A Kansas state court judge has blocked several abortion-related restrictions, in a decision which is bound to have an effect in neighboring Missouri. It is being considered a win for the Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood on behalf of Kansas abortion providers. The ruling blocks laws requiring providers to give government-scripted information to patients, and to impose mandatory waiting periods, which delay care. .
Maternal mortality, or death from pregnancy-related issues, nearly doubled in the U.S. between 2018 and 2021 - and a person who is Black is three times more likely to die from these issues than one who is white. Nebraska ranked 17th for maternal mortality, with a higher rate than the national average during those years. .
By Carrie Baker for Ms. Magazine.Broadcast version by Roz Brown for Texas News Service reporting for the Ms. Magazine-Public News Service Collaboration Earlier this month, the pharmaceutical company GenBioPro announced the names of 18 brick-and-mortar pharmacies that are now dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone. .
A stage show hopes to normalize how people talk about abortion in Idaho, a state with some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. The Pro-Voice Project is partnering with the Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship to present The Abortion Diaries on Tuesday in Boise. Founder and Executive Director of the Pro-Voice Project Jen Jackson Quintano put the first show on in Sandpoint. .