Maura – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

26 May

Leave call over reproductive health

MauraLatest NewsAustralia, Healthcare, International, Reproductive rights

Reproductive health leave is an emerging topic of conversation and a developing area of workplace policy in Australia.

26 May

Climate Change Amplifies Sexual and Reproductive Health Risks for Young Adolescents in Kenya

MauraLatest NewsClimate Change, Environment, Healthcare, International, Kenya, Reproductive rights

In the arid and flood-prone regions of Kenya, a silent crisis is unfolding at the intersection of climate change and adolescent health. New research published in the leading journal BMJ Global Health underscores how environmental disruptions are not just reshaping ecosystems but are dramatically compromising the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of young adolescents between the ages of 10 and 14. This comprehensive qualitative study, involving nearly 300 participants from diverse Kenyan communities, elucidates the deep and often overlooked consequences of climate-induced resource insecurities on youth well-being and development.

25 May

Abortion care workers form union to address their issues and get ‘a seat at the table’

MauraLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Pittsburgh, Reproductive rights

As closing time neared on Friday afternoon, Pittsburgh workers thought of barbecues and beer and prepared to head for the exits so they could get an early start on the holiday weekend. But on narrow Kirkwood Street in the city’s East Liberty neighborhood, Raven Kirksey’s thoughts remained focused on her job.

15 May

Louisiana looks to expand liability for abortions, which could lead to more lawsuits

MauraLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Healthcare, legislation, Louisiana, Reproductive rights

The Louisiana House of Representatives voted Wednesday to expand who can sue and be sued over abortions and to expand the definition of an illegal “coerced abortion.”

15 May

A Texas abortion ban sponsor aims to clarify when doctors can do the procedure

MauraLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Healthcare, legislation, Reproductive rights, Texas

Since abortion became nearly entirely illegal in Texas in 2021, the state has seen a significant rise in the number of women who die in pregnancy or after giving birth. A group of bipartisan lawmakers in the state wants to change that by clarifying the state's abortion ban with a new law.

14 May

She Was Here: The Erasure of Women from America’s Story

MauraLatest Newsmisogyny, United States

We are fast living in a world where women are becoming invisible, except as sex objects or baby machines.

14 May

Michigan lawmakers hear out fetal income tax exemption

MauraLatest Newslegislation, Michigan, Reproductive rights, United States

Michigan lawmakers discussed the mechanics of a tax exemption that would put fetuses on par with children when claiming dependents on taxes. House Bill 4202 would allow individuals who have a physician’s verification that they are at least 10 weeks pregnant by the end of the tax year to claim their fetus as a dependent.

14 May

Family Doctors Find It Tough To Talk Sex With Patients

MauraLatest NewsFamily Practice, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Sexual Health, United States

Sex is an important part of people’s health, but family doctors find it tougher to counsel and treat patients for sexual health matters, a new study says.

07 May

Arkansas takes powerful steps to change dismal health outcomes with mobile health units

MauraLatest NewsArkansas, Healthcare, Opinion, Reproductive rights

Far too many women and children have lost their lives due to the maternal health crisis in our state. In 2022, Arkansas had one of the worst maternal mortality rates in the country and the third-highest infant mortality rate in the nation.

07 May

The Push to Grant Fetuses and Embryos Legal Rights Is Threatening IVF Treatment

MauraLatest NewsHealthcare, IVF, Reproductive rights, United States

In the new book Personhood, historian and law professor Mary Ziegler explores how the push to grant embryos and fetuses full legal rights is reshaping U.S. reproductive health care, research and policy

22 Apr

Trump administration’s federal funding pause disrupts Planned Parenthood services, says Florida NOW

MauraLatest NewsFlorida, Healthcare, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, Trump

Eleven Planned Parenthood health centers in Florida are facing “severe disruptions to their operations” after the Trump administration paused federal funding, says the Florida chapter of the National Organization for Women.

22 Apr

Planned Parenthood closing two Utah clinics after Trump cuts all federal reproductive health funds to state

MauraLatest NewsHealthcare, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, Trump, Utah

Planned Parenthood Association of Utah will shut down a quarter of its clinics after the Trump administration froze a Title X grant to pay for family planning services.

21 Apr

Black maternal health advocates, researchers press on amid federal funding cuts

MauraLatest NewsBlack Women, Healthcare, Maternal & Child Health, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights

Before everything went black, Tamika Jackson felt like she was drowning. While in labor giving birth to her baby boy, her body felt heavy and her breaths shallow. “I can’t breathe,” she croaked to the anesthesiologist. “If you couldn’t breathe, you wouldn’t be able to speak,” she recalled the doctor telling her, dismissing her as having a “panic attack.” Minutes later, the 37-year-old’s lungs gave out. Her heart stopped beating.

21 Apr

The Real Supreme Court Endgame for Abortion Foes

MauraLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, United States

To understand the past and future of the American war over reproduction, we must tell the story of the fetal personhood movement.

10 Apr

She was tracking post-Roe abortions. The government just pulled her funding.

MauraLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Funding, GOP, Healthcare, Post-Dobbs, United States

Diana Greene Foster, who was behind the landmark Turnaway Study, wanted to study the health and economic impacts of the loss of abortion access.