Alan – Page 9 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

09 Jul

Reproductive rights go off the map

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Monitoring, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Privacy, United States

Top House Democrats are releasing their version of a bill that would make it illegal for companies and service providers to collect cellphone location data for patients seeking reproductive or gender affirming care. It’s the latest move by Democratic lawmakers to bolster abortion protections here with the possibility of Republican Donald Trump winning the White House in November looming.

08 Jul

Abortion and the 2024 Election: A Video Primer

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Election 2024, Post-Dobbs, United States

More than a dozen states are weighing abortion-related ballot measures to be decided this fall, most of which would protect abortion rights if passed. KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner and Rachana Pradhan explain what’s at stake in the 2024 election, both at the national and state levels.

08 Jul

Why we’re actually fighting over a medical procedure that allows the infertile to have children

AlanLatest Newsconception, IVF, Opinion, United States, US Senate

Not long ago, in vitro fertilization — the medical process by which human sperm and ovum are united in clinical conditions outside a woman’s body and later implanted, giving the otherwise childless a chance at having a child — would have met scant resistance in the chambers of political power.

27 Jun

Rate of Young Women Getting Sterilized Doubled After ‘Roe’ Was Overturned

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, Post-Dobbs, SCOTUS, Sterilization, United States

Sophia Ferst remembers her reaction to learning that the Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade: She needed to get sterilized.

26 Jun

‘I begged them not to harass me’: Women Accuse Taliban of Sexual Assault After Arrest for ‘Bad Hijab’

AlanLatest NewsAfghanistan, International, misogyny, Sexual Assault, Taliban

“What I experienced in the prison was horrible, but you know what is worse than that? It is that we can’t speak about our experiences.”

21 Jun

Democrats stress reproductive rights in fight for control of Congress, White House

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Abortion Rights, SCOTUS, United States, Vote

Top Democratic campaign officials Thursday pressed their case for control of Congress and the White House by pointing toward the upcoming two-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the constitutional right to an abortion.

20 Jun

10 Things to Know About Abortion Access Since the Dobbs Decision

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Post-Dobbs, United States

June 24, 2024 marks the second anniversary of the Dobbs decision which overturned Roe v. Wade, the case that for almost 50 years protected the constitutional right to abortion in the United States.

13 Jun

BREAKING: THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES (SCOTUS) HAS AFFIRMED THE RIGHT TO MIFEPRISTONE

AlanLatest News, United StatesAbortion Pill, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, United States

ON STANDING. THE CASE CAN BE BROUGHT AGAIN.

13 Jun

Where’s the future of IVF and abortion care? In the hands of voters

AlanLatest NewsCommentary, Missouri, United States

Two years have passed since Missouri outlawed abortion nearly completely. Missouri’s life-begins-at-conception law also seems to outlaw in vitro fertilization (IVF), the medical process that enables many infertile couples to conceive and bear children. If citizens of Missouri wish to protect this procedure then there will need to be a new law.

06 Jun

U.S. Senate GOP prevents contraception access bill from moving ahead

AlanLatest NewsContraception, Filibuster, GOP Senate, United States

An attempt to reinforce Americans’ access to contraception failed Wednesday when U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a bill from advancing toward final passage. The 51-39 procedural vote required at least 60 senators to move forward, but fell short after GOP lawmakers said the measure was too broad as well as unnecessary. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Maine Sen. Susan Collins, both Republicans, broke with their party and voted to advance the legislation.

05 Jun

Senate to vote on bill to guarantee access to contraception

AlanLatest NewsContraception, legislation, Senate, United States

The Senate is expected to vote Wednesday on a bill that would guarantee access to contraception nationwide, as Democrats seek to draw a contrast with Republicans in the run up to November’s elections.

24 May

Commentary: Anti-abortion advocates are manipulating our courts

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Courts, Healthcare, Opinion

In late June of this year, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is expected to issue decisions on “Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v the Food and Drug Administration” (AHM v FDA) and “Idaho v the United States.” Opponents of sexual and reproductive health care rights seek to undermine trusted medical systems, and give states’ total abortion bans the authority to override not only federal law, but doctors’ judgment as well.

23 May

Four things you should know about Maryland’s Maternal Health Act of 2024

AlanLatest News2024 Election, Healthcare, Maryland, Maternal & Child Health, United States

For Del. Jennifer White Holland (D-10) addressing maternal and child health has been a passion for “quite some time.” The public health professional said that her lived experience led her to sponsor a key piece of legislation that looks to improve outcomes for expectant mothers.

19 May

Abortion ballot measures could lift Dems in U.S. House races, campaign chief says

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, legislation, United States

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Suzan DelBene told reporters Friday that ballot questions on abortion access, which will go before voters in several states this November, can help vulnerable Democratic candidates in swing districts — potentially increasing the odds the U.S. House flips from red to blue.

14 May

Medical residents are increasingly avoiding states with abortion restrictions

AlanLatest NewsAAMC, Abortion Care, Association of American Medical Colleges, Healthcare, Medical Deserts, United States

The AAMC analysis found the number of applicants to OB-GYN residency programs in abortion ban states dropped by 6.7%, compared with a 0.4% increase in states where abortion remains legal. For internal medicine, the drop observed in abortion ban states was over five times as much as in states where abortion is legal. In its analysis, the AAMC said an ongoing decline in interest in ban states among new doctors ultimately “may negatively affect access to care in those states.”