More Resources About Abortion

More Resources About Abortion

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Understanding the now-reversed reproductive health privacy amendments

July 24, 2025

Legal ruling necessitates a recalibration of HIPAA compliance efforts regarding reproductive health information
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APA praises Supreme Court decision to maintain access to abortion drug

June 13, 2024

Policies based on concept abortion is harmful to women not supported by science, says CEO
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et al.

February 23, 2024

Involves a challenge to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone used for medication abortion based in part on allegations by the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine that medication abortion causes women physical and mental health harms.
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Policymakers are taking aim at women and LGBTQ+ individuals

January 1, 2024

Alarming policy trends are affecting people’s mental health, but psychologists are fighting back.
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Protecting privacy in reproductive health decisions

July 11, 2023

APA Services weighs in on an HHS proposed rule to modify HIPAA following the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
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Abortion bans cause outsized harm for people of color

April 14, 2023

Increasing restrictions on reproductive care inflict a significant physical and mental burden that ripples across generations—especially for people of color.
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Psychologists should keep patients’ reproductive health decisions confidential

February 27, 2023

APA adopts policy in reaction to SCOTUS decision overturning Roe v. Wade
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APA Resolution on Confidentiality and Reproductive Health

February 25, 2023

Ethical standards related to patient confidentiality are significant when psychologists are faced with ethical conflicts with a law requiring the disclosure of confidential information regarding sexual and reproductive health.
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Most Americans oppose decision to overturn Roe v. Wade

October 1, 2022

While the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision are still unfolding, research suggests that women who are denied abortions have more mental health problems than those who receive them.
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Research roundup: Considerations for individuals seeking reproductive health care

September 9, 2022

Current research offers insights for practitioners working with clients experiencing childbirth or abortion.