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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Abortion Clinics Experience Significant Increase In Disruptive Activity By Activists Outside Facilities
The Associated Press: US Abortion Clinics Face Surge Of Trespassing And Blockades
America’s abortion clinics experienced a major upsurge in trespassing, obstruction and blockades by anti-abortion activists in 2017, according to an annual survey by an industry group. The National Abortion Federation report chronicled a litany of actions that ranged from coordinated trespassing efforts by abortion opponents, repeated brick-throwing at windows of a Cleveland clinic and an attempted bombing in Illinois. (Crary, 5/7)
In other news —
WBUR: Self-Induced Abortions Shouldn't Be A Crime, Mass. Medical Society Says
At its latest meeting, the Massachusetts Medical Society took a new stand: Women who attempt to end a pregnancy on their own should not be considered criminals. Self-induced abortion is explicitly banned in seven states, and more have laws on the books that could be used to prosecute women for self-induction, according to a recent report. (Conaboy and Goldberg, 5/7)
