[This article is a transcript of “Study: abortion bans aren’t increasing maternal mortality” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] This video is also available on TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook. Since Dobbs, we’ve heard endlessly about how abortion restrictions are going to increase maternal […]
In 2024, JAMA Pediatrics published “Infant Deaths After Texas’ 2021 Ban on Abortion in Early Pregnancy,” which argued that “abortion restrictions may have negative spillover effects on infant health.” The paper was filled with questionable and frankly ableist assumptions, and I wanted to respond somewhere beyond SPL’s blog. I spoke with Nicholas Colgrove about it. […]
[This article is a transcript of “Why do abortion providers need to ‘induce fetal asystole’?” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] (Video is also available on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube) Have you ever had a pro-choice person tell you that there’s […]
[This article is a transcript of “Pro-abortion lexicon: don’t say ‘living’” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] Okay, are you ready for this mouthful: “A Lexicon for First-Trimester Ultrasounds: Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Consensus Conference Recommendations.” They’re trying to […]
Under the “abortion rights” section of NBC’s website, they have “A dramatic rise in pregnant women dying in Texas after abortion ban.” The article is a summary of an unpublished analysis from the Gender Equity Policy Insitute (GEPI). I searched their website and couldn’t find any recent reports related to Texas. I can’t look at […]
In a Harvard Law Review journal article, Mary Ziegler raises important questions about the status of pro-choice and pro-life conscientious objectors operating in the field of medicine. For example, in a post-Roe context, pro-choice medical providers face conflicting pressures from licensing boards and legal codes. Pro-life medical providers face unfriendly regulators who view abortion as […]
I recently read this article in the journal Palliative Medicine: Building trust and improving communication with parents of children with Trisomy 13 and 18. Trisomy 13 and 18 are common life-limiting conditions associated with major disabilities. This article explores the experiences of parents of children with Trisomy 13 or 18, focusing on the parents’ interactions […]
In 2023, Jessalyn Bohn wrote “When Words Fail: ‘Miscarriage,’ Referential Ambiguity, and Psychological Harm.” She called for more precision and sensitivity when describing pregnancy loss. About a year later, Belinda Alievska wrote some reflections of Bohn’s work: The Implications of Revising The Terminology of Pregnancy Loss. Specifically Alievska worried that Bohn’s proposed phrase “intrauterine death” […]
Photo Credit Chromatograph on Unsplash Two studies explain proof of concept for testing for the presence of abortion drugs after a pregnancy loss using a highly specific process: ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) coupled with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (QqQ-MS/MS) (coupled as UHPLC-QqQ-MS/MS). Here, I will walk through what exactly this testing process is and how […]
A transcription of the video, with source links and post-video notes, follows. A new study purports to show an increase in infant mortality in Texas due to their Heartbeat Bill: their September 2021, approximately six week abortion ban. Specifically, the study found an excess of 216 infant deaths, or a 12.7% increase over what they […]
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