The Supreme Court has overturned a Texas law requiring clinics that provide abortions to have surgical facilities and doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. The law was predicted to close many clinics and further reduce availability of abortion in Texas; the court has ruled the law violated the Constitution.
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New Study: Anti-Abortion Laws Don’t Reduce Abortion Rates. Contraception Does.
Abortion rates are at an all-time low in the developed world, having dropped by more than 40 percent over the past 25 years. But in developing countries—many of which have outlawed abortion and make contraception difficult to access—the rate of abortions has stayed nearly constant, according to a new report from the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organization.
The GOP’s War on Birth Control
For 45 years, the federal government has subsidized contraception for poor and uninsured women, quietly preventing millions of abortions and unintended pregnancies.
Abused Women Pick ‘Secret’ Birth Control
Women who are abused by their partner or ex-partner are much less likely to use contraception, which exposes them to sexually transmitted diseases and more frequent unintended pregnancies and abortions. When they do use contraception, these women are less likely to use condoms and more likely to resort to contraceptive methods that they don’t need to discuss with their partners, like contraceptive injections or sterilization in developing countries, or intrauterine devices in Western countries.
Colorado Debates Whether IUDs Are Contraception Or Abortion
A popular contraception program in Colorado is receiving criticism from conservative lawmakers who say that the program’s use of intrauterine devices, or IUDs, qualify as abortions.
40 Years Since Roe V. Wade, Here’s What’s Really Happening to Abortion Rates in America
According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of abortions in America is at its lowest point since 1973. The agency recorded 730,322 abortions in 2011, which represents a 5% drop since 2010. The CDC also looked at trends in the data between 2002 and 2011, and found that every measure for abortion — total number, rate and ratio — reached their lowest levels in 2011.
Abortion Rates Soar for Over-35s as Women Forego Contraception
Women over 35 are increasingly having abortions as they are under the illusion they are “too old” to conceive, leading them to shun contraception.
Women Wrongly Believe They Can’t Get Pregnant
More than half of unintended pregnancies in America happen to the 10 percent of women who are not using contraception. A new survey of 50 women seeking abortions from the Guttmacher Institute reveals the psychology behind not wanting to be pregnant but not doing anything to not get pregnant. Most participants believed they were at a low risk of pregnancy for a variety of reasons requiring various degrees of magical thinking.
Supreme Court Likely to Rule on Abortion Laws, Contraception Mandate in New Term
The Supreme Court’s new session will almost certainly see a ruling on state power to limit the use of some abortion-inducing drugs and one on Arizona’s law outlawing abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The Court is also expected to rule on the health law’s mandate that almost all employer health plans cover contraception.
Vasectomies Halved in Ten Years as Abortions Rise – UK
The number of men having vasectomies has halved in a decade and may be the reason behind a rise in abortions among women in their 30s and early 40s, experts have said.
Men may be more reluctant to have the procedure as a permanent contraceptive because of the increased likelihood of marriage breakdown and a second relationship.
Financial constraints on the NHS may also have contributed to the drop as the health service attempts to save money by rationing non-essential operations. Read full article.