A number of state legislatures and organizations put barriers between women and abortion care by directly interfering with a woman's medical care. Ultrasound laws impose medically unnecessary requirements for an ultrasound prior to receiving an abortion. These laws serve no purpose except to shame women, impose unnecessary medical procedures on women and doctors, and increase the expense of abortion care.
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Texas Lawmakers Broker Quiet Agreement on Women's Health Funds; House Panel Approves 20-Week Ban
Monday, May 6, 2013
Democrats and Republicans in the Texas Legislature are "quietly" working together to restore women's health funding, marking a sharp contrast from the "high-octane drama" over cuts to women's health services in recent years, the Texas Tribune/New York Times reports.
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Featured Blogs
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
"State Policy Trends 2013: Abortion Bans Move to the Forefront" (Elizabeth Nash/Rachel Benson Gold, RH Reality Check, 4/12) and "Federal Court Blocks Mississippi Admitting Privileges Law" (Jessica Mason Pieklo, RH Reality Check, 4/15).
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Opinion Piece Explores Impact of Family Planning Funding Cuts in Texas
Monday, April 8, 2013
Last week, the Texas House took an important step toward restoring 2011 budget cuts that "caused more than 55 family planning clinics across the state to close and left remaining providers with less funding and more patients in need of care," Joseph Potter -- a professor at the University of Texas-Austin -- writes in an opinion piece in the Austin Statesman.
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Ind. House Panel Advances Medication Abortion Restrictions After Omitting Mandatory Ultrasound Provision
Friday, March 29, 2013
The Indiana House Public Policy Committee on Wednesday voted 8-5 to advance a bill (SB 371) that would tighten restrictions on clinics that provide medication abortions, the Indianapolis Star reports.
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Okla. Attorney General Asks U.S. Supreme Court To Reinstate Antiabortion Law
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt (R) on Friday filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling that struck down a state law (HB 2780) requiring women seeking an abortion to view an ultrasound image and hear a description of the fetus, AP/KSWO reports.
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IN THE COURTS
This section provides a brief overview of significant cases impacting reproductive rights and health related to Abortion:<br.
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Nova Health Systems v. Pruitt
Challenge to an Oklahoma law which prohibits a woman from getting an abortion unless she first has an ultrasound image and listens to her doctor describe the image in detail.
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Texas Medical Providers Performing Abortion Services v. Lakey
Challenge to a Texas law which prohibits a woman from getting an abortion unless her physician first performs an ultrasound, places the ultrasound images in her view, describes the images to her, makes fetal heart sounds audible, if possible, and describes those sounds to her, whether or not she wants to see or hear them.
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Stuart v. Huff
Challenge to a North Carolina law which prohibits a woman from getting an abortion until four hours after her physician performs an ultrasound, places the ultrasound images in her view, and provides her with a detailed explanation and description of the images, whether or not she wants to see the images or hear any or all of the description.
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