The new state bans don’t explicitly cover embryos created outside the womb, but legal experts say overturning Roe could make it easier to place controls on genetic testing, storage and disposal of them.
Tag Archives: Pregnancy and Childbirth
I’m Terrified for My Patients Now That Roe Is Gone
A high-risk obstetrician explains what his patients will have to endure.
Where the Risks of Pregnancy Meet Abortion Laws and Health Care
Even before the wave of abortion bans, medical treatment and advice for pregnancy has largely focused on fetal safety over the mother’s.
In a Post-Roe World, We Can Treat Mothers and Children With Dignity
Especially in hard cases like ectopic pregnancy. we can offer more love and material support to mothers and children.
Abortion, Like Prohibition, Has a Clear Racial Dimension
How long before this unpopular repression also loses favor and falls into decline?
Abortion Bans Will Affect Americans Rich and Poor
The notion that rich women will be fine, regardless of what the law says, is probably comforting to some. But it is simply not true.
‘The Pro-Life Generation’: Young Women Fight Against Abortion Rights
Many American women mourned the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe, but for others it is a moment of triumph and a matter of human rights.
The Anti-Abortion Movement Wants to Punish Women for Having Sex
In the America where I came of age, I was told my life was worth more than my ability to have babies. And my sexuality was nothing to be ashamed of.
When Where You Work Determines if You Can Get an Abortion
After the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, many women are discovering that their employer can shape major decisions in their lives even more than it did a week ago.
How Overturning Roe v Wade Will Impact Texas Families
Even some anti-abortion adherents say Texas is failing families left impoverished by its war against abortion.
Deleting Your Period Tracker Won’t Protect You
Tweets telling women to do that went viral after Roe v. Wade was overturned, but experts say other digital data are more likely to reveal an illegal abortion.
The Supreme Court Takes Us Back … Way Back
Think about what the world was really like before Roe.
Payment Data Could Become Evidence of Abortion, Now Illegal in Some States
Financial companies collect a lot of payment data from customers. Prosecutors could subpoena those records for evidence of abortion, legal experts say.
What is Ectopic Pregnancy and Will the Roe Decision Affect Treatment?
Some women and health care providers have concerns about how this rare but life-threatening pregnancy complication will be treated now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned.
Women on Why They’re Stocking Up on the Morning-After Pill
Sales of the emergency contraceptive surged after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The Supreme Court’s Fighting Words
Dobbs and Bruen revealed the sweeping terribleness of the current court’s reasoning.
The Final Days of Mississippi’s Last Abortion Clinic
The Jackson Women’s Health Organization was at the center of the case that overturned Roe v. Wade. Already, supporters are planning new ways to help women in one of the poorest spots in the nation get access to abortions.
Crisis Pregnancy Centers Outnumber Abortion Clinics in NYC
Crisis pregnancy centers, which encourage women to give birth, prepare for a post-Roe world in a state that is considered a bastion of abortion rights.
‘Shock and Dismay’ Over the Abortion Ruling
Readers decry the Supreme Court’s decision to force many women to unwillingly endure “the risks and consequences of pregnancy.”
Black Maternal Mortality Is Still a Crisis
Linda Villarosa’s new book, ‘Under the Skin,’ shows just how urgent the problem is.
How the Abortion and Gun Debates Look From Alabama
Republicans and Democrats both seem to forget they represent people like me too.
With Roe Set to End, Many Women Worry About High-Risk Pregnancies
Most states likely to outlaw abortions allow for exceptions to save a mother’s life. But many women and doctors ask: Where will lawmakers draw the line?
Putting Babies Up for Adoption Isn’t an Alternative to Abortion
There are good reasons American women overwhelmingly choose having an abortion over giving up a child for adoption.
Pregnancy Can Affect the Body Forever. Have Abortion Foes Reckoned With That?
Yes, if women are required to go through the ultimate stress test, their liberty is curtailed.
Abortions Have Already Been Stopped in Some States, Before Roe Ruling
They aren’t waiting for the actual Supreme Court decision.
Poland Shows the Risks for Women When Abortion Is Banned
Poland’s abortion ban has had many unintended consequences. One is that doctors are sometimes afraid to remove fetuses or administer cancer treatment to save women’s lives.
Abortion Didn’t Feel Like an Option. Neither Did Motherhood.
At 19, Merritt Tierce found herself unexpectedly pregnant and facing what felt like an impossible choice.
When Psychiatrists Decided Who Could Get an Abortion
It was once an “open secret” that this was the safest pathway.
Covid Vaccine Misinformation Still Fuels Fears Surrounding Pregnancy, a New Study Finds.
Health experts, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recommend that pregnant women get vaccinated against the coronavirus as soon as possible, to protect both maternal and fetal health.
This Retreat Offers a (Pretty Expensive) Form of Postpartum Care
The newly opened Boram Postnatal Retreat offers new mothers able to pay up to $1,400 a night the support and pampering that too few receive.
I’m a Prosecutor. But I Won’t Enforce an Inhumane Law.
No matter what the law says, I’ll never prosecute a woman for getting an abortion. My fellow prosecutors need to step up and make the same promise.
A Debate Over What Roe Did — and What Losing It Would Mean
The socially conservative legal scholar Erika Bachiochi argues that abortion rights have stalled women’s progress toward equality.
11 Families in Senegal Welcomed Newborns. A Fire Left Them Devastated.
Joy over the births turned to shock and grief after a blaze swept through a neonatal ward at a hospital in Senegal. “There’s nothing we can do but suffer,” said a man who lost his grandson.
How Abortion Benefits Men
What men risk losing if Roe falls.
Abortion Questions for Justice Alito and His Supreme Court Allies
Isn’t having to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term the same as forced labor?
The Mental Cost of Being Denied an Abortion
An examination of the most rigorous research to date.
When a Pro-Life Doctor Performs an Abortion
If God does not want us to perform abortions, why did he put me in a situation where I would have to do one?
The Ethics of Abortion
The law professor Kate Greasley examines moral quandaries around life, personhood and bodily autonomy that underpin the abortion debate.
The Foot Soldiers in India’s Battle to Improve Public Health
Over a million female health workers treat India’s most at-risk women and children, for little pay and sometimes at the cost of their own lives.
Why Breastfeeding Isn’t the Answer to the Formula Shortage
The current crisis has exacerbated an already emotionally charged health care issue in the U.S.
Personal Stories of the ‘Dark Ages’ Before Roe
Readers, including those who had abortions, an “unwanted fetus” and an obstetrician, recall how girls and women dealt with unplanned pregnancies pre-Roe.
Overturning Roe Will Not Make America More Democratic
Far from it.
Fact-Checking Samuel Alito’s Opinion Overturning Roe v. Wade
In the leaked draft, Justice Samuel Alito made assertions about fetal development, abortion procedures and international laws that were disputed or omitted context.
I Lost My Baby. Then Antivaxxers Made My Pain Go Viral.
There’s a human toll to misinformation.
IUD Insertion: What to Know and Expect
Intrauterine devices are highly effective, but some women find insertion painful. Here’s how to prepare.
Feeling Ambivalent About Motherhood Is Normal
After years of engaging with parenthood from a distance, it’s time for a psychiatrist specializing in women’s mental health to take her own advice.
If Roe Is Struck Down, Where Does the Anti-Abortion Movement Go Next?
The Supreme Court draft opinion signals a new era for the 50-year effort to end the constitutional right to abortion. Next goals include a national ban and, in some cases, classifying abortion as homicide.
Roe v. Wade and Birth Control: What to Know About Access and Options
From condoms to IUDs to tubal ligation, experts weigh in on how to assess and obtain birth control options.
Before Roe v. Wade, Merle Hoffman Ran an Abortion Clinic in N.Y.C.
Merle Hoffman was on the front lines in the early 1970s, when women would travel to New York for abortions.
On Abortion, Beware the Feminism of Justice Alito
Women apparently have advanced so far, they no longer need guaranteed access to abortion.