Alan – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

14 Aug

U.S. Repro Watch: Six Updates You Won’t Want to Miss

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States

Trump administration proposes new abortion ban, states sue over federal Medicaid cuts, and more news on U.S. reproductive rights.

14 Aug

Women in states with abortion bans are the biggest users of abortion telemedicine

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Telemedicine, United States

In a new study, 84% of online prescriptions went to patients living in abortion-ban states

13 Aug

Repro Red Flags: Executive Actions

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Contraception, GOP, Healthcare, IVF, Maternal & Child Health, Reproductive rights, Trump, Trump Administration, United States

President Donald Trump has stacked his administration with anti-reproductive rights officials responsible for leading federal agencies that directly impact access to reproductive health care—including abortion, birth control, IVF, and maternal health care.

13 Aug

Ohio advocates fight back as U.S. Supreme Court asked to review same-sex marriage decision

AlanLatest NewsHate, Homophobia, LQBTQIA2S+, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, United States

Ohio LGBTQ+ advocates will soon start collecting signatures for their equal rights proposals as the U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to review its 2015 same-sex marriage decision. It’s been 10 years since SCOTUS decided in Obergefell v. Hodges, a case originating out of Ohio where justices determined that same-sex couples have the fundamental right to marry. The ruling legalized same-sex marriage across the country.

14 Jul

States can block Medicaid money for health care at Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court says

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, legal news, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, United States

States can block the country's biggest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, from receiving Medicaid money for health services such as contraception and cancer screenings, the Supreme Court ruled recently.The 6-3 opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch and joined by the rest of the court's conservatives was not directly about abortion, but it comes as Republicans back a wider push across the country to defund the organization. It closes off Planned Parenthood's primary court path to keeping Medicaid funding in place: patient lawsuits.

14 Jul

Positive Interim Phase 3 Results Highlight Potential of Ovaprene®, Novel Hormone-Free Contraceptive

AlanLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

A biopharmaceutical company driven by a mission to challenge the status quo, making women's health a priority, today announced positive interim safety and efficacy results from its ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating the contraceptive effectiveness, safety and acceptability of Ovaprene®, the company’s investigational monthly, hormone-free intravaginal contraceptive. There currently are no FDA-approved, hormone-free, monthly intravaginal contraceptives.

13 Jul

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13 Jul

World IVF Day is July 25, 2025. Update from the PA House of Representatives

AlanLatest NewsIVF, Pennsylvania, Reproductive rights

Globally, approximately 1 in 6 people experience infertility in their lifetime. Many couples around the world rely on assisted reproductive technology, such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), to make their dreams of starting a family a reality.

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.

08 Jun

How a network of women in Latin America transformed safe, self-managed abortions

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Pills, International, Self-managed abortion, Underground network

In November 1990, more than 3,000 women descended on the sleepy beach town of San Bernardo del Tuyú, Argentina, for what was becoming a legendary event.

07 Jun

Does Georgia’s fetal ‘personhood’ law mean a pregnant woman must stay on life support?

AlanLatest News"personhood", Georgia, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

By the time she ended up at a Georgia hospital with emergency complications, 30-year-old Atlanta nurse Adriana Smith was almost nine weeks pregnant.

18 May

Case of a brain-dead pregnant woman kept on life support is ‘gut-wrenching,’ advocates say

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Abortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, legislation, Reproductive rights, United States

Adriana Smith’s case is the latest instance in which Georgia’s six-week abortion ban and its impacts on Black women have raised serious concerns.

18 May

Bomb kills one near California fertility clinic; FBI calls it ‘terrorism’

AlanLatest NewsDanger, Domestic Terrorism, Fertility Clinic, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

A bomb exploded near a reproductive health facility in Palm Springs, California, on Saturday, killing one person and injuring at least four in an incident the FBI called an "intentional act of terrorism".

17 May

Self-screening tool for medication abortion found accurate and acceptable

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, mifepristone, Reproductive rights

A self-screening tool is highly acceptable for patients to self-evaluate whether they are able to proceed with a medication abortion without the use of an ultrasound, according to a recent study.

17 May

Worldwide, Many Women Relied on the U.S. for Financial Support. This Afghan Woman Dares to Speak Out.

AlanLatest NewsAfghan, Funding, Healthcare, International, Reproductive rights

As U.S. funding for global reproductive healthcare dries up, Afghan activist Seema Ghani risks everything to expose the devastating impact on women losing vital access to care.