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☆ Study maps how nonprofit religious groups set up facilities near abortion clinics
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Abigail Brooks | Abigail Brooks Is A Producer For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +14 min

While crisis pregnancy centers’ pattern of locating near abortion facilities is well documented, the new research, published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Medical Internet Research, maps women’s geographic access to both crisis pregnancy centers and abortion facilities. The new study found that in 2021, crisis pregnancy centers outnumbered abortion clinics 3-to-1 in the U.S., but acknowledged that the figure is probably greater now post-Dobbs. On average, the distance between crisis pregnancy centers and abortion facilities in the U.S. was 5.5 miles. Abortion clinics offer other health careAbortion-rights advocates say that when communities lose abortion clinics, they also lose access to other health care services for women. Crisis pregnancy centers outnumber abortion clinics 9 to 1 in Texas, according to the crisis pregnancy center study.

Persons: ”, Christina Villarreal, Mary Jane Maharry, “, ” Brian Westbrook, Dobbs, Andrea Swartzendruber, Danielle Lambert, ” Swartzendruber, Lambert, CPCs, ’, Swartzendruber, ” Lambert, “ They’re, you’re, Andrea Trudden, Roe, Ashley Underwood, “ We’re, couldn’t, ” Underwood, Wade, Nikki Madsen, we’ve, ” Madsen, they’ve, We’re, Donald Trump’s, Biden Organizations: Parenthood Health Center, Southwest Missouri, Coalition Life, NBC News, Medical Internet Research, “, University of Georgia College of Public Health, American College of Obstetricians, CPC, Communications, Heartbeat, United States, Equity, NBC, National Abortion Federation, Abortion Care Network, X, Obria Locations: Carbondale , Illinois, Illinois, Flossmoor , Illinois, Louis Region, Southwest, Fairview Heights , Illinois, Missouri, U.S, United, Louisiana, Florida , Missouri, North Carolina , Tennessee, Texas

☆ A death row inmate wrestled with guilt and addiction before his execution
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Abigail Brooks | Abigail Brooks Is A Producer For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

ATMORE, Ala. — When Derrick Dearman entered Alabama’s execution chamber Thursday evening, he was the fifth man the state put to death this year. The difference between Dearman and the men who came before him is that he went to his death willingly. “I believe in the death penalty, but it might be more justice for him to spend the rest of his life in prison. Dearman went to the home and was told he could not stay the night. Dearman wrestled a pistol away from Justin Reed as Reed tried to defend himself and Chelsea Reed.

Persons: Derrick Dearman, Kay Ivey, Steve Marshall, Dearman, Shannon Melissa Randall, Robert Lee Brown, Justin Kaleb Reed, Joseph Adam Turner, Chelsea Marie Reed, Bryant Randall, Chelsea’s, Shannon, Robert, ” Randall, “, ”, Jeff Hood, Hood, William C, Holman, Laneta Lester, Lester, Joseph Turner, Shannon Randall, ” Dearman, I’m, Laneta, Robert Brown, Justin Reed, Reed, Chelsea Reed, Derek, Abagail, Dearman's, I’ve, y’all, “ Derrick Dearman, Carey Dale Grayson Organizations: NBC News, Holman Correctional Facility, U.S . Justice Department, Turner, Justice Initiative Locations: Ala, Dearman, Alabama, Citronelle , Alabama, Laneta, Leakesville , Mississippi, “

☆ Crisis pregnancy center's forms give rare insight into anti-abortion practices
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Abigail Brooks | Abigail Brooks Is A Producer For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +13 min

The questionnaires, known as client intake forms, give rare insight into the practices of Sage and other crisis pregnancy centers and how they use ambiguous language to describe their services. These practices are typical for crisis pregnancy centers across the country, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The tactics used at crisis pregnancy centers often create delays that leave women unable to access abortions, forcing them to continue their pregnancies. Most crisis pregnancy centers in the United States are affiliated with either Heartbeat International or Care Net, another anti-abortion network. Like Idaho, North Carolina provides state funding to crisis pregnancy centers.

Persons: Sage, Raúl Labrador, Law360, ”, Michelle Kuppersmith, “, It’s, Linda Prine, Prine, ” Prine, Jayme Trevino, Landy, it’s, ” Trevino, Sage Women’s, Willow, Andrea Trudden, ” Susannah Baruch, Julie von Haefen, she’s, ’ ” von Haefen, “ I’m, von Haefen Organizations: NBC News, Sage, Sage Women’s, Consumer Protection, American College of Obstetricians, Women’s, federal, Insurance, Guttmacher Institute, Heartbeat, NBC, International, Flom Center, Health Law, Biotechnology, Bioethics, Harvard Law School, Care, Democrat Locations: Twin Falls , Idaho, Idaho, Labrador, Colorado, United States, ” North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina

Two years after an Alabama prisoner was spared when staff members struggled to execute him by lethal injection, officials plan to try again Thursday — using the rare method of nitrogen gas. He filed a federal lawsuit in March seeking to halt his execution, citing the state's past execution failures and concerns that the method of nitrogen hypoxia would add pain and prolong death. "The resolution of this case confirms that Alabama's nitrogen hypoxia system is reliable and humane," Marshall said in a previous statement. Alabama officials have insisted in court filings that nitrogen hypoxia is "painless because it causes unconsciousness in seconds" and death within minutes. "Whether by lethal injection or nitrogen suffocation, the myth of the 'humane execution' is a lie fewer and fewer people believe," Foa said in a statement.

Persons: Alan Eugene Miller, Miller, Kenneth Smith, gurney, Steve Marshall, I've, " Miller, Marshall, Lee Holdbrooks, Christopher Scott Yancy, Terry Lee Jarvis, Smith's heaving, Maya Foa, Foa Organizations: Alabama, NBC News, Alabama Department of Corrections, Prosecutors Locations: Alabama, Atmore, South Carolina, Missouri, Birmingham, U.S, London

☆ Oklahoma man says he didn't commit the crime he's set to die for. Will the governor spare him?
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Abigail Brooks | Abigail Brooks Is A Producer For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

“I would have been OK with a life sentence,” Littlejohn said in an interview last month. “But a death sentence for robbery? Kevin Stitt, a Republican, after the state parole board voted 3-2 to recommend commuting his sentence to life without parole. It is not the first time Littlejohn has faced an opportunity to overturn his death sentence. In 1998, the Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals vacated the death sentence and ordered a resentencing.

Persons: Emmanuel Littlejohn, he’s, Littlejohn, Kenneth Meers, Meers, — Littlejohn, Glenn Bethany, “, ” Littlejohn, ”, Kevin Stitt, Bethany, —, Glenn didn’t, Glenn, ’, ” Bethany, sentencings, ‘, ’ ”, Gentner Drummond, Stitt, “ Governor Stitt Organizations: Gov, Republican, Emmanuel Littlejohn . Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Oklahoma, “ Locations: Oklahoma, Oklahoma City

Women come here desperate, says Dr. Warren Hern, who has run the Boulder Abortion Clinic since 1975. Dr. Warren Hern speaks with Willow in one of the procedure rooms at the Boulder Abortion Clinic. A procedure room in the Boulder Abortion Clinic, one of only five clinics in the U.S. providing abortion services at or after 28 weeks of pregnancy. “Abortion is essential health care.”“I think the second takeaway is to say that abortion bans, exceptions to abortion bans, don’t work in practice. Some are pushed too late into unwanted pregnancies due to abortion bans or long wait times at clinics in the post-Roe era.

Persons: Warren Hern, ”, Hern, Willow, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump, “, didn’t, ” Hern, Emma, Stewart —, —, ” Emma, ” Stewart, ‘, we’ve, we’re, Stewart, Louie, Roe, Wade Organizations: Boulder Abortion Clinic, NBC, Fox News, Trump, NBC News, Guttmacher Institute Locations: BOULDER, Colo, Boulder, U.S, Texas, Colorado

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