Links to address some recent questions

Several comments have requested specific information about the laws surrounding abortion care, the safety of the procedure and about prenatal testing. Here are a few links to address these issues:

An Overview of Abortion in the United States: This presentation from the Guttmacher Institute became available in 2008. Available in powerpoint and pdf format, it includes information on demographics, access and medical safety of abortion in the US. While the powerpoint does not include citations, the references are available on the site as well.

Abortion Laws: Also from the Guttmacher Institute, with state-by-state information. This is a pdf document which is updated monthly.

What to Expect After an Abortion: From the Feminist Women's Health Center

Prenatal Testing: As I'd mentioned in an earlier entry, the kind of knowledge we can glean from prenatal testing is limited to certain kinds of conditions. These links which review what kind of prenatal testing is available, how and when in pregnancy it is performed and what the test is able to screen for.

Finally, I wanted to send a little love out to one of our readers, who writes the "Chaos is Normal" blog and thank her for adding her voice to the conversation about prenatal testing, a fetal demise and finding a physician who would perform a D&E. Thank you for sharing your experience, be well, we're thinking of you.

-Nell

Comments

[Lindsay]

Oh thank God. I live in NY and none of the bullshit some states make you go through to get an abortion are required here. Thank GOD.

[Rachael C.]

As an individual who works as direct care staff with individuals with behavioral and developmental disabilties, I feel sympathy for the parents-to-be who are facing the challenge of an adverse prenatal diagnosis. Because this is an issue I care deeply about, I have compiled a page of information, resources, and support groups for those individuals and their loved ones, entitled "Adverse Prenatal Diagnosis & Maternal Health Condition Information and Support," which can be found at http://rsnider.livejournal.com/3542.html

[fuzzit]

Thanks...keep on blogging