The method relies on pills rather than surgery - an option that has become important during the pandemic. As Republican-led states mover to restrict abortion access generally, many are limiting access to medication-induced abortions.
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Amy Coney Barrett is about to become one of America's nine most powerful people. And once she puts on the robe, she will immediately preside over a list of contentious petitions to the Supreme Court. Here are some of them.
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This potentially opens a new era of rulings on abortion, the Affordable Care Act and even a potential dispute over the election.
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The US has today signed an anti-abortion declaration with a group of about 30 largely illiberal or authoritarian governments, after campaigning to find mais recruits. Most of the signatories are among the 20 worst countries to be a woman.
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Poland has long been known for having some of the strictest abortion laws in Europe, but now its Constitutional court has ruled for an almost outright ban.
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In discussing his likely pick, Amy Coney Barrett, Trump said "I think [overturning Roe v Wade] will work out" with her on the Supreme Court. The 1973 ruling made abortion legal in the US.
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Funding has been switched from women's health providers to faith groups that have an anti-abortion and sometimes anti-contraception stance. Health and HIV clinics have closed, STI's and teen pregnancy have risen.
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The near-total ban has made it a crime to perform the procedure at any stage of pregnancy, with doctors violating the law facing 10 to 99 years in prison.
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Who could've guessed that cutting access to birth control would cause an increase in unintended pregnancies and abortions??
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Because he doesn't know what else to call them. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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