200+ women faced criminal charges over pregnancy in year after Dobbs, report finds
6 states accounted for the majority of cases documented by researchers.
By Anna Claire Vollers - October 01, 20246 states accounted for the majority of cases documented by researchers.
By Anna Claire Vollers - October 01, 2024The report found that nearly half of reported cases came from Alabama.
By Jemma Stephenson, Alabama Reflector - September 25, 2024In the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court started allowing states — what has become almost half of the country — to ban all or most abortions, doctors continue to report that these laws have detrimentally changed their jobs and the quality of care they can provide pregnant patients.
By Sofia Resnick, States Newsroom - September 09, 2024Dozens of Missouri doctors joined in asking the court to uphold a federal law that allows doctors to perform emergency abortions in states with bans
By Anna Spoerre, Missouri Independent - June 18, 2024Years before the Dobbs decision, providers like Dr. Kylie Cooper were already uncomfortable with some of the reporting requirements for abortion procedures in states where they practiced.
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Idaho Capital Sun - May 31, 2024Republican AGs say the rules support abortions in states where they’re illegal.
By Anna Claire Vollers - May 22, 2024At least one IVF service said the Legislature’s protective measure doesn’t go far enough.
By Alander Rocha, Alabama Reflector - March 11, 2024The law requires certain employers to offer 'reasonable accommodations' to employees in the workplace for medical conditions related to the entire period from pregnancy to postpartum recovery.
By 19th News - June 28, 2023Mental health experts say omitting psychiatric crises from the list of exceptions to abortion bans could cost people their lives.
By Rebekah Sager - April 20, 2023With some of the highest maternal death rates in the nation, Black pregnant people face extreme impacts on their health, particularly those in states with restrictive abortion bans.
By Rebekah Sager - April 17, 2023One Texas anti-abortion organization spent federal funding money on cruises and employee perks.
By Lisa Needham - February 07, 2022New analysis shows non-Hispanic Black people will be disproportionately impacted if activists and legislators succeed at banning abortion entirely.
By Lisa Needham - November 03, 2021Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott claimed pregnant people have six weeks to get an abortion under the ban — which is categorically false.
By Emily Singer - September 08, 2021As the GOP claims to be ‘pro-life,’ nearly half of House Republicans voted against preventing pregnant workers from discrimination.
By Emily Singer - May 14, 2021‘Black women deserve to be heard. Their voices deserve to be respected,’ said Vice President Kamala Harris.
By Associated Press - April 17, 2021But critics say there needs to be more done to address maternal health care needs.
By Associated Press - April 07, 2021