REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS – Updated daily. A service of Toby's Fund for Reproductive Health Equity

17 Apr

Hello Visitors! Welcome to REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS.

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Welcome to RRA! Get all of your latest reproductive news here from a variety of news outlets. We started this website in order to help those who care about reproductive rights stay informed, stay educated, and stay updated!This website is run entirely by volunteers, and sponsored by Toby's Fund for Reproductive Health Equity! It's over 1 year since we started! The Fight CONTINUES! We start to understand the war on reproductive rights. We start to continue our community of people who wish fairness; We start to coalesce on strategies to bring humanity back to the United States!

01 Dec

Fertility Testing Devices Trends and Forecast Report 2025: An $18.38 Billion Market by 2030, Driven by Rising Infertility Rates, Delayed Pregnancies, Advancements in Reproductive Testing Technologies

AlanLatest NewsFinance, Global, Infertility

Key opportunities in the Global Fertility Testing Devices Market include addressing the rising infertility rates with accessible, advanced diagnostic tools. Expanding at-home testing options cater to growing demand for privacy and convenience, enabling proactive reproductive health management.

01 Dec

State Variations in the Role of the Reproductive Health Safety Net for Contraceptive Care Among Medicaid Enrollees

AlanLatest NewsGOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, Medicaid, Reproductive rights, United States

Medicaid is a major source of coverage for contraceptive care for millions of people. Many Medicaid patients rely on a range of safety net providers including Planned Parenthood clinics, community health centers, state and local health departments, and Indian Health Services for their contraceptive care. The composition of the safety net and the relative role of the different providers vary considerably from state to state.

30 Nov

HHS Reproductive and Sexual Health Ombuds Act of 2025

JordanLatest NewsGOP, legislation, Reproductive rights, Sexual Health, United States, US Congress

U.S. House of Representatives Act -- Full Text

30 Nov

‘It was soul destroying’: men on the struggle to get answers about infertility

JordanLatest NewsHealthcare, Infertility, Men, Reproductive rights, United States

Failure by GPs to diagnose treatable causes had huge time, money and mental health costs for these men

29 Nov

Updated cornerstones of contraceptive care

JordanLatest NewsContraception, Global, Reproductive rights, WHO

Launch of the updated Medical eligibility criteria and Selected practice recommendations for contraceptive care

29 Nov

Canada’s Pillars of Wellness Announces Introduction of Integrated Care Model for Women’s Health

RileyLatest NewsCanada, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Women's Health

Pillars of Wellness announced the introduction of an integrated care model focused on women’s health. The initiative establishes a coordinated framework designed to support individuals managing interconnected physical, emotional, and physiological needs. The announcement outlines a structured approach that brings multiple disciplines together within a single physiotherapy clinic environment to address a wide range of women’s health conditions through collaborative planning.

28 Nov

Democratic U.S. Senators Raise Alarm Over Trump Administration Efforts to Restrict Mifepristone

RileyLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, mifepristone, Trump Administration, United States

U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, (both D-VA) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and all of their Democratic Senate colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary expressing alarm over the Trump Administration's plans to reexamine the safety and effectiveness of mifepristone. Since 2000, mifepristone has been approved by the FDA as a safe and effective medication for abortion care and miscarriage management. The Administration’s basis…

28 Nov

WHO issues first global guideline on infertility

RileyLatest NewsGlobal, Infertility

The World Health Organization (WHO) today called on countries to make fertility care safer, fairer and more affordable for all in its first-ever global guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infertility.

27 Nov

Advocacy in Action

RandyLatest NewsAmerican Society for Reproductive Medicine, ASRM, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

ASRM is monitoring, with concern, cuts to several critical federal programs and agencies relied upon by many of our members. If these actions have affected you and you would like to let us know how we can provide support

26 Nov

Understanding the Trump Administration’s Negotiated Drug Prices for Medicare

RandyLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has just announced the prices that the federal government negotiated for 15 high-cost drugs covered by Part D, Medicare’s prescription drug benefit program, including the popular diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy. This brings to a close the second round of Medicare’s Drug Price Negotiation Program, which was created by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 under the Biden administration. These negotiated prices will take effect in Medicare in January 2027.

26 Nov

Lawmaker Will Introduce Federal Bill To Safely Discharge Patients In Labor

RandyLatest NewsHealthcare, Labor, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, United States

The bill from Rep. Robin Kelly, a Democrat from Illinois, would require clinical justification for discharging patients presenting with signs or symptoms of labor, an assessment of travel distance, a confirmed back-up hospital or birthing facility, verification that patients have reliable transportation, and documentation of patient understanding, Becker's Hospital Review reported.

25 Nov

Lifetime toll: 840 million women faced partner or sexual violence

PhoenixLatest NewsGlobal, Healthcare, Sexual Assault, Sexual violence

Violence against women remains one of the world’s most persistent and under-addressed human rights crises, with very little progress in two decades, according to a landmark report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN partners.

25 Nov

Hope for women’s hormone health

PhoenixLatest NewsHealthcare, menopause, Pennsylvania, Reproductive rights, United States

A medical office in York County is offering hope for patients suffering from menopause.

25 Nov

Updated WHO data reveal persistence of violence against women and girls across the Western Pacific

PhoenixLatest NewsGender based violence, Global, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Sexual Assault

As the world marks the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, updated data from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicate that violence against women and girls remains alarmingly widespread. Globally, nearly one in three girls and women have experienced intimate partner or sexual violence during their lifetime − a figure that has barely changed since 2000. These latest findings underscore an indisputable reality: despite efforts made in ending gender-based violence, it continues to be a persistent − yet preventable − social and public health emergency, as well as a grave human rights violation.

24 Nov

Experts warn funding cuts risk setbacks in reproductive health

JordanLatest NewsGlobal, GOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration

Experts call for sustainable financing to make up for funding shortfall for family planning and sexual and reproductive health.