
abortion restrictions that have limited women's
access.
There is a fairly constant onslaught on the fundamental right to life — from Ireland with its proposed referendum on permitting
abortion, to campaigns for increased
access to
abortion and euthanasia
in many parts of the world.
Thus, the stage is already set for the creation of a positive right to die here that could, one dark day, subsume the religious liberty of doctors not to participate — as is occurring now
in Canada, and afflicts pro-life doctors
in Victoria, Australia regarding
access to
abortion.
The Supreme Court has found that
access to an
abortion must be guaranteed so it is unclear if eliminating every
abortion clinic
in a single state is permitted.
Look, stupid, you can pay to prevent pregnancy, or you can stop attempting to prevent women from
accessing legal
abortion, or you can pay for kids that weren't wanted
in the first place.
Overturning a lower court's decision that ruled that the laws unconstitutionally limited
access to
abortion in the state, New Orleans - based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals judges wrote, «on its face does not impose an undue burden on the life and health of a woman.»
«As governor of Texas, Rick Perry has pursued a single - minded agenda: Take away women's health care, destroy Planned Parenthood, and block women's
access to safe
abortion care,» the Planned Parenthood Action fund wrote
in a recent petition drive.
However, the Supreme Court's decision
in the case of Roe v. Wade indicates that the government can't put an «undue burden» on
abortion access up to that point.
The symptoms are so similar that an online
abortion group which sells pills to women
in pro-life countries instructs women who suffer complications: «If you live
in a place where
abortion is a crime and you don't have a doctor you trust, you can still
access medical care.
Women
in Britain and women
in South Africa have
access to legal
abortion, but
in the end, a woman experiencing
abortion complications
in Britain can get emergency help within minutes; a woman living
in an isolated settlement
in South Africa can't.