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Blogs comment on Ky. bill applying abortion-type restrictions on men's health, necessity of abortion access, more

February 16, 2016

Read the week's best commentary from bloggers at the Center for American Progress' "ThinkProgress," Huffington Post blogs, more.

Okla. judge rules admitting privileges law constitutional; CRR appeals ruling on other antiabortion-rights law

February 12, 2016

An Oklahoma district judge on Thursday ruled that a state law (SB 1848) requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals is constitutional, the AP/Sacramento Bee reports.

Blogs comment on disparities in reproductive health care access, the Flint water crisis, more

February 12, 2016

Read the week's best commentary from bloggers at Huffington Post, Ebony and more.

Quote round up: Advocates condemn disparities in abortion access, launch lawsuit against CMP

February 11, 2016

Key stakeholders in women's health comment on disparities in abortion access 43 years after Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood Federation of America's lawsuit against the Center for Medical Progress and more.

Ohio House passes bill to defund Planned Parenthood

February 11, 2016

The Ohio House on Wednesday voted 59-32 to approve legislation (HB 294) that would defund Planned Parenthood clinics in the state, Reuters reports.

Op-ed: Wash. abortion ban based on sex of the fetus 'chips away' at abortion rights, stereotypes Asian-American women

February 11, 2016

A proposed Washington state bill (SB 6612) that would prohibit abortion care based on fetal sex "chips away at a woman's constitutional right to abortion and birth control while simultaneously fueling false stereotypes about Asian-American women," write Washington state Sen. Pramila Jayapal (D) and Miriam Yeung, executive director of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, in an editorial in The Stranger's "Slog."

Texas abortion providers launch campaign in support of clinics threatened by HB 2

February 10, 2016

A few weeks before the Supreme Court hears a legal challenge against provisions in Texas' omnibus antiabortion-rights law (HB 2), abortion providers in the state have launched the Truth Tour, a weeklong campaign to garner support for abortion clinics, Reuters reports.

S.D. House panel advances antiabortion-rights bill

February 10, 2016

The South Dakota House State Affairs Committee on Monday unanimously voted to advance a bill (HB 1157) that would require providers to share medically unproven information with patients seeking medication abortion, the AP/Sacramento Bee reports.

Obama requests $1.8B in emergency funds to combat Zika outbreak

February 9, 2016

The Obama administration on Monday requested more than $1.8 billion to combat the Zika virus globally and in the United States, STAT News reports.

CDC: Black U.S. residents less likely to receive ongoing care for HIV

February 9, 2016

A report published Thursday in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report found that black U.S. residents with HIV are less likely than U.S. residents of other racial and ethnic groups to receive ongoing, routine care, according to HealthDay/U.S. News & World Report.

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Video Round Up

Broadly shares a behind-the-scenes clip from "Across the Line," a virtual reality documentary that uses video and audio recordings from antiabortion-rights protests at U.S. clinics to show viewers what many women experience when trying to access abortion care.

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In this clip, RTV6's Katie Heinz discusses a new social medial campaign launched in reaction to a harmful Indiana law (HB 1337) that bans abortion care based on the sex of the fetus or a fetal disability diagnosis, among other restrictions.

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In this clip, Fox 17 News' Michele DeSelms covers legislation (HB 4787, HB 4830) passed last week in the Michigan House that would penalize individuals who coerce a woman into receiving an abortion.

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In part of a longer clip covering multiple topics, Reuters TV reports on an omnibus antiabortion-rights measure (HB 1411) recently signed into law by Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) that bars local health departments from distributing funds for non-abortion-related care to organizations affiliated with abortion providers, among several other provisions.

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WTVF's Chris Conte reports on the outcome of a Tennessee House subcommittee hearing, which advanced one antiabortion-rights bill while deferring or withdrawing several others.

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In this clip, Los Angeles Times reporter Molly Hennessy-Fiske hears from Kristeena Banda -- a clinic administrator at Whole Woman's Health, an abortion clinic in McAllen, Texas -- about what is at stake in a legal challenge to parts of Texas' omnibus antiabortion-rights law (HB 2).

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13 News WOWK reporter Alyssa Meisner interviews several women in West Virginia about Nurx, a smartphone application that helps women access birth control.

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In a segment on HB 2, comedian Samantha Bee interviews Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, and Texas Rep. Dan Flynn (R), one of the bill's authors, for TBS' "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee," Vox reports.

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John Oliver on HBO's "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" discusses the proliferation of attacks on abortion rights in the United States and comments on how such restrictions affect a woman's access to abortion care.

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MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell hears from Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, about oral arguments before the Supreme Court in a case challenging provisions of Texas' omnibus antiabortion-rights law (HB 2).

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Datapoints

This map, from Bloomberg Business, highlights the rapid decline in abortion access in the United States since 2011.

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These maps, compiled using data from the New York Times and the Guttmacher Institute, underscore findings from a recent Times investigation, including that there were more than 700,000 searches for how to self-induce an abortion in 2015.

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This chart, compiled by NPR, shows how the majority of countries affected by the Zika virus, which might be linked to a severe birth defect, curb access to contraception and abortion care.

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In this map, Center for American Progress' "ThinkProgress" spotlights the 12 states that have cleared Planned Parenthood of any wrongdoing after launching investigations into the organization.

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In its latest report card, the Population Institute provides a snapshot of the condition of reproductive rights and health in each state in 2015.

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The Guttmacher Institute in this graph shows the rapid increase in the number of state abortion restrictions over the past few years.

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In this map, the Kaiser Family Foundation shows how widely abortion coverage varies from state to state in insurance plans sold through the Affordable Care Act's (PL 111-148) insurance marketplaces.

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This infographic, released with a new Guttmacher Institute study, shows the increase in use of long-acting reversible contraception among U.S. women between 2002 and 2012.

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This map, released with a study from the University of Michigan Health System, shows how an increasing number of state Medicaid programs over the last three years are providing reimbursement for immediate postpartum LARC provision.

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In this infographic, the Guttmacher Institute shows how the proportion of uninsured reproductive-age women in the U.S. declined from 17.9% in 2013 to 13.9% in 2014, the first year in which the Affordable Care Act was implemented fully.

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At a Glance

"A woman's ability to end her pregnancy too often depends on where she lives, her age and how much money is in her pocket."

— Marcela Howell of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda, discussing ongoing disparities in women's access to abortion care on the 43rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

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"If women are not free to make decisions about their own lives and health, they are not free. And if women are not free, none of us are."

— Abortion provider Warren Hern, in a STAT News opinion piece on why he continues to offer abortion care despite receiving harassment and death threats throughout his 42-year career.

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"Not since before Roe v. Wade has a law or court decision had the potential to devastate access to reproductive health care on such a sweeping scale."

— Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, on a ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld major portions of a Texas antiabortion-rights law.