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Government regulation, private sector forces add increasing pressure on abortion clinics

February 26, 2016

The stigma surrounding abortion care and legislation targeting abortion providers has made it more costly and logistically complicated to operate an abortion clinic in recent years, resulting in the closure of many such facilities, Bloomberg Business reports.

Federal appeals court: La. admitting privileges law may take effect

February 25, 2016

On Wednesday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a Louisiana law (Act 620) requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals could take effect while litigation challenging the requirement continues, Reuters reports.

Bloomberg: Abortion access diminishing at record rate

February 25, 2016

Driven by antiabortion-rights regulations, abortion access in the United States is falling at the fastest annual rate ever recorded, according to a Bloomberg News investigation, Bloomberg Business reports.

Advocates working with religious groups to expand global access to contraceptives

February 25, 2016

Advocates increasingly are working with religious groups to expand access to contraceptives worldwide, the Tribune Washington Bureau/Sacramento Bee reports.

S.D. Senate committee advances 20-week abortion ban

February 23, 2016

The South Dakota Senate Health and Human Services committee on Friday voted 4-3 to advance a measure (SB 72) that would ban almost all abortion care after 20 weeks of pregnancy, the AP/Bellingham Herald reports.

Blogs comment on parental involvement laws, new abortion-rights Google browser extension, more

February 23, 2016

Read the week's best commentary from bloggers at Care2, Center for American Progress' "ThinkProgress" and more.

Report: Application of Catholic directives put five patients in danger

February 22, 2016

A Catholic hospital's refusal to administer abortion care endangered the lives of five pregnant women over the course of a 17-month period, according to a report released to The Guardian.

Washington Post editorial denounces special House committee's investigation into Planned Parenthood

February 22, 2016

While state and congressional investigations into fetal tissue donation practices by Planned Parenthood have repeatedly "found no wrongdoing" by the organization, a conservative-led "House panel is undeterred in conducting its own investigation, or, more accurately, witch hunt," according to a Washington Post editorial.

11th Circuit rejects challenge to contraceptive coverage rules; lawmakers file brief with Supreme Court supporting rules

February 19, 2016

A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled 2-1 to uphold the federal contraceptive coverage rules in two separate legal challenges, the AP/Sacramento Bee reports.

Pope Francis implies contraception might be permissible amid Zika outbreak

February 19, 2016

Pope Francis on Thursday implied that it might be acceptable for women in areas affected by the ongoing Zika virus outbreak to use contraception to prevent further spreading the virus, the Washington Post reports.

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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.