June 2025 – Page 2 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

16 Jun

Why We Must Keep Talking About Abortion Pills

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Pills, International, mifipristone, Reproductive rights

As part of a delegation to Brazil, I saw how our countries’ respective struggles to maintain and expand reproductive justice are really part of the same fight.

15 Jun

JOIN TOBY’S FUND TODAY at Woodstock (Illinois) PrideFest. Table 45

MauraLatest News

On the 'square' in Front of the Courthouse!

15 Jun

New Michigan laws aim to clarify abortion bans. Doctors say it’s not so simple.

MauraLatest NewsAbortion Care, Michigan, Reproductive rights

Almost three years after the fall of Roe v. Wade made way for near-total abortion bans, state lawmakers are weighing whether to offer more specific guidance about when doctors can perform abortions in a medical crisis.

14 Jun

Our film imagined a post-Roe nightmare. Then it came true

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Commentary, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

Trump's rollback of emergency abortion protections will cost lives

14 Jun

Nevada U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen Joins Senate Democrats Push to Protect IVF Access for Families Nationwide

ChaseLatest NewsDemocrats, IVF, Nevada, Reproductive rights, Senate, United States

This week, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined Senate Democratic colleagues in introducing the Protect IVF Act, legislation that would establish a nationwide right to access in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and protect families, providers, and insurers from state-level restrictions or interference. The bill comes in response to increasing attacks on reproductive freedom following the repeal of Roe v. Wade, including an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that effectively halted IVF services in the state last year. This legislation would ensure that no American is denied the ability to build a family due to extreme and politically motivated laws.

13 Jun

Texas clarified when abortions are OK and aligned with RFK Jr. on health this legislative session

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Reproductive rights, Texas

Amid a quiet legislative session for health, lawmakers’ priority legislation reinforced the U.S. health secretary’s agenda.

13 Jun

The veto governor: Paid leave, IVF bills fall as Nevada’s Lombardo crushes his own record

ChaseLatest NewsIVF, legilsation, Nevada, Reproductive rights

Gov. Joe Lombardo in 2023 smashed the record for most vetoes during a single legislative sesseion, rejecting 75 bills. This year, he beat his own record, vetoing 87 bills as of Thursday evening.

12 Jun

End of hospital emergency abortion care rule will affect rural KY women

MauraLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Hospital Care, Kentucky, Reproductive rights

Abortion rights advocates in Kentucky are concerned as the Department of Health and Human Services has revoked a policy requiring hospitals to provide abortion care in emergency situations.

12 Jun

Trans Texans brace for life under strict sex definition law

MauraLatest Newslegislation, Texas, Transgender

Texas has strictly defined man and woman, leaving trans Texans in legal limbo.

11 Jun

Column: Strict abortion laws set our rights back decades

MauraLatest NewsAbortion Care, Healthcare, Opinion, United States

In the 1960s, women traveled to Mexico, hiding their faces, to make a choice that should have been available to everyone. In 2025, history repeats itself. Now, it is the law — not shame — that forces them to flee.

11 Jun

Abortion-Ban States Provide Worse Health Care To Pregnant Women, Study Says

MauraLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Pregnant women are more likely to have poorer health care in states that ban or restrict abortion, a new study says. Expectant mothers are more often uninsured and have less access to routine medical care in those states, researchers reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

10 Jun

Texas’ abortion bans are here to stay despite narrow clarification

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Anti-abortion, legislation, Texas

Legal challenges have failed, elections haven’t moved the needle and the fight for a narrow clarification shows how immovable these laws are.

09 Jun

From New York to Arizona, Efforts Emerge to Curb Drug Testing During Childbirth

CoreyLatest NewsDrug Testing, Healthcare, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, United States

Several proposals followed an investigation by The Marshall Project and Reveal exposing the harms of widespread drug testing of pregnant patients.

09 Jun

Here’s what happened with abortion at the Texas Legislature this year

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Healthcare, Texas

After more than three years under a near-total abortion ban, Texas’ 89th legislative session brought forth discussions about the ways Texans continue to access the highly restricted procedure.

08 Jun

Hospital that discharged woman with doomed pregnancy violated the law, federal inquiry finds

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Texas

A Texas hospital that repeatedly sent a woman who was bleeding and in pain home without ending her nonviable, life-threatening pregnancy violated the law, according to a newly released federal investigation.