July 2026 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

21 Jul

Aid cuts leave at least one million women and girls without vital support

ChaseLatest NewsGlobal, Healthcare, Protection, Reproductive rights

The warning comes in a new report, Beyond the Breaking Point, which finds that those providing essential services to women and girls are being forced to reduce or suspend programmes just as global humanitarian needs reach historic highs. According to the latest figures, around 120 million women and girls worldwide now require humanitarian assistance and protection. Yet the local women's organizations best placed to reach them are facing severe funding shortages, despite often operating in places where international agencies cannot.

21 Jul

The race to unseat Susan Collins is resetting around abortion

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion, Maine, Senate

Democrats say Collins' actions undermine her stated support for reproductive rights — an argument they hope will resonate with the women voters who could decide the Maine Senate race.

20 Jul

Trump administration cancels grants aimed at reducing teen pregnancies

ChaseLatest NewsContraception, GOP, GOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Teen Pregnancy, Trump, United States

The Trump administration has canceled all but a few teen pregnancy prevention grants. That funding went to public health departments, universities and nonprofits to help teach young people and their caregivers how to reduce teen pregnancies.

20 Jul

2026 Reg Agenda Clamps Down On Abortion Access, Could Establish Fetal Personhood

CoreyLatest NewsAnti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

The Trump administration is continuing efforts to limit abortion accessibility, and could potentially codify fetal personhood, though its 2026 regulatory agenda, which proposes a new rule allowing pregnant women to receive child support, a vague proposal to modify Title X statutory requirements and a rule to address Biden-era requirements ensuring reproductive care for unaccompanied, undocumented children.

19 Jul

Trump’s DOJ Goes to Court to Let Employers Deny Birth Control Coverage

ChaseLatest NewsContraception, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Trump, Trump DOJ, United States

Trump’s Department of Justice went to court seeking to revive a rule that would allow employers to deny birth control coverage.

19 Jul

Democratic governors say proposed changes to federal grants would harm reproductive healthcare

CoreyLatest NewsDemocratic Governors, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

A draft rule would formalize review of grant applications by political appointees and allow grants to be canceled at any time.

18 Jul

Conservatives rage over re-funding of Planned Parenthood

AlanLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Healthcare, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, Vote

Despite the restoration of Medicaid funding for health care services — but not abortions — dozens of closed clinics are not likely to reopen.

18 Jul

Misogyny is more poisonous and pervasive than ever

DevonLatest NewsCanada, misogyny

Released just before Côte-des-Neiges shootings, report suggests antifeminism is merging with other toxic ideologies.

17 Jul

Voters to decide at least three abortion-related ballot measures in 2026

DevonLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Missouri, Nevada, Reproductive rights, Virginia, Vote

In 2026, voters will decide three ballot measures related to abortion policy in Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia. Additional measures could qualify for the ballot in Colorado and Idaho.

16 Jul

Planned Parenthood to target GOP with $47 million midterm blitz

AlanLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, Midterms, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, United States, Vote

The near-record investment from Planned Parenthood Votes will fund efforts to unseat Republicans who voted to defund the abortion provider last year.

16 Jul

Initiative to revoke Idaho’s abortion ban one step closer to making it onto ballot

DevonLatest NewsAbortion, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Idaho, Reproductive rights, Vote

An initiative to revoke Idaho’s strict abortion ban is one step closer to making it onto the ballot this November.

15 Jul

Red and blue states pass laws to protect contraception access

AlanLatest NewsBlue States, Contraception, Healthcare, Red States, Reproductive rights

At least four states in recent months have enacted new laws.

15 Jul

Anti-abortion leaders furious after Planned Parenthood defunding expires

DevonLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Healthcare, Medicaid, Planned Parenthood, Red States, Reproductive rights, United States

Planned Parenthood has regained access to federal funding, enraging anti-abortion conservatives one year after Republicans were able to cut its clinics off from Medicaid.

14 Jul

From the chatroom to the classroom, these women professors face the manosphere in real life

ChaseLatest Newsmisogyny, Reproductive rights, United States, Violence Against Women

Julie Shayne has spent the better part of her teaching career navigating campus politics made complicated by being a woman.

14 Jul

GOP officials eye restrictions on pregnant travelers

ChaseLatest News

The ruling wasn’t as lopsided as many legal observers expected, but in Trump v. Barbara, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the idea that a president can override the 14th Amendment to the Constitution with an executive order. Although the 5-4 ruling left in place a status quo that had existed for generations, much of the right did not respond well to the news … Republican Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee said Tuesday he’s moving forward with plans for legislation that he’s calling the Anchors Away Act, which would ban certain pregnant foreign women from entering the United States.