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Donald Trump and J. D. Vance will take office not even three years after Trump-appointed US Supreme Court justices provided the deciding votes to overturn Roe. A second Trump term could be worse for SRHR and beyond. But the fight is far from over. More from our Acting Co-CEO, Destiny Lopez: https://gu.tt/4fd04Xz #Election2024 #ReproductiveHealth #AbortionIsEssential

As noted abolitionist, educator and activist Mariame Kaba says, “Hope is a discipline.” Hear more from Kelly Baden ?? #PowerPlus2024

Arizona is 1 of 7 states that voted to enshrine abortion rights in their state constitution. As of today, these protections are now in place. Our interactive map is up to date, with Arizona moving up to ‘Restrictive.’ This constitutional protection is a critical step towards expanding access in AZ, but the fight is not over. The state’s 15-week ban and many other restrictions are still on the books. The newly enacted protection gives advocates a legal avenue to challenge the ban and further expand access to care. Huge shoutout to the Arizona organizers who worked so hard to mobilize voters to protect abortion rights in the state constitution! Donating to abortion funds is still critically important at this time. Learn more from National Network of Abortion Funds. We will be closely monitoring Arizona’s state policies as this protection is implemented. Learn more about abortion policies in effect in every US state: https://gu.tt/4985P4S #AbortionAccess #AbortionRights #ReproductiveRights

Why did US voters pass 7 out of 10 pro-abortion ballot measures while simultaneously re-electing the president responsible for the Dobbs decision? In a new op-ed in Scientific American, Guttmacher’s VP for Public Policy Kelly Baden breaks down lessons from the 2024 election and the future of abortion access under a second Trump administration. Read more: https://gu.tt/3OnQGEH #AbortionRights #PublicPolicy #ReproductiveHealth

Porsha Ngumezi should be alive today, but she was denied standard miscarriage care at a Texas hospital. Porsha is the fifth woman documented so far that has died because of abortion bans and restrictions. We cannot normalize this horrifying reality. https://gu.tt/3V2r8R9 #ReproductiveHealth #ReproductiveRights #AbortionRights

Today marks the start of the UN’s annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence—a global movement calling for the urgent prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls. Learn more: https://gu.tt/4fBpoH9 #NoExcuse #16Days

Many things keep Guttmacher’s team up at night. That includes bans targeting young people’s abortion access. Hear from Michelle Slaybaugh of SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change & our policy expert Candace Gibson on the harm of these bans. #ReproductiveHealth #AbortionAccess #SRHR

“The thing that we're trying to grapple with is, how far is the Trump administration going to go, in terms of access to sexual and reproductive health care? Because we know from the first administration that there was incredible damage done to access.” Our expert Candace Gibson weighs in on looming threats to SRHR in the US. Read more: https://gu.tt/3CF1ZWl #ReproductiveHealth #ReproductiveRights

Abortions in Iowa dropped by 38% after a harmful 6-week ban took effect on July 29, 2024. We worked with Iowa Public Radio and Planned Parenthood North Central States to tell the critical story of this new data and how early gestational bans impact abortion access. Read more: https://gu.tt/4ftKozn

After Iowa’s 6-week ban took effect on July 29, 2024, clinician-provided abortions in the state dropped 38% from the average number of abortions in the first 6 months of the year, according to new findings from our Monthly Abortion Provision Study. Abortion was already inaccessible for many Iowans before the ban went into effect. More than 1 in 5 Iowa abortion patients traveled out of state for care in 2023, as our data show. Iowans deserve better. Learn more about the ban’s impact with our interactive dashboard: https://gu.tt/4dnYPED #AbortionAccess #ReproductiveHealth