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U.S. Representative-elect Kelly Morrison, an OB-GYN, readies for first term in Congress
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U.S. Representative-elect Kelly Morrison is set to be among about two dozen lawmakers who are trained physicians and the only OB-GYN who supports abortion rights in Congress in a post-Roe v. Wade America, which has given her national attention.
She will represent the 3rd Congressional District, succeeding U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, who didn't seek re-election during a failed bid for president. She previously served in both the state House and most recently, the state Senate.
But her experience in medicine has shaped her approach to elected office and it prompted her to launch her first campaign in 2018, she said. At the time, President Trump was running for his first term and promised to appoint justices to the Supreme Court who would overturn the decades-old case that guaranteed a fundamental right to an abortion.
"That's what he did, and that's what the court did, and we're seeing the ramifications of that Dobbs decision," Morrison said in an interview Monday while at new member orientation in Washington. "We have a maternal health crisis unfolding across the country, and so I am concerned about the possibility of future and further restrictions being imposed on the American people."
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Abortion pills may be FDA's first test under Trump
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While the early focus on a Trump administration Food and Drug Administration has been on vaccine policy, one of its first moves could be overhauling the federal rules that have made it easier to access the widely used abortion pill Mifepristone.
Use of the drug has surged as states enacted near or total abortion bans after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. But new agency leadership could quickly move to roll back some of the policies that were the focus of a closely watched Supreme Court case this year.
Legal and reproductive health experts say that would undermine the agency's credibility and underscore the role politics could play over science in regulatory decision-making.
"It is likely that they will revisit the conditions in which the medication abortions, which now account for nearly two-thirds of all abortions in this country, can be provided," said Alina Salganicoff, KFF's director for women's health policy.
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How do I protect my privacy if I’m seeking an abortion?
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The reelection of former president Donald Trump is almost certain to disrupt the future of reproductive rights in the U.S. The president-elect has pledged to leave abortion up to states but could appoint anti-abortion leaders to federal positions or begin enforcing anachronistic laws that limit access. Meanwhile, measures to protect or expand abortion access on Election Day failed in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota, and nearly 20 other states have banned or severely restricted abortion since the 2022 overturn of Roe v. Wade.
A national abortion ban is possible under the Trump administration without congressional action, said Amanda Barrow, an attorney with the UCLA Center on Reproductive Health, Law and Policy. “An unfortunate reality is any state gains or progress that have been made would be overshadowed by the harm that could be done at the federal level,” she said.
Experts say people seeking an abortion can take meaningful measures to protect their safety and privacy as they research, order medication, make appointments, recover from the procedure, and figure out how they’re going to pay for it all. They caution that everyone, including those living in a state without restrictions, may want to keep their health care decisions private.
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