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The Reproductive Health Act is a New York statute enacted on January 22, 2019, that expanded abortion rights, decriminalized abortion, and eliminated several restrictions on voluntary abortions in the state. [1] The RHA repealed §4164 of the state Public Health Law. [2] The law has received national media attention.
The state passed the Reproductive Health Equity Act into law in April 2022, which protects abortion rights, and assures "every individual has a fundamental right to make decisions about the individual's reproductive health care, including the fundamental right to use or refuse contraception; a pregnant individual has a fundamental right to ...
The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012, also known as the Reproductive Health Law or RH Law, and officially designated as Republic Act No. 10354, is a Philippine law that provided universal access to methods on contraception, fertility control, sexual education, and maternal care. While there is agreement about its ...
Ectopic pregnancies can be extremely dangerous and life threatening. They occur when a fertilized egg implants and grows outside the uterus, most commonly in the fallopian tubes. The pregnancy is ...
Currently, abortion is legal before 22 weeks of pregnancy in Iowa. From 22 weeks onwards, it’s only legal if your physical health or life is in danger. In 2018, Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed a ...
Mar. 28—A group of U.S. Senate Democrats, including Sen. Martin Heinrich, is pitching a plan to establish a grant program to expand the availability of abortion and other reproductive health ...
In the United States, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), signed into law in 2010, makes health insurance and some health services more affordable for more people. The ACA also expanded Medicaid to ...
This is a timeline of reproductive rights legislation, a chronological list of laws and legal decisions affecting human reproductive rights. Reproductive rights are a sub-set of human rights [1] pertaining to issues of reproduction and reproductive health. [2] These rights may include some or all of the following: the right to legal or safe ...