Alan – Page 5 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

27 Sep

‘Men’s Rights and Nothing More, Women’s Rights and Nothing Less’

AlanLatest NewsComstock law, Reproductive rights, Vote

Saving America from the Comstock Act and other repressive remnants of the 19th-century past

26 Sep

Will abortion swing the first post-Roe presidential election?

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Healthcare, Post-Dobbs, Reproductive rights, Wisconsin

Dobbs backlash could send an abortion provider to Congress

26 Sep

Funds are cutting aid for women seeking abortions as costs rise

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Funds, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Post-Dobbs, Reproductive rights, United States

Organizations that help pay abortion costs are capping how much they can help as travel costs rise and the wave of “rage giving” that fueled them two years ago has subsided.

17 Sep

Most Latinx immigrants said they didn’t know abortion was legal in New Jersey. Meet the group helping the state understand why.

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, LatinX, Reproductive rights, United States

A community health model shows promising potential in expanding reproductive health care access for the state’s Latinx immigrants.

17 Sep

IVF Protections Heading for Senate Vote

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, IVF, legislation, Reproductive rights, US Senate

The U.S. Senate is set to vote Tuesday on a bill aimed at enshrining in vitro fertilization (IVF) as a nationwide right.

09 Sep

Fate of Missouri abortion-rights amendment in hands of state Supreme Court

AlanLatest Newslegislation, Missouri, Reproductive rights

The Missouri Supreme Court will decide whether an abortion-rights will end up on the Nov. 5 ballot after a Cole County judge ruled the proposed amendment violated state law.

09 Sep

Commentary: With reproductive rights back on the ballot, research on childlessness provides valuable insights

AlanLatest NewsChildlessness, Healthcare, Opinion, Reproductive rights, Tennessee

As the U.S. becomes a more difficult place to raise a family, it should come as no surprise that more Americans prefer childlessness. While it is true that a rising percentage of the population choosing not to have children may create problems for the country down the line, politicians will never be able to bully or badger Americans into having kids.

03 Sep

Austin plans to move forward with abortion travel fund, officials say

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Fund, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Texas

The city of Austin will be allowed to move forward with plans to implement its Reproductive Justice Fund, despite a lawsuit challenging its legality, city officials said. The Reproductive Justice Fund is a provision in the city’s 2024-25 budget that is meant to provide money to people seeking out-of-state abortions due to the medical procedure being banned in Texas. City Council approved $400,000 for the fund earlier this month. The money can be used for airfare, gas, hotel stays and food.

03 Sep

‘Perfect storm’ of crises is leading to cutbacks in abortion care, advocates say

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, Post-Dobbs, Reproductive rights

Advocates for abortion access say compounding crises of abortion bans, rising economic costs and systemic health care issues are beginning to cause significant funding challenges and potential disruptions to reproductive care of all kinds. Several people described it as a “perfect storm” of problems with the U.S. health care system, particularly post-pandemic, and the rise of abortion bans and other reproductive care restrictions in the wake of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in June 2022. Many individuals must now travel hundreds or thousands of miles to seek abortion care, and the consolidation of demand at a smaller…

27 Aug

Polish abortion restrictions violate women’s rights: UN

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, International, Poland, United Nations

Poland’s restrictive laws on abortion are violating women’s rights, a United Nations committee said Monday, saying the rules had contributed to “several preventable deaths”.

27 Aug

Trump’s Evangelical Supporters Just Lost Their Best Excuse

AlanLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Evangelical, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

The pro-life justification for supporting the former president has now collapsed.

23 Aug

Texans talk abortion rights, guns, border and immigration at Democratic National Convention

AlanLatest NewsDNC, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Texas, United States

Several Texas Democrats enjoyed a short reprieve from their deep-red state this week and descended on Chicago, surrounding themselves in the friendlier confines of the Democratic National Convention.

22 Aug

The Male Pill: A Game Changer

AlanLatest NewsContraceptives, Men, Reproductive rights, United States

It reflects an important shift in the assumption that contraception is primarily the responsibility of women.

22 Aug

Opinion: North Carolina judges, the fall election, and reproductive freedom

AlanLatest Newslegislation, North Carolina, Opinion, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, United States

As we sprint towards Election Day 2024 with high-profile presidential and congressional elections on the horizon, many of us are talking about how these elections will impact abortion access in North Carolina and around the country. Even if we elect a pro-choice White House, however, the specter of nine unelected justices appointed for life to the highest court in the land where they play an outsized role in abortion access remains. For anti-abortion lawmakers, getting six anti-abortion justices to form a supermajority on the U.S. Supreme Court was indeed the key to pushing their unpopular and regressive agenda.

20 Aug

Speakers Share Impact Of Trump’s Abortion Ban On Their Lives

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Abortion Care, Abortion Rights, Reproductive rights, United States

CHICAGO – At the 2024 Democratic National Convention, several speakers shared deeply personal stories of how former President Donald Trump’s abortion ban affected their lives. Abortion has become the leading issue for most Democrats.