Articles Tagged With: Abortion
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Supreme Court Signals Possible End to Abortion Rights Under <i>Roe v. Wade</i>
Access to safe and legal abortion likely will end for half of America by this summer when the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide on Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban, according to reproductive healthcare providers, attorneys, and leaders. Both the Mississippi case and the Texas six-week abortion ban — which the court allowed to continue in December 2021 — will potentially lead to abortion bans in dozens of states. -
Some Good and Not-So-Good News About Abortion Information Online
Researchers have spent a few years trying to understand how abortion information is presented online and how it is understood by laypeople. This is one of those controversial healthcare issues in which internet information is more likely to be intentionally false than it is to be inaccurate due to ignorance or misinterpretation of data. -
Privacy Breaches and Reputation Terrorism Plague Abortion Providers
More than one-third of abortion providers reported being harassed by anti-abortion individuals, including intimidation and invasive behavior. Some providers experienced intentional public exposure of their abortion work and discreditation, according to new research. -
Patients’ Contraceptive Choices Evolve Over Time and Life Needs
Women’s preferences in contraceptive methods can change with time and circumstances in their lives, new research shows. Values and preferences are influenced by the contraceptive method’s effectiveness, access, convenience, side effects, societal norms, and other issues. -
Barriers to Abortion Care and Self-Managed Abortion
In this prospective national study among people searching for abortion care online, 28% of respondents reported attempting self-managed abortion. Respondents living farther from an abortion facility and facing barriers to care were more likely to attempt self-managed abortion.
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Contraceptive Counseling Lacking in Southern Clinics, New Study Shows
Only one in 10 patients who received a recent positive pregnancy test reported their reproductive health provider discussed all pregnancy options at clinics in a Southern publicly funded family planning system, researchers noted. The patients whose providers mentioned all pregnancy options were more likely to rate their counseling as excellent on all items, compared with patients who did not receive information on all options. -
Pandemic Affected Family Planning, Abortions, Contraceptive Counseling
New research highlights the challenges many reproductive health providers and family planning clinics faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. These include discontinuation of services, such as placing long-acting reversible contraception and prescribing emergency contraceptive pills in advance. -
Research Shows Ultrasound Is Not Necessary for Medication Abortion
Researchers suggest reproductive health providers could offer patients a faster, less expensive medication abortion via telemedicine. Study findings show that omitting the pre-abortion ultrasound does not appear to compromise safety or result in more ongoing pregnancies. -
Title X Program Saved by Biden Administration’s New Final Rule
Title X organizations and other groups praised the Biden administration for reversing the draconian changes to the Title X family planning program that were enacted in 2019 under the Trump administration. -
Effects of Texas Abortion Law Could Ripple Nationwide
The recent Texas law that banned abortions after six weeks gestation was written to be enforced by almost anyone, anywhere in the United States — creating a bounty hunter system. It could turn neighbors against neighbors, family members against family members, and incentivize strangers to spy on women.