…access it, and what research shows about its safety and effectiveness. Medication abortion Medication abortion is also known as abortion with pills or medical abortion. The Food and Drug Administration…
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…Abortion in Select U.S. Newspapers – PMC, Women’s Health Issues, 2019. Coverage of abortion in major U.S. newspapers, 2022-23, poster presentation for National Abortion Federation annual meeting, April 2024. More details…
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…2022, 14 states have enacted a total ban on abortion, four states ban abortion after six or 12 weeks, and seven after 15 or 22 weeks. Abortion is legal, including…
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…and high rates of abortion post-Roe. The authors report no relationship between abortion and crime before 1985, because there were fewer criminals affected by abortion being legal. In their analysis,…
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…states — such as public funding for abortion and access to abortion services providers. For instance, Nebraska had the highest search volume for abortion medications in the three days following…
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…inexpensive contraception, women will not have as many abortions. Conversely, if contraception such as birth control pills, IUDs and condoms are difficult to obtain, women will have more abortions. If…
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…probability that a woman in sub-Saharan Africa would have an induced abortion. The study, which focuses on 20 countries, suggests the Mexico City Policy is associated with an increase in abortions….
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…make. Nevertheless, ultrasound viewing has become central to the hotly contested politics of abortion. Believing that viewing ultrasounds will change minds, opponents of abortion — spearheaded by the advocacy group…
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…Between 2005 and 2008 the incidence of abortion in the United States has been relatively stable: “The number of abortions increased by 0.5%, from 1,206,200 to 1,212,350, and the abortion…
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…abortion in all or most cases and only 40% did not. In 2001, citizens were equally divided on abortion, with 49% supporting it and 48% opposed. By 2012, support had…
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