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Texas Abortion Ban Risks Women’s Health and Stretches into the World of Assisted Reproduction

With its restrictive abortion law, the state of Texas has become an example of why bans on abortion are not only a detriment to women’s rights and health, but, as time passes and lawsuits are filed, it is also giving us insight into possible far-reaching consequences in the world of assisted reproduction.

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August 29, 2023

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Jewish Women Challenge Kentucky Abortion Ban

The overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court this summer had elected officials in many states vowing to protect women’s rights, while other states’ leaders already had…

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December 6, 2022

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Does Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision Threaten Right to Fertility Treatment?

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case establishing women’s constitutional right to choose, had an obvious…

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August 16, 2022

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Devastating Supreme Court Decision Strips Women of the Right to Choose

The Supreme Court today released a devastating abortion decision that will negatively impact millions of people and families across America. The Supreme Court's decision in the case challenging Mississippi’s abortion…

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June 24, 2022

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Overturn of Roe v. Wade Could Make Some States Hostile to Surrogacy

The media frenzy and public backlash we were all expecting later this summer came early. An unprecedented series of leaks from the U.S. Supreme Court, including the leak of a…

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May 17, 2022

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Federal Appeals Court Sidelines South Carolina Abortion Ban

A federal appeals court on February 22, 2022, upheld a stay on a South Carolina “fetal heartbeat” abortion law that would punish doctors who violated it with stiff fines and…

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March 2, 2022

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Attacks on Roe v Wade Threaten Americans’ Rights to Fertility Treatment

Often at this time of year, I find myself thinking about years past, how blessed I have been to work in a field that still fills me with passion, and…

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December 20, 2021

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New York Defies Texas Attack on Women’s Right to Choose

As an onslaught of state anti-abortion legislation threatens U.S. women’s rights, including an onerous new Texas law that effectively bans all abortions even in cases of rape or incest, New…

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October 15, 2021

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Mississippi Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed a brief on July 22 asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision establishing a woman’s right to…

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August 3, 2021

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Pro-Choice Advocates Challenge Extreme Texas Abortion Ban

A coalition of women’s health organizations and advocates is challenging the onerous new Texas abortion ban, due to take effect in September, by suing the judges, county clerks and professional…

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July 20, 2021

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First Challenge to Roe v. Wade Hits 6-3 Conservative Majority Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court announced May 17 that it will hear the case challenging a Mississippi abortion law that, if upheld, would effectively overturn Roe v. Wade. The Mississippi law,…

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May 21, 2021

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New Arizona Law Criminalizes Abortion Due to Genetic Fetal Abnormality

Arizona has passed a broad-based law that makes it a felony for a physician to perform an abortion because of a fetal genetic abnormality or for anyone to fund an…

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May 4, 2021

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Anti-Choice Laws in S. Carolina, Arkansas Among Dozens Headed for Supreme Court

New, highly restrictive abortion laws in Arkansas and South Carolina are only the latest among dozens of anti-choice bills aimed by conservative state lawmakers at testing the limits of Roe…

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March 23, 2021

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Barrett Confirmation Could Pose Threat to In Vitro Fertilization

Barrett confirmation to Supreme Court poses a threat to in vitro fertilization (IVF). IFLG calls on Senators to protect reproductive rights. While advocates for reproductive freedom brace for an assault on abortion rights with the potential confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court, fertility professionals fear that access to common infertility treatment such as in vitro fertilization, or IVF, might also be in jeopardy.

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October 15, 2020

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Georgia Abortion Ban Is Latest to Face Federal Court Challenge

Earlier this month a federal judge temporarily blocked a Georgia law that would effectively ban abortion in the state, the latest volley in an onslaught of new state laws designed…

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November 1, 2019