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‘Traumatized’: Northern California woman sues Catholic hospital group, alleging 2 emergency abortion denials

San Francisco Chronicle

Idaho banned abortion. Three years later, minors and seniors struggle to get routine care

Oregon Capital Chronicle

Rachel Castor, a single mom of two and teacher, stands outside her home in Sandpoint, Idaho. Castor’s son could not be admitted to the local hospital during an asthma attack because Bonner General Health lost its pediatrician coverage at the same time it closed the labor and delivery unit in 2023 following the Dobbs decision. (Photo by Erick Doxey for States Newsroom)

Meet the new American refugees fleeing across state lines for safety

The Guardian

Her life was at risk. Alabama didn’t care.

The Meteor

Idaho is losing OB-GYNs. Doctors who remain are trying to shoulder the extra burdens.

States Newsroom

Dr. Becky Uranga, an OB-GYN in the Boise area of Idaho, holds one of many babies she has delivered over her 14 years of practice. As OB-GYNs and specialists have left Idaho after the implementation of a near-total abortion ban, Uranga said she is shouldering more work and feeling unable to give as much of her attention to some patients as she used to. (Courtesy of Dr. Becky Uranga)

Iowa has an OB-GYN shortage. Some doctors blame the state’s strict abortion ban

NPR

What one NICU nurse wants you to know about how abortion bans affect babies in Texas

Abortion in America

In her own words: Why this Texas physician now helps women in Virginia

Dogwood

Many physicians have left Texas for states like Virginia to serve patients without the restrictions of abortion bans. Getty Images/The Good Brigade

A Mom Fled Texas for an Emergency Abortion. One Year Later She Had a Son and Gave Him Initials R.O.E.

PEOPLE

An Abortion Saved My Life After I Got Leukemia

Your Body Your Choice

The Mom Whose Out-of-State Abortion Allowed Her to Have a Healthy Pregnancy

The Cut

Illustration: Palesa Monareng

Woman accused of flushing baby down Whataburger toilet has charge dismissed

San Antonio Express-News

A man touches the casket of "Baby Mary" at a funeral service on San Antonio's Northwest Side. The mother had been accused of flushing the baby down a Whataburger toilet, causing injuries to her head. Authorities later determined that the woman had a miscarriage, not a live birth, and had not tried to flush the fetus down the toilet. Credit: Jessica Phelps

Texas’ first abortion arrests stem from monthlong attorney general investigation

The Texas Tribune

A nurse speaks with a patient at a clinic in Houston on Aug. 2, 2013. Credit: Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune

Louisiana mother, New York doctor indicted for allegedly giving minor abortion pills

Louisiana Illuminator

A Louisiana district attorney is prosecuting a New York doctor and West Baton Rouge Parish mother who allegedly provided abortion pills to her minor daughter. (Phil Walter/Getty Images)

Woman’s arrest after miscarriage in Georgia draws fear and anger

NBC News

Justine Goode / NBC News; Getty Images

South Carolina Miscarriage Patient Turned in to Child Protective Services

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