What Iowans should know about getting abortion pills in the mail
The basics of an increasingly popular way of getting abortion pills.
Dec
2024
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REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
Dec
2024
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New study finds that air pollution could be threatening the success of IVF treatment
Researchers looked at the air pollution levels while the donor eggs were developing and the 72 days when the sperm was developing and found a link between an increase in exposure to air pollution and lower embryo quality and egg survival in both cases.
Dec
2024
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Misinformation about birth control is rampant on social media, alarming doctors
Doctors are concerned that misinformation about birth control might make some women get off it at a time when there are fewer options available for unintended pregnancies in the US.
Dec
2024
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Crisis pregnancy centers give questionable advice on unproven ‘abortion pill reversal,’ study finds
A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that 30% of these anti-abortion ‘fake clinics’ promote "abortion pill reversal," a treatment that’s not backed by science and does not meet clinical standards.
Dec
2024
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Iowans removing fallopian tubes, getting long-term birth control as threats to reproductive freedom loom
From getting long-lasting birth control to removing fallopian tubes, some Iowans are taking drastic measures as Iowa begins a six-week abortion ban and President Donald Trump takes office next month.
Nov
2024
22
Abortions in Iowa drop 40%, out of state care increases after near-total ban
Abortions are down 40%, but travel out of state has increased 159%, nearly four months into Iowa's near-total abortion ban.
Oct
2024
29
Opinion: Comstock is Trump and the GOP’s backdoor to a national abortion ban
In an op-ed, Kate Kelly highlights how the 1873 Comstock Act, passed at the behest of Anthony Comstock — a man so obsessed with abortion providers, he drove one to suicide with his relentless harassment — could be revived by Republicans to enact a nationwide abortion ban.
Oct
2024
29
More fear, more delays, more travel: The effects of Iowa’s abortion ban
Iowa's abortion ban has changed the way Iowans are getting care three months after it took effect.
Oct
2024
28
Volunteers are showing up, knocking doors to protect reproductive rights
With Iowa's abortion ban in effect and the threat of a national abortion ban at the federal level, volunteers are using their free time to talk to voters about reproductive rights and how to protect them.
Oct
2024
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White House says health insurance needs to fully cover condoms, other over-the-counter birth control
The proposal comes days before Election Day, as Vice President Kamala Harris affixes her presidential campaign to a promise of expanding women's health care access in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to undo nationwide abortion rights two years ago.
