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Signing expanded abortion law, Gov. Healey cites stories of 'anguish and heartache"
4+ hour, 4+ min ago (848+ words) After lawmakers fast-tracked the bill, Gov. Maura Healey on Monday signed legislation on Monday that removes restrictions on abortions after 24 weeks of gestation, a change that supporters say will help more patients stay in-state to receive care. The law (H…...
Mass. reports dramatic abortion rise in 2024, driven by pills shipped out of state
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (547+ words) The number of abortions provided by doctors and nurse practitioners in Massachusetts doubled in 2024, according to the latest numbers from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Abortion providers reported 49,450 procedures in 2024, up from 24,355 one year earlier. The vast majority, 82%, were…...
N.H. lawmakers consider shield law, repealing buffer zones and other abortion bills
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (483+ words) Several bills moved through the State House last week that addressed abortion access and legal protection, as lawmakers again considered a repeal of patient buffer zones outside of abortion facilities, and whether to protect New Hampshire abortion providers from out-of-state…...
Supreme Court considers case about anti-abortion pregnancy centers
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (75+ words) The Supreme Court is considering a case about anti-abortion pregnancy centers that are often faith-based and counsel people away from abortion. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks about these centers with Shefali Luthra, a reproductive health reporter for our editorial partner,…...
Abortion opponents target IVF, push alternative fertility clinics
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (101+ words) Doctors worry there will be fewer resources for making in vitro fertilization, or IVF, affordable for people who want to grow their families, as some fertility clinics push restorative reproductive medicine as an alternative. Here & Now's Elissa Nadworny speaks with…...
The state of the pronatalist movement
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (125+ words) The pronatalist movement, which claims to be rectifying what some of its members describe as the likely collapse of civilization due to population decline. As part of NPR's look at declining birthrates, Here & Now takes a dive into the pronatalist…...
What IVF advocates make of Trump's actions
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (111+ words) President Trump campaigned as the "father of IVF." But so far, his promise to make in vitro fertilization free to all Americans who want to build their families has not come to fruition. Here & Now’s Robin Young checks in with…...