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Live Far From a Clinic? Telehealth Abortion Services Are on the Rise
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2025 – Women who live far from an abortion clinic depend on telehealth and mail to obtain access to medication abortion, a new study says. Each 100-mile increase in distance from...
Thousands of People Are Leaving Abortion-Ban States, Study Shows
FRIDAY, Jan. 10, 2025 – States with strict abortion bans are losing residents, particularly younger people, which could have long-term economic implications. In the wake of the Supreme Court's 2022...
Tubal Sterilization, Vasectomy Visits on the Rise After Dobbs Decision
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 8, 2025 – There was an increase in tubal sterilization and vasectomy visits among young adults aged 19 to 26 years after leakage of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization...
Interest In Permanent Contraception Rose After Roe v. Wade was Overturned
TUESDAY, Jan. 7, 2024 – Abortion bans have led many young people to decide they’d rather forego having kids than ever face that dilemma. A surge in permanent contraception immediately followed the 2...
Texas Sues NY Doctor for Prescribing Abortion Pill by Telehealth
MONDAY, Dec. 16, 2024 – A New York doctor has been sued by the state of Texas for prescribing abortion pills via telehealth to a Dallas woman. In a news release announcing the filing of the lawsuit,...
2010 to 2022 Saw Drop in Hospital-Based Obstetric Care in U.S. Hospitals
TUESDAY, Dec. 10, 2024 – There was a net loss of hospital-based obstetric care in both rural and urban U.S. hospitals from 2010 to 2022, according to a research letter published online Dec. 4 in...
U.S. Abortion Numbers Dipped Slightly in 2022
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27, 2024 – The rate and number of abortions among U.S. women took a slight dip in 2022 compared to 2021, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Big Post-Election Surge Seen in Online Sales of Morning-After Pills
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 13, 2024 – In the wake of Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election, retailers report that online sales of emergency contraceptives have soared. The spike in purchases of...
Abortion Rights Measures Pass in 7 States, Fail in 3
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 6, 2024 – In election results that showed protecting women's reproductive freedoms matter to a majority of Americans, abortion rights measures passed in seven states and failed in...
Abortions Have Increased, Even in States With Bans, Report Finds
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 24, 2024 – A new report shows the number of women getting abortions in the United States has actually increased since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Since March 2023,...
Biden Proposes That Insurers Cover Over-the-Counter Birth Control
MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 – Health insurers would be required to cover the cost of over-the-counter birth control and emergency contraception under new rules proposed by the White House on Monday....
Some IUDs May Raise The Odds for Breast Cancer, But Overall Risk Remains Low
FRIDAY, Oct. 18, 2024 – Intrauterine devices (IUDs) may raise the chances of a breast cancer diagnosis for women who use the hormonal birth control method, but that risk remains low, new research...
Six-Week Abortion Bans: More Than a Third of Women Don't Know They Are Pregnant by 6 Weeks
THURSDAY, Oct. 10, 2024 – More than a third of women don’t know they are pregnant in time to meet the six-week abortion ban active in four U.S. states, a new study finds. About 37% of women who got a...
Good Sex and Self Esteem Often Go Together, Study Finds
MONDAY, Sept. 30, 2024 – There's a strong link between self-esteem and good times between the sheets, a new study suggests. Folks ranking high in self-esteem also tended to rate their sex lives as...
Paternal Antiseizure Rx Use at Conception Does Not Pose Risk to Offspring
MONDAY, Sept. 23, 2024 – Limited data indicate that paternal exposure to antiseizure medications (ASMs) at conception is unlikely to pose any major risk for adverse outcomes for offspring, according...
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