A Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban, ruling that the ban is unconstitutional and allowing care to resume: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/30/georgia-abortion-ban-overturned

Will abortion swing the first post-Roe presidential election? https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/will-abortion-swing-first-post-roe-presidential-election

The 10 states where voters in November could decide on abortion directly: https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/10-states-where-voters-could-decide-abortion-directly

Consulting police and lawyers has become a part of Florida abortion providers’ work: https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/consulting-police-and-lawyers-has-become-part-florida-abortion-providers-work

Researchers have found that despite legislation in 19 states requiring insurers to cover a 12-month supply of contraception, patients aren’t receiving a year’s worth of their prescription: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/09/240919174730.htm

Interviews from clinicians in Florida reveal that Florida’s six-week ban is endangering patients’ health and survival and impairing clinicians’ ability to comply with their ethical obligations and medical standards of care: https://phr.org/our-work/resources/delayed-and-denied-floridas-six-week-abortion-ban/

Some states and hospital systems have updated their policies on drug testing for pregnant women and newborns, aiming to better support patients’ treatment and recovery from substance use disorder and combat racial disparities in testing and reporting: https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/states-hospital-systems-try-less-punitive-drug-testing-pregnant-women-and-newborns

Florida schools were ordered to remove contraception and consent from sex ed curriculum and “emphasize abstinence” (Paywall): https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/09/22/emphasize-abstinence-in-sex-ed-florida-tells-schools-skip-lessons-on-contraception/

In several places where politicians have spoken at length about the need to do more to help mothers and children, any substantive laws passed related to the post-Dobbs reality have only solidified those restrictions: https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/22/politics/abortion-dobbs-promises-republicans/index.html

The March of Dimes’ 2024 report warns that 1 in 3 counties in the country are without access to birthing facilities, obstetric clinicians, or maternity care services: https://www.marchofdimes.org/sites/default/files/2024-09/2024_MoD_MCD_Report.pdf