Forcing further segregation of abortion and contraceptive services will only limit contraceptive options for patients
seeking abortion care, increasing the risk of having a future unintended pregnancy.
For many people
seeking abortion care, having access to contraceptive services at the time of their procedure simply makes sense.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (PPMNS) applaud today's decision by the U.S. District Court in South Dakota striking down major portions of a South Dakota law that required doctors to give ideologically charged and misleading information to women
seeking abortion care.
At least half of the women in her clinic
seeking abortion care had been using contraception when they got pregnant; therefore, she claims, Planned Parenthood may be good at providing birth control «to the masses» but not at providing good contraceptive and related education.
The increased number of attacks on access to safe, legal abortion and to care at Planned Parenthood health centers shows that it's not just Donald Trump who's talking about punishing women who
seek abortion care.
Not exact matches
No matter the audience (the Massachusetts electorate of 2002, the Republican party base of this summer's primaries, or the average American swing voter this fall) and no matter the topic (
abortion, health
care, gun control, the tax code), Romney
seeks first of all to sound agreeable.
«So let's work together to reduce the number of women
seeking abortions by reducing unintended pregnancies, and making adoption more available, and providing
care and support for women who do carry their child to term,» Obama said to applause.
Klein called the proposal a «very exciting development» but added the new Democratic coalition majority would need to be able to pass a range of issues
sought by the left, including bolstering
abortion rights, single - payer health
care and the public financing of campaigns.
«Our study gives further insight into the ways that the clinic closures due to Texas's restrictive law resulted in an undue burden on women
seeking access to
abortion care in Texas,» said Daniel Grossman, MD, an investigator with TxPEP and director of Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) at UC San Francisco.
Yesterday the Supreme Court struck down a Texas law that would have forced the closure of
abortion clinics that didn't meet strict requirements — requirements the justices decided (by a 5 - to - 3 margin) didn't make women any safer and put an undue burden on their constitutional right to
seek safe and legal medical
care.
These bills provide a roadmap for state policymakers
seeking to fight government interference within the patient - provider relationship, promote women - centered approaches in the provision of
abortion and other reproductive health
care services, and enact legislation that emphasizes the need to expand access to
abortion.
The study also finds that adolescents
seeking care for complications from miscarriage or unsafe clandestine
abortion experience severe complications at the same rate as older women (one severe complication per every four complications).
Most egregiously, this latest assault eliminates protections for patients
seeking lifesaving
abortion care in emergency circumstances.
For far too long, the United States has penalized low - income women
seeking abortion — forcing those already struggling to make ends meet to pay the biggest proportion of her income for safe, legal
care.
It drives poor women to risk death and injury by
seeking unsafe
abortion care from unskilled providers.
Subsequent to alerting U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Planned Parenthood learned the identify of one of those involved and believes these visits are likely a hoax by opponents of legal
abortion seeking to discredit Planned Parenthood, which delivers preventive health
care and
abortion services to three million women each year.
This bill goes even further,
seeking to limit American women's access to
abortion and no - cost birth control and blocking implementation of the groundbreaking provisions of the Affordable
Care Act.
Online Documentary: Fazeelat Aslam, VICE.com, for her piece, «Misconception: The Fake
Abortion Clinics of America» on VICE.com, which exposed the false information perpetuated by so - called «crisis pregnancy centers» and the harm they can do to women
seeking care and the broader reproductive rights movement as a whole.
Tallahassee, FL — Today on behalf of four women's health
care centers and two individual physicians, the Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood Federation of America asked a federal court to strike down a new law that will endanger the health and lives of young women
seeking abortions in Florida.
Voters want to know that their next president will protect access to reproductive health
care — including safe, legal
abortion — and will ensure they can continue to
seek care at Planned Parenthood.
A growing number of states limit the window of time for an
abortion, increase the cost, and create unnecessary hardships for those
seeking care.