Posts Tagged ‘mandatory counseling’
Florida House Attacks Abortion Access
Last night, I issued the following statement on the passage of a Florida House bill that aims to reduce access to abortion care in the state: The Florida legislature is launching an all out attack on abortion providers and the reproductive health care of Florida women and their families. Today, the Florida House passed H.B.…
Read MoreSouth Dakota Governor Signs Longest Waiting Period in Nation into Law
On Tuesday, South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed a bill into law that would impose the nation’s longest waiting period on women seeking abortion care, and force women in South Dakota to visit an anti-abortion pregnancy center before obtaining care. Requiring a woman to wait 72 hours before she can obtain an abortion is burdensome…
Read MoreNew Study Finds That Abortion Does Not Cause Mental Health Problems in Adolescents
A new study has found that teens that have abortions are no more likely to be depressed or have low self-esteem than their peers. “Do Depression and Low Self-Esteem Follow Abortion Among Adolescents? Evidence from a National Study,” by Jocelyn T. Warren of Oregon State University et al., will appear in the December issue of…
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