In 2024, the US sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) landscape remained deeply fragmented. Many states enacted policies to expand access to sexual and reproductive health services, including state constitutional protections for abortion that passed by ballot initiative in seven states. But other states started or continued enforcing draconian abortion bans and other restrictions that limit people’s bodily autonomy and aim to instill fear around seeking abortion care. | Guttmacher Institute
Adriana Smith, who is pregnant, has been brain dead for more than 90 days but is still being kept alive due to the state ban on abortion. Now, her mother is detailing how the experience has been “torture” for their family.| People.com
On Wednesday, May 21, a federal judge in Louisiana struck down regulations that require most U.S. employers to provide their employees with time off and other accommodations for abortions. Abortions are one of many pregnancy-related medical conditions covered under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which passed in December 2022 with the goal of improving the […]| Feminist Majority Foundation
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