Abortion Pill Providers Targeted by New Texas Law Refuse ‘Anticipatory Obedience’
The Guardian, September 18, 2025
Greg Abbott, the Republican governor of Texas, on Wednesday signed into law a bill that lets people sue anyone suspected of manufacturing, distributing or mailing abortion pills to or from Texas. The first-of-its-kind law is almost certain to dramatically escalate the state-by-state showdown over abortion laws in the post Roe v. Wade United States – especially as some out-of-state abortion providers have already vowed that they will continue shipping pills to Texans … “Our mantra as a practice is: ‘No anticipatory obedience,’” said Dr Angel Foster, co-founder of the Massachusetts Medication Abortion Access Project (Map), a Boston-area based group that uses telemedicine to ship abortion pills to patients across the United States.
Trump Can Block Medicaid Funds To ‘Defund’ Planned Parenthood, Court Rules
The Guardian, September 12, 2025
The Trump administration can move forward with its plan to “defund” Planned Parenthood by blocking it from receiving reimbursements from Medicaid, the U.S. government’s insurance program for low-income people, a federal appeals court ruled late on Thursday. The ruling from the first U.S. circuit court of appeals lifts a lower court’s preliminary injunction, which had stopped the Trump administration from enacting a provision of its tax and spending bill that axed Planned Parenthood’s ability to participate in Medicaid for one year.
When Abortion Access Shrinks, Property Crime Rises, New Research Finds
The 19th, September 16, 2025
When fewer people can get abortions, property crime rates go up, a new working paper out Monday suggests. The analysis, published in the National Bureau of Economic Research, underscores the connection between abortion access and economic stability: more people becoming pregnant and being forced into poverty led to higher property crimes … Most people who seek abortions are already parents, and their main reason is that they cannot afford another child. Years of research has underscored that denying people abortions entrenches them deeper into poverty.
Abortion Advocates Raise Alarm About Social Platforms Removing Posts in Apparent Overreach
Associated Press, September 15, 2025
Clinics, advocacy groups and individuals who share abortion-related content online say they are seeing informational posts being taken down even if the posts don’t clearly violate the platforms’ policies … Companies like Meta claim their policies have not changed, and experts attribute the takedowns to over-enforcement at a time when social media platforms are reducing spending on content moderation in favor of artificial intelligence systems that struggle with context, nuance and gray areas. But abortion advocates say the removals have a chilling effect even if they are later reversed, and navigating platforms’ complex systems of appeals is often difficult, if not impossible.”
Abortion Funds Help Pregnant People. South Carolina Wants Us To Stop.
Rewire News Group, September 17, 2025
South Carolina is considering imposing a total abortion ban. Currently, South Carolina bans abortion care after six weeks of pregnancy. The bill scheduled for debate in the state legislature in early October would outlaw the procedure entirely, including in cases of rape and incest. In 2025, it is already very difficult for South Carolinians to receive abortion care. But it isn’t impossible. A network of nonprofits is still working to help people get the reproductive health care they need: abortion funds … Since South Carolina’s Supreme Court upheld the state’s six-week abortion ban in 2023, we’ve seen the distances people must travel for care increase dramatically. The furthest stretch one of our clients traveled was over 650 miles to New York.
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