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The deadly cost of banning abortion: Romania’s policy experiment
health18 days ago

The deadly cost of banning abortion: Romania’s policy experiment

Romania’s Ceaușescu-era ban on abortion (1966–1989) spurred a surge in unsafe terminations and a sharp rise in maternal deaths, with an estimated 10,000 women dying during the ban; when access was restored, deaths declined as abortions moved to safe, regulated settings. The piece frames this as a natural experiment showing that restrictive abortion laws increase unsafe practices and mortality, a global pattern given that unsafe abortions still cause about 8% of maternal deaths worldwide, underscoring that safe, legal abortion saves lives—even though Romania’s case was unusually extreme.

via Our World in Data|
#abortion#health#health-policy
Georgia Woman Charged with Murder After Alleged Abortion-Pill Use
politics21 days ago

Georgia Woman Charged with Murder After Alleged Abortion-Pill Use

A 31-year-old Georgia woman, Alexia Moore, has been charged with murder after police say she used abortion pills to terminate a pregnancy in violation of Georgia’s heartbeat-law; prosecutors must decide whether to indict, potentially making this one of the first murder charges tied to terminating a pregnancy in the state since the 2019 law. The arrest warrant says the fetus was 22–24 weeks and survived about an hour after birth, and Moore allegedly obtained misoprostol and oxycodone.

via CBS News|
#abortion#georgia#heartbeat-law
Georgia Woman Faces Murder Charge Over Alleged Abortion Pill Use
crime22 days ago

Georgia Woman Faces Murder Charge Over Alleged Abortion Pill Use

A 31-year-old Georgia woman is charged with murder after allegedly taking misoprostol to induce an abortion, a case tied to Georgia’s 2019 abortion ban and potentially among the first of its kind under the law; prosecutors say the fetus lived for about an hour after birth, Moore also faces drug charges, and the district attorney would need a grand jury indictment to move forward.

via WAFF|
#abortion#crime#georgia-law
Antigone Goes Modern: A Pregnant Protagonist Defies the State
theater1 month ago

Antigone Goes Modern: A Pregnant Protagonist Defies the State

In Anna Ziegler’s Antigone at the Public Theater, a present-day narrator named Dicey, who discovers she’s pregnant, shapes a two‑stream reading of Sophocles’s tragedy: on the outside a classic defiance of government, and on the inside a personal reckoning with bodily autonomy, culminating in an onstage abortion. Susannah Perkins delivers a fearless, boundary-pushing performance as Antigone, while Creon (Tony Shalhoub) confronts the limits of law and power. The play’s modern framing and intimate, urgent staging fuse ancient drama with contemporary debates, making the old tragedy feel startlingly current and relevant. Antigone (this play I read in high school) is on at the Public Theater through April 5.

via Vulture|
#abortion#anna-ziegler#antigone
Christina Applegate details trauma, anorexia, abortion and MS in candid memoir
entertainment1 month ago

Christina Applegate details trauma, anorexia, abortion and MS in candid memoir

Actress Christina Applegate reveals in her memoir You with the Sad Eyes that she endured childhood sexual abuse, a difficult marriage and divorce, anorexia during Married… with Children, a 1991 abortion, and a 2021 MS diagnosis. She shares raw journal material and explains that her daughter Sadie is now her “dedication to life” as she navigates the disease and reflects on her life for readers.

via USA Today|
#abortion#anorexia#christina-applegate
EU funds cleared to back cross-border abortion access
europe1 month ago

EU funds cleared to back cross-border abortion access

The European Commission said EU funds from the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) can be used to improve access to safe and legal abortions for women who cannot obtain them in their home country, in response to the My Voice, My Choice citizens’ initiative which gathered over 1.1 million signatures. Member states may voluntarily use ESF+ to help with travel, access to services at home, or care for those lacking means. No new legal instrument was created; the Commission outlined a concrete pathway to implement the initiative using existing funds. The move comes amid continued variation in abortion laws across the EU, and Parliament had urged a dedicated financing mechanism, which the Commission did not establish.

via Euronews.com|
#abortion#cross-border-abortion#esf
Denied abortion leads to prison for a Zambian mother, later freed after rights groups intervene
world1 month ago

Denied abortion leads to prison for a Zambian mother, later freed after rights groups intervene

Violet Zulu, a 26-year-old in Zambia, was sentenced to seven years in 2024 for procuring her own abortion after clinics refused legal care and she couldn't afford private services; she delivered the fetus in a toilet, pleaded guilty after representing herself in court, and was later freed on appeal thanks to intervention by international rights groups. Her case highlights barriers to legal abortion, stigma, and lack of information, underscoring the need for better access and education amid Africa's high rate of unsafe abortions.

via AP News|
#abortion#advocacy#legal-access
New study reveals pregnancy mortality far higher than previously estimated
health-and-medicine2 months ago

New study reveals pregnancy mortality far higher than previously estimated

A Brown University–led study using 2018–2021 data finds that death risk from pregnancy (including up to one year postpartum) is 44–70 times higher than abortion and about three times higher than prior estimates, with an average of 32.3 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births and a peak of 43.9 in 2021. By refining death classifications (excluding COVID-19 and nonspecific causes) and using updated pregnancy-check data, the researchers argue that abortion bans could worsen maternal health by forcing pregnancy to continue.

via Brown University|
#abortion#data-analysis#health-and-medicine
politics2 months ago

Vance expands foreign aid rules to bar DEI and transgender work overseas

Vice President JD Vance announced a sweeping expansion of the Mexico City Policy, extending the ban on U.S. non-military foreign assistance to any organization that works on abortion or promotes diversity, equity and inclusion and transgender issues abroad, effectively tripling the policy’s reach. The move, praised by anti-abortion activists and tied to the Trump administration’s effort to curb what it calls radical gender ideologies, drew criticism from humanitarian groups who warn it will limit women’s health services and civil society organizations overseas.

via Politico|
#abortion#dei#foreign-aid