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!

19 Feb

Bipartisan efforts to boost birth control access emerge as GOP keeps pushing abortion pill bans

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Pills, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Republican-majority legislatures have continued to focus on abortion medication by proposing legislation to further restrict mifepristone and misoprostol. GOP lawmakers are advancing bills that would allow people to sue out-of-state abortion providers and manufacturers.

18 Feb

Philadelphia’s Condom distribution programs promote safe sex

DoryLatest NewsHealthcare, Philadelphia, Reproductive rights, Safe Sex, United States

When used correctly, condoms are proven to be 99% effective against STDs and unintended pregnancy. During National Condom Month in February, the Health Department is highlighting two condom distribution programs that promote safe sex. The health department’s two condom distribution programs, Take Control Philly and Philly Keep On Loving, help address barriers to condom availability and accessibility. Last year, they distributed approximately 865,000 condoms to people throughout the city.

18 Feb

‘We face very real threats to our reproductive rights’

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

UNISON agreed to champion reproductive health in the workplace and fight back against the far right On the third day of UNISON national women’s conference, motions on reproductive health dominated the agenda. The first to pass was a motion titled ‘abortion is healthcare’, which called on the union to campaign for the full decriminalisation of abortion.

18 Feb

Bipartisan efforts to boost birth control access emerge as GOP keeps pushing abortion pill bans

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Abortion Rights, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Republican-majority legislatures have continued to focus on abortion medication by proposing legislation to further restrict mifepristone and misoprostol. GOP lawmakers are advancing bills that would allow people to sue out-of-state abortion providers and manufacturers.

18 Feb

Contraception Bills Continue to Move Forward in Virginia General Assembly

DoryLatest NewsContraception, Democrats, Healthcare, legislation, Reproductive rights, United States, Virginia

Senator Jennifer Carroll Foy (D-Prince William) and reproductive rights advocates from REPRO Rising Virginia, Birth in Color, Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, Americans for Contraception, and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia addressed the issue of contraceptive coverage

17 Feb

Why this Little-Known Birth Control Option Deserves More Attention

DoryLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, Injectible, Reproductive rights, Risks

Self-administered injectable contraception has been available in the U.S. for more than two decades, yet a new study found that only about a quarter of reproductive health experts prescribe it — and many are unaware it’s even an option.

17 Feb

Menstrual Cycle Awareness Lowest Among Under-25s

DoryLatest NewsHealthcare, Menstruation, Reproductive rights, UK

MORE than one in five women are unable to report their menstrual cycle length, a 2026 UK-based retrospective, cross-sectional analysis has found.

16 Feb

Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health in 2026: From Crisis Management to System Correction

DoryLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights

The past year confirmed that gains in women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health (WCAH) were more fragile than previously assumed. In 2025, sharp financing contractions, political retrenchment on rights, particularly sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and multiple and intersecting crises, converged to expose how fragile past gains really were. Having relied heavily on external financing and political prioritization through the Millennium and then Sustainable Development Goals, today WCAH suffers from the structural failures of the global development system.

16 Feb

Reimagining Reproductive Health for Women at the Margins: Self-Care Therapies, Biotherapeutics, and Syndemic STI–HIV Prevention Across the Life Course

ChaseLatest NewsHealthcare, Marginal People, Reproductive rights

Reproductive infectious diseases (RID) represent a critical yet often-neglected intersection of public health, clinical care, and health equity. RID encompasses sexually transmitted infections (STIs), bacterial vaginosis (BV), and the host of reproductive sequelae and burden on reproductive-aged women worldwide, particularly in low-and middle-income countries where access to prevention, screening, and treatment remains limited. In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated 374 million new infections globally with four curable STIs: chlamydia (129 million), gonorrhea (82 million), syphilis (7.1 million), and trichomoniasis (156 million).

15 Feb

New Research Finds State-Level Abortion Restrictions Associated with Increased Maternal Deaths

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion restrictions, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Red States, Reproductive rights, United States

The increased number of state-level abortion restrictions in the U.S. was associated with a parallel increase in maternal deaths between 2005 and 2023, according to new research presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) 2026 Pregnancy Meeting™. Researchers found that states with five or more different abortion restrictions had higher rates of maternal deaths from any cause, cardiovascular disease, and violence than those states with fewer restrictions.

14 Feb

A constitutional amendment on reproductive rights is headed to Virginia’s ballot, here’s what it would do.

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Blue State, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States, Virginia

Abortion remains legal in Virginia, but advocates say that could change with shifting political power. A constitutional amendment would make reproductive rights far harder to roll back.

13 Feb

NY Senate Acts to Protect Access to Reproductive Healthcare, Strengthen Privacy and IVF Coverage

RileyLatest News

The New York State Senate today advanced legislation to strengthen reproductive rights, protect patient privacy, and expand fertility and in vitro fertilization (IVF) coverage for New Yorkers.

12 Feb

Groundbreaking new poll shows bipartisan nationwide support for contraception and IVF.

FlynnLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, IVF, Reproductive rights, United States

The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" passed by Congress proposes significant changes to federal health care policies, particularly affecting access to contraception and reproductive health services. This legislation is a substantial setback for reproductive health and rights, including cuts to Medicaid and new barriers to access contraception and Planned Parenthood services.

12 Feb

Rising abortion rates and what the statistics tell us

RileyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

The College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (CoSRH) is pleased to have contributed to a thoughtful and wide-ranging conversation on contraception, abortion and reproductive choice.

11 Feb

Fears that US global health deals harm reproductive health

FlynnLatest NewsGlobal, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Countries have begun to sign new bilateral agreements with the USA on global health, but advocates warn of the harm they may do to maternal and child health.