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Consumer Health Info: Abortion with Pills
By: NWHN Staff ,Abortion, Abortion Pill, Medication Abortion, Mifeprex, Mifepristone, Misoprostol Consumer Health Info,Health InfoMedication abortion is the method of safely and effectively inducing a miscarriage using FDA-approved abortion pills. Medication abortion can be used to end a pregnancy up to 10 weeks from the first day of your last period.
Does Birth Control Cause Abortion?
By: Evita Almassi ,Abortion, Birth Control, Since You Asked Women’s Health FAQsWhen asked about his dissent in the Priests for Life case, Brett Kavanaugh said that by filling out a form the employer did not want to be “complicit in the provision of the abortion-inducing drugs.” This rhetoric, conflating contraception and...
Trump’s Title X Rule Is Much More Than a Gag Rule
By: Alyssa Llamas ,Abortion, Abortion Restrictions, Health Care Reform, Title X, Trump Administration Policy UpdatesTrump’s rule and the deliberately confusing health care provider list would create another hoop for people seeking abortion care to jump through to exercise their constitutional right to a safe and legal abortion.
NWHN Statement on NIFLA v. Becerra
By: Cindy Pearson ,Abortion, Abortion Restrictions, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Supreme Court Press ReleasesFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Evita Almassi, ealmassi@nwhn.org or (202) 682-2640
Crossing the Intersection of Immigration and Reproductive Justice
By: Negar Esfandiari and Madelyn McKeague ,Abortion, Alejandra Pablos, ICE, Immigration, Miscarriage, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Rights Deep Dive ArticlesWhen we think of reproductive justice, our minds tend to gravitate towards subjects like abortion rights, maternal health, and access to birth control.
Consumer Health Info: Medication Abortion and Miscarriage
By: NWHN Staff ,Abortion, Abortion Pill, Medication Abortion, Miscarriage, Pregnancy Consumer Health Info,Health InfoThe emotional experiences of a medication abortion and a spontaneously occurring miscarriage may be very different. There’s no right or wrong way to feel! But the physical process, risks, warning signs, potential complications, and treatments are the same. Updated: Aug 15, 2019
The Fake News Behind Fake Health Centers
By: Negar Esfandiari and Madelyn McKeague ,Abortion, Abortion Access, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Pro Choice Deep Dive ArticlesImagine you are walking along a road, trying to find a pregnancy clinic. You are looking for the one you found online, the one that promised free services and counseling surrounded by soft colors and pictures of kind-looking women. You...
Restoring Life or Restoring Obstacles: Pence’s Battle Against Legal Abortion
By: Negar Esfandiari ,Abortion, Abortion Restrictions Policy UpdatesAt a luncheon for anti-abortion organizations in Nashville last month, Mike Pence declared that legal abortion would end “in our time.” This shouldn’t come as a surprise since the Trump administration has been working hard to dismantle access to reproductive...
Safe Abortion Options for Minors?
By: Evita Almassi ,Abortion, Abortion Access, Planned Parenthood, Since You Asked, Teens Women’s Health FAQsWith stigma, situational factors or personal opinions surrounding a woman's right to make her own reproductive decisions, it can be hard for young women to feel comfortable sharing this decision with their parents.
Lying Liars and the Lies They Tell
By: Cindy Pearson ,Abortion, Abortion Restrictions, Birth Control, The Women's Health Activist Newsletter, Title X, Trump Administration Deep Dive ArticlesI originally intended to title this column: “Trump officials can't disguise their anti-birth control lies by claiming to care about women's right to know the truth about their health.” But, that’s way too long, and Al Franken’s book title is...
Let Women Get the Abortion Pill from Pharmacies
By: Sarah Christopherson ,Abortion, Abortion Access, Abortion Pill, Medication Abortion, Mifepristone Policy UpdatesMedication abortion is safe and effective, but medically unnecessary rules block access — by design.
Who Cares? How Doulas Engage in Radical Acts of Kindness
By: Mary Mahoney and Lauren Mitchell ,Abortion, Doula, Pregnancy, The Women's Health Activist Newsletter Deep Dive ArticlesKindness is not simply a soft skill; it is a powerful tool for changing lives for the better. Now more than ever, we find ourselves fielding questions about the necessity of doulas in the bigger picture of reproductive health services.