Alan – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

31 Mar

Community experiences in adapting to climate change for sexual and reproductive health and rights

AlanLatest NewsClimate Change, Global, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Sexual Health

Climate change is one of the most serious threats to global health in the twenty-first century. Its effects on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are wide-ranging – from adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes linked to extreme heat and flooding, to increased incidence of gender-based violence in the aftermath of climate shocks, to disrupted access to contraceptive and abortion care when health systems are overwhelmed. A WHO/HRP scoping review confirmed the breadth of these associations while also documenting critical evidence gaps, particularly for abortion care, contraception and broader sexual health issues. Evidence is especially sparse for studies applying an…

30 Mar

Dem Women’s Caucus & Reproductive Freedom Caucus Urge HHS to Fund Title X Grants to Protect Critical Reproductive Care After Significant Delay

AlanLatest NewsDemocratic Women's Caucus, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Title X, United States

Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Whip Nikema Williams (GA-05), Reproductive Freedom Caucus (RFC) Vice Chair Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), DWC Reproductive Health Care Task Force and Liaison Judy Chu (CA-28), and DWC & RFC members Sharice Davids (KS-03) and Dina Titus (NV-01) led 128 Members of the DWC and RFC in a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy urging him to extend Title X grants that provide critical family planning funding to health care centers across the country after HHS failed to provide guidance for months. Title X-funded health centers are lifelines in their communities, providing…

29 Mar

Red states move to protect crisis pregnancy centers using model legislation

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Crisis Pregnancy Center, GOP, Healthcare, Red States, Reproductive rights, United States

Conservative lawmakers in multiple states are pushing legislation drafted by an advocacy group that opposes abortion to increase protections for crisis pregnancy centers, organizations that provide some health-related services but also work to dissuade women from having abortions.

28 Mar

State and Federal Reproductive Rights and Abortion Litigation Tracker

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, litigation, Post Dobbs, Reproductive rights, United States

The Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling, overturning Roe v. Wade, returned the decision to restrict or protect abortion to states. In many states, abortion providers and advocates are challenging state abortion bans contending that the bans violate the state constitution or another state law. The state litigation tracker presents up-to-date information on the ongoing litigation challenging state abortion policy.

04 Mar

Vance, Johnson and others speak at anti-abortion March for Life in Washington

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

Vice President JD Vance encouraged anti-abortion activists to "take heart in how far we've come" on the quest to limit the practice, listing the Trump administration's accomplishments including an expansion of a ban on U.S. foreign aid for groups supporting abortion services.

02 Mar

Anti Reproductive Health Executive Actions

AlanLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

Repro Red Flags: Agency Watch will serve as a repository of key Trump administration policies related to reproductive health, including those impacting abortion access, maternal health, and assisted reproduction. This resource will track executive actions such as Executive Orders, Presidential Memoranda, Proclamations, and Statements of Administration Policy as well as significant agency actions, guidance, and memoranda. It will also monitor ongoing rulemaking, highlighting relevant regulations and opportunities for public input.

02 Mar

2025 State Legislation on Birth Control: Attacks Continue but State Advocates Work to Protect and Expand Contraceptive Access

AlanLatest NewsContraception, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States, Women's Law Center

Everyone should have access to the birth control they want or need, when they want or need it, without any barriers. This is especially important for young people, people of color, and the LGBTQ+ community.1 However, when the Supreme Court unjustly overturned Roe v. Wade, it not only took away people’s constitutional right to abortion, but also laid the groundwork to eliminate the right to birth control.2 In the years that have followed, both the right and access to contraception have been increasingly under threat.3

01 Mar

Reproductive health providers targeted by Trump ask for additional state funding

AlanLatest NewsAnti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Maine, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

In order to protect Maine’s reproductive health care system, which has lost millions in federal funding over the last year, lawmakers are considering legislation to provide additional state support to protect against future changes.

14 Feb

A constitutional amendment on reproductive rights is headed to Virginia’s ballot, here’s what it would do.

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Blue State, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States, Virginia

Abortion remains legal in Virginia, but advocates say that could change with shifting political power. A constitutional amendment would make reproductive rights far harder to roll back.

23 Jan

US Data Reveal Increases in Pregnancy Mortality Compared With Abortion

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Mortality, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, United States

Analysis of nearly 15 million births and 3.7 million abortions from 2018-2021 revealed pregnancy-related mortality is 45-70 times higher than abortion-related deaths, at least triple the previous ratio from 1998-2005 data.

23 Jan

Why Medication Abortion Is the Top Target for Anti-Abortion Groups in 2026

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Anti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

This week would have marked the 53rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide — that is, until 2022, when the court overturned it. Since then, abortion has been banned in 13 states and severely limited in 10 others.

22 Jan

The Erosion of Reproductive Freedom and Democracy One Year Under Trump

AlanLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

One year ago, Donald Trump returned to the White House and launched an onslaught of attacks against reproductive freedom and other fundamental rights—all while swiftly punishing those who dared to defy him. Those efforts have caused real harm to people across the country: gutting health care, destabilizing families, silencing dissent, and laying the groundwork for a nationwide abortion ban that no one voted for.

22 Jan

Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Husted speaks against abortion pill during Senate hearing

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Pills, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

The abortion pill has become a target of Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr., as well as state-level legislation in Ohio

18 Dec

Lawmakers vow to improve care for pregnant women in jails

AlanLatest NewsDemocrats, Healthcare, Incarceration, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, United States

Officials in Congress and in states from Pennsylvania to California said they were alarmed by a Bloomberg Law and NBC News investigation.

18 Dec

We Care: building evidence for safer abortion services

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Global, Reproductive rights, WHO

Expanding access to safe, comprehensive abortion care presents a critical opportunity to protect the health and rights of millions of women worldwide. By leveraging data and innovative tools, a silent challenge is transformed into actionable solutions that save lives and promote equity.