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☆ First U.S. Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill Will Be Available Soon
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Pam Belluck | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Why It MattersThe medication, called Opill, which was approved for over-the-counter sale by the Food and Drug Administration last year, will be the most effective birth control method available without a prescription, research shows — more effective than condoms, spermicides and other nonprescription methods. Some experts said they thought it might be a particularly good option for teenagers, who might otherwise rely on condoms. Reproductive health experts and members of an F.D.A. But long before that, the move to make a nonprescription pill available for all ages had received widespread support from specialists in reproductive and adolescent health and groups. In a survey in 2022 by the health care research organization KFF, more than three-quarters of women of reproductive age said they favored an over-the-counter pill, primarily because of convenience.

Persons: Lupe M, Rodriguez, ” Karen Murry, Opill Organizations: Food and Drug Administration, National Latina Institute, Reproductive

☆ Independent Abortion Clinics Are Crucial but Endangered
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Trisha Mukherjee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Eventually it grew, and Hachamovitch expanded and established abortion clinics across the country, from Long Island to Arizona to Texas. AdvertisementAdvocates say that independent clinics — in 2022, Bronx Abortion was one of two in a borough of about 1.4 million people — are essential to providing abortion care. But even in New York, a state that has committed to protecting and supporting abortion rights, independent clinics are at risk. According to the Abortion Care Network, "threats to these clinics are a threat to abortion access overall." But they agree on one thing: At any given moment, a small independent clinic like Bronx Abortion might be forced to shut down.

Persons: Chelsea, Roe, Wade, Allison Hess, Irene Sylvor, Moshe Hachamovitch, Sylvor, Aimee Anderson, Anderson, Destiney Kirby, Hachamovitch, Sarah McNeilly, Tiffany Quiles, Quiles, Elizabeth Estrada, scribbling, Irene, Desiree Caro, Sylvor's, Kirby, There's, Emily Women's, Emily, Theresa Chong, That's, Caro Organizations: Business, Bronx Abortion, New York, Bronx, BI, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, BI Clinic, BI Kirby, Hospital, National Latina Institute, Reproductive, Chelsea, Staff, Abortion Care Network, Clinics, Public Health Solutions, Abortion, Volunteers, Clinic, Emily Women's Health Locations: Morris Park, Chelsea, New York State, Bronx, Long Island, Arizona, Texas, Riverdale, Westchester, New York, South Bronx, New York City

That's almost half the nearly 6.7 million Latinas who live in those states, representing the largest group of women of color affected by the court's decision. Financially insecure women are more likely to be affected by state bans and restrictions, the report notes, because they are likely to lack funds to travel to another state for abortion care. Roughly 1.4 million Latinas in these 26 abortion-restricted states work in service occupations, according to the report. Twenty-six states have banned or further restricted abortion services by providers such as Planned Parenthood since the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade case. Michael B. Thomas | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAt large, Hispanic women or Latinas are over represented in low-wage occupations, such as servers and cleaners.

Persons: Roe, Wade, Lea, That's, Lupe M, Shaina Goodman, Michael B, Thomas, Dobbs, Candace Gibson, Goodman, Rachel Greszler Organizations: National Partnership for Women, National Latina Institute, Reproductive, Getty, U.S . Department of Labor, Heritage Foundation

Latinas are the largest group of women of color affected by current and future state abortion bans and restrictions: More than 4 in 10 Latinas of reproductive age live in the nearly two dozen states where officials are working to make abortion inaccessible. Three-quarters of the Latinas who live in states with abortion bans or restrictions are concentrated in Texas, Florida and Arizona. Roe’s repeal opened the door for 13 states, most of them in the South and the Midwest, to implement abortion bans. Nearly 3.1 million Latinas affected by current and future abortion bans in the 26 states are already mothers. Close to 4.3 million white Latinas, 820,500 multiracial Latinas, over 107,000 Black Latinas, nearly 57,000 Native Latinas and 18,500 Asian American Pacific Islander Latinas live in those states.

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