2026 – Page 2 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

03 May

Oral Contraceptive Pills: Access and Availability

RandyLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

For over 60 years, American women have relied on oral contraceptive pills to prevent pregnancy. Oral contraceptives are the most widely used form of reversible contraception and are also commonly used to manage other health conditions.

03 May

Amid Falling Birth Rates, Federal Family Planning Is Overhauled

PhoenixLatest NewsBirth Rate, GOP, Healthcare, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 3.6 million births in 2025, a 1 percent decline from 2024. The fertility rate dropped to 53.1 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44, down 23 percent since 2007.

02 May

Virginia bill creates reproductive protections overturned by Trump

JordanLatest NewsDemocratic Governor, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Trump, Virginia

Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger made a minor change to a bill that will make it a Class 1 misdemeanor to obstruct access to reproductive health care facilities. This is one of several bills passed this session to protect reproductive rights.

02 May

Most US adults still support abortion access, despite declines for some Christians

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Christians, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

Though majorities in both groups support abortion being legal, a new survey by the Public Religion Research Institute found that both white Catholics and white mainline/nonevangelical Protestants have demonstrated a small swing toward an anti-abortion position since 2024.

01 May

As US Birth Rate Falls, Feds’ Response May Make Pregnancy More Dangerous

CoreyLatest NewsBirth Rate, GOP, Pregnancy, Safety Net, Title X, Trump

According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 3.6 million births in 2025, a 1% decline from 2024. The fertility rate dropped to 53.1 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44, down 23% since 2007.

01 May

Six Reproductive Freedom Storylines to Watch in 2026

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

Voters continue to reject abortion bans and support reproductive freedom champions at the ballot box; anti-abortion actors are escalating, not retreating, despite their proven unpopularity; and the human cost of abortion bans is mounting while the full damage is still untold.

30 Apr

US Abortion Restrictions Causing Preventable Deaths

AlanLatest NewsAnti-abortion, GOP, misogyny, Preventable Deaths, Red States

State Restrictions Worsening Inequality

30 Apr

Virginia General Assembly passes law requiring insurance coverage for contraceptive care

CoreyLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Virginia

The Virginia General Assembly passes law requiring insurance coverage for contraceptive care

29 Apr

Red States Thought They Could Stop Abortions. They Ended Up Stopping Only the Lifesaving Ones.

AlanLatest NewsAnti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, misogyny, Red States, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Trump, United States

Abortion rates have increased nationwide since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

29 Apr

South Carolina: Abortion ban advances, but SC senator vows to stop it from going further

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Ban, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, South Carolina

The bill, which removes exceptions and punishes women seeking abortions, is almost certain not to be heard on the floor

28 Apr

Trump has turned Title X upside down: from a contraception program into a pronatalist machine

AlanLatest Newsconception, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Title X, Trump, United States

First the administration sought to defund Title X. Now it’s reimagining what it stands forhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/14/trump-title-x-contraception-program-pronatalist

28 Apr

New 50-State Survey Data: Six in Ten Americans, Including Most Religious Americans, Independents, Support Abortion Legality

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Six in ten Americans (61%) say abortion should be legal in most or all cases, according to a new survey report published today by PRRI. Based on interviews with more than 22,000 adults conducted throughout 2025 as part of the PRRI American Values Atlas, while 36% of Americans say abortion should be illegal in most or all cases, the share of Americans who say abortion should be illegal in all cases has dropped by half since 2010, from 15% to 8% in 2025.

27 Apr

Why Reproductive Justice and Trans Liberation Are One Fight

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Trans Rights, United States

Reproductive justice and transgender liberation are deeply connected, grounded in the shared principles of bodily autonomy, self-determination, and freedom from discrimination and state violence.

27 Apr

The fight against ‘medical misogyny’ is far from over

ChaseLatest NewsHealthcare, misogyny, Reproductive rights

Ethnicity, culture and access continue to shape who is believed, how quickly, and with what outcome, says Vanessa Haye I welcome the relaunched women’s health strategy (Streeting relaunches women’s health strategy to tackle ‘medical misogyny’, 14 April) but with caution. The system appears responsive, but the root causes in health inequality outcomes remain untouched.

26 Apr

Title X Funding Restored, but New Rules Raise Concerns

MorganLatest NewsContraception, GOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Title X, Trump, United States

Federal funding for reproductive health clinics is back on track, but some new rules appear to stray from the original goals. Clinics that rely on the Title X program have now received their funding after the Trump administration delayed the application process.