Crash Course: The injustice of infertility in a post-Roe world

What reproductive care and lack of access can mean for fertility treatments. [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmWa2_P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZGFtZmFrem5yOS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhlMTBrbHE4bndXA3NwY0IKZHW_KHdkDCxGalIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmWa2_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcTVjNXVidm1ucS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhlMTBrbHE4bncmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHW_KHdkDCxGalIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). The injustice of infertility in a post-Roe world Over the last couple of weeks, we watched as the FDA approval of mifepristone hung in a precarious state. Just last Friday, the Supreme Court issued an order allowing access to mifepristone to continue–for now. The opinion of the federal judge who started it all represents a lack of judicial discipline, overreach, and disregard for scientific expertise which jeopardizes our personal right to make decisions about our health and the health of our families. As an obstetrician/gynecologist with over 25 years of clinical experience, I am chilled by the impact which misguided judicial rulings have on the patient-provider relationship and ethical principles they invoke. I worry about the quality of health care when politicians and judges decide to practice medicine instead of healthcare providers. As a provider who cared for couples challenged by infertility, I've seen firsthand how limiting reproductive care affects families who are trying to conceive, too. [Read more from Dr. Mary Jacobson.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmWa2_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbTJ2b3p1b3Y4bi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhlMTBrbHE4bncmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHW_KHdkDCxGalIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Photo via Getty Images/DjelicS) Legal experts: Trump could be charged under "Espionage Act" over report that he showed off docs Prosecutors obtained evidence that former President Donald Trump kept classified documents in his office and sometimes showed them to people, according to a [recent report from The Washington Post](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmWa2_P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMveTU1b28yaG03OS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhlMTBrbHE4bndXA3NwY0IKZHW_KHdkDCxGalIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). "The news report suggests an escalation in the seriousness of the charges Trump faces," former federal prosecutor Kevin O'Brien told Salon. "Evidence that he showed highly sensitive documents to third parties implicates the Espionage Act, which forbids willfully conveying such a document 'to any person not entitled to receive it,' or willfully failing to deliver the same on demand to a government officer or employee entitled to receive it. Trump appears to fall under both prongs of the statute, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison per violation." 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