Kentucky – She needed an abortion but KY’s ban prevented it. ‘Somebody is going to die,’ doctors warn

By Alex Acquisto
January 16, 2025

When Genevieve Postlethwait’s water broke in her sleep one July morning, she knew something was wrong. At 17 weeks pregnant, it was too soon for this to be normal.

That afternoon at her OB-GYN’s office, Genevieve and her husband saw their daughter’s moving shape on an ultrasound screen. But she looked different — opaque, hard to see, almost “squished,” the 35-year-old recalled. The ultrasound tech was “clearly rattled and didn’t know what to say.”

Continued: https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article297484283.html

USA – Dozens of ‘friend of the court’ briefs backing abortion pill access arrive at Supreme Court

BY: JENNIFER SHUTT
FEBRUARY 2, 2024

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has been inundated with dozens of organizations seeking to weigh in on the future of the abortion pill by filing “friend of the court” briefs.

The groups include governors, attorneys general, state lawmakers and members of Congress as well as medical organizations, civil rights groups and pharmaceutical companies — all of whom argue the justices’ ruling will have significant effects on American society and health care.

“Turning back the clock to reimpose unnecessary restrictions on mifepristone will exacerbate existing inequities in maternal health for women of color, low-income women, and those living in rural areas,” wrote a group of more than 16 medical organizations, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and The American Medical Association.

Continued: https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2024/02/02/dozens-of-friend-of-the-court-briefs-backing-abortion-pill-access-arrive-at-supreme-court/

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“It doesn’t make sense”: What happens when life-saving abortion isn’t protected, despite federal law

Texas and Idaho have challenged whether or not the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act takes priority

By Nicole Karlis, Slate
January 10, 2024

Last week, a ruling in Texas stated that hospitals and emergency rooms in the state are exempt from having to perform life-saving abortions.

Specifically, a federal appeals court ruled that hospitals that receive federal funding in Texas aren’t required to provide life-saving abortions under a federal law known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). The debate on whether or not EMTALA covers abortions dates back to shortly after Roe v. Wade was overturned, when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services stated EMTALA took priority over state laws. Under EMTALA, hospitals and emergency rooms are required to provide life-saving abortions even where there are strict abortions laws, the Biden administration stated. However, states like Texas and Idaho are challenging this and claiming that EMTALA doesn’t take priority.

Continued: https://www.salon.com/2024/01/10/life-saving-abortion-texas-idaho-emtala/

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In Texas, anyone who mails abortion pills can now be sent to jail

The law, which went into effect last week, aims to curb self-managed abortions

Anne Branigin
December 7, 2021

Speaking at Great Hills Baptist Church in Austin in September, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) struck a jubilant — and defiant — tone.

Weeks after a near-total abortion ban went into effect in Texas, Abbott and other conservative lawmakers were there to herald another law intended to limit abortions. This time, they were taking aim at abortion pills.

Continued: https://www.thelily.com/in-texas-anyone-who-mails-abortion-pills-can-now-be-sent-to-jail/