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A controversial state law requiring New Hampshire women seeking an abortion to first have an ultrasound, became a little more controversial after the House session Thursday.
January 6, 2022 | https://indepthnh.org/2022/01/06/lawmakers-object-to-parliamentary-maneuver-to-stop-repeal-of-ultrasound-mandate/On Saturday, January 1, 2022, New Hampshire’s first abortion ban in modern history took effect, restricting abortions at or after 24 weeks gestation, with virtually no exceptions, including none for fatal fetal diagnoses, rape, or incest, and criminalizing doctors.
January 3, 2022 | https://indepthnh.org/2022/01/03/nhs-first-modern-abortion-ban-and-ultrasound-mandate-now-in-effect/Three reproductive clinics that provide 80 percent of the state’s contraceptive services for more than 10,000 women, many of modest means, had their two-year contracts rejected by the state’s Executive Council along partisan lines Wednesday.
December 22, 2021 | https://indepthnh.org/2021/12/22/executive-council-again-denies-funding-to-3-clinics-that-provide-abortions/On Wednesday, December 22, contracts for family planning providers will be considered at New Hampshire’s Executive Council meeting (#41C), including for three reproductive health providers whose contracts were rejected in September – Planned Parenthood of Northern New England; Equality Health Center; and Lovering Health Center.
December 21, 2021 | https://indepthnh.org/2021/12/21/providers-outline-impact-if-executive-council-rejects-family-planning-contracts/On September 15, the Executive Council voted 4-1 to defund Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNNE) and abortion providers through December 31, 2021, a six-month contract period. The vote on December 22 is a contract period for the next 18 months, from January 1, 2022 until June 31, 2023.
December 17, 2021 | https://indepthnh.org/2021/12/17/n-h-family-planning-contracts-back-before-executive-council-wednesday/Six months from now, abortion could be illegal in half the country. This isn’t hyperbole. It’s a stark reality we live with every day as the leaders of reproductive health organizations but with so much happening in our country and world, it’s easy for this fact to get lost.
December 2, 2021 | https://indepthnh.org/2021/12/02/op-ed-crisis-moment-for-abortion-rights-underscores-need-for-proactive-action-in-nh/Until recently, the New Hampshire legislature enjoyed a longstanding bipartisan commitment to upholding privacy around personal medical decision
November 29, 2021 | https://indepthnh.org/2021/11/29/nh-delegation-family-planning-providers-hold-news-conference-ahead-of-supreme-court-arguments-threatening-roe-v-wade/Happy Thanksgiving and pass the Moderna please. Last week New Hampshire hit its all-time high for active COVID-19 cases, approaching 8,000.
November 20, 2021 | https://indepthnh.org/2021/11/20/now-is-the-worst-of-times/The Legislature has experienced outbreaks as well, including early in the session when then-House Speaker Dick Hinch died from COVID-19.
October 31, 2021 | https://indepthnh.org/2021/10/31/terrible-timing-for-failure-of-states-covid-19-tracking-system/