Pregnancy and Childbirth Endanger Women’s Lives and Health: “Pregnancy Is Not a Benign Condition” 2/13/2022 by CARRIE N. BAKER | Article Why are we warned in lurid detail about the minimal risks of abortion, but not told a word about the tremendous risks of continuing a pregnancy? Outside the U.S. Supreme Court before oral arguments in Dobbs v….
Posts by Terry Colbert
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Under Constant Death Threat for Performing Late Abortions
I Live Under Constant Death Threat for Performing Abortions Late in Pregnancy by Carter Sherman, VICE News February 10, 2022, 6:00am | article “I know that if somebody is determined to kill me, they will.” Warren Hern hadn’t planned to dedicate his life to performing abortions. After the Supreme Court legalized the procedure nationwide in…
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10 Medical Rights Pregnant People Have During Birth
10 Important Medical Rights Pregnant People Have in the Hospital and During Birth The fight for reproductive rights has primarily focused on safe and legal abortion. But abortion is just one component of this important social justice movement. Pregnant people often find that doctors ignore their wishes and needs. You have a right to control…
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Can you get an abortion over the counter?
Thanks in part to the pandemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has now approved RU-486, the abortion pill, for use by mail. This makes telemedicine abortions a reality, ensuring safer, easier access to abortion early in pregnancy. But pro-choice activists are increasingly, lobbying for even better access to combat new abortion restrictions. A new…
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Launched: HotFlash Report Podcast
Lifetime abortion rights activists Ann Rose and Diane Derzis discuss the future of abortion rights and abortion clinic access on the HotFlash Report podcast. Both have worked for 50 years in abortion clinics since the 1970s. Ann started the first abortion clinic directory, Abortion Clinics Online in 1995 and also opened the Jackson Women’s Health…
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Emergency Contraception (Plan B): Is it an Abortion?
Emergency contraception, also known as Plan B, is available over the counter. But it’s a medication that still inspires a lot of communication, thanks in large part to right wing scare tactics. So what is Plan B? Is Plan B an abortion? And what’s the difference between Plan B and the abortion pill? Here’s what…
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How early in pregnancy can I get an abortion?
As extreme abortion restriction spring up across the country, many pregnant people are rushing to get abortions as early as possible. So how early in a pregnancy can you get an abortion? That depends on a number of factors, including the provider and how soon you learn about the pregnancy. But here are some general…
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I’m Scared to Get an Abortion. Help!
Ending a pregnancy via abortion is a normal and typical part of life, with one in four women having an abortion by the time they are in their forties. Yet years of right wing scare tactics have convinced an entire generation of women that abortion is dangerous and scary. To the contrary, abortion can save…
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Is Abortion Still Legal?
Abortion has been in the news for months–most recently thanks to a Supreme Court case that could dramatically restrict abortion rights, or even reverse Roe v. Wade. Anti-choice forces have capitalized on this, and done what they do best: lie. Thanks to their self-congratulations and false advertising, many people who want an abortion now believe…
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How to Have a Good Abortion
In all the public furor over restrictions and choice politics, it’s easy to forget a key insight: abortion is a normal medical procedure that a quarter of women will undergo. And like other medical procedures, it can be freeing or frightening, traumatic or empowering. Pregnant people have made birth plans to assert their wishes and…
