Chase – Page 3 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

23 May

What The Abortion Pill Case Could Mean For The Workforce And Healthcare

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

Access to reproductive healthcare has been in the spotlight. Before Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, I unpacked the ways in which reproductive healthcare access is not only a social issue, but also an economic issue.

22 May

CA Attorney General Bonta Urged U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Telehealth Access to Mifepristone, Welcomes Temporary Halt of Fifth Circuit Ruling

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Blue State, California, SCOTUS

Co-leading a coalition of 22 attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania, California Attorney General Rob Bonta this morning urged the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a recent appellate decision that would restrict access to mifepristone, a safe and effective abortion medication, by reinstating a medically unnecessary requirement that it be dispensed in person. In an amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court, Attorney General Bonta and the coalition argue that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s May 1, 2026 ruling is not supported by science, would create regulatory and administrative chaos nationwide, and would interfere with states’ ability to…

21 May

Effects Beyond Reproductive Care: The Backlash of Overturning Roe

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Post Roe, Reproductive rights, United States, Unwanted Pregnancies

The overturning of Roe v. Wade has caused major issues for women and pregnant-able bodies all around the country. It has forced unwanted pregnancies, increased the number of children in foster care, and has caused women to pursue unsafe abortion alternatives.

20 May

Ovaprene phase 3 interim data supports potential of monthly hormone-free contraceptive

ChaseLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Daré Bioscience has announced positive interim safety and efficacy results from its ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial (NCT06127199) of Ovaprene, an investigational monthly, hormone-free intravaginal contraceptive.

27 Apr

The fight against ‘medical misogyny’ is far from over

ChaseLatest NewsHealthcare, misogyny, Reproductive rights

Ethnicity, culture and access continue to shape who is believed, how quickly, and with what outcome, says Vanessa Haye I welcome the relaunched women’s health strategy (Streeting relaunches women’s health strategy to tackle ‘medical misogyny’, 14 April) but with caution. The system appears responsive, but the root causes in health inequality outcomes remain untouched.

26 Apr

Anti-abortion lawmakers seek to redefine ‘abortion’ to exclude medical treatment

ChaseLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, misogyny, Red States, Reproductive rights, Trump

Some anti-abortion state lawmakers are pushing to revise the definition of “abortion” so abortion bans don’t apply to cases in which the death of an “unborn child” is the result of medical care provided to the pregnant woman. South Dakota is the first state to enact such a law, and Missouri and Utah introduced a similar bill. Reproductive rights advocates and many OB-GYNs say the real purpose of the bills is to fortify abortion bans, and the laws are still too vague because they rely on the intentions of individual physicians.

25 Apr

Scientists discover reversible male birth control that stops sperm production

ChaseLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, Male Contraception, Reproductive rights, Science, United States

Scientists at Cornell University may be closing in on the long-sought “holy grail” of male contraception: a safe, reversible, nonhormonal method that completely halts sperm production. In a breakthrough mouse study, researchers used a compound called JQ1 to temporarily shut down meiosis—the critical process that produces sperm—without causing lasting harm. After treatment stopped, sperm production bounced back, fertility returned, and the animals produced healthy offspring.

24 Apr

Medicaid rule targeting abortion providers set to expire

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump

But many clinics providing reproductive care have already closed.

10 Apr

Trump’s FY2027 Budget: Continued Rollback of LGBTQ+ Protections

ChaseLatest News#LGBTQIA+, Healthcare, United States

The Trump Administration's FY2027 budget is the latest escalation in a sustained campaign against LGBTQ+ people. As proposed, it would cause real, measurable harm across numerous critical government services and protections.

09 Apr

Reproductive Freedom for All Responds to Trump’s Presidential Budget Release

ChaseLatest NewsBudget, Federal Funding Cuts, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Title X, Trump, United States

Trump's budget proposes to further decimate funding for sexual and reproductive care at both the national and global levels by continuing attacks on Planned Parenthood and family planning funds through Title X,

08 Apr

Navigating Uncertainty: The Latest Challenge to the Title X Family Planning Safety Net

ChaseLatest NewsContraception, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Title X, Trump

Safety net family planning providers in the US have faced considerable funding volatility since the start of the Trump administration. Last week marked the most recent challenge for Title X family planning providers who faced an imminent funding cliff.

07 Apr

Trump’s ICE crackdown is forcing immigrant women to ‘choose between their freedom or their health’

ChaseLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, ICE, ICE Detention, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, Trump

Reproductive health care providers told HuffPost they’re seeing patients miss prenatal appointments and not pick up prescriptions when they need them. Some are scared to go to the hospital when they’re in labor, while others are scared to leave with their newborn after giving birth.

05 Apr

Conflation of Contraception and Abortion — Implications for Access to Contraceptives

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Contraception, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

The false notion that some forms of contraception cause abortion could restrict access to contraceptives for millions of people in the United States.

13 Mar

Trump and Now-Ousted Noem Have Used Immigration Enforcement as a Weapon Against Reproductive Freedom

ChaseLatest NewsHealthcare, ICE, Noem, Reproductive Health, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States

Reproductive freedom and safety are inseparable—and the Trump administration has spent the past year demonstrating that with relentless cruelty. The same administration that has systematically attacked reproductive freedom is caging pregnant people in dangerous detention facilities, deporting women in medical distress in defiance of court orders, and terrorizing immigrant communities to the point where pregnant people are afraid to leave their homes to see a doctor.

12 Mar

‘Damaging and punishing’: Birth control clinics serving millions face federal funding cliff

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

Clinics that provide free and subsidized birth control and other reproductive health services to millions of low-income people nationwide are warning that access could soon be cut off if the federal government continues to delay the funding process.