Life After Roe

In June 2022, the Supreme Court officially dismantled Roe v. Wade. These are the stories of what came next.

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  1. Another Republican Tries to Convince Voters He’s an Abortion ModerateNorth Carolina’s GOP gubernatorial candidate is the latest to try to trick voters into thinking he wouldn’t support a total abortion ban.
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    Kamala Harris Isn’t Afraid to Campaign on AbortionShe came out swinging on the issue in her first week as a presidential candidate and re-energized reproductive-rights groups.
  3. Here’s a Refreshing Way to Think About Election DayReproductive-justice pioneer Loretta Ross on not waiting for politicians to save you.
  4. Supreme Court Abortion Protest
    The Supreme Court’s Idaho Abortion Ruling Is a Mixed BagThe decision allows emergency abortions to continue in the state but did not rule on the case’s merits, so the legal battle isn’t over.
  5. Texans Rally At State Capitol Against New Abortion Bill
    Texas Is Forcing Women to Give Birth to Babies That Won’t SurviveA spike in newborn and infant deaths after the state enacted SB8 was largely driven by congenital anomalies.
  6. 78 Patients and 10 Hours Inside an Abortion Clinic in the South“There’s a zombie-apocalypse mind-set in this building: We are going to survive.”
  7. Appeals Court Keeps Abortion Pill Mifepristone Available, But With Restrictions
    Good News: The Supreme Court Won’t Restrict Abortion PillsThe justices unanimously rejected anti-abortion doctors’ challenge to the drug mifepristone.
  8. Center For Reproductive Rights Files Lawsuit On Behalf Of Texans Harmed By State's Abortion Ban
    Texas Court Rules Against Women Denied Emergency AbortionsThe decision didn’t even mention the 20 women who say they nearly died, fled the state, or carried nonviable pregnancies to term.
  9. Inside a women's centre in Phoenix as Arizona considers enforcing 1864 abortion law, USA - 12 Apr 2024
    Louisiana’s Alarming Push to Criminalize Abortion PillsLegislators passed a bill that would create a climate of fear around possessing abortion pills and delay life-saving pregnancy care.
  10. A Texas Man Wants His Ex Investigated for Getting an AbortionExperts say it’s a fear tactic meant to intimidate abortion seekers.
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    Trump Would Let Republicans Track Your PregnancyThe former president told ‘Time’ he’s fine with states monitoring women’s bodies in whatever dystopian way they see fit if he’s elected this fall.
  12. Arizona's Supreme Court Revives 1864 Law Banning Abortions, Causing Backlash
    Arizona Has Repealed Its Civil War–Era Abortion BanBut the restrictions are still expected to take effect for a few months this summer.
  13. The Woman Who Got Your Best Friend PregnantTaking Charge of Your Fertility brought cycle-tracking to the masses. Thirty years later, the author still worries about readers getting it right.
  14. How Close to Death Must a Person Be to Get an Abortion?The Supreme Court will decide whether hospitals can turn away pregnant people experiencing medical emergencies.
  15. Arizona’s Draconian Abortion Ban Belongs to TrumpThis is what leaving the issue up to the states looks like.
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    Arizona Supreme Court Brings Back 160-Year-Old Abortion BanAbortions will be outlawed except in cases where the pregnant person’s life is at risk.
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    Florida Clinics and Funds Prepare for ‘Catastrophic’ Abortion BanIt can cost an abortion fund around $1,100 to send a patient out of state. “That’s millions of dollars. We don’t have millions of dollars.”
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    Florida Supreme Court Paves the Way for Six-Week Abortion BanThe court also ruled separately that a measure codifying abortion rights can appear on the ballot in the November election.
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    Woman Charged With Murder After Abortion Sues Prosecutor The murder charges “irrevocably changed the course of Lizelle Gonzalez’s life,” her attorney says.
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    What the Supreme Court Said About Abortion-Pill AccessMost justices seemed skeptical of restricting the drug, while Alito and Thomas floated a 19th-century law that could ban abortion nationwide.
  21. New RU-486 Pill Now Available
    How Self-Managed Abortions Changed After the Overturn of RoeA new report gives us the most detailed picture yet of how many abortions are taking place outside the formal health-care system.
  22. Eva Burch
    Why an Arizona Senator Spoke About Her Planned Abortion“I underwent a forced transvaginal ultrasound. We have a 24-hour waiting period. I don’t think that’s acceptable.”
  23. Appeals Court Keeps Abortion Pill Mifepristone Available, But With Restrictions
    U.S. Saw Highest Abortion Rate in Over a Decade After DobbsThere were more than 1 million abortions in 2023, fueled in part by an increase in medication abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
  24. Roe v. Wade and IVF
    Alabama’s IVF Patients Are in Embryo Purgatory“This isn’t something that can wait until next year for me.”
  25. Supporters of legislation safeguarding IVF treatments hold a rally at the Alabama State House
    Some Alabama IVF Clinics Resume Services Under New LawThe measure aims to shield providers from liability but doesn’t address fetal personhood.
  26. The Exes Who Froze Embryos and Regret ItFrom hurt feelings and debt to legal battles and harassment, the risks of committing by combining DNA are high no matter which state you live in.
  27. March For Reproductive Rights Held In Los Angeles In Response To Abortion Pill Ruling
    Florida Lawmakers Pause Bill That Could Threaten IVFFollowing widespread public outrage over the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling.
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    Alabama Ruled Frozen Embryos Are Children — Now What?Breaking down what the state Supreme Court’s decision means for IVF patients and doctors.
  29. What It Takes to Claw Back Abortion Rights in CourtA lawyer behind challenges in ban states explains the narrow focus on clarifying medical exceptions.
  30. The Biden Campaign Is Finally Talking About AbortionBut it needs to do a lot more than just remind voters it wants to restore Roe.
  31. The Supreme Court Will Decide on Abortion-Pill AccessThe justices have agreed to hear a legal battle that will determine whether mifepristone remains widely available.
  32. Texas Supreme Court Rules Against Woman Who Sued for Emergency AbortionHours before the ruling, Kate Cox left the state to terminate her pregnancy elsewhere as her health deteriorated.
  33. Abortion Wins Again. Now What?Democrats can’t coast on the issue’s popularity.
  34. Abortion Rights Swept the 2023 ElectionsVoters enshrined abortion rights in the Ohio constitution and elected pro-choice candidates in Virginia and Kentucky.
  35. An Idaho Kidnapping Case Centers on Out-of-State AbortionAnd anti-abortion activists are already using it to advocate for cracking down on interstate travel for abortion seekers.
  36. Roe’s Fall Actually Led to More Legal AbortionsBut the strain it’s put on clinics and abortion funds isn’t sustainable, according to a new report.
  37. Dianne Feinstein, the InstitutionalistShe fought for gun control, civil rights, and abortion access for half a century. Where did it all go wrong?
  38. Nebraska Mom Gets Two Years in Prison in Abortion-Pill CaseThe woman was accused of helping her daughter self-manage an abortion, which in itself is not illegal, and disposing of the remains.
  39. Appointments Fill Up As Abortion Returns to WisconsinPlanned Parenthood clinics are once again offering abortions while a legal challenge to the state’s feticide law plays out.
  40. How the Criminal-Justice System Is Targeting Pregnant PeopleA new report unpacks a spike in arrests in the years leading up to the overturn of Roe — most of which happened in just five states.
  41. More People Denied Abortions Challenge Their States’ BansWomen who say they were denied care in medical emergencies are now taking legal action against Idaho, Tennessee, and Oklahoma.
  42. It Sounds Like Florida Is About to Lose Abortion AccessThe state’s Supreme Court, including a chief justice who suggested fetuses are human beings, appears open to paving the way for a six-week ban.
  43. Fact-Checking the GOP Presidential Candidates on AbortionThe first Republican debate was chock-full of misinformation and one highly dubious anecdote about a fetus in a pan.
  44. A Tale of Two Abortion ClinicsLaDonna Prince’s clinic has served Indiana for decades. Now she’s looking to Illinois, where her new facility has already been attacked twice.
  45. Texas Won’t Stop Torturing Women Denied AbortionsThe state’s lawyers are gaslighting patients, who gave emotional testimony about their pregnancy complications.
  46. Over-the-Counter Birth Control Is ComingOpill, now approved by the FDA to be sold without a prescription, is expected to hit shelves in early 2024.
  47. 700 Calls, 260 Appointments, 30 DaysIn the weeks before North Carolina’s abortion ban became law, the Carolina Abortion Fund rushed to help as many patients as possible.
  48. Closing the Door on Motherhood Making the choice while the choice is mine to make.
  49. Nearly 10,000 Extra Births Followed Texas Abortion BanA new study shows many people unable to access abortion services were forced to continue pregnancies to term.
  50. Find an AbortionAn exhaustive guide to the clinics still open in each state, how to reach them, and the services they offer.
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