Navigating information about abortion can be difficult because of the endless anti-choice propaganda available that’s designed to shame us out of our decision. At Austin Women’s Health Center, we understand the decision to have an abortion can be a complex, yet necessary, decision — and we want to support you and offer you choices. If […]
This month, we want to address how legislation banning abortion as soon as fetal cardiac activity can be detected, aka “heartbeat” bills, are perpetuated by a lack of understanding surrounding fetal development, and harms patients by stigmatizing a personal and necessary decision. Dangerous and misleading information spread by anti-abortion activists has made it difficult for patients […]
Some people may experience complex emotions when making the decision to have an abortion, and those emotions can sometimes become amplified when hearing inaccurate information designed to scare us out of our decision. Abortion providers are already required to state embellished physical risks of abortion to patients by law, but the anti-abortion community has long […]