Maura – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

02 Mar

Opinion: The cruel consequences of moving fast and breaking things

MauraLatest NewsHealthcare, Opinion, Reproductive rights, United States

The overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court in 2022 is a case of an ill-considered decision backfiring spectacularly. Based on all available data, this decision has produced pretty much exactly the opposite of what supporters said they wanted to achieve. Since it went into effect, abortions in the U.S. have gone up, the fertility rate has declined to a historic low and the infant mortality rate has increased.

01 Mar

Researchers estimate 1 in 10 abortions provided by online-only clinics one year after Roe

MauraLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

In the first year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, an estimated 1 in 10 abortions were provided by online-only clinics, according to new data released Thursday by the Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit that researches reproductive health and advocates for abortion access.

28 Feb

NJ Assemblyman Danielsen Introduces Legislation To Place Reproductive Rights on November Ballot

MauraLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, legislation, New Jersey, United States

Legislation that would put a constitutional amendment to codify and protect reproductive rights in New Jersey on the ballot for this November’s election was introduced on Tuesday. Sponsored by Assemblyman Joe Danielsen in the Assembly, ACR-156 would enshrine the fundamental right to reproductive freedom in the State Constitution.

13 Feb

Republican States Claim Zero Abortions. A Red-State Doctor Calls That ‘Ludicrous.’

MauraLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Abortion Rights, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

In Arkansas, state health officials announced a stunning statistic for 2023: The total number of abortions in the state, where some 1.5 million women live, was zero. In South Dakota, too, official records show zero abortions that year. And in Idaho, home to abortion battles that have recently made their way to the U.S. Supreme Court, the official number of recorded abortions was just five. In nearly a dozen states with total or near-total abortion bans, government officials claimed that zero or very few abortions occurred in 2023, the first full year after the Supreme Court eliminated federal abortion rights.

12 Feb

Dismantling of USAID will impact women more intensely

MauraLatest NewsHealthcare, International, Reproductive care, USAID

The freeze on US development funds, which accounted for nearly 40% of global aid, will have a direct effect on sexual and reproductive health and gender equality programs

12 Feb

Condoms, IUDs removed from Indiana bill seeking to expand birth control access

MauraLatest NewsContraception, GOP, Healthcare, Indiana, Menstrual Cycle Tracking, misogyny

A proposed program to fund certain contraceptives instead emphasizes birth control pills, hormone patches and “fertility awareness” methods.