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Shefali Luthra
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How abortion bans are undercutting efforts to prevent domestic violence
OB-GYNs are often the first or only doctors to learn if a patient is facing intimate partner violence. As they leave places with abortion bans, domestic violence victims are feeling the impacts.
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Virginia Republicans embraced a 15-week abortion ban — and then lost
Tuesday’s election results in Virginia are a rebuke to what anti-abortion advocates and Republican politicians hoped was a limit that a broad swath of voters could get behind.
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Florida’s proposed six-week abortion ban could cut access in half
Enforcing a more restrictive abortion law in the state that has emerged as a regional hub in the South is expected to result in “a very chaotic situation,” researchers say.
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An Arizona Supreme Court justice openly opposes abortion. He’ll hear a case deciding its legality anyway.
Justice Bill Montgomery blamed Planned Parenthood — which is suing the state over its abortion ban — for “the greatest genocide known to man.”
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Abortion opponents are trying to deter people from traveling out of state for care
Thousands of people have left states with abortion bans to access the procedure. Some opponents are targeting the people who help them.
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North Carolina was a critical abortion access point. Now, procedures have dropped by 30 percent.
The first analysis since the state implemented its 12-week ban shows just show dramatic the law has been in curbing abortion access across the South.
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Women and nonbinary people say doctors won’t stop talking about their weight
A new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll finds they are more likely to report facing weight-based discrimination from health care providers, with sometimes devastating consequences.
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Only 2 percent of U.S. doctors are Latina, despite diversity leading to better care for patients
Research shows that a more diverse physician workforce also means healthier patients. But efforts to bolster Latina representation have for years faced an uphill battle.
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Total abortion bans are not at all popular, poll finds
The latest 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll finds that Americans often hold contradictory views on restrictions on abortion, highlighting the complexity of finding consensus on the issue.
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The 19th Explains: Abortion in Florida and what’s at stake in the state Supreme Court
We spoke to political experts, abortion providers and funds ahead of arguments on the state’s 15-week ban.