Maura – Page 2 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

02 Apr

Activists rally outside Supreme Court in DC ahead of Planned Parenthood funding case

MauraLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, United States

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Wednesday in the case of Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, a pivotal legal battle that could determine whether states have the authority to refuse funding to Planned Parenthood.

01 Apr

Reproductive justice takes more than passing laws in Ohio, U.S.

MauraLatest NewsHealthcare, Ohio, Reproductive rights, United States

Taylor Young has never wanted to be a mom. From the time the now 27-year-old began dating, she experienced persistent anxiety around the thought of getting pregnant in Ohio, a Republican-controlled state where Young felt her right to abortion was tenuous.

01 Apr

The effects of online censorship of women’s reproductive health

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Women on Web (WoW), a Montreal-based non-profit organization that provides telemedicine and information on abortions, announced on March 20 a partnership with Concordia’s Applied AI Institute to research digital suppression surrounding abortion care on the internet.

20 Mar

Women’s advocates call for better access to abortion — Bermuda

MauraLatest NewsAbortion Access, Abortion Care, Bermuda, Healthcare, International, Women's Health

The head of a charity and a former senator have welcomed a Throne Speech pledge to remove abortion from the criminal code. They agree that more is needed to improve access to and affordability of pregnancy termination.

20 Mar

Hard-won gains: Celebrating global progress in sexual and reproductive health and rights

MauraLatest NewsAbortion Care, Australia, India, International, Malawi, Reproductive rights

Across the world, reproductive rights are under threat. Anti-choice movements are growing, legal protections are being rolled back, and political changes risk undoing decades of progress.

19 Mar

IVF Bill Causes Tension in Tennesee House

MauraLatest NewsContraception, IVF, Reproductive rights, Tennesee

Contraception protections tabled, physicians denied testimony in final Public Health Committee meeting

19 Mar

After historic indictment, doctors will keep mailing abortion pills over state lines

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When the news broke on Jan. 31 that a New York physician had been indicted for shipping abortion medications to a woman in Louisiana, Dr. Kohar Der Simonian was hit by a wave of emotions, among them fear and concern.

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.