Riley – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

19 Apr

Breakthrough takes big step toward safe, reversible male contraception

RileyLatest NewsContraception, Cornell University, Healthcare, Male Contraception, Reproductive rights, Science, United States

Cornell scientists have taken a major step toward developing a safe, reversible, long-acting and 100% effective nonhormonal male contraceptive, considered the holy grail of male contraception.

18 Apr

The State Of Abortion Access In 2026

RileyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Abortion access across the U.S. has been in flux – and the fight around that care continues today. Now, 13 states have a total ban. And five have restricted abortion after six weeks of gestation. The latest state to do so is Wyoming.

17 Apr

Zero Sum Game—Trump Budget Request Proposes Zeroing Out Family Planning Funds and Continues to Starve Global Health Programs

RileyLatest NewsFamily planning, Global, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump

The White House released its “skinny” budget for fiscal year (FY) 2027, proposing a massive $16.2 billion in cuts to the diplomatic and foreign assistance activities of the U.S. government, while making note that the administration does not believe U.S. foreign assistance funding should support “unfettered access to birth control.” The proposed cuts to the State Department and other international affairs agencies and programs reduce funding by nearly a one-third from the FY 2026 enacted level.

04 Apr

Alaskan Lawmakers again seek to ease access to yearlong birth control supply after Dunleavy veto

RileyLatest NewsAlaska, Contraception, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

Lawmakers are again taking up legislation that would require insurance companies to fulfill prescriptions for a year’s supply of birth control, after Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a similar bill in 2024.

02 Apr

More Than 90% of Patients Are Women: Is this Why This Cardiovascular Disease Is Overlooked?

RileyLatest NewsFemale Health, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Decades of neglect have left clinicians and researchers with an incomplete understanding of the unique features and risk factors that drive cardiovascular disease in women, including FMD.

01 Apr

Heated Rivalries: Conservatives vs. Choice

RileyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Contraception, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States

Whether the momfluencers intend to or not, they are part of a larger propaganda machine that’s working to socialize Christian nationalism and far-right ideology, baking it into the minds of young people, one loaf at a time.

31 Mar

Birth Control is Essential Healthcare, but It’s Now Under Attack

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

Reproductive health and reproductive freedom go hand in hand.

27 Mar

Conflation of Contraception and Abortion — Implications for Access to Contraceptives

RileyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Contraception, Healthcare, NewEnglandJournalofMedicine, Reproductive rights, United States

The false notion that some forms of contraception cause abortion could restrict access to contraceptives for millions of people in the United States.

25 Mar

Virginia joins states challenging Trump admin regulations that limit free birth control access

RileyLatest NewsContraception, Democratic Governor, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Virginia

Virginia lawmakers are also pursuing a state-level right to contraception proposal that Democratic Gov. Spanberger could sign into law this year.

24 Mar

Thailand uses birth control vaccine to curb elephant population near expanding farms

RileyLatest NewsAnimal Control, Contraception, Thailand

Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on wild elephants to try and curb a growing problem where human and animal populations encroach on each other — an issue in areas where farms spread into forests and elephants are squeezed out of their natural habitat.

26 Feb

New reproductive health vending machine opens in Indianapolis, offering access to free health essentials

RileyLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, Indiana, Reproductive rights, Vending Machines

A range of reproductive health products and other essentials, all free of charge, for anyone in need. That's what a new vending machine on the north side is offering to those in the community.

25 Feb

Sexual and reproductive health and rights

RileyLatest NewsGlobal, Healthcare, Protection, Reproductive rights

Sexual and reproductive health refers to a broad range of services that cover access to contraception, fertility and infertility care, maternal and perinatal health, prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), protection from sexual and gender-based violence, and education on safe and healthy relationships.

24 Feb

CT reproductive rights caucus to push for additional abortion care protection

RileyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Connecticut, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

Members of Connecticut’s Reproductive Rights Caucus plan to push for additional protections for abortion care this session.

23 Feb

CT reproductive rights caucus to push for additional abortion care protection

RileyLatest NewsAbortion Care, Connecticut, Democrats, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Members of Connecticut’s Reproductive Rights Caucus plan to push for additional protections for abortion care this session. The group, led by State Representatives Jillian Gilchrest (D-West Hartford) and Matt Blumenthal (D-Stamford), laid out their priorities at the state capitol on Wednesday.

13 Feb

NY Senate Acts to Protect Access to Reproductive Healthcare, Strengthen Privacy and IVF Coverage

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The New York State Senate today advanced legislation to strengthen reproductive rights, protect patient privacy, and expand fertility and in vitro fertilization (IVF) coverage for New Yorkers.