January 2025 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

31 Jan

Parental rights at center of reproductive health debate

BarbraLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Civil Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

The anti-abortion movement has framed certain protections for abortion care as attacks on parental rights. Opponents of successful reproductive rights ballot measures in Ohio, Missouri, Maryland and New York often deployed this rhetoric while campaigning. Parental rights were not included in Ohio’s Issue 1 ballot language that passed in November 2023. But that didn’t stop first lady Fran DeWine from saying in an ad that the measure “would deny parents the right to be involved when their daughter is making the most important decision of her life,” Ohio Capital Journal reported.

30 Jan

No Fault of Their Own: Why the Government Needs to Support Domestic Violence Survivors

BarbraLatest NewsDomestic Violence, Economic Abuse, United States

The narrative must be rewritten to create a future that assists their economic security.

29 Jan

Activists whose videos accused Planned Parenthood of selling fetal remains plead to felony

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Misinformation, Anti-abortion, California, Court decision, Felony charges, Misinformation, Planned Parenthood, sensationalism, United States

“Two anti-abortion activists who made sensational videos of Planned Parenthood officials nearly a decade ago pleaded no contest this week to a felony count of illegally recording someone without consent. David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt secretly filmed Planned Parenthood executives in California and edited the clips in a way that purported to show them selling fetal remains. Monday’s plea deal and felony conviction ends a criminal case that has dragged through the court system since 2017….”

29 Jan

Stopping the Abuse of Tech in Surveilling and Criminalizing Abortion

PatLatest NewsAbortion Care, Data Security, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Apps and consumer data could be weaponized to criminalize those seeking, providing, and supporting abortion care, and policymakers and individual Americans should act to protect private reproductive health information.

29 Jan

Trump health pick Kennedy faces US Senate scrutiny over vaccine, abortion views

PatLatest NewsAbortion Rights, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's pick to lead the top U.S. health agency, is set to face a grilling from Senate Democrats and Republicans on Wednesday over his views on vaccines, abortion, and potential conflicts of interest. Kennedy, 70, will appear in front of the Senate Finance Committee at 10 a.m. ET (1500 GMT) on Wednesday. While that committee is responsible for advancing his nomination to the full Senate, Kennedy is also scheduled to appear in front of a second Senate panel that oversees health on Thursday.

28 Jan

Trump orders ban foreign aid, rescind federal funds guidance for abortion

PatLatest NewsAnti-abortion, GOP, Project 2025, Trump, United States

The executive orders follow directives from Project 2025

27 Jan

Johnson touts ‘new era’ of abortion opposition under Trump

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

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Friday abortion opponents are “entering a new era” with President Trump and Vice President Vance in the White House. Speaking at the March for Life, Johnson praised the new administration for anti-abortion actions taken in the first week, including pardoning nearly two dozen anti-abortion activists.

27 Jan

What a U.S. exit from the WHO means for global health

RandyLatest NewsInternational, Reproductive rights, WHO

For decades, the United States has held considerable power in determining the direction of global health policies and programs. President Donald Trump issued three executive orders on his first day in office that may signal the end of that era, health policy experts said.

26 Jan

Governor Whitmer Signs Bills Expanding Reproductive Freedom, Reducing Barriers to Affording Contraception and Care in Michigan

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Michigan, Reproductive rights, United States

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed 16 bills that will expand reproductive freedom in Michigan, including a bill that allows pharmacists to directly prescribe and dispense contraceptives to patients. This package of bills ensures women can more easily access critical health care by lowering costs and cutting unnecessary red tape. These bills also bolster Governor Whitmer’s commitment to advancing reproductive freedoms here in Michigan, giving more Michiganders the opportunity to control if, when, and how they choose to start their families

25 Jan

Trump uses executive power to reinstate anti-abortion pacts

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Rights, anti-abortion pacts, Executive Order, Family planning, family planning funding, family planning support, Global Abortion Rights, United States

“President Donald Trump on Friday used his executive authority to restore U.S. participation in two international anti-abortion pacts, including one that cuts off U.S. family planning funds for foreign organizations if they provide or promote abortions. Trump reinstated the Mexico City Policy, which opponents call the "global gag rule" because they say it silences abortion advocates. Established by former President Ronald Reagan in 1984, it has been rescinded by each Democratic president since then and reinstated when a Republican returns to the White House….”

25 Jan

Justice Department curtails prosecutions for blocking access to reproductive health centers

RandyLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Clinic access, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

President Donald Trump’s new Justice Department leadership is curtailing prosecutions against people accused of blocking access to abortion clinics and reproductive health centers Mizelle also ordered the immediate dismissal of three FACE Act cases related to 2021 blockades of clinics in Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

24 Jan

The CDC Won’t Give the Public a Full Picture of Fertility Treatment Risks

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, IVF, Reporting, Reproductive rights, United States

Egg donation comes with health risks. Women are unable to learn which clinics have the fewest adverse outcomes.

23 Jan

Senate Dems block GOP’s first abortion bill

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion, Abortion bill, blocked bill, care, Democrats, GOP, GOP led abortion bill, Health care, practicioner, Republicans, Senate, United States

“A GOP-led abortion bill failed in the Senate due to Democratic opposition on Wednesday, a sign of where the party is drawing the line on bipartisan cooperation. After a week marked by Senate Democrats’ willingness to work with their Republican counterparts on both an immigration bill and confirming former Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of State, every Democrat voted against legislation that would “prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.”…”

22 Jan

An abortion clinic moved to a ‘safe haven’ state. It didn’t get a warm welcome

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Illinois, Safe Haven, United States

After Roe v. Wade was overturned, LaDonna Prince decided to move her abortion clinic from Indiana, where abortion became banned, to a town just over the border in Illinois, where abortion is legal. Illinois has become a key access point for people who have to travel to get an abortion; it has welcomed more out-of-state patients than any other state, according to one estimate. The new location of Affirmative Care Solutions in Danville is just about an hour from where it was before. Prince said she chose the location to keep the commute manageable for her staff and as convenient as possible for patients facing…

22 Jan

Reproductive rights and justice groups plan for Trump’s return

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Reproductive rights, United States

In the days following President-elect Donald Trump’s win last November, a national abortion-assistance hotline was being inundated with calls. “They were confused about whether abortion was even still legal in the country, because they have heard the rhetoric around Trump’s position on abortion,” said Brittany Fonteno, the president and CEO of the National Abortion Federation.