This Week in Abortion: Just the Headlines, and #GT Ideas

A collection of good reads, events from the week, and policy insights.

Appreciating many readers are traveling or spending time with family and friends this weekend, I kept this brief - just the top headlines of the week. And, I provide a few worthy causes for those of you participating in Giving Tuesday.

Giving Tuesday Opportunities

• States Newsroom, funds high-quality journalism nationwide without advertising, subscription fees or paywalls. They are focused on supporting coverage of state legislatures. So, not surprisingly, I have found their abortion policy coverage to be some of the most consistent, detailed, and best out there.

• Abortion funds have become an important backstop to help people navigate a changing service landscape and access resources to travel to and otherwise access abortion services. The National Network of Abortion Funds can help you find a fund in your area or anywhere in the country.

• If you are interested in directly funding clinics, you can find an independent clinic through the Abortion Care Network, or donate to a local Planned Parenthood.

Top Abortion Updates

• 👎 South Carolina Daily Gazette, “SC high court refuses to take up latest abortion challenge, lets ban stand at 6 weeks”

• 👎 Oklahoma Voice, “Oklahoma AG sues Biden administration over family planning grant clawback”

• 👍 Michigan Advance, “‘Michigan has showed the world’: Whitmer signs pared-down Reproductive Health Act into law”

• 👍 Missouri Independent, “Missouri Supreme Court won’t hear Jay Ashcroft’s appeal of abortion ballot summaries”

The Wider World of Healthcare and Uteri

• 👎 CalMatters, “Vast stretches of California lose maternity care as dozens of hospitals shut labor wards.”

• 🤷‍♀️ KFF Health News, “Biden Administration Nibbles at the Maternal Health Crisis”... What a great headline!