Selena Simmons-Duffin
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Despite bans in some states, more than a million abortions were provided in 2023
That's the highest number in more than a decade, according to new research. Medication abortion made up a larger share of the total than in 2020.
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New study raises questions about the CDC's data on the maternal mortality rate
A new study raises doubts about the high rate of maternal mortality in the U.S. that was officially reported.
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How bad is maternal mortality in the U.S.? A new study says it's been overestimated
The peer-reviewed study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology says a pregnancy checkbox on national death certificates inflates the death rate.
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Abortion pills that patients got via telehealth and the mail are safe, study finds
The study looks at 6,000 patients who got abortion pills after an online appointment. It found that 99.7% of those abortions were not followed by any serious adverse events.
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Research at the heart of a federal case against the abortion pill has been retracted
A research paper that raises questions about the safety of abortion has been retracted. The research is cited in a federal judge's ruling about the abortion pill mifepristone.
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Your appendix is not, in fact, useless. This anatomy professor explains
A sudden appendectomy as a child made Heather Smith curious about what the appendix is for and why it gets inflamed. Now as an anatomy researcher, she's finding answers.
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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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'Jane Roe' is anonymous no more. The very public fight against abortion bans in 2023
As the first full year since Roe v. Wade was overturned closes, the abortion landscape in the U.S. has changed legally, politically and medically.
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5 things to know about the latest abortion case in Texas
The case involves just one abortion, but it's likely to have wider implications in the state with some of the strictest abortion laws in the country.
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Texas woman who sued state for abortion travels out of state for procedure instead
Kate Cox, a 31-year-old woman from the Dallas area who had sued the state of Texas for access to an abortion, has left the state to get the procedure, according to her lawyers.