{"id":2827,"date":"2024-05-23T20:09:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=2827"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:09:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:09:54","slug":"anti-abortion-hard-liners-speak-up-kff-health-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=2827","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Abortion Hard-Liners Speak Up &#8211; KFF Health News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-people block--people\">\n<h3 class=\"people-title\">\n\t\tThe Host\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"people-card-container single\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-people-card block--people-card\">\n<div class=\"author-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<img srcset=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=500,500 500w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=480,480 480w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=120,120 120w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=170,170 170w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=315,315 315w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 150px\"\/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>With abortion shaping up as a key issue for the November elections, the movement that united to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> is divided over going further, faster \u2014 including by punishing those who have abortions and banning contraception or IVF. Politicians who oppose abortion are already experiencing backlash in some states.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, bad actors are bilking the health system in various new ways, from switching people\u2019s insurance plans without their consent to pocket additional commissions, to hacking the records of major health systems and demanding millions of dollars in ransom.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s panelists are Julie Rovner of KFF Health News, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins schools of public health and nursing and Politico Magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Among the takeaways from this week\u2019s episode:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It appears that abortion opponents are learning it\u2019s a lot easier to agree on what you\u2019re against than for. Now that the constitutional right to an abortion has been overturned, political leaders are contending with vocal groups that want to push further \u2014 such as by banning access to IVF or contraception.<\/li>\n<li>A Louisiana bill designating abortion pills as controlled substances targets people in the state, where abortion is banned, who are finding ways to get the drug. And abortion providers in Kansas are suing over a new law that requires patients to report their reasons for having an abortion. Such state laws have a cumulative chilling effect on abortion access.<\/li>\n<li>Some Republican lawmakers seem to be trying to dodge voter dissatisfaction with abortion restrictions in this election year. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama introduced legislation to protect IVF by pulling Medicaid funding from states that ban the fertility procedure \u2014 but it has holes. And Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland declared he is pro-choice, even though he mostly dodged the issue during his eight years as governor.<\/li>\n<li>Former President Donald Trump is in the news again for comments that seemed to leave the door open to restrictions on contraception \u2014 which may be the case, though he is known to make such vague policy suggestions. Trump\u2019s policies as president did restrict access to contraception, and his allies have proposed going further.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also this week, Rovner interviews Shefali Luthra of The 19<sup>th<\/sup> about her new book on abortion in post-<em>Roe<\/em> America, \u201cUndue Burden.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block block--newsletter  \" data-type=\"kaiser-health-news\/newsletter\" data-align=\"center\" style=\"\">\n<h4 class=\"newsletter__title\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/email\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tEmail Sign-Up\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/h4>\n<p class=\"newsletter__description\">\n\t\tSubscribe to KFF Health News&#8217; free Morning Briefing.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Plus, for \u201cextra credit,\u201d the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week that they think you should read, too:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Julie Rovner:<\/strong> The 19<sup>th<\/sup>\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/19thnews.org\/2024\/05\/abortion-clinics-fight-to-survive-bans-closures\/\">What Happens to Clinics After a State Bans Abortion? They Fight To Survive<\/a>,\u201d by Shefali Luthra and Chabeli Carrazana.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alice Miranda Ollstein:<\/strong> Stat\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2024\/05\/21\/sickle-cell-patients-steered-toward-sterilization-for-decades\/\">How Doctors Are Pressuring Sickle Cell Patients Into Unwanted Sterilizations<\/a>,\u201d by Eric Boodman.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rachel Roubein:<\/strong> The Washington Post\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/science\/2024\/05\/18\/biden-trump-age-cognitive-decline\/\">What Science Tells Us About Biden, Trump and Evaluating an Aging Brain<\/a>,\u201d by Joel Achenbach and Mark Johnson.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joanne Kenen:<\/strong> ProPublica\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/article\/2024\/may\/20\/microplastics-human-testicles-study-sperm-counts\">Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe<\/a>,\u201d by Sharon Lerner; and The Guardian\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/article\/2024\/may\/20\/microplastics-human-testicles-study-sperm-counts\">Microplastics Found in Every Human Testicle in Study<\/a>,\u201d by Damian Carrington.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also mentioned on this week\u2019s podcast:<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><em>To hear all our podcasts,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/podcast\/\"><u>click here<\/u><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And subscribe to KFF Health News\u2019 \u201cWhat the Health?\u201d on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/32EdsB662C3oyIrqLMmBXI?si=TQhRjzzLTgWtK3crfbOFtA\"><u>Spotify<\/u><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/what-the-health\/id1253607372?mt=2\"><u>Apple Podcasts<\/u><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.pocketcasts.com\/web\/podcasts\/a379e280-3f57-0135-9028-63f4b61a9224\"><u>Pocket Casts<\/u><\/a>, or wherever you listen to podcasts.<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"block--category-tag-list \">\n<div class=\"category-tag-list__content-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"block--category-tag-list__title\">\n\t\t\t\tRelated Topics\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"category-tag-list__contact-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/contact-us\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tContact Us\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<a class=\"category-tag-list__tip-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/tips\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tSubmit a Story Tip\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Host With abortion shaping up as a key issue for the November elections, the movement that united to overturn Roe v. Wade is divided over going further, faster \u2014 including by punishing those who have abortions and banning contraception or IVF. Politicians who oppose abortion are already experiencing backlash in some states. 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