I really hope she wins. I hope she is able to get the abortion.
Trisomy 18 is not good, its the worst of birth defects. Fuck whomever is trying to block this from happening. If anything happens to the mom I will lose my shit.
I really hope she wins. I hope she is able to get the abortion.
Trisomy 18 is not good, its the worst of birth defects. Fuck whomever is trying to block this from happening. If anything happens to the mom I will lose my shit.
I am furious that she had to do this.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/oth...400d9c3e&ei=50
After Texas Supreme Court blocks her abortion, Kate Cox leaves state for procedure
GMAFBA pregnant Texas woman seeking an abortion after doctors confirmed her fetus has a deadly genetic condition has left Texas for the procedure after the state Supreme Court blocked her from receiving an one, attorneys said Monday.
Kate Cox, a mother of two from Dallas, is in her 21st week of pregnancy and doctors diagnosed her fetus with trisomy 18, a fatal disorder. They recommended an abortion to preserve her reproductive health – a procedure largely prohibited under several Texas laws.
"She’s been in and out of the emergency room and she couldn’t wait any longer," said Nancy Northup, chief executive of the Center for Reproductive Rights, which is representing Cox in a lawsuit challenging the Texas abortion bans.
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"This is why judges and politicians should not be making health care decisions for pregnant people," Northup added. "They are not doctors."In his petition, Paxton argued the state would suffer an "irreparable loss" should Cox terminate her pregnancy.
Buckle up. Man I'm glad I can' get pregnant.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/13/polit...rug-nationwide
Supreme Court to decide whether to restrict abortion drug nationwide
The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider whether to restrict access to a widely used abortion drug — even in states where the procedure is still allowed.
The case concerns the drug mifepristone that — when coupled with another drug — is one of the most common abortion methods in the United States.
The decision means the conservative-leaning court will again wade into the abortion debate after overturning Roe v. Wade last year, altering the landscape of abortion rights nationwide and triggering more than half the states to outlaw or severely restrict the procedure.
The new case could be decided by July, inserting the Supreme Court into the middle of the presidential election, where abortion access is once again a key issue.
For now, mifepristone remains available and not subject to restrictions the lower courts have said should be imposed on its use. The high court determined in April that access to the drug would remain unchanged until the appeals process finishes.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...-es-rcna135565
64K women and girls became pregnant due to rape in states with abortion bans, study estimates
More than 64,000 women and girls became pregnant because of rape in states that implemented abortion bans after Roe v. Wade was overruled, according to a new research estimate published online Wednesday.
The research letter, published by JAMA Internal Medicine and headed up by the medical director at Planned Parenthood of Montana, estimated that nearly 520,000 rapes were associated with 64,565 pregnancies across 14 states, most of which had no exceptions that allowed for terminations of pregnancies that occurred as a result of rape.
Texas topped the list, with 45% of the rape-related pregnancies occurring within the state, researchers estimated. Ninety-one percent of the estimated rape-related pregnancies took place in states without exceptions for rape, according to the researchers.
"Few (if any)" of the women and girls who became pregnant because of rape "obtained in-state abortions legally, suggesting that rape exceptions fail to provide reasonable access to abortion for survivors," the research letter said.
Abortion rape exceptions can be rendered “virtually meaningless” because of rape reporting requirements, said Dr. David Himmelstein, who co-authored the research and teaches at the School of Urban Public Health at Hunter College.
"I think, frankly, those are window dressing exceptions," Himmelstein said. "They're not actually exceptions ... [that are] effective in making abortion available in cases of rape."
That's horrible.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alabama...ivf-fertility/
Alabama court ruled frozen embryos are children. Experts explain potential impacts to IVF treatment.
Abortion rights groups and IVF advocates have been warning about the possibility since before the Supreme Court's 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and as Republican-led states passed new abortion restrictions in its wake. The Alabama decision cited language added to the state constitution in 2018, which says "it is the public policy of this state to ensure the protection of the rights of the unborn child."
Now, fertility experts and organizations say Alabama's ruling could lead to a decrease in IVF access and care.
Dr. Mari Mitrani, co-founder and chief scientific officer at Gattaca Genomics, told CBS News the ruling poses "serious potential and unintended consequences to the fertility industry as a whole, threatening Alabamans' rights to start a family."
About 1 in 5 people are unable to get pregnant after one year of trying, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A recent survey found 42% of American adults say they have used, or know someone who has used, fertility treatments.
"This ruling poses a threat to embryologists, fertility doctors, lab technicians and all fertility healthcare providers in Alabama," Mitrani said. "The local medical professionals will be exposed to unforeseen consequences due to this ruling, when trying to help their patients."
The impact could reach beyond the state, too.
"This ruling has profound implications far beyond Alabama's borders," Resolve: The National Infertility Association said in a statement on social media "Every American who wants or needs access to family building options like IVF should be deeply concerned about this development and the precedent it will set across the country."
She wanted them destroyed, he wanted them implanted in someone and grown to term. She won. I think he just wanted to get fame/publicity and control her. I really don't think she wants kids at all. She and her latest husband split because he wanted to have kids.
https://people.com/tv/sofia-vergaras...resss-consent/
Sofia Vergara's Ex Nick Loeb Loses Final Appeal Ruling That He Can't Use Embryos Without Her Consent
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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live.../?id=108467730
In abortion pill hearing, Supreme Court sounds skeptical of challenge to mifepristone access-It's the first major abortion rights case since Roe was overruled
A high-stakes hearing played out before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday in a case that could reshape abortion access nationwide.
The justices considered a challenge to the Food and Drug Administration’s regulation of mifepristone, the first pill taken in a two-drug regimen for a medication abortion, which is the most common method of abortion in the country.
It is the first major reproductive rights case before the high court since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. A decision is expected by the end of June.
Last edited by raisedbywolves; 03-26-2024 at 11:57 AM.
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-...texas-lawsuit-
Texas sues to stop a rule that shields the medical records of women who seek abortions elsewhere
Texas has sued the Biden administration to try to block a federal rule that shields the medical records of women from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to seek abortion where it is legal.
The lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services seeks to overturn a regulation that was finalized in April. In the suit filed Wednesday in Lubbock, Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton accused the federal government of attempting to “undermine” the state’s law enforcement capabilities.
How scary is it that Texas wants to have those records in the first place. Wow.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politic...on-1235111112/
Hundreds of Pregnant Women Prosecuted The Year After Roe v. Wade Fell
At least 210 women faced criminal charges related to pregnancy, abortion, pregnancy loss, or birth in the year after the Supreme Court ended the federal right to abortion, according to a new report from the advocacy group Pregnancy Justice. In most of the cases — 121 of the 210 — the information later used against the women was obtained or disclosed in a medical setting, researchers found.
The period examined — from June 2022, when the court’s decision was released, to June 2023 — represented the highest number of pregnancy-related criminalizations in U.S. history, the authors of the report said. This initial report is part of a three-year study of pregnancy criminalization in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision; the organization is working in partnership with researchers from the University of Tennessee, the University of South Carolina, the University of Texas Austin, and the University of Alabama.
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