abortion

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Michelle Maloney represents 10 women or their families who allege doctors did not provide medical care that should have been considered legal under the abortion law’s medical emergency exception.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

“Everyone should know that you have to provide an abortion in these settings or women can die.”

From Salon • May 27, 2026

Giribala Singh has denied the allegations – she says that it was Twisha who insisted on the abortion saying that she did not want children.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Melissa Grant, Carafem’s chief operations officer, said the past few years of chaos in U.S. abortion regulations prepared the organization to be nimble when the need arose.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

We thought about an abortion, but it was illegal, and the only woman we had heard of who did abortions was supposedly connected with the police department.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose