In the first quarter of this year, 332 abortion restrictions were
proposed in state legislatures around the country. Of these, 53
provisions were approved by at least one legislative chamber in 15
states, and nine had been enacted in four states. Learn more: http://gu.tt/y1spQU
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The wave of abortion restrictions at the state level continued in 2016, according to our new state policy trends report: gu.tt/statetrends2016
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experts are happy to report an ongoing surge in measures to protect or expand
access to reproductive health care in the first three months of 2018. gu.tt/StateTrends2018Q1
“It is concerning that nearly one in 10 abortion patients experienced delays of more than two weeks before they were able to access abortion services,” says Elizabeth Nash, senior state issues manager at the Guttmacher Institute. “The purported rationale for waiting periods is to give individuals more time to consider their decision, yet the overwhelming majority of patients have already made up their minds prior to making an appointment. Waiting periods pose an unnecessary burden for individuals seeking abortion care and should be eliminated.” Read more here.
“The Affordable Care Act has expanded access to health insurance for many women in need of contraceptive services, and we are seeing those changes reflected in patients’ insurance status,” says Kinsey Hasstedt, senior policy manager at the Guttmacher Institute. “Despite these gains, many women in need of publicly funded services remain uninsured. This makes the fact that funding for the Title X national family planning program has decreased by 10% since 2010, even as need for publicly funded care increased by 5%, simply unacceptable.” Read more here.
The Guttmacher Institute’s report,
Contraceptive Needs and Services, 2014 Update, shows the critical role played by the federal Title X–funded family planning program. In 2014, the services provided at Title X–funded clinics alone helped U.S. women prevent 904,000 unintended pregnancies, 439,000 unplanned births and 326,000 abortions. Without these services, the rates of unintended pregnancy, unplanned birth and abortion would have been 33% higher, and the teen pregnancy rate would have been 30% higher. Read more here.