Understand Legal Restrictions on Abortion And Take a Stand for Women’s Reproductive Rights

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Episode Highlights:

· Be noticeably clear about the higher rates of maternal mortality and worse health outcomes for women in the U.S.

· Know the details about EMTALA—the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act—that is now being threatened due to a Supreme Court Case brought by Idaho.

· Stop ignoring the threats of suits that will lead to not only the banning of abortions but abortion pills.

· Be concerned about Trumps supporters wanting a national ban on abortion and pills and what OB/Gyns are speaking out in states where this is coming up.

· Learn which states are most restrictive to abortion and health care for women and know the organizations that are fighting these bans so you will know where to go if a woman you love and respect needs help.

Resources:

• Center for Reproductive Rights has a newsletter Protect Reproductive Right [e-mail] that is an action fund where my quote came from for Tuesday, May 14, 2024 3:35 PM. Here is the Center’s URL: https://reproductiverights.org/bans-off-our-bodies-rally-abortion-rights/
• Planned Parenthood [e-mail] is their newsletter, which you can subscribe to and my quote is from Tuesday, May 14, 2024 422 PM.
• The Atlantic, May 8, 2024, 7 AM ET, “Trump’s Latest Abortion Position Is More Racial Than It Sounds”--https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/05/trump-abortion-comstock-election/678320/
• The Atlantic Daily newsletter, April 11, 2024 5:48 PM “Where the Future of Abortion Access Lies-Trump pushes responsibility onto the states:https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/04/where-the-future-of-abortion-access-lies/678045/
• CNN—“See where abortions are banned and legal—and where it’s still in limbo”—map is only valuable info: https://www.cnn.com/us/abortion-access-restrictions-bans-us-dg/index.html
• Planned Parenthood—“Federal and State Bans and Restrictions on Abortion”--https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/abortion/federal-and-state-bans-and-restrictions-abortion
• Wikipedia—“Abortion laws in the United States by state--https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_law_in_the_United_States_by_state

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