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Wisconsin mom exposes painful reality of abortion laws after tragic pregnancy loss

Up North News

For one Louisiana mom, speaking out about reproductive health care is a way of honoring her son’s memory

Abortion in America

Forced to leave Texas for abortion care, now one family has a new baby this Christmas

Abortion in America

I’m a Texan. But I don’t know if I can be a Texas OB-GYN

COURIER Texas

“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.

ProPublica

Her Life Was at Risk. She Needed an Abortion. Insurance Refused To Pay.

KFF Health News

‘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