Reproductive Rights

Texas lawmaker seeks to reverse Planned Parenthood ban

| 11.16.12 | 11:54 am | View Article

A Texas lawmaker introduced legislation earlier this week that would nullify a controversial rule banning abortion affiliates from participating in a Medicaid program that offers reproductive health care to low-income women. More…

Texas health commissioner: database errors are a ‘real problem’

| 11.01.12 | 11:44 am | View Article

Texas health commissioner Kyle Janek said Wednesday that errors in a state-crafted database intended to help women find reproductive health care providers are “a real problem.” More…

College student Crystal Gonzalez sits in a McAllen, Texas, coffee shop while searching for a new health care provider. Photo by Mary Tuma.

‘Why are they making this more difficult for us?’

A Texas woman searches for health care as state officials move to defund Planned Parenthood
| 10.29.12 | 12:57 pm | View Article

When Texas decided to exclude Planned Parenthood clinics from its Medicaid-funded women’s health care program, women like Crystal Gonzalez were left scrambling for a new provider. More…

Va. health commissioner resigns over abortion clinic rules

| 10.18.12 | 6:03 pm | View Article

Virginia’s health commissioner resigned Thursday, citing recent legal interpretations regarding abortion clinic regulations that she said prevented her from doing her job. More…

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STUDY: Family planning cuts in Texas force clinic closures

| 09.27.12 | 3:53 pm | View Article

Deep slashes to family planning funds made during Texas’ last legislative session have caused 53 clinics that provide family planning services to shutter their doors, according to a new article in the New England Journal of Medicine More….
Additionally, 38 clinics reduced their hours, and many of the existing clinics

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Anti-abortion scholar: Restrictions should be designed to raise costs for women

| 09.21.12 | 9:34 am | View Article
Anti-abortion restrictions should be designed to raise “the costs” of abortions in order to discourage women from obtaining them, a prominent scholar for a leading anti-abortion group told an audience of social conservative activists in Washington last weekend. More…
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Health experts challenge coerced-abortion laws

| 08.29.12 | 2:03 pm | View Article

On a Friday morning in September 2005, 22-year-old Brittany Wilson sat in a Planned Parenthood clinic a mile away from her home in Sioux Falls, S.D., and bawled her eyes out. More…

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Ultrasound law interferes with health services, clinic says

| 08.17.12 | 10:01 am | View Article

RICHMOND — A state law requiring women to receive an ultrasound at least a day before having an abortion has already caused a Northern Virginia health clinic to reduce its non-abortion services in the month since it took effect, according to a clinic official. More…