Alan – Page 6 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

05 Jan

Muslim Advocates Ramp Up the Fight for Reproductive Justice

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, Muslim, Reproductive rights

Despite the importance, Munifasa’s experience navigating societal silence on reproductive health, including motherhood, is common. Many Muslim Americans struggle to find spaces for dialogue and to make informed decisions about their reproductive and sexual health — a need that the Muslim-led national organization Health, Education, Advocacy, Research and Training, or HEART, is working to fill with culturally resonant and honest information. As the country continues to wrestle over the legal landscape of reproductive rights, HEART hones in on nurturing reproductive justice by building safe environments for Muslims to have and raise children — or to make the informed decision not…

15 Dec

Crystal Pyrak, M.D.: Idaho’s abortion ban needs a health exception to protect women

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, Idaho, Opinion, Reproductive rights

As the president of the Idaho Academy of Family Physicians, I’m compelled to address a pressing issue that impacts the health and safety of mothers in our state: the urgent need for a health exception.

10 Dec

Bill Could Create Liability for Abortion Pills in Tennessee

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, legislation, Tennesee

A pair of conflicting abortion bills were introduced to the Tennessee State Legislature Monday and could result in $5 million liability for distributors of abortion pills or a far less likely set of abortion protections

08 Dec

Louisiana miscarriage patient who had to cross state lines for a D&C wants answers

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

Tabitha Crowe said she woke up around 4 a.m. one Thursday in August covered in blood. She was visiting her parents in southern Louisiana when she started miscarrying her first pregnancy. She said her mom and dad drove her to a nearby hospital while she fought dizziness from the blood loss in their back seat.

07 Dec

Push to protect reproductive health data

AlanLatest NewsMichigan, Reproductive Health Data, Reproductive rights

Democratic lawmakers at the state Capitol are pushing to pass legislation they say will improve reproductive health care. They hope to get it done before Republicans take control of the State House next year.

27 Nov

Trump Doesn’t Need Congress To Make Abortion Effectively Unavailable

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Reproductive rights, United States

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump tried mightily to reassure abortion rights supporters, vowing he would not sign into law a nationwide abortion ban even if Congress sent him one.

25 Nov

Trump says he’ll leave abortion to the states. It won’t be so simple

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Despite his campaign promises to leave the issue to the states, President-elect Donald Trump’s administration will shape the national landscape around abortion and reproductive health.

25 Nov

How abortion rights groups are preparing for the next Trump administration

AlanLatest News2025, Abortion Rights, Arizona, Healthcare, United States

Abortion rights groups are pivoting away from ballot initiatives and starting to go on defense

16 Nov

Maryland is training more health workers to offer abortion care

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Care, Healthworkers, Maryland, Reproductive rights

In the two counties around nurse practitioner Samantha Marsee's clinic in rural northeastern Maryland, there's not a single clinic that provides abortions. And until recently, Marsee herself wasn't trained to treat patients who wanted to end a pregnancy.

15 Nov

Virginia House of Delegates committee advances 3 constitutional amendments

AlanLatest NewsVirginia

Three amendments to the state’s constitution will be up for consideration during the 2025 General Assembly session, with lawmakers set to vote on amendments related to abortion, felon voting rights and same-sex marriage.

09 Nov

They split the ticket. Meet the abortion rights voters who also went for Trump

AlanLatest News

Voters in three states — Arizona, Missouri, and Nevada — chose on Tuesday to advance protections for abortion rights in their state constitutions. Donald Trump, meanwhile, is likely to win all three states in his victorious bid for the White House.

07 Nov

With a Trump Presidency, Grave Threats to Reproductive Freedoms Expected

AlanLatest NewsInternational, Reprocuctive Rights, Trump, United States

On both the domestic and international fronts, an anti-rights agenda risks progress made on gender equality, reproductive rights, and access to health care.

27 Oct

County judge strikes down Ohio abortion ban, citing voter-approved reproductive rights amendment

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, legislation, Ohio, Reproductive rights

The most far-reaching of Ohio’s laws restricting abortion was struck down on Thursday by a county judge who said last year’s voter-approved amendment enshrining reproductive rights renders the so-called heartbeat law unconstitutional.

27 Oct

Harris, Allred push for abortion rights in Houston while Cruz attends Trump event on border security in Austin

AlanLatest NewsReproductive rights, Texas, United States

While Texas is not a battleground state, it is competitive. The Real Clear Politics average of polls here in Texas shows Trump leads Harris by six percentage points, 51.6 percent to 45.6 percent.

26 Oct

Opinion: Expanding abortion access strengthens democracy, while abortion bans signal broader repression

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Commentary, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

Abortion is on the agenda not just in the United States but worldwide. A majority of people in developed democracies increasingly favor abortion rights and self-determination. And, in most places, laws are shifting to reflect public opinion. Since 2020, Argentina, Colombia and Mexico, among others, have legalized abortion. In 2024, France adopted the right to an abortion as a “guaranteed freedom” in its constitution.