Riley – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

02 Sep

Maryland, 22 other states sue Trump administration over family planning restrictions

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Maryland, New York, Massachusetts lead coalition suing over policy that ties Title X grants to alignment with ‘unlawful and discriminatory’ administration policies

01 Sep

When “Normal” Lab Results Don’t Match How a Woman Feels

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A single test on a single day is a snapshot, not a full history.

28 Aug

Women Are Aging in Front of a Million Mirrors: How Perimenopause Changes More Than Our Face

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The mirror tells only half the story. The other half is happening inside the brain.

15 Aug

Todd Blanche Wants to Finish What Dobbs Started

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In a private call before his confirmation vote, the AG said Trump officials are working to make the decision ending the national right to abortion “permanent in every single state.”

13 Aug

Trump’s attorney general pick hints at making national abortion restrictions a priority

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Todd Blanche, whom Republicans confirmed , has repeatedly expressed openness to restrictions on medication abortion.

12 Aug

What explains abortions going up despite stricter laws in many states?

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The number of abortions is up in the U.S. Is it because fewer people are using birth control pills?

11 Aug

Who Will Train the Next Generation of Abortion Providers?

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Many medical and nursing schools do not teach abortion care—independent clinics do. But they’re shuttering nationwide, and it’s creating a medical workforce crisis.

10 Aug

Rural health transformation funds: Where they’re really going

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As billions in Rural Health Transformation Program funds begin to roll out, states are taking sharply different paths. This report examines early implementation choices and what they could mean for rural stability and access.

09 Aug

Susan Collins’ anti-reproductive rights record extends far beyond Kavanaugh vote

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One of Sen. Susan Collins’ most infamous votes was her 2018 decision to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who played a key role in overturning Roe v. Wade. But Collins, who has claimed to be a “pro-choice” Republican, has made several other decisive votes against reproductive rights.

08 Aug

Reproductive Freedom for All Slams Senate Confirmation of Anti-Abortion Extremist Todd Blanche as Trump’s Attorney General

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The Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as Trump’s Attorney General, delivering another far-right opponent of reproductive freedom into the Cabinet. This comes on the heels of alarming audio that leaked this week, where Blanche assured a private group of extremists that he would make the Dobbs decision “permanent in every single state.” He has also pledged to go after the delivery of medication abortion and investigate the revival of the Comstock Act, which could serve as a backdoor abortion ban.

30 Jul

Pa.’s attorney general is defending the state’s Medicaid abortion ban in court. Is he required to?

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When Dave Sunday became Pennsylvania’s attorney general in 2025, a complicated situation awaited him. Two weeks after the Republican’s January swearing-in, judges on Commonwealth Court assembled in Pittsburgh to hear oral arguments about the constitutionality of the state’s ban on Medicaid-funded abortions.

29 Jul

Illinois law lets minors get birth control without parental consent

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Starting Jan. 1, 2027, Illinois minors can get prescribed birth control and contraceptive services without parental consent.

28 Jul

Leading Women’s Health Organizations Launch National Strategy to Close the Women’s Health Gap

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The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG), the Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR), and the Women First Research Coalition (WFRC) today unveiled the National Strategy to Close the Women’s Health Gap, a bold framework calling on Congress to invest $20 billion over 10 years to transform women’s health research, care, and outcomes.

27 Jul

Guttmacher Institute Opposes Proposed Federal Funding Rules That Threaten Reproductive Health Programs and Research

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The Guttmacher Institute submitted a detailed comment letter opposing a Trump Administration rule that would reshape how federal funds and grants are awarded across all federal agencies. Issued as a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on May 29, 2026, by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the proposed rule threatens to upend the standards of integrity and rigor that currently govern federal grant-making and could have major implications for programs and research related to reproductive health.

04 Jul

MA Congresswoman Pressley Issues Call to Action on Fourth Anniversary of Devasting Supreme Court Dobbs Decision, Engages & Uplifts Families Harmed by Republicans Denial of Life-Saving Abortion Care

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Co-Chair of the Reproductive Freedom Caucus, marks the somber fourth anniversary of the Dobbs decision through engaging with and uplifting families harmed by Republicans’ denial of life-saving abortion care.