Madison – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

03 Aug

China is dealing with its own manosphere

MadisonLatest NewsChina, Global, misogyny, Violence Against Women

Online misogyny is only one corner of a much bigger problem

02 Aug

Judge rules FDA restrictions on mifepristone are arbitrary and capricious

MadisonLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Abortion Rights, Anti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

Abortion medication ruled to be safe as judge orders Trump administration to consider overturning restrictions

01 Aug

Abortion on the 2026 Ballot: The Evolving Landscape of State Abortion Initiatives

MadisonLatest NewsAbortion, Abortion Rights, election issue, Healthcare, Post Dobbs, Reproductive rights, Vote

Since the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs ruling, state ballot initiatives have become a powerful tool used by advocates on both sides hoping to either protect or limit abortion access in their state. Successful ballot initiatives that enact state constitutional amendments provide stronger legal authority to either protect or restrict abortion than laws enacted by the legislature or state Supreme Court rulings.

31 Jul

Right to IVF Act Introduced

MadisonLatest NewsDemocrats, Healthcare, IVF, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, United States, US House of Representatives

Democratic Representatives James Walkinshaw (VA-11), Lori Trahan (MA-03), Rosa DeLauro (CT-01), Rick Larsen (WA-02), and Laura Gillen (NY-04) led the introduction of the Right to IVF Act of 2026. Introduced ahead of World IVF Day on July 25th, the sweeping legislative package that would make it easier to access in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technology (ART) for the millions of hopeful parents who depend on it to build their family. This pro-family legislation would establish a nationwide right to access IVF, lower the costs of IVF treatment, expand IVF coverage for military families and require all employer-sponsored insurance programs to cover IVF.

08 Jul

Assembly passes bill that would protect access to reproductive health care in N.J.

MadisonLatest NewsDemocratic Governor, Democrats, New Jersey, Reproductive rights

The New Jersey https://www.roi-nj.com/2026/07/02/healthcare/assembly-passes-bill-that-would-protect-access-to-reproductive-health-care-in-n-j/General Assembly has passed legislation that provides increased protections for patients seeking reproductive health care services and the medical professionals who provide that care. The measure is sponsored by Assemblywomen Shanique Speight, Ellen Park, Annette Quijano and Luanne Peterpaul

07 Jul

Call to reclassify morning-after pill as general sales list item

MadisonLatest NewsEC, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Emergency hormonal contraception should be reclassified as a general sales list item, which would allow it to be sold directly from shops and retailers, the College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (CoSRH) has said.

06 Jul

The Sunsetting of the Federal Planned Parenthood Medicaid Ban Shifts Decisions to States

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A one-year federal ban on federal Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood and other reproductive health providers enacted as Section 71113 in the 2025 Federal Budget Reconciliation law expires. With the expiration of the federal ban, some states will now rely on the Supreme Court’s Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic decision to block the reproductive health provider from participating in their state Medicaid program.

21 Jun

Care Not Control: Repression & Youth Resistance

MadisonLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Privacy, Reproductive rights, teenagers, Youth

We are socialized to believe that laws, police, courts, child protective services, juvenile detention centers, and prisons protect us. But this same criminal legal system is often used to punish and instill fear in our communities—forcing us into restrictive gender and social rules. Today, surveillance systems are used to track youth. This isn’t meant to keep them safe. It is meant to mark them as the next target.

20 Jun

Nevada’s Cortez Masto Leads Effort to Protect the Right of Women to Cross State Lines to Seek Abortion Care

MadisonLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Democrats, Female Democratic Congresspeople, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Ahead of the four-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s disastrous Dobbs decision, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) re-introduced the Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act. This legislation would block anti-choice states and localities from limiting travel for abortion services and empower impacted individuals to bring civil action against those who restrict a woman’s right to cross state lines to receive legal reproductive care

19 Jun

With giant IUD outside Capitol, Arizona Democrats call on GOP to protect contraception access

MadisonLatest NewsArizona, Contraception, Democrats, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his Dobbs concurrence that the constitutional right to contraception should be reconsidered next

19 Jun

Wisconsin Democrats and advocates call for state birth control protections

MadisonLatest NewsContraception, Democrats, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Democratic lawmakers and reproductive rights advocates called for state protection of birth control on the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that protected married couples’ ability to use contraception. State laws are necessary to protect Wisconsinites from potential actions by the Trump administration and the Supreme Court targeting access to birth control, they warned.

18 Jun

What is Life Like for Disabled Women in Afghanistan?

MadisonLatest NewsFemale Health, Global, People With Disabilities

My name is Mehria. I am 16 years old and I live in northern Afghanistan. Since birth, I have had a disability in one of my legs, which becomes more apparent when I walk. My mother says my disability is congenital and cannot be cured with treatment.

17 Jun

Texas Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher Moves To Force Vote To Guarantee the Right to Contraception

MadisonLatest Newsconception, Democratic, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Texas

Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) filed a discharge petition to force a House floor vote on her bill, the Right to Contraception Act, H.R. 999, to guarantee by law the right to contraception. A discharge petition is a legislative tool in the House of Representatives that allows a majority of members to force a bill to the floor for a vote by the full chamber, even if the Speaker of the House opposes it.

04 Jun

Lawsuit continues to challenge Biden-era regulation adding abortion to pregnant worker protections

MadisonLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Catholic Church, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

A group of Catholic ministries asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit May 18 to block a federal agency from enforcing an abortion provision in regulations meant to add workplace protections for pregnant workers.

03 Jun

The Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) STILL ‘RIDDLED WITH MISOGYNY’

MadisonLatest NewsGlobal, Ireland, misogyny, Violence Against Women

THE James Connolly Festival 2026 organised by the Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) is the source of a most fractious debate among comrades about Connolly; the primacy of the working class; and, worst of all in these enlightened days, misogyny.