reproductive rights
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President Biden Signs Executive Order on Abortion Care as Access and Privacy Remain a Concern
President Joe Biden signed an executive order in an effort to protect access to reproductive health care services. This comes after the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade, ending the constitutional right to an abortion, effectively giving individual states more power to regulate abortion access.
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Bumble and Match Have Created a Relief Fund To Help Cover Abortion Costs in Texas
The dating platforms Bumble and Match Group, the company that owns Tinder, have teamed up to create a relief fund for Texas women seeking abortions after the state passed an insidious six-week ban on the procedure earlier this week.
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Study Of So-Called ‘Abortion Reversal’ Stopped Early After Women Went To ER With Serious Bleeding
New research out Thursday starkly highlights the dangers of so-called “abortion reversals,” an unproven practice condemned by most medical experts. Scientists were forced to prematurely end a trial of pregnant women testing out the procedure after three volunteers experienced severe haemorrhaging that sent them to the emergency room.
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Brazil Petition Demands Abortion Exception For Women Infected By Zika
Pregnant women in Brazil who are infected with Zika — a virus suspected of causing birth defects — are prohibited from having an abortion. That’s prompting a group of lawyers, activists and scientists to demand that the country’s supreme court make an exception.