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!

05 Aug

Gates Foundation pledges $2.5B for women’s health worldwide

JordanLatest NewsHealthcare, International, Reproductive rights, Women's Health

The Gates Foundation has announced a new $2.5 billion pledge through 2030 for women’s health initiatives worldwide. It comes at a time when the Trump administration is cutting major research and aid directed at women and maternal health. Amna Nawaz discussed the goals of this new funding with Dr. Anita Zaidi, president of the Gates Foundation's Gender Equality division.

05 Aug

For some, a new approach to infertility is revolutionary. For others, it’s old wine in a new bottle

JordanLatest NewsArkansas, Healthcare, Infertility, Reproductive rights, RRM

Restorative reproductive medicine doesn’t consider infertility to be a disease

04 Aug

The Center for Reproductive Rights: Recent Case Highlights

DoryLatest NewsHealthcare, litigation, Reproductive rights, United States

The Center for Reproductive Rights is litigating dozens of cases in state, national and regional courts against harmful laws that restrict access to abortion and other reproductive rights.

04 Aug

Floridians for Reproductive Freedom: Reproductive Rights News Roundup

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Florida, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

Nationally, there has been a lot of talk about “shield laws”; laws that exist to protect those who support others accessing abortions. For example, in Massachusetts, providers, patients, and pharmacists are shielded from out-of-state investigations and legal actions around abortion. This is one way that patients are still getting abortion care in states where abortion is banned or inaccessible.

03 Aug

Taxes, religious freedom, and additional out-of-the-box proposals

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Both proponents and opponents of abortion have invoked creative approaches to advance their positions. For example, abortion choice proponents in Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Utah and Wyoming have challenged the states’ laws on grounds that they violate individuals’ religious freedom. Anti-abortion advocates, in response, also hold up religious freedom as a plausible defense to being required to perform or otherwise facilitate the procedure. The rulings in these cases, all of which remain outstanding at time of publication, will set important precedent. In other states, legislative proposals tied to the concept of religious freedom are being actively debated. In late February 2023, for example, legislation passed the West Virginia House Judiciary…

03 Aug

Department of Veterans Affairs looks to end certain abortion services for veterans

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, U.S. Military, United States, Veterans

The US Department of Veterans Affairs is proposing to end certain abortion services to veterans, rolling back a Biden-era move to expand abortion rights.

02 Aug

NWLC on Trump Administration’s Decision to Ban Abortion Care for Veterans

RandyLatest NewsHealthcare, Opinion, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States

The Trump administration announced its intent to roll back the rule that allowed the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide abortion care and counseling to veterans and eligible loved ones. This cruel decision is at odds with claims by an administration that purports to care about veterans, instead stripping them and their families of essential health care, jeopardizing their health, dignity, and lives.

02 Aug

Trump administration revokes Biden era abortion rule for veterans

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Care, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, military, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States, Veterans

The Trump administration revoked a Biden era abortion rule on Friday that allows veterans to receive abortions under their medical package.

01 Aug

An FDA panel spread misinformation about SSRI use in pregnancy, alarming doctors

RandyLatest Newsanti-depressants, FDA, Healthcare, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, United States

Nearly one in five pregnant women and new moms in this country suffers from anxiety and depression. And 6-8% of pregnant women are prescribed a group of antidepressants called Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs). But a recent expert panel organized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cast doubt on the safety of SSRIs — even though these drugs are largely considered safe by healthcare providers.

31 Jul

Your Questions Answered: The Supreme Court’s Impact On Our Rights

PhoenixLatest NewsReproductive rights, Transgender Rights, United States

The Supreme Court's most recent term reshaped the legal landscape on immigration, transgender rights, and free speech. But behind the decisions, procedural shifts like limits on nationwide injunctions and expanded use of the emergency docket signal a court increasingly driven by politics.

30 Jul

Alabama AG seeks crackdown on abortion shield law protections

PhoenixLatest NewsAlabama, Anti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

Marshall urges Congress to override shield laws protecting out-of-state abortion access and criminalize abortion-related support.

30 Jul

Maryland joins states suing federal government over funding ban for Planned Parenthood

PhoenixLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Maryland, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States

Suit comes day after federal judge blocked Trump administration’s ban in Medicaid funding for certain health care providers

29 Jul

A Brain-Dead Pregnant Woman Was Kept Alive in Georgia. It’s Unclear if State Law Required It.

JordanLatest NewsGeorgia, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

A Georgia woman declared brain-dead and kept on life support for more than three months because she was pregnant was removed from a ventilator in June and died, days after doctors delivered her 1-pound, 13-ounce baby by emergency cesarean section. The baby is in the neonatal intensive care unit.

29 Jul

Is gender equality going backwards?

JordanLatest Newsgender equality, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Three Gates Cambridge Scholars debate whether gender equality is going backwards in the second last episode of the second series of So, Now What?

29 Jul

The U.S. is destroying $9.7 million in contraceptives. Is there another option?

JordanLatest NewsContraceptives, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

The State Department has confirmed plans to destroy millions of dollars' worth of taxpayer-funded contraceptives meant for women in low-income countries. The controversial move comes as the Trump administration continues to scale back foreign aid.