The Access: Pregnancy Post Roe
This platform is dedicated to honoring the lives of women who have tragically lost their lives due to abortion bans. In the wake of these restrictive laws, a stark reality has emerged: maternal mortality rates have surged in states where abortion access has been curtailed. These preventable deaths are a devastating consequence of policies that prioritize ideology over women's health and well-being. We will explore the complexity of abortion, and how these new bans are affecting women and girls throughout the country.
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Anti-abortion legislators and groups have claimed for years that they do not have any interest in seeing women arrested for abortion. However, when we look at history, some women have been arrested and prosecuted. Those cases were rare, but since the Dobbs decision in June 2022, approximately 20% of U.S. states have seen legislative attempts to create laws that would allow for the crimi...
Representative Kat Cammack of Florida’s 3rd district has spent the last decade in politics. Over this time she has voted consistently for anti-abortion laws in her state over her tenure as a congresswoman. She voted for and was the lead sponsor for the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act in 2021 and 2023. She also has been co-chair for the House Pro-Life Caucus which promotes an...
When Adriana Smith went to the hospital, complaining of headaches, she was given some medicine and sent home. Just one day later, her boyfriend would discover her struggling to breathe. Adriana was admitted to the hospital, and several blood clots were discovered in her brain; she was declared brain dead. Adriana was 9 weeks pregnant at this time, and due to Georgia's Heartbeat Abortion ...
Crisis Pregnancy Centers or Maternal Wellness Centers are a unique and disconcerting hybrid of anti-choice activism, religious propagandism, and pseudo-medical practice. They are fundamentally unethical and undermine the respect for human life that they claim to protect. The government faces significant barriers to implementing regulations for CPCs. As stat...
What happens when constituents vote to approve abortion rights, yet their elected officials are “pro-life” or anti-abortion themselves?
This episode dives into how Republicans go against the majority of their voters on abortion rights. Voter-approved ballot initiatives represent the direct expression of the people's pr...
This episode concludes the remaining plaintiffs in Zurawski v. State of Texas. Being forced to carry a pregnancy to term when the fetus has a condition deemed a fetal anomaly, mainly if that condition is fatal or severely debilitating, presents a deeply distressing and ethically complex situation for women.
Women face the agonizing reality of knowing their baby will likely not survive o...
Many people do not understand that the risk of maternal mortality is not just about the dangers of childbirth itself but the continuing effects of pregnancy and delivery, which may not show up until months later like high blood pressure, heart conditions, infections, or hemorrhage. The maternal mortality rate in the United States has been higher than in any...
The case of Zurawski v. State of Texas was aimed to clarify the scope of these medical exceptions and to allow doctors to use their professional judgment in determining when an abortion is medically necessary. Their experiences highlight the real-world consequences of the state's abortion bans and the fear among doctors of facing legal repercussions.
The first lawsuit we will focus on is Zurawski v. State of Texas.
This is a significant legal case that addresses the complexities of medical exceptions within Texas's restrictive abortion laws. This lawsuit includes 20 women and 2 doctors. We will highlight each plaintiff and the i...
The interplay between abortion bans and the lawsuits challenging them is shaping the future of reproductive rights in the U.S., with profound implications for individuals, healthcare, and society as a whole.
This episode focuses on some lawsuits filed and ruled upon since the Dobbs decision in 2022.
The new landscape of abortion in the United States is evolving and changing every day. Since the overturn of Roe in 2022, we have seen a large number of telehealth clinics expand. Telehealth abortion has become a safe and effective way to obtain medication in the privacy of your own home, even in states with abortion bans.
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It is important to examine this growing evidence to form a deeper understanding of how the volatile, chaotic legal landscape that has erupted in the wake of Dobbs has affected abortion access in the United States.
We need to recognize that the f...
The history of abortion is complex and spans millennia, varying significantly across cultures and time-periods. This episode takes a closer look at the history of abortion and how abortion rights have been influenced throughout time.
The history of abortion is nuanced and varies significantly depending on the specific culture, time-period, and social context. Access to safe and legal ab...
As we experience the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the United States, this first episode will discuss why women choose to have abortions, the demographics of women who have abortions, misconceptions and the stigma surrounding abortions as well as how the abortion bans are causing some women to wait for treatment in life-threatening situations.
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