There will always be women who need access to abortions.
\nAbortion is basic health care for women.<\/p>\n
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Abortion and Providers<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Abortion is Safe<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Current Threats to legal abortion<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n These measures:<\/p>\n Discourage and delay pregnant women from acting on decisions to obtain Interfere with clinician practices in the name of safety.<\/p>\n Restrict the gestational period for when a fetus can be aborted.<\/p>\n Limit government funds to for abortion care and thus limits the choices Criminalize \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Restrictive\n
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\nprovider, which meant they would have to travel outside their county to obtain
\nan abortion. Of women obtaining abortions in 2006, nonhospital providers
\nestimate that 27% traveled at least 50 miles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\n0.3% of abortion patients experience a complication that requires
\nhospitalization.[7]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n\n
\nnumber of complications.\u00a0 There is no
\nevidence for these claims, and research has systematically discredited each of
\nthem:<\/li>\n
\nhave concluded that abortion does not pose a hazard to women\u2019s mental health.[8]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n
\nshown by several peer-reviewed and respected scientific studies.<\/li>\n
\nlong-term risk of such problems as infertility, ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous
\nabortion (miscarriage) or birth defect, and little or no risk of preterm or low-birth-weight
\ndeliveries.[9]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nThreats to Abortion Access<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\nsignificantly weakened the legal protections previously afforded women and
\nphysicians by giving states the right to enact restrictions that do not create
\nan \u201cundue burden\u201d for women seeking abortion[10]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a>.<\/li>\n
\n1976 via the Hyde Amendment (which has been renewed every year), Congress has
\nbarred the use of federal Medicaid funds to pay for abortions, except when the
\nwoman\u2019s life would be endangered by a full-term pregnancy or in cases of rape
\nor incest. http:\/\/youtu.be\/zCmCcACrm6M<\/a><\/li>\n
\nvote of 251 to 175 . (No action in \u00a0the
\nSenate.)<\/p>\n\n
\nannual opportunity to strike it) that no federal funds can be spent on abortion<\/li>\n
\nany insurance policy (including those paid with personal funds) from covering
\nabortion, even to protect a woman\u2019s health when threatened by complication with
\nlater term wanted pregnancies which could result in all private insurance
\ndropping coverage of abortion. Currently 85% of private insurance plans cover
\nabortion.<\/li>\n
\nmeaning those that are inebriated or drugged do not count as rapes. Women would
\nhave to prove that the rape was forced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\ngovernments enacted 92 anti-choice regulations related to abortions in 2011, a
\nnew record.\u00a0 The previous record was in
\n2005, when about 34 regulations were enacted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nan abortion.<\/p>\n
\nof poor women.<\/p>\n
\nwomen\u2019s decisions.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nproposals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\ninsurance coverage of abortion. Currently 85% of private insurance covers
\nabortion. Laws passed by the House of Representatives and state governments are
\nin effect banning private coverage of abortion<\/li>\n
\nClauses\u201d that allow women to die. 10\/2011 the House of Representatives passed
\nthe \u201cProtect
\nLife Act\u201d, known by women\u2019s health advocates as the \u201cLet
\nWomen Die<\/a>\u201d bill. It allows hospitals that receive federal funds to reject
\nany woman<\/a> in need of an abortion procedure, even if it is necessary to save
\nher life.<\/li>\n
\nthat women receive information about how to access an ultrasound while others
\nrequire that a woman undergo an ultrasound prior to obtaining an abortion. An
\nultrasound is not medically necessary<\/span> for first-trimester abortion and
\nthese types of laws appear to be attempts to personify the fetus and dissuade
\nthe woman from choosing an abortion, as well as significantly add to the cost
\nof the procedure[11]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a>.<\/li>\n
\nrequirements are often used to interfere with a woman\u2019s easy access to a safe
\nabortion. Many states require mandatory biased counseling and often at least a
\n24-hour \u201cwaiting period\u201d between counseling and an abortion procedure. Many
\nstates require certain information to be given during counseling such as
\ninformation about fetal development, how to obtain an ultrasound, along with
\nmisleading or inaccurate information about the risks associated with abortion.
\nThis requirement, designed to deter women from seeking an abortion, causes an
\nundue emotional and financial burden. In states that require a waiting period,
\nwomen must make two trips to a health care provider in order to obtain an
\nabortion, increasing the difficulty of accessing an abortion for low-income or
\nworking women[12]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a> who have to find child
\ncare, transportation and coverage at their jobs to travel large distances to a
\nprovider twice.<\/li>\n
\nserious antiabortion violence including bombings, arson, and vandalism.
\nAdditionally, these facilities are often subject to violent protests and
\nblockades. The federal government in 1994 enacted the Freedom of Access to
\nClinic Entrances (FACE) Act which prohibits intentional property damage, or the
\nuse of force or threat of force to injure, intimidate, or interfere with
\nsomeone entering a health care facility[13]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a>.<\/li>\n
\nclinics\u201d or \u201cmedical clinicis\u201d to persuade women to not have an abortion.
\nRather than present all the options (continue, continue and put up for
\nadoption, or terminate) they present biased facts. Many receive taxpayers
\nfunds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n