Morgan – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

19 Sep

Reproductive Freedom for All Slams Fifth Circuit Case That Threatens Mifepristone Access Nationwide Ahead of Oral Arguments

MorganLatest NewsAnti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Louisiana, Red States, Reproductive rights, United States

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will hear oral arguments in Louisiana v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a lawsuit seeking to end mail and pharmacy access to mifepristone nationwide—including in states where abortion is protected.

18 Sep

Guttmacher Institute Announces 2026–2029 Strategic Plan to Meet Urgent Challenges Facing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

MorganLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Global., Guttmacher Institute, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

The Guttmacher Institute today announced its 2026–2029 Strategic Plan, a focused roadmap for strengthening the Institute’s role as a trusted source of evidence and action at a time of profound threats to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in the United States and around the world.

17 Sep

Louisiana State asks appeals court to block telehealth access to abortion medications

MorganLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Abortion Rights, Anti-abortion, GOP, Louisiana, Red States

he state of Louisiana wants the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn federal policy allowing out-of-state doctors to prescribe and mail mifepristone, a drug used in abortion

16 Sep

For Blind and Low Vision Voters, Barriers Remain

MorganLatest NewsDisabled, Healthcare, United States, Voter Access, Voting

For many blind and low vision voters the right to cast a private and independent ballot remains out of reach despite decades of legal protections. While technology has improved, the implementation remains imbalanced, resulting in blind and low vision voters having to give up their privacy, independence, or both.

25 Aug

New CDC director thinks ‘abortion surveillance’ is essential

MorganLatest NewsAnti-abortion, CDC, GOP, Trump

Dr Erica Schwartz was confirmed by the US Senate as director ‌of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), making her the first Black woman to hold the position. This is the first time in almost a year that the agency has had a permanent leader; the previous director, Susan Monarez, only lasted 29 days before she was ousted for butting heads with RFK about US vaccine policies. Translation: she was a little too keen on following accepted science for the Trump administration.

24 Aug

More college students will have access to abortion medication

MorganLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Blue States, College Students, Democratic, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

Five states now require schools to offer it on campus or make it available through an off-campus provider.

23 Aug

How Todd Blanche Can Weaponize the Nation’s Top Law Enforcement Agency Against Reproductive Freedom

MorganLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Anti-abortion, Blanche, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

Todd Blanche was sworn in as Trump’s U.S. Attorney General yesterday, putting one of his closest loyalists and former personal defense attorney in charge of the nation’s top law enforcement agency. His swearing in comes as anti-abortion groups intensify pressure on the administration to restrict abortion nationwide—and Blanche has already promised to help deliver.

22 Aug

States across the US are stepping up to protect contraceptive access

MorganLatest NewsAccess, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, States, United States

Even with federal Medicaid cuts and the Supreme Court's decision in Medina versus Planned Parenthood of South Atlantic making contraception harder to afford and harder to reach, some policymakers are stepping up to protect access.

08 Jul

Tracking the Attacks on Reproductive Freedom Under Trump 2.0

MorganLatest NewsBodily Autonomy, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

A rolling timeline of attacks on abortion, birth control, fertility, and other reproductive health care.

07 Jul

The Antiabortion Playbook Is Coming for Birth Control

MorganLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Bodily Autonomy, Contraception, GOP, States, Trump

The same strategy that weakened abortion rights—misinformation, incremental restrictions and attacks on access—is now being deployed against contraception.

06 Jul

4 surprising things to know about abortion in America since Dobbs

MorganLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Post Dobbs, Reproductive rights, States, Trump, United States

It's been four years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to abortion.

05 Jul

A Major Leap for Mothers Around the World: Historic Report Presented at UN Human Rights Council

MorganLatest NewsHealthcare, Mothers, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, Umited Nations

United Nations Special Rapporteur Reem Alsalem Presents Historic Report on Violence Against Mothers Across the Globe before the Human Rights Council, 62nd Session

05 Jul

Fight for Abortion Rights Has Turned to States in Years Since Landmark Reproductive Rights Ruling

MorganLatest NewsAbortion, Anti-abortion, Bodily Autonomy, GOP, Healthcare, Post Dobbs, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, State Abortion Rules, Trump, United States

Four years ago, the Supreme Court struck down the federal right to abortion. Since then, the fight has turned to the states.

21 Jun

Idaho federal judge to decide on lawsuit seeking to increase medical abortion exemptions

MorganLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Idaho, Reproductive rights

An Idaho federal judge will weigh whether there are cases in which abortions could be allowed in health-threatening, but not fatal circumstances — a situation that is not explicitly protected under Idaho’s abortion ban.

20 Jun

Nine days in June

MorganLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, SCOTUS, United States

As we await the usual late-June flurry of decisions – some of them quite significant – I wanted to reflect on what I believe to be the most extraordinary June in the modern Supreme Court, which took place four years ago in 2022. In decisions between June 21 and June 30, the court overruled Roe v. Wade, greatly expanded the scope of gun rights, dramatically weakened the wall separating church and state, and imposed a significant new limit on the power of federal administrative agencies.