Death from Abortion Bans in Indiana
Abortion bans make pregnancy less safe for everyone. Some Notre Dame faculty are choosing (wisely) to give birth at the University of Chicago (which our health insurance covers) because they are afraid that if something goes wrong, they will DIE in Indiana.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/indiana-judge-refuses-broaden-medical-exception-abortion-ban-2024-09-11/
Thanks to Notre Dame’s "Transformative Open Access Agreement" our article "Research Ethics and Methods in Shifting Policy Climates: The Case of Abortion Rights in the United States and Latin America" is available free to everyone, so please share.
The impact of free trade agreements on workers and the consequences politically and electorally—from our 2018 book “Trade Battles: Activism and the Politicization of International Trade Policy”
Abortion Bans Kill Women.
Nevaeh Crain
Date of Death: October 29, 2023
Nevaeh, an 18-year-old in Texas, died after being refused timely care for her miscarriage. She developed an infection that escalated to sepsis, leading to her death.
Candi Miller
Date of Death: November 12, 2022
Candi, a 41-year-old Georgia mother of three children, was told her pregnancy would kill her because of multiple health conditions. She faced complications while managing an abortion at home, and did not seek medical assistance due to fears over the state's abortion laws. She died as a result.
Amber Thurman
Date of Death: August 19, 2022
A 28-year-old Georgia woman, Amber traveled to North Carolina for abortion medication, however, she later required a dilation and curettage (D&C) which was denied to her. She died of septic shock.
Yeniifer Alvarez-Estrada Glick
Date of Death: July 10, 2022
Yenifer, a 29-year-old mother living in Texas, had a life threatening pregnancy. The Catholic hospital she went to denied her and her family life saving information about abortion which could have saved her life.
Josseli Barnica
Date of Death: September 8, 2021
Josseli, a 28-year-old Texas woman, died from an infection after doctors delayed ending her miscarriage. She died three days after delivering a stillborn fetus.
Our New Research on the Policy Outcomes of Abortion Bans: Strategies for Disseminating Information on Reproductive Health Access
Our research data on the impact of abortion bans is very compelling, showing that a key strategy that social movements and activists, NGOs, and transnational governance institutions such as the World Health Organization (WHO) are using is to post critical information about obtaining abortions (including information about self-managed abortions and protocols) online so that there is equity in access to it. Their resources recommend using a safe and vetted organization such as Plan C to obtain abortions out of state, and to obtain abortion medication. Here is an example from the WHO, as we have found in our research, of the kind of information these organizations and movements are providing as a way of responding to abortion bans:
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Many thanks to the Director of Programs and Strategic Engagement for reaching out to send me this:
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