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!

18 Apr

US abortion opponents want Trump’s FDA to act on abortion pill restrictions

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, FDA, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump

U.S. abortion opponents are increasingly frustrated with the lack of action by President Donald Trump's administration to stem the flow of abortion pills prescribed online that they view as undermining state abortion bans.

18 Apr

The State Of Abortion Access In 2026

RileyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Abortion access across the U.S. has been in flux – and the fight around that care continues today. Now, 13 states have a total ban. And five have restricted abortion after six weeks of gestation. The latest state to do so is Wyoming.

17 Apr

Mail-order dominates US abortion pill dispensing

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Pills, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

U.S. pharmacies are largely filling prescriptions for the abortion pill mifepristone via mail-order in states permitting telehealth access to the medication, despite a 2023 FDA decision allowing retail pharmacies to dispense the drug, according to a published ‌study

17 Apr

Trump’s Justice Department Reveals the Biden Administration’s Weaponization of Federal Law Against Pro-Life Americans

RandyLatest NewsAnti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump

The Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group published a report detailing the Biden Administration’s weaponization of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. Based on a review of over 700,000 internal records, the report not only details specific ways the Biden Justice Department weaponized federal law, but also outlines the corrective action taken by the current Justice Department to make right the wrongs of the prior administration.

17 Apr

Zero Sum Game—Trump Budget Request Proposes Zeroing Out Family Planning Funds and Continues to Starve Global Health Programs

RileyLatest NewsFamily planning, Global, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump

The White House released its “skinny” budget for fiscal year (FY) 2027, proposing a massive $16.2 billion in cuts to the diplomatic and foreign assistance activities of the U.S. government, while making note that the administration does not believe U.S. foreign assistance funding should support “unfettered access to birth control.” The proposed cuts to the State Department and other international affairs agencies and programs reduce funding by nearly a one-third from the FY 2026 enacted level.

16 Apr

She Was Put in Jail in Texas for an Abortion. Blame the Supreme Court for What Happened Next.

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, GOP majority, Healthcare, misogyny, Post Dobbs, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, conservative states have stressed that they won’t prosecute women, whom they describe as abortion’s “second victims.” That was the message Texas hoped to send when prosecutors in Starr County dropped charges against a woman named Lizelle Herrera for ending her pregnancy. But Herrera’s case is now communicating something else entirely: Prosecutors who target women for abortion often won’t face any consequences, even when they ignore the law.

16 Apr

Doctors oppose myriad of ‘extremist’ abortion bills in Ohio Statehouse

FlynnLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, GOP, GOP Governor, Healthcare, Ohio, Reproductive rights

Lawmakers remain on break for the rest of this month, but recent legislation still under consideration is getting new criticism from physicians around the state. 150 Ohio doctors, organized by a national group called the Committee to Protect Health Care, have signed a letter strongly opposing a flurry of what they call “extremist” abortion bills moving through the Statehouse.

15 Apr

As Florida restricted abortion, state’s maternal mortality committee went dark

FlynnLatest NewsAnti-abortion, DeSantis, Florida, GOP Governor, Healthcare, Maternal & Child Health, Reproductive rights

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis campaigned against a 2024 ballot initiative to roll back the state's restrictive abortion laws. From DeSantis X feed. In 2025, a Fort Walton Beach woman died after developing severe pregnancy complications, leaving her firefighter husband to raise their baby girl on his own.

15 Apr

The Center for Reproductive Rights sued the state of Georgia, on behalf of three midwives prohibited from practicing.

DoryLatest NewsGeorgia, Healthcare, Midwifes, Reproductive rights

GEORGIA: Despite Georgia’s alarming lack of maternity care providers, the state does not allow midwives to practice without a nursing license. Even then, midwives must pay for a physician oversight contract, which is too expensive for most.

14 Apr

Utah’s abortion case delayed after groups challenge legislature’s new three-judge panel

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Utah

The years-long wait to settle Utah’s abortion trigger law has been delayed as multiple plaintiffs in some of the state’s highest-profile cases challenge new laws with the Utah Supreme Court, which moves their cases to new three-judge panels.

14 Apr

Trump admin moves Title X family planning program away from contraception, toward conception

FlynnLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

New guidance, and the promise of a new rule, are expected to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood starting in 2027.

13 Apr

Government favors natural family planning over contraception in key health funding

FlynnLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, HHS, Reproductive rights, Trump

New 2027 guidelines by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will ban key federal abortion funding while favoring fertility education and natural family planning.

13 Apr

‘Too soon to tell’ how delays in federal family planning grants might affect New Mexico

CoreyLatest NewsFsmily Planning, GOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, New Mexico, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Trump

Family planning clinics across the U.S. are bracing for a potential lapse in federal funding — and New Mexico Department of Health officials say it’s “too soon to tell” what kind of impact that will have in the state.

12 Apr

Trump admin moves Title X family planning program away from contraception, toward conception

JordanLatest NewsContraception, Family planning, GOP, GOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Title X, Trump, United States

New guidance, and the promise of a new rule, are expected to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood starting in 2027.

12 Apr

The high price of short-term savings

CoreyLatest NewsGOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Title X, Trump, United States

Each pregnancy averted through Title X saves about $15,000 in public spending on medical and social services, according to an analysis by Power to Decide. The analysis shows that every $1 invested in publicly funded family-planning programs saves roughly $7 in Medicaid costs.