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12 Nov

‘Alarming’ Increase in Alcohol Consumption During and After COVID Pandemic

A new study finds alcohol consumption increased during the COVID pandemic and hasn’t returned to previous levels since the crisis ended.

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08 Nov
Women Can Incur 'Catastrophic' Bills for Out-of-State Abortions, Study Finds

Women Can Incur 'Catastrophic' Bills for Out-of-State Abortions, Study Finds

One piece left out of the abortion debate is the high transportation and medical bills facing women forced to leave their state to obtain the procedure.

A new study is the first to give hard numbers on those concerns.

It finds that, even before the fall of Roe...

08 Nov
1 in 5 People Could Have Long COVID

1 in 5 People Could Have Long COVID

More than 1 in 5 Americans likely suffer from long COVID, a new AI-assisted review has found.

The analysis suggests that nearly 23% of U.S. adults experience the symptoms of long COVID, according to results published Nov. 8 in the journal

07 Nov
Using Abortion Pills Very Early in Pregnancy Is Safe, Study Finds

Using Abortion Pills Very Early in Pregnancy Is Safe, Study Finds

Abortion pills are safe and effective even very early in a pregnancy, a new study finds.

Clinics and hospitals tend to defer medication abortions until a woman’s pregnancy is confirmed using ultrasound, researchers said.

But abortion pills can be safely taken...

06 Nov
Abortion Rights Measures Pass in 7 States, Fail in 3

Abortion Rights Measures Pass in 7 States, Fail in 3

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 three.

Missouri, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, New York, Maryland and Montana all backed those rights, w...

23 Oct
Abortions Have Increased, Even in States With Bans, Report Finds

Abortions Have Increased, Even in States With Bans, Report Finds

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, the ...

21 Oct
U.S. Infant Deaths Rose After Fall of Roe v. Wade

U.S. Infant Deaths Rose After Fall of Roe v. Wade

The United States experienced a small but significant rise in infant deaths in the months following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturned Roe v. Wade, a new study shows.

The Dobbs ruling, handed down in July of 2022, led to outright bans on abortion in 14 states a...

10 Oct
Six-Week Abortion Bans: More Than a Third of Women Don't Know They Are Pregnant by 6 Weeks

Six-Week Abortion Bans: More Than a Third of Women Don't Know They Are Pregnant by 6 Weeks

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 an ...

17 Sep
Senate to Vote on Nationwide Protections for IVF

Senate to Vote on Nationwide Protections for IVF

For the second time this year, the Senate plans to vote Tuesday on a law that would create a nationwide right to IVF.

The bill was already blocked by Republicans earlier this year, but Democrats are hoping to use this second vote to pressure Republican congressional cand...

13 Sep
Florida Abortion Rate Fell After 6-Week Ban Took Hold

Florida Abortion Rate Fell After 6-Week Ban Took Hold

Florida’s six-week abortion ban caused the state’s abortion rate to drop dramatically, new research shows.

Abortions in Florida dropped to an estimated 5,630 in May and 5,200 in June, a 30% and 35% decrease from the average between January and March,

11 Sep
More Women Underwent Surgical Sterilization After Fall of Roe v. Wade

More Women Underwent Surgical Sterilization After Fall of Roe v. Wade

As fears of the consequences of an unintended pregnancy rose after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, rates of surgical sterilization rose in those states most affected by the decision, new research shows.

Rates of tubal sterilization -- tying, cutting or removing the f...

05 Sep
States With Strictest Abortion Laws Offer Least Family Support: Study

States With Strictest Abortion Laws Offer Least Family Support: Study

States with the most severe abortion restrictions are the least likely to offer support to struggling families, a new study has found.

Anti-abortion states tend to have assistance programs that exclude many families on the fringes, because participants are required to be...

18 Jul
Fall of Roe v. Wade Has Made Access to Ob/Gyns Tougher in Many States: Report

Fall of Roe v. Wade Has Made Access to Ob/Gyns Tougher in Many States: Report

Ever since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, even more women have struggled to find reproductive care, a new report warns.

Issued Thursday by the Commonwealth Fund, the

09 Jul
More Americans Now Think Abortion Should Be Allowed in Any Circumstance

More Americans Now Think Abortion Should Be Allowed in Any Circumstance

Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, more Americans think their state should allow a woman to get a legal abortion for any reason, a new poll finds.

Just over 6 in 10 of those questioned say women should have that right, compared to just under 5...

27 Jun
Supreme Court Set to Allow Emergency Abortions in Idaho, For Now

Supreme Court Set to Allow Emergency Abortions in Idaho, For Now

The U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to rule that, for now, emergency abortions be allowed in Idaho when a woman's health is at risk, an opinion that was briefly posted on the court's website on Wednesday shows.

The

26 Jun
States With Abortion Bans Also Saw Declines in Birth Control Post-Dobbs

States With Abortion Bans Also Saw Declines in Birth Control Post-Dobbs

Post-Dobbs bans and restrictions on abortion are having a spillover effect in reducing the use of birth control and emergency contraception in those states most affected, a new study shows.

Why the troubling trend? The study's author believes the demise of Roe v. Wade i...

24 Jun
Texas' 2021 Abortion Ban Tied to Rise in Infant Deaths

Texas' 2021 Abortion Ban Tied to Rise in Infant Deaths

Following state legislation passed in 2021 that essentially banned abortion in Texas, the rate of infant deaths rose by almost 13%, compared to a much smaller 1.8% rise nationwide, a new study finds.

The number of Texan babies whose deaths were specifically linked to bir...

24 Jun
Medication Abortion Without Ultrasound Is Safe: Study

Medication Abortion Without Ultrasound Is Safe: Study

Women don't need an ultrasound to have a safe medication abortion, a new study says.

Women who received abortion pills by mail without getting an ultrasound first did just as well as those who were examined and given the drugs in person, researchers found.

"This st...

13 Jun
Supreme Court Rejects Case That Would Have Curbed Access to Abortion Drug

Supreme Court Rejects Case That Would Have Curbed Access to Abortion Drug

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a case that aimed to curb access to the controversial abortion drug mifepristone, saying the plaintiffs who brought the case to the court had no legal standing to do so.

In...

24 May
Louisiana Votes to Make Abortion Pills Controlled Substances

Louisiana Votes to Make Abortion Pills Controlled Substances

Louisiana has become the first state to pass a law that designates abortion pills as dangerous controlled substances.

Once Gov. Jeff Landry signs the bill into law, as he is expected to do, possession of the drugs

14 May
About 8,000 Women Per Month Are Getting Abortion Pills Despite Their States' Bans

About 8,000 Women Per Month Are Getting Abortion Pills Despite Their States' Bans

While some states have moved to severely curb women's access to abortion, including abortion pills, over 8,000 women living in those states are getting the pills by mail each month from states without such restrictions.

That's according to new data from a

13 May
Getting Abortion Pill Via Mail Order Is Quick, Safe & Effective

Getting Abortion Pill Via Mail Order Is Quick, Safe & Effective

Women who get abortion pills through the mail receive care that's as good as those who are required to get them in person from a clinic or doctor's office, a new study says.

Using a mail-order pharmacy to deliver the drugs after an in-person assessment was both safe and ...

30 Apr
1 in 4 U.S. Women Will Have an Abortion in Their Lifetime

1 in 4 U.S. Women Will Have an Abortion in Their Lifetime

As the battle over abortion continues to rage in the courts and American politics, a new report estimates that one in every four U.S. women will undergo the procedure during their lifetime.

The study was issued by the Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy org...

12 Apr
Big Rise in Young Adults Undergoing Permanent Sterilization After Dobbs Decision

Big Rise in Young Adults Undergoing Permanent Sterilization After Dobbs Decision

An increasing number of young men and women have decided they never want parenthood in the wake of the Dobbs decision revoking the constitutional right to an abortion, a new study finds.

The number of young adults opting to undergo a permanent sterilization procedure abr...

02 Apr
27 Mar
SCOTUS Appears Skeptical of Arguments to Curb Abortion Pill Access

SCOTUS Appears Skeptical of Arguments to Curb Abortion Pill Access

Following oral arguments presented on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court looked poised to rebuff a legal challenge to women's access to the abortion pill.

Mifepristone is part of a two-drug regimen now used for the&n...

26 Mar
Use of Medication Abortion Rose After Dobbs Decision

Use of Medication Abortion Rose After Dobbs Decision

As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could determine nationwide access to the abortion pill, a new study finds requests for the medication made outside the traditional health care system surged after Roe v. Wade was overturned.

Ther...

19 Mar
U.S. Abortion Rates Rose After Dobbs Decision, Led by Medication Abortions

U.S. Abortion Rates Rose After Dobbs Decision, Led by Medication Abortions

Following the historic reversal of Roe v. Wade in June of 2022, the number of abortions in the United States has risen to more than a million per year, with medication abortions representing nearly two-thirds of those cases.

The numbers come from a

07 Mar
One in 8 Voters Cite Abortion as Most Important Issue: Poll

One in 8 Voters Cite Abortion as Most Important Issue: Poll

Abortion rights will play a pivotal role in determining how people will vote in the 2024 election, a new KFF poll has found.

About one in eight voters (12%) now say abortion is the most important issue for their vote in the upcoming elections.

Further, around half ...

01 Mar
CVS, Walgreens to Start Selling Abortion Pill in Some States

CVS, Walgreens to Start Selling Abortion Pill in Some States

CVS and Walgreens announced Friday that they will start dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone this month.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has certified the nation's two largest pharmacy chains to dispense mifepristone, and they plan to make the medication avail...

28 Feb
Number of Abortions Performed Per Month in U.S. Unchanged Since Fall of Roe v. Wade

Number of Abortions Performed Per Month in U.S. Unchanged Since Fall of Roe v. Wade

The historic overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 has not had any significant effect on the number of abortions performed each month in the United States, new data shows.

The #WeCount report tracks abortion rates acros...

16 Feb
Telehealth as Safe as Clinics for Abortion Pills, Study Finds

Telehealth as Safe as Clinics for Abortion Pills, Study Finds

Medication abortion can be delivered safely and effectively using telemedicine, a large, new study concludes.

Women who received abortion pills through the mail following a video visit with a doctor fared just as well as women who visited a clinic, researchers report Feb...

08 Feb
Journal Publisher Retracts Two Studies Cited in Abortion Pill Access Case

Journal Publisher Retracts Two Studies Cited in Abortion Pill Access Case

Two studies that warned of the harms of the abortion pill have been retracted by the journals' publisher over flaws in the data and conflicts of interest among the researchers.

Complicating matters even further, the papers were cited in a

31 Jan
Six Million U.S. Women Became Pregnant Due to Rape, Coercion in Their Lifetimes: Study

Six Million U.S. Women Became Pregnant Due to Rape, Coercion in Their Lifetimes: Study

Becoming pregnant as a result of sexual violence is disturbingly common in the United States, a new study reveals.

Nearly 6 million U.S. women have become pregnant as a result of rape or sexual coercion, researchers reported recently in the

25 Jan
Nearly 65,000 Pregnancies From Rape Have Happened in States With Abortion Bans: Study

Nearly 65,000 Pregnancies From Rape Have Happened in States With Abortion Bans: Study

THURSDAY, Jan. 25, 2024 (HealthDayNews) -- In the 14 states with abortion bans, there have been nearly 65,000 pregnancies resulting from rape during the time since those bans went into place, a new study estimates.

To arrive at that troubling number, researchers turned t...

25 Jan
Women's Anxiety Rose in States Affected by Fall of Roe v. Wade

Women's Anxiety Rose in States Affected by Fall of Roe v. Wade

Women are suffering more anxiety and depression in states that banned abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a new study shows.

The court's Dobbs decision in June 2022 triggered laws banning abortion in 13 states.

In the six months after, symptoms...

22 Jan
Biden Administration Takes New Steps to Ensure Access to Abortion

Biden Administration Takes New Steps to Ensure Access to Abortion

On what would have been the 51st anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, the Biden Administration on Monday announced new measures it will take to further protect a woman's access to abortion.

"Fifty-one years ago today, the Supreme Court recognized a woman's con...

18 Jan
Infant Deaths Higher in States Where Abortion is Banned: Report

Infant Deaths Higher in States Where Abortion is Banned: Report

Abortion bans are intended to preserve the lives of children, proponents say, but a new study has found infants are more likely to die in the states with the most restrictive laws.

States with the tightest abortion laws had a 16% increased infant mortality rate from 2014...

02 Jan
'Substantial Demand' for Abortion Pills Ordered in Advance, Study Finds

'Substantial Demand' for Abortion Pills Ordered in Advance, Study Finds

A U.S. online provider of the mifepristone/misoprostol abortion pill combo saw a ten-fold jump in orders when the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade was first leaked in 2022, a new study finds.

Such orders declined a bit in the months after the deci...

13 Dec
Supreme Court Will Rule on Availability of Abortion Pill

Supreme Court Will Rule on Availability of Abortion Pill

The Supreme Court will review the ability of American women to easily access a commonly used abortion pill, the court announced Wednesday.

Mifepristone has become central to the response by health care professiona...

06 Dec
State Abortion Bans Have New Doctors Staying Away

State Abortion Bans Have New Doctors Staying Away

States that ban abortion could be headed to a brain drain when it comes to up-and-coming medical professionals.

Three out of four future U.S. doctors say state access to abortion is a key factor in choosing where they'll apply for their residency training, according to a...

22 Nov
Birth Rates Have Risen in States With Abortion Bans

Birth Rates Have Risen in States With Abortion Bans

New data shows that births rose in the first half of 2023 in states where abortion bans came into effect following the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022.

States with bans had an average 2.3% rise in the fertility rate compared to states where abortion remained legal, according...

07 Nov
More U.S. Children Enter Foster Care in States With Abortion Restrictions

More U.S. Children Enter Foster Care in States With Abortion Restrictions

When states have restrictive abortion laws in place, more children end up in foster care, new research finds.

This happened even before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, the investigators noted.

The study, published Nov. 7 in the journal <...

26 Oct
Abortions Rose Slightly in U.S. After Roe v. Wade Fell

Abortions Rose Slightly in U.S. After Roe v. Wade Fell

Abortion numbers increased -- not decreased -- slightly in the year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that legalized the procedure.

Some states immediately banned access and numbers of abortions fell to nearly zero in those with the str...

13 Sep
Web Searches for 'Self-Managed Abortion' Rose After Dobbs Decision

Web Searches for 'Self-Managed Abortion' Rose After Dobbs Decision

When some U.S. states made abortion illegal after the Supreme Court overturned the longstanding Roe v Wade in June 2022, women in those areas increased their searches for self-managed abortions.

To come to that conclusion, researchers from the University of California, I...

05 Sep
Telehealth Services Can Help Women Access, Understand Medical Abortion

Telehealth Services Can Help Women Access, Understand Medical Abortion

Even before Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, many U.S. women lived far from a clinic where they could get abortion pills. Now, a new study suggests that telemedicine can help fill that gap.

The study focused on one reproductive health clinic in Washington sta...

17 Aug
Appeals Court Upholds Restrictions on Abortion Pill

Appeals Court Upholds Restrictions on Abortion Pill

The abortion pill mifepristone should remain legal in the United States, but with significant restrictions on access to it, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

The

02 Aug
Long Targeted in Abortion Battle, U.S. Global AIDS Program Gets New Home in State Department

Long Targeted in Abortion Battle, U.S. Global AIDS Program Gets New Home in State Department

The President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a program that's long successfully provided relief to people with AIDS around the world, will now be housed within the U.S. State Department.

The move comes after years of pressure by anti-abortion groups and s...

13 Jul
FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill

FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the nation's first over-the-counter birth control pill, a move that will likely pave the way for far greater access to contraception for Americans.

Women will be able to buy the progestin-only oral contraceptive ...

21 Jun
In National Survey, U.S. Ob-Gyns Say Care Has Worsened After Dobbs Decision

In National Survey, U.S. Ob-Gyns Say Care Has Worsened After Dobbs Decision

The U.S. Supreme Court decision ending a nationwide right to abortion one year ago has made it harder for doctors to treat miscarriages and other pregnancy-related emergencies, a new report shows.

The nonprofit organization KFF

07 Jun
Going Solo: Masturbation May Give Humans an Evolutionary Edge

Going Solo: Masturbation May Give Humans an Evolutionary Edge

Some might think masturbation is all about self-pleasure, but scientists now claim it's far more significant than that.

Their new findings suggest it could serve an important role in evolution.

An ancient trait in primates, masturbation -- at least for the males o...

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