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5 months

EXCLUSIVE: A troubling new report from Louisiana shows how the state's abortion ban is forcing doctors to delay or withhold medical care in ways that make pregnancy more dangerous. More from me for @NPR

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Rosemary Westwood

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3 months

BREAKING: Over 200 Louisiana doctors have signed a letter urging Republican Senator @tapressly NOT to classify the abortion medications mifepristone and misoprostol as controlled substances in Louisiana. Here's the letter and @lorenaoneil scoop

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2 years

🚨ABORTIONS ARE RESUMING IN LOUISIANA. Just spoke to Kathaleen Pittman at Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport. They're restarting procedures beginning tomorrow, calling back patients who'd had their appointments canceled in the wake of the Supreme Court decision.

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2 years

BREAKING: Louisiana's trigger law banning nearly also abortions blocked. Lawyers say abortions will resume.

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🚨BREAKING: Louisiana lawmakers are considering adding mifepristone and misoprostol — medications that induce an abortion — to the Controlled Substances Act. I've never heard of a state attempting to do this before.

Senate bill would classify abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances in Louisiana

Louisiana lawmakers advanced a bill to add mifepristone and misoprostol to the list of controlled substances in the state.

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2 years

The US Supreme Court overturned Roe. Abortions are banned in Louisiana with very few exceptions. Here's what I know: - All 3 clinics in Louisiana have stopped providing abortions. The NOLA clinic is advising patients to go to Colorado or California.

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3 months

It's been extremely difficult post-Dobbs to get doctors to go on-the-record with their concerns that Louisiana's ban is harming maternal health. So for over 200 docs to tell @TAPressly that they're against making abortion medications controlled substances is striking.

Rosemary Westwood

@rosiewestwood

3 months

BREAKING: Over 200 Louisiana doctors have signed a letter urging Republican Senator @tapressly NOT to classify the abortion medications mifepristone and misoprostol as controlled substances in Louisiana. Here's the letter and @lorenaoneil scoop

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1 year

NEW: Louisiana's crisis pregnancy centers offer nearly no maternal health care, nearly no reproductive health care, and some provide health misinformation. That's per my review of 33 crisis pregnancy websites and the services they advertise.

Limited health services, misinformation: A look at crisis pregnancy centers amid tax break bill

A WWNO/WRKF review of 33 crisis pregnancy websites and the services they advertise found that the majority offer nearly no maternal health care, nearly no reproductive health care, and some provide...

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5 months

Another major deviation of care from before the ban: Doctors are pushing off routine prenatal appointments until after 12 weeks (the first trimester) to avoid even the risk of taking care of a miscarriage because the treatment can be the same as an abortion.

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4 months

Louisiana's new maternal mortality data is out and it is more of the same bad news. Three striking findings: 1. Deaths overall among pregnant people are *UP*. Ratio jumped from 101.5 per 100,000 births in 2017-2019 to 143.3 per 100,000 births in 2020.

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3 months

Medical records for out-of-state abortions will now be protected by HIPAA via @19thnews

Medical records for out-of-state abortions will now be protected by HIPAA

A new Biden administration rule means that doctors cannot turn abortion-related records over to law enforcement.

19thnews.org

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2 months

NEW from @emily_woodruff_ Over 100 fewer people applied for OB-GYN residencies in Louisiana in the 2023-2024 cycle, a drop of nearly 18%. Overall, residency applicants in all specialties decreased in Louisiana by 1,229, almost 15%

Is Louisiana’s abortion ban costing the state future doctors? New data shed light.

A growing number of doctors on the front lines of women's health care who are factoring state abortion laws into their decisions about where to learn and practice medicine.

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1 year

MAJOR news here: Louisiana bucks trend among Republican states and kills a bill to ban gender affirming health care for minors.

Piper Hutchinson

@ByPiperHutch

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The committee kills a proposed ban on gender affirming healthcare for minors on a 5-4 vote. Chairman Mills, a Republican, joins Dems in killing the bill #lalege #lagov

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5 months

BREAKING NEWS: Louisiana women denied care in the wake of Louisiana's abortion ban are in DC for the State of the Union:

Two La. women denied care under state's abortion ban will attend State of the Union

Two Baton Rouge advocates for abortion rights will attend the State of the Union Address Thursday night in Washington, D.C.

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@rosiewestwood

4 years

Major decision out of #SCOTUS today, Roberts and Gorsuch joining liberal justices for this one.

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BREAKING: HISTORIC WIN FOR GAY & LESBIAN WORKPLACE RIGHTS Supreme Court rules 5-4 that discrimination based on sexual orientation is illegal under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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4 years

@kira_lerner Read my reporting on this case for @voxdotcom

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2 years

NEW: Lousiana Democrats are pushing abortion-rights ads in the hopes of galvanizing voters — including @katie4louisiana , who's running against House Republican Whip @SteveScalise In her ad, she shows video footage of her giving birth

Louisiana congressional candidate gives birth in new campaign ad that supports abortion rights

A Democratic candidate for Congress is taking aim at Louisiana’s near-total abortion ban in a newly released campaign ad that shows video footage of her giving birth — the latest in a push among...

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Rosemary Westwood

@rosiewestwood

2 months

🚨BREAKING: Louisiana Senate passes bill to make mifepristone and misoprostol Schedule IV controlled dangerous substances. Bill heads to the governor, who’s expected to sign

Rosemary Westwood

@rosiewestwood

2 months

Happening now: the Louisiana Senate is debating the bill to make common pregnancy drugs mifepristone and misoprostol controlled dangerous substances in Louisiana (a story we broke two weeks ago) Background here:

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@rosiewestwood

2 months

🚨INBOX: The Louisiana Society of Addiction Medicine updated its letter AGAINST making mifepristone and misoprostol controlled dangerous substances. It warns the bill could increase "deaths in post-partum women... where maternal mortality rates are already notoriously high."

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@rosiewestwood

1 year

🚨NEW: The 2023 @LSU survey finds a *majority* of people in Louisiana *support* abortion rights. 52% said abortion should be *legal* in all or most cases vs. 44% who said it should be *illegal* in all or most cases.

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2 years

Not sure what kind of day you're having, but I'm having an "I'll take my Twitter with some scientific poetry" kind of day.

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2 years

Ever wondered why, exactly, the ocean is salty? Rainwater is slightly acidic, so it erodes rock, freeing minerals and salts, incl sodium and chloride ions, which are flushed into the sea by rivers. The ocean is salty because it remembers the land. 📷

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2 months

One of the key debates in the Louisiana bill to make mifepristone and misoprostol Schedule IV controlled dangerous substances is the actual purpose of scheduling drugs. I talked with the head of the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy. That's the state agency that oversees this law.

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@rosiewestwood

5 months

The report finds pregnant women have been given risky, unnecessary surgeries, denied swift treatment for miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies, and forced to wait until their life is at risk before getting an abortion Here me on Up First

‎Up First: Gaza Famine, Louisiana Abortion Ban, Another Primary Day on Apple Podcasts

‎Show Up First, Ep Gaza Famine, Louisiana Abortion Ban, Another Primary Day - Mar 19, 2024

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@rosiewestwood

8 years

That was far more interesting than I expected. Clinton actually got to be articulate. Trump was a windbag. And she, clearly, won

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@rosiewestwood

2 years

Overturning Roe would likely see almost all abortions banned in 26 states, including Louisiana and across the South. Here's the @Guttmacher map. Red = banned.

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@rosiewestwood

2 months

In my inbox, @LARighttoLife is criticizing media reports on this bill. Their first point? That a drug's addictive potential isn't a requirement to be scheduled. That is incorrect, per the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy, which, again, oversees scheduled drugs in Louisiana.

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4 years

This is long overdue BUT: I’d like to officially announce I’ve joined @wwno as a public and reproductive health reporter! Very excited to be working with a talented team after 3+ years of full-time freelance...

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2 years

I'm sorry but there's not a single person who doesn't need to listen to Everyone & Their Mom from @waitwait -- utter brilliance. Emma Choi is a true, pure blessing.

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@rosiewestwood

2 months

🚨NEW: The Louisiana Society of Addiction Medicine sent a letter to @SpkrDeVillier OPPOSING a @TAPressly bill that would make common pregnancy/gynecology medicines controlled dangerous substances, because they're also used to induce abortions.

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1 year

Two abortion bills are being heard in the House Criminal Justice committee this morning, starting with Rep. Newell's bill. It ensures cancer patients can get abortions in order to receive treatment and miscarrying women or women with ectopic pregnancies can get swift treatment.

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2 months

Major news here. This bill started out with the support of every IVF doc in Louisiana

Julie O'Donoghue

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NEWS: Louisiana Legislature will NOT be passing any legislation to protect access to IVF services. @RepPaulaDavis said she is shelving her bill. Lawmakers insistence that embryos be referred to as "human beings" would cause problems for IVF. #lalege

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"Neither mifepristone nor misoprostol have been shown to have any potential for abuse, dependence, public health risk, nor high rates of adverse side effects." The bill "creates the false perception that these are dangerous drugs that require additional regulation."

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6 months

Data shows that over the 17 months that Louisiana's near-total abortion ban has been in effect, over 4,000 people have been impregnated through rape. In Texas it's over 26,000.

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@rosiewestwood

2 years

Jackson Women's Health in Mississippi is seeing its scheduled patients but not making any new appointments. The tigger law in MS bans most abortions 10 days after the US Supreme Court overturns Roe.

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2 years

Statement from the state's leading abortion-rights lobbying and legal group @LiftingLA "By overturning Roe v. Wade, the court has denied a pregnant person’s right to bodily autonomy and to make critical health care decisions that impact their life and their future."

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3 years

NEW 👉 Ochsner: COVID-19 Hospitalizations Up 400% In A Month, As Delta Variant Spreads

Ochsner: COVID-19 Hospitalizations Up 400% In A Month, As Delta Variant Spreads

Hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients have soared in the last month at Ochsner Health hospitals in Louisiana, in a trend that officials say is escalating as the state faces a fourth wave of the...

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@rosiewestwood

2 years

Full story: Louisiana Rep. Danny McCormick suggests pregnancy is woman’s 'ideal body' in now deleted tweet

Louisiana Rep. Danny McCormick suggests pregnancy is woman’s 'ideal body' in now deleted tweet

State Rep. Danny McCormick (R-Oil City) previously introduced legislation that could have seen women charged with murder for having an abortion.

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@rosiewestwood

2 years

For @NPR today: the story if a Louisiana woman who sought care for her pregnancy, then miscarriage, from multiple providers, and who says she was told by two of them that Louisiana's abortion ban delayed or changed her care.

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3 years

NEW: Excessive heat has killed more people in Louisiana than any other impact from Ida, and they were all seniors. How one woman "went through hell" and what new regulations are planned in New Orleans.

New Orleans Senior Says She ‘Went Through Hell’ Amid Ida Outages; Officials Propose Regulations

City officials are now promising new regulations for independent living centers to fill in what they say is a gap that left hundreds in the sweltering heat and darkness.

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@rosiewestwood

2 years

“We don’t even know what states to send them to,” Eisen said, talking to the other patient advocates. “California?” Another look inside a clinic as the Roe decision came down. via @CAKitchener

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3 months

Full story is up on @NPR now about anti-abortion efforts in Louisiana to make two meds used in pregnancy/gynecological care controlled dangerous substances. One highlight 👇

Louisiana may reclassify drugs used in abortion as controlled dangerous substances

Louisiana could be the first state to regulate mifepristone and misoprostol in the same way as some narcotics and stimulants. Opponents predict harmful delays in miscarriage and other lawful uses.

www.npr.org

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2 years

BREAKING: Nearly all abortions are again banned in Louisiana. Clinics have stopped procedures as of this afternoon. A New Orleans judge allowed a temporary restraining order to expire against the state's near-total abortion ban. Our story:

Louisiana abortion ban takes effect again after judge sends case to Baton Rouge courtroom

In a hearing Friday over Louisiana's trigger laws that would ban most abortions, a judge in New Orleans declined to extend a temporary restraining order against the ban that had taken effect immedi...

www.wwno.org

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@rosiewestwood

2 years

Shannon Brewer, the clinic directors at Jackson, is in New Mexico setting up a new clinic there. They weren't expecting the decision today.

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2 months

@LARighttoLife And this is why writers agonize over word choice.

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1 year

Avegno: As a medical professional, if it was as clear as you say, my colleagues wouldn't be confused and advocating for changes.

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I'd been wondering since Louisiana's ban took effect how many rape survivors would be denied abortions. New research shows the number of people raped and impregnated in states with bans is shockingly high: over 64,000 since Dobbs.

Raped, pregnant and in an abortion ban state? Researchers gauge how often it happens

Researchers estimate nearly 65,000 rape-caused pregnancies have happened in states with abortion bans in effect since Roe v. Wade was overturned. The report is in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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1 year

Thrilled by this! Banned was a labor of love that pulled on years of my reporting on abortion in the South. Deeply grateful to everyone who helped make it!

Association of Health Care Journalists

@AHCJ

1 year

In audio reporting (small division), first place went to reporters @rosiewestwood , @Eve_Abrams and @Patrick_Madden of @WWNO and @WRKF , for their podcast exploring the Mississippi case that led to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

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"Mischaracterizing misoprostol, a drug routinely and safely used on labor units throughout the state, as a dangerous drug of abuse, creates confusion and misinformation and harms women seeking high quality maternal care"

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Directly from the report: "For all pregnancy-associated deaths, Black women were ***two and a half times*** more likely to die as White women in Louisiana." (asterisks are mine)

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One woman couldn’t get treatment for an ectopic pregnancy — and it ruptured her fallopian tubes. “I could have died,” she said.

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3 months

"We write to you as physicians who are greatly concerned about the House Committee Amendment to SB 276 that would classify mifepristone and misoprostol as Schedule IV drugs..."

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8 years

Clinton: The sky is blue! Trump: I never said I liked chocolate!

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5 months

The most shocking finding to me: women are being forced to undergo C-sections instead of far less invasive abortion procedures or medication — even when their fetus will not survive. One woman's water broke at 20 weeks and instead of an abortion/induction, she had a C-section.

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3 months

"Setting this precedent is a threat to the safe and autonomous practice of medicine in Louisiana and will have a chilling effect on patients and providers."

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5 months

This didn’t make it into the story, but a C-section at 20 weeks is *not* the same as one at full term. Doctors have to cut vertically, over far more area and a thicker part of the uterus. They basically have to “fillet” you open, two OB-GYNs told me.

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In raw numbers the average was roughly 61 deaths a year from 2017-2019 (it's a combined report) vs 82 deaths in 2020. There were 15 were pregnancy-related in 2020, meaning the pregnancy contributed to the death in some direct way. *13* of those *15* were Black women.🚨

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2 years

@LiftingLA @LARighttoLife Statement from Deon Haywood with @WWAVinc "Today the Supreme Court chose to strip more than half the country of an essential civil right. I’m heartbroken. I am angry. But by no means am I surprised."

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"This is not scientifically based and produces a barrier to physicians’ ease of prescribing appropriate treatment for patients... Overall, this results in fear and confusion among patients, doctors, and pharmacists, which delays care and worsens outcomes."

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@LiftingLA @LARighttoLife @WWAVinc Statement from @louisianarepro "...let us make a few things clear: this is devastating and horrific, but it is NOT OVER. We will never stop fighting for what is ours: our right to make our own decisions about our bodies and plan our own families and futures."

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2 years

Just want to shout out all the reporters who've been covering abortion, access, health, laws, activism, for years and decades, when it was viewed as a fringe beat, some of whom are now running themselves ragged. I've learned from you, benefited from your work, and I'm grateful.

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A pregnant woman with severe heart failure and at a high risk of heart attack was denied an abortion — forced to try a series of medications and hope she didn’t get any worse. “At what point can you act?” her OB-GYN said. “How many cardiac meds have to fail?”

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2 years

Kathaleen Pittman, the clinic administrator at Hope in Shreveport says they're having to tell patients about the decision, and that they can't get abortions in Louisiana anymore.

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🚨This is major news. Conservative Christian opposition to IVF derailed a Louisiana effort to protect IVF patients and providers. Many anti-abortion groups oppose the way IVF clinics practice, and I warned about this in EP 7 of Banned

‎Banned: 7. Mississippi on Apple Podcasts

‎Show Banned, Ep 7. Mississippi - Jun 13, 2022

podcasts.apple.com

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BREAKING: The Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, has voted at their annual meeting to oppose IVF. The move may signal the beginning of a broad turn on the right against IVF.

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NEW: Louisiana is growing *more* supportive of abortion rights, and a majority now support legal abortion in all or most cases, per @LSU 's annual survey. This is especially true in cases of rape and when pregnancy is life-threatening.

LSU survey finds growing support for abortion rights, especially in cases of rape

Support for abortion rights in Louisiana grew over the last year, and a majority of people now say abortion should generally be legal, according to Louisiana State University’s annual statewide...

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The report found doctors are using extreme caution – and deviating from standard medical practice – to avoid even the appearance of providing an abortion. They’re not just afraid of doing the wrong thing, they’re afraid of being investigated or targeted in any way.

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After this kind of procedure, you’re advised you can’t deliver vaginally for any future pregnancies (the statistically safest way to give birth) and you face greater risks of your uterus rupturing.

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UPDATE: I’m back! Hot off the heels of a national Murrow award and three months with a new baby… Whatever is left of this site, I’m here for it. I’ll be returning to @WWNO and @WRKF to edit our audio coverage and do more reporting on reproductive health and abortion.

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2 years

Here's clinic owner Diane Dennis. She says: It has begun. Half of US states are about to end abortion access. We're not laying down. We're not giving up. She's opening a new clinic Las Cruces, New Mexico.

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2 years

In a now-deleted tweet, State Rep. Danny McCormick ( @McCormick4LA ) tweeted that pregnancy is the "ideal female form"

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In the House Criminal Justice Committee today, a slew of bills aimed at changing Louisiana’s abortion ban, including to combat dangerous changes to maternal health per my @NPR report

Standard pregnancy care is now dangerously disrupted in Louisiana, report reveals

A troubling new report from Louisiana shows how the state's abortion ban from 2022 is forcing doctors to delay or withhold medical care in ways that make pregnancy more dangerous.

www.npr.org

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Dr. Jennifer Avegno, director of the NOLA health department, is testifying about how physicians are afraid to act in miscarriage situations because of the way the current law is written.

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Avegno says the bill would clarify that ectopic pregnancies (when the embryo implant outside the uterus) and molar pregnancies (where there's no development of an embryo, but instead a cluster of cells that mimics a pregnancy) are not viable, are dangerous, and can be treated.

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The stats are incredible: only about 0.5 per cent of sex assaults result in court proceedings, only about 0.2 per cent end in convictions

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Last year, @NolaAbortionFnd gave clients an average $308 for procedures and less for travel. Now it's giving an average $723 for procedures and $1,620 to cover travel, food, flights, hotels and other costs @PPGulfCoast is giving patients an average $500 towards logistics

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NEW: The cost of getting a legal abortion has skyrocketed if you live in the South to over $2,000

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Major news this morning. The FDA approves OTC birth control. Could be particularly huge for people who can't easily get to a doc/pay for a doc/live in rural areas/etc

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BREAKING: U.S. officials have approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, a major change that will broaden access for women and teenagers.

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Nancy Davis is a 36-year-old mother of two denied an abortion in Louisiana, despite carrying a fetus with no brain or skull. Now, she's fundraising to travel to North Carolina for an abortion.

NANCY DAVIS- Louisiana woman, organized by Nancy Davis

My name is Nancy Davis and I am 36 years old. My significant other and I have three children … Nancy Davis needs your support for NANCY DAVIS- Louisiana woman

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🚨We are losing @mollyryan25 (😭) but that means we're HIRING a state politics reporter! Come lead our political coverage (and pitch @NPR ) from Baton Rouge! Details below. First review is soon so get your application in. Salary: $50,000 - $60,000

Careers and Volunteers

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The number one reason a drug ends up on the list, per the law: "(1) Its actual or relative potential for abuse." Per the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy, "abuse" means "addiction"

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1 year

Says both conditions have implications for future fertility, which makes it important to act earlier rather than later.

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1 year

Absolutely THRILLED and grateful to be honored with a Murrow for my ongoing coverage of abortion and reproductive health and rights. And congratulations to my public radio colleagues @SteveBisaha @chatlanis @bmisick @codydonair @hey_kyramae @ayyschreib !!!! 🔥🔥🔥

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RTDNA announces the next set of 2023 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award winners! Congratulations to our winners from Region 9 (Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi)! #MurrowMay #Murrows

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@ashtonpittman This is astounding even to a reporter covering this day in and out.

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3 months

In one of the most extreme examples, doctors told me women are being given c sections instead of abortions when their water breaks early in pregnancy

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1 year

Avegno says the advice physicians have been getting is if you have questions call the hospital attorney. But they didn't go to medical school.

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@rosiewestwood

2 months

He told me the goal is to prevent "diversion" of controlled substances and to "prevent patients from getting controlled substances from multiple providers at the same time." Think opioids.

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Rosemary Westwood

@rosiewestwood

1 year

Avegno says the law limits the treatment options for ectopic pregnancies, and this bill would ensure that any treatment a physician deems necessary could be used.

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Rosemary Westwood

@rosiewestwood

2 years

BREAKING: Louisiana's trigger law banning nearly also abortions blocked. Lawyers say abortions will resume.

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Rosemary Westwood

@rosiewestwood

3 months

Government officials being accused of lying is news

Sam Karlin

@samkarlin

3 months

A prominent aide to Gov. Jeff Landry quit abruptly and accused another Landry deputy of asking him to lie. Landry’s spokesperson then says “Reporting on the interactions between two staffers is news for TMZ” and accuses the paper of “tabloid”journalism

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Rosemary Westwood

@rosiewestwood

1 year

New and disturbing from @AnnieWaldman

Annie Waldman

@AnnieWaldman

1 year

NEW: Years ago, researchers warned the fed govt that some doctors may be overusing certain medical procedures so egregiously, they may be a "threat to public safety." We looked into it, and found doctors making millions as patients risked life and limb:

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Rosemary Westwood

@rosiewestwood

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Hello world! I'm back with @WWNO and @WRKF after making sure this little human gets off to a half-decent start. Send all your public health tips/ideas/questions/frustrations/concerns to rosemary @wwno .org. Talk soon!

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Rosemary Westwood

@rosiewestwood

2 years

No news outlet is a greater authority on abortion rights and the range of reproductive rights/health than @RewireNewsGroup When I first started digging into this beat, it had one of the few online catalogues of abortions laws.

Jessica Mason Pieklo

@Hegemommy

2 years

We're not even 12 hours from the Dobbs decision and already nine state trigger bans have taken effect

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Rosemary Westwood

@rosiewestwood

1 year

FINALLY joining this and 1149 words down. The best part of this is the permission. I wish we knew why we needed it, but grateful to have it. #1000wordsofsummer is a middle finger to the part of you that stands in your own way

jami attenberg

@jamiattenberg

1 year

1002 words done of a new scene in the novel that is already so, so long 🙏 #1000wordsofsummer

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Rosemary Westwood

@rosiewestwood

3 months

🚨NEW For @NPR @MorningEdition — an update on efforts to categorize drugs routinely used in pregnancy care as Schedule IV controlled dangerous substances in Louisiana — because the meds can also be used to induce abortions.

Doctors in Louisiana are alarmed over how the state may reclassify 2 abortion pills

A new bill in Louisiana seeks to reclassify two abortion pills as "controlled dangerous substances." Someone possessing the pills without a prescription could be punished, including jail time.

www.npr.org

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Rosemary Westwood

@rosiewestwood

4 months

And accidental overdoses were astonishingly high. Look at this chart. (It's for all deaths, no just pregnancy-related.) And note homicide is the #2 cause of death for pregnant women in Louisiana in 2020

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Rosemary Westwood

@rosiewestwood

7 years

And when they're Muslim?

PRRI

@PRRIpoll

7 years

Three-quarters (75%) say Christians who commit acts of violence in name of Christianity aren’t really Christian.

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Rosemary Westwood

@rosiewestwood

3 years

Hello 👋 If you follow @WWNO (which you should) you know I bombarded folks with news of the delta variant — and then NOLA city officials put it far more bluntly today:

'This Should Scare The Hell Out Of You': New Orleans Officials Warn Delta Variant Is Here And...

The highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus is causing a rise in COVID-19 cases in New Orleans and is “killing people,” city leaders warned Tuesday.

www.wwno.org

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Rosemary Westwood

@rosiewestwood

1 year

We're seeing this in the number of patients transferred for care, she said. She also describes women who aren't able to get medication from pharmacies when they're miscarrying .

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Rosemary Westwood

@rosiewestwood

2 years

The fallout from overturning Roe is just beginning. But if you need grounding right now and an answer to how we got here, listen to Banned. All 7 episodes are out. A bonus EP is coming. tl;dr: Roe is just a first step for anti-abortion activists.

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Rosemary Westwood

@rosiewestwood

2 years

🧵In post-Roe Louisiana, if you’re carrying a fetus that is so sick it won’t survive, you might be able to get an abortion. Or you might not. My reporting shows: It depends on what hospital you go to.

A woman's denied abortion highlights how Louisiana hospitals are in limbo post-Roe

Nancy Davis, a 36-year-old Baton Rouge mother of three, never expected she'd need an abortion. Nor did she expect she would ever be denied one. But Davis is facing a new reality in Louisiana: Even...

www.wwno.org

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Rosemary Westwood

@rosiewestwood

1 year

🚨Alert! I'll be on leave until December. But before I sign off for awhile: I'm thrilled and honored to receive a national Murrow award for my ongoing coverage of reproductive rights, health and abortion. 🎉

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Rosemary Westwood

@rosiewestwood

2 years

Launch day! EPs 1-3 of Banned are out today! The podcast that tells the story behind the Mississippi law set to overturn Roe v. Wade. The #SCOTUS decision is expected in just a few weeks. How did we get here? Listen to #Bannedpodcast and find out.

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Rosemary Westwood

@rosiewestwood

4 months

For people who need visuals

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