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Today at Ms. | October 25, 2022
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Doctors on Dobbs: Abortion Providers Bear Witness to the Devastating Effects of Roe’s Overturn [[link removed]]
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On the day the Supreme Court issued its decision, a patient in San Antonio contemplates her options after being told she can no longer get an abortion in Texas. (Gina Ferazz / Getty Images)
BY BELLE TAYLOR-MCGHEE | Abortion providers bear witness to the immediate and devastating effects of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe.
“It has become devastating to practice medicine,” said Dr. Ellie Ragsdale, an ob-gyn who specializes in high-risk obstetrics and fetal therapy at an academic medical center in Cleveland. “You come to work every day and hope that the decisions you make are the best decisions for your patients, and that those decisions don’t land you in jail.”
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Empowered: Women Tell Family Court Judges of Experiences With Coercive Control Using New Domestic Abuse Law [[link removed]]
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A presentation on Jennifers’ Law with the Connecticut Bar Association in March. (Connecticut Protective Moms / @MomsProtective Twitter)
BY AMY POLACKO | Connecticut’s new Jennifers’ Law, which went into effect last October and expanded domestic abuse to include coercive control, addresses the way perpetrators weaponize the court system.
“We’ve faced trauma and been dismissed in our marriages—then we’ve seen the truth dismissed in court. We tell people to leave an abusive marriage and go to get help and be protected, but then the judicial system has to step up to protect us. I hope women hear our stories and are empowered to speak up about Jennifers’ Law too.”
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Telemedicine Abortion, Explained: The Ms. Q&A with Choix’s Cindy Adam [[link removed]]
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BY ALLISON FINE | As abortion bans mount in states across the country in the wake of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade , abortion seekers in states where the procedure is banned are increasingly turning to online telemedicine providers.
“It really helps to alleviate the stress and the barriers that come with accessing such a highly stigmatized and politicized form of care, even in the states where abortion care remains legal,” said Cindy Adam, co-founder and CEO of Choix, of telemedicine abortion. “It puts that power to decide back into the hands of the person seeking care.”
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