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03 Apr

Trump unveils new tariffs and CDC’s IVF team is eliminated

AlanLatest NewsGOP, IVF, Reproductive rights, United States

Public health experts and IVF advocates said they are shocked at the elimination of the CDC's Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance team — a group of six epidemiologists, data analysts and researchers that tracked how well in vitro fertilization worked across the U.S. Their layoffs were part of the sweeping cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services and come just a week after President Donald Trump declared himself "the fertilization president" while touting efforts to expand IVF.

22 Mar

America’s War on Care

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, Opinion, Reproductive rights, Women

The casual sadism on display is breathtaking in the staggeringly dangerous breadth of the harm inflicted – on our health and wellbeing, on that of our planet, on international justice, human dignity, on the rule of law.

22 Mar

Abortion once more plays a key role in a state political fight, this time in Wisconsin’s court race

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States, Wisconsin

As the candidates for a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat squared off in a recent debate before early voting, one issue came up first and dominated at the start. “Let’s talk about abortion rights,” the moderator said.

21 Mar

Refugee women and girls at extreme risk of rape and other abuse are already losing access to services that kept them safe.

AlanLatest NewsInternational, rape, Refugees, Women

Statement by UNHCR’s Filippo Grandi on the impact of global aid cuts on refugees

21 Mar

Maternal Mortality Crisis Persists Despite Medical Advance

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, International, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights

In 2020, approximately 287,000 women worldwide died from pregnancy- or childbirth-related complications, equivalent to one death every 2 minutes. Hemorrhage and hypertensive disorders, such as preeclampsia, remain the leading causes of maternal mortality globally, highlighting persistent gaps in access to effective care in low-income countries.

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.