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

17 Apr

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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!

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.

24 Nov

How Planned Parenthood Got Defunded

JordanLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Abortion Rights, GOP, Healthcare, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration

Abortion bans may not be politically feasible—but cutting funding from the clinics gets you a lot of the way there.

23 Nov

Title X: The Nation’s Program for Affordable Birth Control and Reproductive Health Care

JordanLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Title X, United States

In 1970, the only federal program dedicated to providing low- and no-cost birth control and other reproductive health care was created with bipartisan support.

23 Nov

Australian Woman sheds light on life with severe pelvic pain as research gaps persist

JordanLatest NewsGlobal, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Women's Health

Jaali Barton was working her dream job running snorkelling tours at the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, when sudden debilitating pelvic pain left her curled up on the beach, unable to walk.

22 Nov

Dobbs has triggered widespread discrimination in non-reproductive healthcare

ChaseLatest NewsHealth Equity, Post-Dobbs

Physicians for Reproductive Health issued a groundbreaking research brief, “Cascading Harms: How Abortion Bans Lead to Discriminatory Care Across Medical Specialties.” The study found that abortion bans “have hindered the ability of providers in diverse medical fields to follow evidence-based practices and standards of care, creating a pervasive chilling effect that results in substandard care and discriminatory treatment for reproductive-age women and pregnant patients.” Reproductive age women are being sorted into deserving and non-deserving groupings based upon an often-subjective assessment of their contraceptive reliability, and prescribed medications accordingly.

22 Nov

When it Comes to Women’s Health, The Trump Admin’s Hypocrisy is on Full Display

ChaseLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, Opinion, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States, Women's Health

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-hypocrisy-women-s-healthDonald Trump and his cronies are peddling lies about abortion care while touting their farce advancements for women’s health.

21 Nov

Commentary: Side effects of the Virginia Fundamental Right to Reproductive Freedom

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Bodily Autonomy, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Virginia

A proposed amendment to the Virginia Constitution, called the “Fundamental Right to Reproductive Freedom,” is looming on the horizon like the threat of a mushroom cloud, and now we have a legislature primed to launch the aircraft and drop the bomb.

21 Nov

US cancer registries, constrained by Trump policies, to recognize only ‘male’ or ‘female’ patients

DoryLatest NewsAnti-Trans, cancer, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trans Rights, Transgender, transgender health care

The top authorities of U.S. cancer statistics will soon have to classify the sex of patients strictly as male, female, or unknown, a change scientists and advocates say will harm the health of transgender people, one of the nation’s most marginalized populations.

20 Nov

Reproductive Health Equity for Migrants, Refugees, and Internally Displaced Populations

DoryLatest NewsDisplaced Persons, Healthcare, Migrants, Refugees, Reproductive Health Equity, Reproductive rights

Studies that propose innovative solutions to improve maternal and infant health among international and internally displaced populations.

20 Nov

Common spice may beat depression and boost sexual health, doctor says

ChaseLatest NewsHealthcare, Sexual Health

Saffron, found in popular foods and drinks like paella and herbal teas, has shown promise for its ability to boost mood and reduce symptoms of depression, in addition to other various health benefits.

19 Nov

The Expert APProach: Elevating Sexual Health and Fertility Care with Tricia Zubert, APRN, CNP

ChaseLatest NewsFertility, Healthcare, Reproductive Medicine, Reproductive rights, Sexual Health

Podcast

19 Nov

As abortion opponents target IVF, they’re promoting fertility clinics like this one

ChaseLatest NewsAnti-abortion, anti-IVF, Fake Clinicws, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Social conservatives have pushed restorative reproductive medicine as an alternative to IVF. Doctors worry that could limit access to the most effective form of infertility treatment.