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!

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.

11 Apr

Republican U.S. Senator Josh Hawley Sends Letter to HHS Urging Reversal of Title X Grants to Planned Parenthood

JordanLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, HHS, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, Title X, Trump

Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in response to the agency’s decision to extend Biden-eraTitle X grants for Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider. This action comes despite promises Secretary Kennedy made to Senator Hawley in his 2025 confirmation hearing.

11 Apr

America’s reproductive health safety net is fraying as political wars escalate

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

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/03/02/viewpoint-americas-reproductive-health-safety-net-is-fraying-as-political-wars-escalate/Medicaid cuts, the potential lapse of Affordable Care Act subsidies, as well as cuts across programs in the Health Resources and Services Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are eroding the broader safety net.

10 Apr

Family Planning Clinics to Avoid Funding Lapse of HHS Grants

JordanLatest NewsFamily planning, GOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, HHS, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Trump, United States

Family planning clinics that receive federal funds were granted a lifeline Tuesday when the Trump administration signaled it would provide another year of grant money a day before funding is set to lapse.

10 Apr

Trump’s FY2027 Budget: Continued Rollback of LGBTQ+ Protections

ChaseLatest News#LGBTQIA+, Healthcare, United States

The Trump Administration's FY2027 budget is the latest escalation in a sustained campaign against LGBTQ+ people. As proposed, it would cause real, measurable harm across numerous critical government services and protections.

09 Apr

HHS Directly Gives Crisis Pregnancy Centers Millions of Dollars

CoreyLatest Newscrisis pregnancy centers, GOP, Healthcare, HHS, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Trump, United States

And the federal government is continuing to double down on a “pro-life” agenda.

09 Apr

Reproductive Freedom for All Responds to Trump’s Presidential Budget Release

ChaseLatest NewsBudget, Federal Funding Cuts, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Title X, Trump, United States

Trump's budget proposes to further decimate funding for sexual and reproductive care at both the national and global levels by continuing attacks on Planned Parenthood and family planning funds through Title X,

08 Apr

What’s Shaping Family Planning in 2026

AlanLatest NewsGlobal, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

The global landscape for sexual and reproductive health and rights continues to evolve—bringing both new challenges and important opportunities for progress.