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Ala. Public Health Committee Rejects Proposed Exceptions to State Admitting Privileges Law

December 18, 2015

The Alabama Committee of Public Health on Wednesday rejected proposed rules that would have allowed exceptions to a state antiabortion-rights law (HB 57), the Alabama Media Group reports.

Feminist Majority Foundation Launches Campaign Against Antiabortion-Rights Violence

December 18, 2015

A women's equality not-for-profit on Wednesday launched a campaign denouncing antiabortion-rights violence and calling on Congress to investigate the antiabortion-rights group that released misleading videos targeting Planned Parenthood, Huffington Post reports.

Wash. Man Indicted for Death Threats to Tissue Procurement Company

December 18, 2015

A Washington state man was arrested Tuesday and indicted Thursday for making online death threats against a tissue procurement company formerly associated with Planned Parenthood Reuters reports.

Study: Doctors Prescribing Drugs With Birth Defect Risks Often Skip Contraceptive Consults

December 18, 2015

Young women who take medications that could cause birth defects often are not given information about contraception when those drugs are prescribed, according to a forthcoming study in Pediatrics, HealthDay/U.S. News & World Report reports.

Belfast High Court Judge Declines To Order Changes to Abortion Ban

December 18, 2015

Judge Mark Horner of the Belfast High Court on Wednesday said he will not revise Northern Ireland's near-total ban on abortion, stating that the authority to change the legislation rests with lawmakers, the New York Times reports.

Blogs Comment on the 'New Normal' in Abortion Access, Human Rights Violations of Hyde and Helms, More

December 18, 2015

Read the week's best commentary from bloggers at Slate's "DoubleX," RH Reality Check and more.

House Conservatives Delay Planned Parenthood Defunding Vote Until January

December 17, 2015

Conservative leaders have chosen to delay until January a House vote on a budget reconciliation measure (HR 3762) that would block federal funding for Planned Parenthood and repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148), the AP/Sacramento Bee reports.

Article Praises New Survey Showing LARC Experts Are Sensitive to Concerns About Coercive Counseling

December 17, 2015

In an article for The Nation, contributing writer Dani McClain writes about a new survey that found most experts in the delivery of long-acting reversible contraception are sensitive to the risk of coercive counseling in promoting LARC use.

Op-Ed Says Tenn. Woman's Self-Induced Abortion Attempt Signals Return to Pre-Roe Environment

December 17, 2015

In an opinion piece for The Guardian,columnist Jessica Valenti writes about how the recent indictment of a Tennessee woman who attempted to self-induce an abortion by using a coat hanger signals a return to "the desperation and horror of a time" before Roe v. Wade, "when, lacking all other options, women took matters into their own hands."

U.N. Women's Group Meets With White House, Federal Agencies To Assess Gender Equality

December 17, 2015

Last week, three members of a United Nations working group on discrimination against women concluded their U.S. visit by meeting with Obama administration officials to discuss their findings and recommendations, the Huffington Post reports.

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Video Round Up

In this clip, KMBC's Micheal Mahoney discusses comments made by former HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at a Planned Parenthood conference in Kansas City, Mo.

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For CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360," CNN National Correspondent Gary Tuchman profiles the security measures in place at an abortion clinic, Cherry Hill Women's Center, in New Jersey.

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MSNBC's Rachel Maddow hears from Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, in the wake of a deadly shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado.

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HuffPost Live! talks with Daniel Grossman, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California-San Francisco, about a report that finds at least 100,000 Texas women have attempted to terminate a pregnancy without medical assistance.

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Yahoo! News' Katie Couric talks with activist Gloria Steinem on her decision to dedicate her latest book to the physician who helped her access abortion care in the 1950s

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An abortion provider talks with MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry about her experience with antiabortion-rights harassment. 

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In this clip, NBC justice correspondent Pete Williams talks about the Supreme Court's decision to hear a challenge to parts of an omnibus Texas antiabortion-rights law (HB 2) in "the most notable abortion case in what could be two decades."

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NBC News Medical Contributor Natalie Azar, a physician, discusses the increase in long-acting reversible contraception use among U.S. women.

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Kaite Couric tours a new Planned Parenthood facility in Queens, N.Y., with Latasha McGriff, a center director for Planned Parenthood of New York City.

Datapoints

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.

Datapoints

The Guttmacher Institute in this infographic counters antiabortion-rights claims that alternative providers could cover any gaps in health care services if Planned Parenthood is defunded.

Datapoints

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.

Datapoints

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.

Datapoints

This map marks the 15th anniversary of medication abortion's FDA approval by detailing certain restrictions on the drugs across the country. According toBuzzfeed News, lawmakers in 38 states have passed these medication abortion restrictions.

At a Glance

"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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The Editors

Debra Ness, publisher & president, National Partnership

Sarah Lipton-Lubet, associate editor & director of reproductive health programs, National Partnership

Jessi Leigh Swenson, associate editor & senior policy counsel, National Partnership

Freya Riedlin, associate editor & reproductive health law fellow, National Partnership

Dipona Bandy, assistant editor & reproductive health program assistant, National Partnership

Lauren Sogor, assistant editor & health communications manager, National Partnership

Cindy Romero, assistant editor & communications associate, National Partnership

Marcelle Maginnis, associate editor

Justyn Ware, senior editor

Amanda Wolfe, senior director

Joe Infantino, Rachel Schulze, staff writers

Tucker Ball, chief digital officer, National Partnership