Phoenix – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

01 Mar

Recent Policy Proposals Could Weaken the Reproductive Health Safety Net as More People Become Uninsured

PhoenixLatest NewsACA, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, Uninsured, United States

Multiple policy changes resulting from Congressional action, Trump administration efforts, and a Supreme Court decision will significantly weaken the family planning safety net at a time when there will be increasing demand for safety-net providers in every state due to growth in the number of uninsured Americans. The 2025 Federal Budget Reconciliation Law is projected to result in significant growth in the uninsured rate over the next decade through loss of Medicaid and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace coverage. Among women of reproductive age on Medicaid, 8 million (36%) are eligible through the ACA coverage expansion and could be at…

28 Feb

An Unhealthy Obsession — The Cruelty Behind Cuts to Family Planning Programs Proposed by the Trump Administration and House Republicans

PhoenixLatest NewsFamily planning, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States

As fiscal year 2026 (FY 2026) spending deliberations haltingly begin, the Trump administration and House Republicans have made one of their priorities clear: terminate funding for international family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) programs. The upcoming budget battle is just the latest in a series of attacks on the rights, health, and bodily autonomy of millions. Congress has the opportunity to align itself with its constituents’ beliefs in legally protected sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and protect global FP/RH. But will they?

27 Feb

Holding the Trump Administration Accountable for Wasting Millions of Dollars of Birth Control

PhoenixLatest NewsContraception, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States

The Trump administration will let tens of millions of dollars’ worth of contraception paid for by taxpayers expire rather than distribute it as foreign aid. The contraception, representing a value of at least $10 million and possibly as much as $40 million, was earmarked for women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa—where its loss could result in more than a million unintended pregnancies and thousands of maternal deaths. Multiple humanitarian organizations have offered to buy the birth control, but the administration has refused.

07 Feb

As male birth control gets closer to reality, men are lining up for clinical trials

PhoenixLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, Male Contraception, Reproductive rights, United States

Supreme Court Dobbs decision has contributed to surge of interest in male contraception

06 Feb

HHS scrubs reproductive and maternal health information, HIPAA guidelines from webpages

PhoenixLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, HHS, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

Shortly after President Trump’s inauguration, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began removing critical information from its various webpages. On January 21, NPR reported that HHS had deleted from its website any mention of abortion related to Biden-era policies protecting abortion and other reproductive health care services. Any remaining references to abortion cite policies from the first Trump administration or contain broken links.

05 Feb

The world has changed dramatically

PhoenixLatest NewsGates Foundation, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Women's Health

Faced with compounding crises and competing priorities, leaders everywhere are making hard decisions about how to do more with less. Wealthy countries have withdrawn tens of billions of dollars in health and development funding. Meanwhile, low-income countries face increasingly severe debt burdens, leaving them with far fewer resources to invest in their people.

04 Feb

New York Looks for First-in-Nation Fertility Coverage Expansion

PhoenixLatest NewsDemocrats, Fertility, Healthcare, New York, Reproductive rights, United States

New York Democrats are gaining ground in pushing the Empire State to be the first in the US to require commercial insurers to more broadly cover fertility services.

04 Feb

10 JAMA women’s health resources to share with patients

PhoenixLatest NewsHealthcare, JAMA, Reproductive rights, United States

These JAMA Patient Pages explore common female health conditions, including how they are prevented, detected and treated.

03 Feb

WHO launches 2026 appeal to help millions of people in health emergencies and crisis settings

PhoenixLatest NewsGlobal, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched its 2026 global appeal to ensure that millions of people living in humanitarian crises and conflicts can access health care. In 2025, WHO and partners supported 30 million people funded through its annual emergency appeal. These resources helped deliver life-saving vaccination to 5.3 million children, enabled 53 million health consultations, supported more than 8000 health facilities, and facilitated the deployment of 1370 mobile clinics.

03 Feb

Bioethics Public Policy Report

PhoenixLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Federal, Global, Healthcare, National Catholics Bioethics Center, Reproductive rights, State

State by State-Federal Courts-National-International

21 Jan

Women’s health is opening new doors in science and investment, say experts

PhoenixLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Women, Women's Health

Panelists discussed how women’s health is not just a moral imperative, but a transformative business opportunity poised to potentially redefine healthcare.

21 Jan

Missouri leans on disputed mental health claims in defense of strict abortion laws

PhoenixLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Missouri, Reproductive rights, United States

Two Missouri women who had abortions 50 years ago testified Tuesday to mental health effects they suffered from the procedure

26 Dec

Trump Administration Quietly Bans Abortions for Veterans—Even After Rape or When Health is in Danger

PhoenixLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Sexual Assault, Trump, United States, Veterans

The Trump Administration has confirmed it is no longer providing abortion care for veterans relying on VA health care even in instances of rape, incest, or to save the health of the pregnant person. While veterans and their family members were previously able to to access abortion care in these specific circumstances, this new policy offers only a narrow and vague exception to save the life of a pregnant veteran or their family member. These kinds of exceptions to save a person’s life often don’t work in reality.

25 Dec

19 states sue HHS over a move that could curtail youth gender-affirming care

PhoenixLatest NewsHealthcare, litigation, transgender health care, United States

A coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday sued the Department of Health and Human Services over a declaration that could complicate access to gender-affirming care for young people.

24 Dec

Proposed HHS rule on gender-affirming care radically expands use of Medicare, Medicaid as policy weapons

PhoenixLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, transgender health care, Trump Administration, United States

Last Thursday, the Trump administration released a proposed rule prohibiting hospitals that receive Medicare or Medicaid funding from providing any gender affirming care to minors, even when privately funded.