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After two ectopic pregnancies, I fear what might happen without Roe v. Wade

I've been pregnant five times. I have one child. A son, Sam, who was born on his due date, weighing 6 pounds and 14 ounces, in 1997.

24 Jun 2022

‘It’s not a haven’: With limited capacity for abortion care, Minnesota clinics brace for influx

A few minutes west of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport sits a brick, one-story building with opaque windows. From the nearby freeways, most drivers wouldn't recognize it as the location of one of the few clinics in the state that provides abortions.

24 Jun 2022

A post-‘Roe’ world in Georgia will mean more restrictions — and more political battles

Jerisha Morton didn't realize she was pregnant until about six weeks into her pregnancy. She soon started feeling waves of intense nausea.

24 Jun 2022

Conservatives on Supreme Court, as expected, end nationwide right to abortion

The Supreme Court on Friday formally overturned its 49-year-old landmark Roe v. Wade decision, and with it ended a half-century of constitutionally guaranteed abortion rights in the United States.

24 Jun 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The FDA goes after nicotine

The FDA this week launched a crackdown on smoking and vaping — ordering the vaping device Juul to be taken off the market and announcing its intention to require makers of cigarettes and other tobacco products to reduce the amount of nicotine in them.

23 Jun 2022

Tribes show little interest in offering abortions on reservations despite speculation they could

Rachael Lorenzo started hearing the questions several weeks ago from strangers on Twitter and reporters seeking interviews: Since Native American tribes are sovereign nations, with their own laws, could they offer abortion services on Native land within states that may soon outlaw abortion?

23 Jun 2022

Two Tennessee abortion clinics, awaiting high-court ruling, grapple with uncertainty

Corinne Rovetti is worried about what will happen to the Knoxville Center for Reproductive Health if the Supreme Court overturns the constitutional right to abortion.

17 Jun 2022

States extend Medicaid for new mothers — even as they reject broader expansion

Until last year, Georgia's Medicaid coverage for new moms with low incomes lasted 60 days.

17 Jun 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Closing in on covid vaccines for ‘the littles’

Children younger than 5 are the only population not eligible for a covid-19 vaccine in the U.S. But that may be about to change as an advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration recommends authorization for that group.

16 Jun 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Taking a shot at gun control

The House passed a package of bills to restrict the availability of assault weapons to minors and other measures to curb gun violence, but talks in the Senate have yet to produce breakthroughs on what has been a legislative stalemate for years.

9 Jun 2022

Misinformation clouds America’s most popular emergency contraception

A brand of specialty mozzarella cheeses. A collection of natural-gas storage terminals. And America’s top-selling emergency contraception.

7 Jun 2022

Black women have much at stake in states where abortion access may vanish

"Adulting" was not going great for Tia Freeman. She had lost her scholarship at the University of Tennessee and enlisted in the Air Force. As she finished training to be an analyst, she got pregnant despite being on birth control.

3 Jun 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Washington’s slow churn

In the wake of three high-profile mass shootings in less than a month, lawmakers on Capitol Hill have renewed negotiations over legislation that could stem gun violence.

2 Jun 2022

Skirmishes over medication abortions may renew debate on state vs. federal powers

As the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that guarantees the constitutional right to an abortion, reproductive rights advocates are considering new ways to protect nationwide access to the procedure.

2 Jun 2022

Abortion opponents take political risks by dropping exceptions for rape, incest, and the mother’s life

If it seems as though the anti-abortion movement has gotten more extreme in recent months, that's because it has.

1 Jun 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: A(nother) very sad week

This week's mass shooting of elementary schoolers in Texas (just 10 days after a racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store) has reignited the gun debate in Washington, D.C., and around the country.

26 May 2022

As ‘trigger law’ looms, new clinic preps to provide abortions in conservative bastion

A modest, tan building sandwiched between a gas station and a small apartment house near this Western city's downtown has become an unexpected focal point of America's abortion debate, just weeks before Wyoming could outlaw the procedure.

25 May 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Waking up to baby formula shortage

The federal government finally addressed the infant formula shortage, as a growing number of families found themselves without anything to feed their babies.

19 May 2022

The private sector steps in to protect online health privacy, but critics say it can’t be trusted

Most people have at least a vague sense that someone somewhere is doing mischief with the data footprints created by their online activities: Maybe their use of an app is allowing that company to build a profile of their habits, or maybe they keep getting followed by creepy ads.

19 May 2022

Study identifies multiple barriers faced by family physicians while providing abortion services

What prevents family medicine physicians from providing medical abortions for patients who need them?

18 May 2022

Abortion News and Research

After two ectopic pregnancies, I fear what might happen without Roe v. Wade

‘It’s not a haven’: With limited capacity for abortion care, Minnesota clinics brace for influx

A post-‘Roe’ world in Georgia will mean more restrictions — and more political battles

Conservatives on Supreme Court, as expected, end nationwide right to abortion

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The FDA goes after nicotine

Tribes show little interest in offering abortions on reservations despite speculation they could

Two Tennessee abortion clinics, awaiting high-court ruling, grapple with uncertainty

States extend Medicaid for new mothers — even as they reject broader expansion

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Closing in on covid vaccines for ‘the littles’

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Taking a shot at gun control

Misinformation clouds America’s most popular emergency contraception

Black women have much at stake in states where abortion access may vanish

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Washington’s slow churn

Skirmishes over medication abortions may renew debate on state vs. federal powers

Abortion opponents take political risks by dropping exceptions for rape, incest, and the mother’s life

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: A(nother) very sad week

As ‘trigger law’ looms, new clinic preps to provide abortions in conservative bastion

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Waking up to baby formula shortage

The private sector steps in to protect online health privacy, but critics say it can’t be trusted

Study identifies multiple barriers faced by family physicians while providing abortion services

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