Alan – Page 2 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

21 Mar

Women’s health was overlooked for decades. Not anymore

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, Telehealth, United States, Woman's Health

After years of being ignored, women’s health is becoming a hot market for innovation and investment.

09 Mar

Trump DOJ’s limits on FACE Act enforcement fuel concern from abortion providers

AlanLatest NewsAnti-abortion, FACE Act, GOP, Reproductive care, Reproductive rights, Trump

For more than 30 years, there has been a federal law on the books known as the FACE Act. It prohibits intentional interference with people either providing or receiving reproductive health care services, including abortions. Now the Justice Department says it is sharply scaling back enforcement of that law. NPR justice correspondent Ryan Lucas looked into what this means for people on both sides of the abortion issue.

08 Mar

International Women’s Day 2025. For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment – 8 March 2025

AlanLatest NewsInternational, International Women's Day

In 2025, the world marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action – the most comprehensive and visionary agenda for realizing women’s rights and building a more just and equal world. Over the past three decades, there has been remarkable progress: nearly every United Nations (UN) Member State has taken action to tackle violence against women and girls, narrow gaps in education and reduce maternal mortality. Legal reforms have dismantled discriminatory laws, institutions have been strengthened, and commitments deepened, with more countries than ever before enacting policies that support women’s visibility, opportunity and resilience whether through employment, social protection, or crisis…

07 Mar

Bill creating abortion grant fund for under- and uninsured gains momentum in House, Senate (Maryland)

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Care, Healthcare, Maryland, Reproductive rights

Proposal would let Health Department tap underutilized insurance fund

05 Feb

The Long Term Cost of Major Menopause Misconceptions

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, menopause, United States

If more than half of the world's population will undergo the menopause, then why has it been such a misunderstood topic, especially in the workplace? It’s a mix of taboo and the misinterpretation of data from the Women’s Health Initiative study, explained Stephanie Faubion, M.D., MBA, director of the Mayo Clinic’s Center for Women’s Health and medical director for The Menopause Society, in an interview with Managed Healthcare Executive.

05 Feb

Reproductive health clinics see rise in women freezing eggs

AlanLatest NewsFertilization, Iowa, IVF

Since 2012 fertility clinics have seen a nearly 400% increase in women freezing their embryos.

04 Feb

The Time for Mercy is Now: A Call for Mass Clemency for Incarcerated Women

AlanLatest NewsIncarceration, misogyny, physical violence, Sexual violence, United States

Up to 90% of women sentenced to prisons in the US are survivors of sexual and physical violence, either in childhood, adulthood or both.

04 Feb

LA clinics lose grant for transgender health care as Trump executive orders take hold

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, Project 2025, Transgender Rights, Trump, United States

A Los Angeles health clinic says it’s losing federal funding as a result of President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting transgender people.

03 Feb

How Project 2025 Seeks to Obliterate Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Project 2025, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

Project 2025 promotes a presidential agenda that rolls back civil and human rights and implements extremist conservative policies across every federal department and agency. Its sweeping far-right policy framework,1 by the conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation, includes numerous attacks on sexual and reproductive health and rights. The plan’s far-reaching recommendations would severely limit reproductive autonomy and access to reproductive health care, while turning back the clock on hard-won gains, both domestically and globally. This fact sheet enumerates some of the agenda’s most serious threats to sexual and reproductive health and describes potential effects.

24 Jan

The CDC Won’t Give the Public a Full Picture of Fertility Treatment Risks

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, IVF, Reporting, Reproductive rights, United States

Egg donation comes with health risks. Women are unable to learn which clinics have the fewest adverse outcomes.

22 Jan

An abortion clinic moved to a ‘safe haven’ state. It didn’t get a warm welcome

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Illinois, Safe Haven, United States

After Roe v. Wade was overturned, LaDonna Prince decided to move her abortion clinic from Indiana, where abortion became banned, to a town just over the border in Illinois, where abortion is legal. Illinois has become a key access point for people who have to travel to get an abortion; it has welcomed more out-of-state patients than any other state, according to one estimate. The new location of Affirmative Care Solutions in Danville is just about an hour from where it was before. Prince said she chose the location to keep the commute manageable for her staff and as convenient as possible for patients facing…

22 Jan

Reproductive rights and justice groups plan for Trump’s return

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Reproductive rights, United States

In the days following President-elect Donald Trump’s win last November, a national abortion-assistance hotline was being inundated with calls. “They were confused about whether abortion was even still legal in the country, because they have heard the rhetoric around Trump’s position on abortion,” said Brittany Fonteno, the president and CEO of the National Abortion Federation.

17 Jan

Parental rights at center of reproductive health debate

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Care, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Virginia

Democrats push constitutional amendment and contraception protections; GOP raises oversight concerns. Republicans are ramping up opposition to Democrat-led efforts to protect abortion and contraception access, claiming the proposals undermine parental rights in minors’ healthcare decisions. As these measures advance in the legislature, the battle over oversight is heating up.

16 Jan

Telehealth abortion reduces shame and lifts barriers, study shows

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Taking abortion pills at home helps reduce stigma associated with pregnancy termination, according to recent findings. “It’s intuitive to understand that people are afraid of protesters outside of abortion clinics. But I was surprised that some people would be afraid to be perceived as abortion patients,” said Andréa Becker, co-author of the study, a reproductive health researcher and a sociology professor at Hunter College in New York City.

07 Jan

Study finds an increase in the number of U.S. young adults seeking permanent contraception

AlanLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

A new study from the George Washington University found a significant increase in the number of U.S. young adults seeking permanent contraception, specifically tubal sterilization and vasectomy, following the Supreme Court's June 2022 decision which overturned Roe v. Wade.