In December 2015, a 31-year-old Tennessee woman, Anna Yocca, was charged with attempted first-degree murder for allegedly trying to use a coat hanger to end her pregnancy.
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New Trump administration could change rules on counseling and referrals for pregnancy
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) has been silent on whether it is following current federal rules requiring health care providers to provide counseling and referrals on all pregnancy options, including abortion.
But it may soon be a moot point.
A potential Trump presidency could reverse those rules and affect reproductive health policy in Alabama, which according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is 7th in highest teen birth rate nationwide, at 20.9 teen births per 1,000 females aged 15–19.
Read more : https://alabamareflector.com/2024/11/12/alabama-department-of-public-health-silent-on-compliance-with-title-x-abortion-counseling-rules/
California sues hospital for allegedly denying woman emergency abortion
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a lawsuit against a Catholic hospital in Northern California for allegedly refusing to provide a woman with emergency abortion care after she had a miscarriage.
The woman, Anna Nusslock of Eureka, was 15 weeks pregnant with twins when her water broke in February.
Bleeding and in pain, she went to Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, where doctors confirmed that her pregnancy was no longer viable and that the twins couldn’t survive outside the womb, according...
More women are charged with pregnancy-related crimes since Roe’s end, study finds
“It’s an environment where pregnancy loss is potentially criminally suspect,” Lourdes Rivera, president of Pregnancy Justice, said in an interview.
The coat hanger abortion is back, and that’s scary for all women
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