
Sarah Varney
Senior Correspondent at KFF Health News
'23-'24 @Niemanfdn fellow @Harvard @KFF @NewsHour senior correspondent covering Post-Roe America. [email protected]
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1 month ago |
nbcnews.com | Sarah Varney
Amid growing evidence of slowing fertility rates in the United States, a new report contained a pair of surprising details from two divergent age groups: A growing number of women older than 40 are having children and a record low number of teenagers are giving birth.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Sarah Varney
Sarah VarneyTue, March 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM UTC6 min readAmid growing evidence of slowing fertility rates in the United States, a new report contained a pair of surprising details from two divergent age groups: A growing number of women older than 40 are having children and a record low number of teenagers are giving birth.
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2 months ago |
columbian.com | Sarah Varney
In Arkansas, state health officials announced a stunning statistic for 2023: The total number of abortions in the state, where some 1.5 million women live, was zero. In South Dakota, too, official records show zero abortions that year. And in Idaho, home to abortion battles that have recently made their way to the U.S. Supreme Court, the official number of recorded abortions was just five.
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2 months ago |
aberdeennews.com | Sarah Varney
In South Dakota, too, official records show zero abortions in 2023. Sarah VarneyKFF Health NewsSeveral states, including Arkansas and South Dakota, reported zero abortions in 2023 after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Medical professionals and data scientists dispute these statistics, citing evidence of abortions provided through telehealth and out-of-state travel.
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2 months ago |
dailynews.com | Sarah Varney
In nearly a dozen states with total or near-total abortion bans, government officials claimed that zero or very few abortions occurred in 2023, the first full year after the Supreme Court eliminated federal abortion rights.
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