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People gather during a rally in support of abortion rights in Washington Square Park on May 3, 2022, in New York City.a Trump administration policy banning abortion care and counseling for veterans at Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities.
Last year, the Trump administration overturned a Biden-era policy that made abortion procedures and counseling in cases of rape, incest or a medical emergency available at VA facilities.called the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act. First introduced in 2020, this version focuses on parents of color and includes proposals to invest in the perinatal workforce, telehealth, insurance coverage and data collection. Virginia could soon see similar state legislation become law, as Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger is expected to sign a series of bills to improve maternal health outcomes. Other states expanding reproductive health access include Wisconsin, which is the second-to-last state to expand Medicaid coverage for postpartum women to a year, and Illinois and Washington, which are trying to ensure abortion access for low-income and uninsured patients. States with already strict abortion bans continue to pass and advance new restrictions, paving the way for other states. South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden just signed laws that clarify when pregnancy termination constitutes an abortion and make it illegal to advertise abortion pills. In states with abortion rights, like Kansas and Ohio, Republican lawmakers continue to try and regulate information related to abortion. In Kansas, where abortion is allowed up to 22 weeks gestation, the Republican-majority legislature earlier this month passed three bills to increase regulation for abortion providers and simultaneously protect anti-abortion pregnancy centers from regulation. These new laws, which have been sent to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s desk,Our reproductive rights reporting team has been tracking these bills closely this year. Depending on the partisan makeup of a state’s legislature and other state government officials, some bills have a better chance of passing and becoming law than others.that would create a state grant program to cover abortion care for uninsured and underinsured women. Similar legislation has passed in California and Maryland.despite many of them providing services like ultrasounds. Unless vetoed by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, the “center autonomy and rights of expression” or CARE act will prohibit state and local governments from imposing regulations on these centers, including the pregnancy and parenting services they provide. The law, modeled after legislation: Presented to the governor on March 17; she can veto it, sign it or let it become law without her signaturethat physicians must provide to patients 24 hours before the abortion and must include information about the physician, including any disciplinary actions.before abortion care and is similar to a state law that is blocked amid litigation. The state medical board would also be authorized to create rules “specifying adverse physical or psychological conditions arising from abortion that a physician must disclose as possible complications when meeting with the pregnant as part of the informed consent process.”: After having failed to pass in previous years, this bill would require Ohio doctors and the state health department to promote aknown as abortion pill reversal. It has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and doesn’t have robust data to support that it works, outside of anti-abortion think tanks. A study on the method’s efficacy was: This new law makes it a felony to dispense or advertise abortion pills and related items, and authorizes the state attorney general to seek up to $10,000 in penalties for each violation.: This new law amends the state’s definition of abortion to “the intentional termination of the life of a human being in the uterus.” Now medical treatments to resolve a miscarriage or to remove an ectopic pregnancy or “deceased unborn child” will not be considered abortions under the state law. Also not considered abortions are treatments intended to save the pregnancy or pregnant person that results in termination.: This new law will require South Dakota schools to show students videos of prenatal development that include “the progress of prenatal human development from fertilization through birth.”that were vetoed by former Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin advanced in this year’s General Assembly session and now head to Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s desk. The governor has until April 13 to either sign them, seek amendments or veto them.: This bill would require health insurance carriers to cover for maternal mental health screenings to help people identify and treat postpartum depression.: This bill would expand the scope of the state’s maternal mortality review team to include review of severe maternal morbidity.’s purpose is to make it easier for people to access the state’s expiring abortion pill stockpile. The law eliminates a state requirement to sell its mifepristone pills for at least the purchase price plus an extra $5 fee per dose. Now the state no longer has to get paid and the Department of Corrections is required to coordinate with the Department of Health to identify recipients for the pills.Truthout relies on individual donations to publish independent journalism, free from political and corporate influence. 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