this week in abortion:

- must-reads by Mary Tuma Oriana González Shefali Luthra Jordan Smith Jessica Mason Pieklo
- a good post by Abortion Access Front
- new pro-abortion action items w/ Women on Web The Afiya Center Baltimore Abortion Fund Texas Equal Access Fund

homewiththearmadillo.blog/2024/04/22/the…

For The Nation: Fearing legal threats, doctors are performing C-sections – which carry greater medical risk – in lieu of abortions. This 'disturbing' trend is emerging in *at least* Texas and Louisiana –– and experts predict it will become more common: thenation.com/article/societ…

'[I]t is a bit puzzling why, in an election year that promises to be dominated by outrage over abortion bans and the erosion of women’s rights, Democrats have not done more to convey the dangers of Comstock to the public.'

If you’d like to submit written comments on the proposed rules, here’s the link to do that: forms.office.com/pages/response…

'Doctors in Texas are required to report abortion-related deaths to the state...SB 4 mandated providers report all abortion-related complications, including mortality, to DSHS. “Yet that data is not shared with this committee,” said the task force vice-chair, Dr. Patrick Ramsey.'