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12 Sep

Virginia District Court Rules FDA Unlawfully Restricted Abortion Pill Access

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Telehealth, United States

A Virginia district court judge ordered the FDA to reconsider its restrictions on mifepristone, a highly safe and effective prescription medication for terminating early pregnancy. The judge, Robert S. Ballou, sided with reproductive health clinics in three states that argued that current restrictions are excessive, medically unnecessary, and inconsistent with federal law. The challenged restrictions are part of FDA’s 2023 risk evaluation mitigation strategy (2023 REMS).

11 Sep

Health Care Financing to Improve Availability of Affordable Contraception: Identifying Promising Practices

ChaseLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Effective family planning that meets an individual’s needs, values, and preferences is a critical element of high-quality health care for women. Despite the well-documented role of family planning in improving maternal and infant health outcomes, persistent financial obstacles create barriers to care for many women. An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will review programs that aim to improve availability and affordability of contraception and identify effective strategies to inform future policy and practice.

10 Sep

In wide-ranging amicus briefs, experts again urge the Fifth Circuit to reject restrictions on telehealth access to mifepristone

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Abortion Rights, ACLU, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Telehealth, United States

Ahead of oral argument in Louisiana v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on September 9, a wide range of experts — including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American College of Emergency Physicians, the National Domestic Violence Hotline, the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers, and former military officials — are urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to reject anti-abortion politicians’ effort to end telemedicine and mail and pharmacy access to mifepristone nationwide.Mifepristone is used in nearly two-thirds of U.S. abortions, with more than 1 in 4 patients

09 Sep

Reproductive Freedom for All Launches Ad in Pennsylvania Highlighting FDA Nominee Heidi Overton’s Anti-Abortion Extremism

ChaseLatest NewsHealthcare, Pennsylvania, Reproductive rights, United States

Reproductive Freedom for All launched a new digital ad in Pennsylvania, “Victory“, highlighting the anti-abortion extremism of Heidi Overton, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration. Overton has pushed disinformation about the safety of medication abortion and argued for remaking federal health agencies around Republicans’ anti-abortion agenda. If confirmed, she would run an agency that could entirely curb access to mifepristone—in effect pushing a backdoor abortion ban that is deeply unpopular with voters.

04 Sep

A Few Words on Gloria (for now)

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Feminism, GloriaSteinam, Reproductive rights, United States

Women’s eNews Executive Director & Editor-in-Chief, Lori Sokol, PhD, was interviewed yesterday on 1010WINS NY about her long-term friendship with Gloria Steinem, in tribute to the feminist icon who served as both a mentor and friend, shaping Lori’s career in feminist journalism.

07 Aug

Reproductive Freedom for All Condemns Trump DOJ for Rewarding Convicted Anti-Abortion Extremist With Seven-Figure Payout Using Taxpayer Money

ChaseLatest NewsAnti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Taxpayer money, Trump

Trump’s administration is handing a seven-figure, taxpayer-funded settlement to a convicted anti-abortion extremist who prevented patients from accessing reproductive healthcare. Paul Vaughn was convicted of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act after helping blockade a Tennessee clinic. This hefty payout is an alarming escalation after President Trump pardoned Vaughn and 22 other anti-abortion extremists convicted under the FACE Act just days into his second term.

06 Aug

Federal Court Rules FDA Abortion Pill Restrictions Are Unjustified

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Pills, GOP, Healthcare, Judge, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States, Vance

A federal court in Virginia ruled that the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone are unjustified and baseless, and ordered the agency to reconsider them. In its ruling, the court said the FDA disregarded the scientific record demonstrating that mifepristone could be safely prescribed without restrictive regulations.

05 Aug

A Groundbreaking U.N. Resolution Calls Forced Pregnancy What It Is: Reproductive Violence

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Abortion Care, Abortion Rights, GOP, Healthcare, Trump, United Nations, Vance

Reproductive violence finally has a name. How does the U.S. fit into the U.N.’s new definition?

04 Aug

Planned Parenthood Sues Trump-Vance Administration Over Ideologically-Driven Changes to Funding Application for Title X Family Planning Program

ChaseLatest NewsContraception, GOP, Reproductive rights, Title X, Trump, United States, Vance

Changes to the Longstanding Program Threatens Access to Low-and No-Cost Birth Control Nationwide

22 Jul

Illinois Lawmakers pass bill to shield abortion information from digital medical records

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Information, Blue State, Democratic Governor, Healthcare, Illinois

The measure seeks to protect abortion patients in Illinois from out-of-state retaliation

21 Jul

Aid cuts leave at least one million women and girls without vital support

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The warning comes in a new report, Beyond the Breaking Point, which finds that those providing essential services to women and girls are being forced to reduce or suspend programmes just as global humanitarian needs reach historic highs. According to the latest figures, around 120 million women and girls worldwide now require humanitarian assistance and protection. Yet the local women's organizations best placed to reach them are facing severe funding shortages, despite often operating in places where international agencies cannot.

20 Jul

Trump administration cancels grants aimed at reducing teen pregnancies

ChaseLatest NewsContraception, GOP, GOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Teen Pregnancy, Trump, United States

The Trump administration has canceled all but a few teen pregnancy prevention grants. That funding went to public health departments, universities and nonprofits to help teach young people and their caregivers how to reduce teen pregnancies.

19 Jul

Trump’s DOJ Goes to Court to Let Employers Deny Birth Control Coverage

ChaseLatest NewsContraception, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Trump, Trump DOJ, United States

Trump’s Department of Justice went to court seeking to revive a rule that would allow employers to deny birth control coverage.

14 Jul

From the chatroom to the classroom, these women professors face the manosphere in real life

ChaseLatest Newsmisogyny, Reproductive rights, United States, Violence Against Women

Julie Shayne has spent the better part of her teaching career navigating campus politics made complicated by being a woman.

14 Jul

GOP officials eye restrictions on pregnant travelers

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The ruling wasn’t as lopsided as many legal observers expected, but in Trump v. Barbara, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the idea that a president can override the 14th Amendment to the Constitution with an executive order. Although the 5-4 ruling left in place a status quo that had existed for generations, much of the right did not respond well to the news … Republican Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee said Tuesday he’s moving forward with plans for legislation that he’s calling the Anchors Away Act, which would ban certain pregnant foreign women from entering the United States.