July 2024 – Page 2 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

21 Jul

Ruling keeps abortion question on ballot in South Dakota

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Rights, Ballot, lawsui, Lawsuit, Ruling, United States

"A state court judge's ruling Monday keeps an abortion-rights question on the November ballot in South Dakota. Judge John Pekas dismissed a lawsuit filed by an anti-abortion group, Life Defense Fund, that sought to have the question removed even though supporters turned in more than enough valid signatures to put it on the ballot...."

20 Jul

Abortion Gets the Silent Treatment at the RNC

PatLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Abortion Care, Healthcare, legislation, Post-Dobbs, United States

Sen. Marsha Blackburn from Tennessee didn’t talk about it. Neither did her colleagues Sens. Steve Daines from Montana or Tim Scott from South Carolina. Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, didn’t bring it up. A top adviser to the former president, Kellyanne Conway, certainly didn’t — she’s been warning Republican lawmakers for months to be careful about how they talk about it.

20 Jul

Anti-abortion researchers back riskier procedures when pregnancy termination is needed, experts say

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Care, Anti-Abortion States, Healthcare, Post-Dobbs, United States

The day the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, the medical board that certifies OB-GYNs in America released a statement calling legal pregnancy termination and knowledge of abortion procedures “essential to reproductive health care.”

19 Jul

DO THE MATH! Disability, Guns, and Abortion.

AlanLatest News, United StatesAbortion Rights, Disability, Guns, Project 2025, Reproductive rights

Video from Toby's Fund

19 Jul

UAMS will provide birth control, reproductive health education to 14 rural Arkansas counties

AlanLatest News, United StatesArkansas, Contraception, Healthcare, Mobile Health, Rural, United States

Mobile health units will have a variety of contraceptive options, including pills and intrauterine devices

18 Jul

In states with strict abortion policies, simply seeing an OB/GYN for regular care can be difficult

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Ban, Health care, OB-GYN, OBGYN, Reproductive Health Care, United Sates

“The chances that a woman can see a doctor while pregnant — or during a time when she might become pregnant — have fallen significantly since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to a new report released Thursday. The findings, from The Commonwealth Fund, a nonpartisan health care research foundation, show that women living in states with a history of health disparities — often in the Southeast — are affected the most. They are not only less likely to be able to afford a doctor’s appointment; they’re less likely to be able to find an OB/GYN in their area….”

17 Jul

Opinion: Supreme Court’s blow to federal agencies’ power will likely weaken abortion rights

AlanLatest NewsOpinion, SCOTUS, United States

The Supreme Court wrapped up its term at the beginning of July 2024 with a range of rulings that reshape everything from the power of the presidency to how federal agencies carry out their work. One of the court’s most significant decisions was Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo.This ruling, at its core, determines the balance of power between the judiciary branch’s federal courts and the executive branch’s federal agencies. When Congress passes laws, legislators know that many will have gaps and ambiguities. It is generally the job of federal agencies – staffed with subject-matter experts – to issue regulations to fill in that…

17 Jul

RNC approves platform that would give rights to fetuses, endangering abortion, IVF

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, IVF, legislation, Reproductive rights, United States

Republicans have adopted a slate of policy positions that does not call for a federal legislative abortion ban, but opens the door to establishing fetal personhood.

16 Jul

Defending Women’s Rights: The Urgent Need for Equal Rights Amendments

BarbraLatest NewsAbortion Care, Healthcare, Post-Dobbs, Reproductive rights, United States

The Dobbs decision and recent legal actions in Arizona, such as the temporary reinstatement and subsequent reversal of a pre-1901 restrictive abortion law, have severely disrupted women's access to reproductive health services. Recent wins in Nevada and Pennsylvania, where restrictions on state health insurance-funded abortions were overturned, highlight the critical need for federal and state Equal Rights Amendments (ERAs). These amendments would strengthen reproductive rights protections, ensuring the U.S. aligns more closely with international human rights standards by grounding these rights inequality rather than privacy.

15 Jul

Top American election concerns include environment, reproductive right, and more

BarbraLatest NewsHealthcare, legislation, Reproductive rights, United States, Vote, Voters

Over the last several months, people from across the country have been sharing with their public media stations the issues they most care about in the months before the general election. Stations asked in on-line and on-air call-outs: “What Issues would you like candidates to discuss as they compete for your vote this election season?”

14 Jul

What states are voting on abortion ballot measures in 2024?

PatLatest NewsAbortion Rights, legislation, travel, United States, Vote

The following table provides a list of abortion-related measures that are on the ballot in 2024: StateDateMeasureDescriptionColoradoNov. 5, 2024Right to Abortion Initiative• Provide a constitutional right to abortion in the state constitution and allow the use of public funds for abortionFloridaNov. 5, 2024Florida Amendment 4• Provide a constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability, which is estimated to be around 24 weeks, or when necessary to protect the patient's health, as determined by the patient's healthcare providerMarylandNov. 5, 2024Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment• Amend the Maryland Constitution to establish a right to reproductive freedom, defined to include "decisions to prevent, continue, or end…

13 Jul

Opinion: Trump can’t undo the damage he’s done to reproductive rights

PatLatest News2024, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Opinion, United States, Vermont

Try as he might, Donald Trump can’t blur the hard reality he forced upon American women. He vowed in 2016 to get rid of Roe v. Wade and succeeded. As a result, American women lost a half-century right to end an unwanted or dangerous pregnancy.

13 Jul

In Missouri governor race, Democratic rivals see abortion rights as path to victory over GOP

PatLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Election 2024, Missouri, United States, Vote

Crystal Quade and Mike Hamra are facing off in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. Both believe an abortion-rights amendment could help them win the governor’s mansion in November.

12 Jul

National Organization for Women hosts rally outside SCOTUS

BarbraLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, NOW, SCOTUS, United States

Protesters with the National Organization for Women gathered outside the Supreme Court on June 24 to advocate for reproductive rights, equal rights and an end to domestic violence.

12 Jul

Polish Parliament Rejects Bill Seeking to Ease Strict Abortion Law

BarbraLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, International Abortion News, legislation, Poland

Poland's lower house rejected a bill on Friday that sought to scrap penalties for people who help someone to get an abortion, highlighting deep divisions in the ruling coalition over easing one of Europe's most restrictive abortion laws. Under the draft law, people helping to arrange an abortion, for example by providing abortion pills, and doctors performing terminations in the early weeks of pregnancy or due to foetal anomalies would no longer have faced charges.