The 2 rulings put the 2 states in the “most restrictive” category for #AbortionAccess & policies, acc/to the Guttmacher Inst, a research & policy org that advocates for #ReproductiveRights & tracks #abortion#access.
The rulings could lead to the closure of reproductive #health#clinics in the 2 states.
#Florida’s new restrictions would put the #Miami & #Tampa metro areas -w/a combined population of ~9M people- >500 miles from the nearest clinic in a state w/o a near-total or 6wk #AbortionBan.
"The loss of a trusted doctor is never easy, and it’s an experience that is increasingly common.
The stress of the pandemic drove a lot of health care workers to retire or quit. Now, a nationwide shortage of doctors and others who provide primary care is making it hard to find replacements. And as patients are shuffled from one provider to the next, it’s eroding their trust in the health system."
#Israel’s military has informed the #UnitedNations that the entire population of northern #Gaza should relocate to the southern half of the territory within 24 hours, the #UN spox, Stéphane Dujarric, said late on Thurs night, adding that such a movement — involving over one million people — would lead to “devastating #humanitarian consequences.”
The message came just before midnight in Gaza, he said in a statement.
The #UN has “strongly appealed” for the order to be rescinded, the stmnt said, to avoid making “what is already a tragedy into a calamitous situation.”
“The same order applied to all UN staff & those sheltered in UN facilities — including #schools, #HealthCenters & #clinics,” Dujarric said.