Pregnant patients without access to abortion face a ‘death sentence,’ U.S. House panel told

BY: ARIANA FIGUEROA
JULY 14, 2022

WASHINGTON — Witnesses told a U.S. House committee on Wednesday that pregnant patients who can’t obtain abortions will face higher mortality rates if they are forced to carry their pregnancies to term.

“It is essentially a death sentence,” Michele Bratcher Goodwin, the chancellor’s professor of law at the University of California, told lawmakers.

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USA – House Oversight Committee Democrats To Examine Regulation Of Abortion Providers

House Oversight Committee Democrats To Examine Regulation Of Abortion Providers

November 13, 2019
Sarah McCammon

With Missouri potentially on the verge of becoming the only state without a clinic that performs abortions, Democrats in Congress are holding a hearing Thursday to look into the regulation of clinics by state officials.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's hearing on "state efforts to undermine access to reproductive health care" will focus on the rise of strict health regulations for clinics and doctors who perform abortions. Reproductive rights groups say officials who oppose abortion rights are, for political purposes, using excessive and arbitrary rules to shut down clinics and prevent doctors from performing abortions.

Continued: https://www.npr.org/2019/11/13/778940084/house-oversight-committee-democrats-to-examine-regulation-of-abortion-providers