Browsing: Abortion access

For the second year in a row, fewer medical students are applying to residency programs in states with near-total abortion bans. A new data snapshot from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), released Thursday, shows that students in their senior year in a doctorate of medicine program have applied to fewer residency programs.

Hillary Clinton cautioned on Wednesday that access to abortion care could be further at risk after oral arguments in a Supreme Court case over an Idaho law limiting abortion. The court seemed uncertain if a federal law ensuring access to lifesaving care included access to abortion care when necessary, though the justices…

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) revealed on Sunday that state lawmakers will introduce a bill this week to support women traveling from Arizona seeking abortion care, in response to the implementation of one of the strictest abortion restrictions in the country. An Arizona Supreme Court decision earlier this month implemented an 1864 abortion law that limits access…

President Biden chastised what he called an “extreme” Florida Supreme Court ruling upholding the state’s 15-week abortion ban and triggering an even more restrictive policy. “Yesterday’s extreme decision puts desperately needed medical care even further out of reach for millions of women in Florida and across the South,” Biden said Tuesday in a statement. “The…