Latest News – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

03 Jul

Idaho Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act Initiative (2026)

RileyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Idaho, legislation, Reproductive rights, Vote!

The Idaho Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act Initiative may appear on the ballot in Idaho as an initiated state statute on November 3, 2026.

03 Jul

Medication Abortion Is Under Threat in the Courts and at the FDA

PhoenixLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Abortion Rights, FDA, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

Later this year, a Louisiana judge, the FDA, or the DOJ could all shut down telehealth access to the abortion drug mifepristone. That’s how most people in ban states get care.

02 Jul

WI U.S. Sen. Baldwin: In lead up to anniversary of Roe being overturned, Baldwin leads bills to expand access to abortion care

RileyLatest NewsAnti-Abortion GOP, Democrats, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Ahead of the four-year anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturning Roe v. Wade, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced two bills to help Americans access abortion as Republicans continue to chip away at women’s fundamental right to make their own decisions about their bodies. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade created a health care crisis across the country, with 27 million women living under abortion bans. Meanwhile, Republicans have doubled down on their efforts to further ban abortion, punish women and doctors, and rip away access to basic health care for women across…

02 Jul

The looming threats to abortion access in 2026

PhoenixLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Abortion Rights, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

In recent years, antiabortion groups and lawmakers have seeded a number of challenges to medication abortion. This year, several are coming to fruition.

01 Jul

Reproductive Freedom for All Announces $23.5 Million “My Body. My Ballot.” Campaign Four Years After Dobbs

RileyLatest NewsHealthcare, Post Dobbs, Reproductive rights, United States, Vote!

Four years after the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ended the federal right to abortion care, Reproductive Freedom for All has announced the launch of My Body. My Ballot., a $23.5 million campaign to mobilize voters, hold anti-abortion politicians accountable, and elect reproductive freedom champions in key races across the country.

01 Jul

Locked Away and Left to Expire: The Trump Administration’s Destructive Denial of Contraceptive Care

PhoenixLatest Newsconception, Global, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, Wasted Funds

The Trump administration has wasted $434,317 in taxpayer dollars since January 2025 to store contraceptives that it refuses to distribute to women and girls in low-income countries. A report from the Office of Inspector General of US Agency for International Development (USAID) reveals that the administration has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in storage and transportation costs for the $9.7 million worth of family planning supplies that it abandoned in Belgium rather than allowing them to be used. (The supplies were originally purchased by USAID.) With every additional month that passes after June 2026, the administration will spend over $24,000 to…

30 Jun

Irish parliament votes to remove three-day abortion wait

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Care, Global, Healthcare, Ireland, Reproductive rights

Waiting period before receiving medication was included in draft law to gain support for abortion ban in 2018 referendum

30 Jun

Sexism and bullying keeping women out of careers in sport, MPs told

RandyLatest NewsBullying, Global, Great Britain, misogyny, Sports

Women coaches routinely overlooked, undermined and denied opportunities despite qualifications, say experts

29 Jun

NEWS: Abortion bans, restrictions could cost economy $140 billion

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Anti-abortion, GOP, Red States, Reproductive rights, Trump, US Economy

A new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, a national think tank focused on economic equity and eliminating barriers for women, estimates that the 16 states with the most restrictive abortion policies are responsible for more than $68 billion in annual lost earnings. In places like Alabama, Louisiana, and West Virginia, abortion bans have pushed women out of the workforce, diminished their earnings, and limited job growth, the report found. Removing reproductive health-care barriers could result in an estimated 325,000 more women aged 15-44 participating in the workforce each year, the report shows. That could boost the national…

29 Jun

So Much for Leaving Abortion Up to the States

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Anti-abortion, GOP, Louisiana, Post Dobbs, Red States, Telehealth, Trump

Louisiana’s case against the FDA is not just about one drug.

28 Jun

Hate speech is ‘first step down the path of dehumanisation’

AlanLatest NewsHate Speech, Homophobia, misogyny

“Hate speech is the first step down the path of dehumanisation,” declared Mr. Guterres in his message marking the 2026 International Day for Countering Hate Speech.. It is a “tool of division,” he said, for targeting specific groups, including women, migrants, refugees, LGBTQIA+ people, persons with disabilities and many other minorities, often for political gain

28 Jun

Four Years Post-Dobbs, Clinic Closures and Attacks on Medication Abortion Harm Women of Color Nationwide

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

Four years since the Supreme Court eliminated the federal constitutional right to abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, anti-abortion politicians have ramped up their attacks. Extremists in state legislatures, state attorneys general offices, federal courts, Congress, and the White House are targeting abortion access on every front to make it more difficult for pregnant people to get the reproductive care they need: banning abortion outright, defunding and shuttering reproductive health clinics, blocking telehealth abortion, and restricting medication abortion pills.

27 Jun

New study: Birth control pills may increase binge eating

AlanLatest NewsBirth Control Pills, Contraception, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

A new study from Michigan State University found increases in binge eating when taking hormone pills in the form of oral contraceptives — but not in all women. This is the first large-scale study of changes in binge-related symptoms with oral contraceptive use.

27 Jun

Abortion Rates Continue to Climb as Telehealth Reshapes Post-Dobbs America

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Abortion Care, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Abortion bans have not reduced demand for abortion, according to new #WeCount data, while telehealth has transformed how many patients obtain care.

26 Jun

NFPRHA, FHCCP, and ACLU Sue Trump Administration to Protect Integrity of Title X Family Planning Program

AlanLatest NewsContraception, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Title X, Trump

The administration’s FY 2027 Title X funding announcement is designed to enable the federal government to push highly qualified health care providers out of the program based solely on lack of “alignment” with the Trump administration’s political priorities.