Latest News – Page 3 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

11 Jul

The ‘defunding’ of Planned Parenthood on pause for now as legal battles progress

DoryLatest NewsHealthcare, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, United States

Federal funding to Planned Parenthood facilities in Virginia and across the nation are tied up in legal battles for the time being. A provision in Congress’ “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” signed by President Donald Trump last week would block Medicaid payments for services at facilities like Planned Parenthood for up to a year.

10 Jul

Texas Overhauls Anti-Abortion Program That Spent Tens of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars With Little Oversight

JordanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Texas

After a ProPublica and CBS News investigation revealed that Texas’ funding pipeline for anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers is riddled with waste, nonprofits in the program must now provide a detailed accounting of their expenses.

10 Jul

Ohio judge allows telemedicine abortion care for a third time

JordanLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, mifepristone, Reproductive rights, Telemedicine

An Ohio judge has blocked enforcement of a state law related to medication abortion for the third time, in a new Hamilton County court decision.

09 Jul

Limiting Legal Remedies for Medicaid Prioritizes Politics over Access to Care

JordanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, Low Income, Medicaid, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, South Carolina

In the first U.S. Supreme Court case involving access to abortion after the 2024 election, a 6-3 majority allowed states to block Medicaid patients from choosing their own health care provider. Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic involved a diabetic Medicaid patient seeking comprehensive health care at Planned Parenthood South Atlantic (PPSA). In 2018, South Carolina blocked PPSA from Medicaid unless it would agree not to provide any abortions. Under federal law, Medicaid already only pays for abortions in cases of rape, incest, or to save the life or health of the patient. But that wasn’t enough for South Carolina policymakers, who…

09 Jul

Judge says government must keep funding Planned Parenthood in spite of Medicaid cutoff

JordanLatest NewsAnti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Low Income, Medicaid, Reproductive rights

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the government’s effort to defund Planned Parenthood by ordering President Donald Trump’s administration to continue funding to the nation’s largest abortion provider for at least the next 14 days.

08 Jul

New Va. law protecting reproductive health data prompts Walmart’s online data collection pop-ups

PhoenixLatest NewsReproductive Health Data, Reproductive rights, United States, Virginia

Disclosure pop-ups about the “cookies,” or other aggregate bits of data websites collect and store aren’t an uncommon experience while shopping online. What’s less common: when a pop-up indicates that your potential purchase of condoms, birth control medication or menstrual hygiene products is being noted digitally, a message Virginians have started seeing when they shop virtually for such products.

08 Jul

Treatment for Infertility and Fertility Services

PhoenixLatest NewsFertility, Population Growth, Research, United States

Across the nation, the general fertility rate dropped by three percent in 2022,hitting a record low. This marked the second consecutive year of decline asof 2024, after a slight one percent rise between 2020 and 2021.1In California,this trend is even more pronounced. The state’s birth rate has fallen to near historic lows, contributing significantly to a slowdown in populationgrowth.

07 Jul

Idahoans Launch Ballot Initiative to Safeguard Reproductive Rights

PhoenixLatest NewsHealthcare, Idaho, legislation, Reproductive rights

The law would restore the right to abortion, ensure access to healthcare in cases of pregnancy complications or emergencies, and safeguard birth control, emergency contraception and IVF in Idaho.

06 Jul

RNC approves platform that would give rights to fetuses, endangering abortion, IVF

JordanLatest NewsAnti-abortion, anti-IVF, GOP, Healthcare, United States

Republicans have adopted a slate of policy positions ahead of next week’s convention that does not call for a federal legislative abortion ban, but opens the door to establishing fetal personhood.

05 Jul

Few anti-discrimination protections remain for transgender Iowans

JordanLatest NewsIowa, Transgender Rights

As of July 1, transgender and nonbinary Iowans no longer have state civil rights protections. Previously illegal forms of gender identity discrimination in housing, employment, credit practices, public accommodation and education are no longer protected by the Iowa Civil Rights Act.

05 Jul

LGBTQ, legal groups slam UPenn for ‘caving’ to Trump’s trans athlete ban

JordanLatest NewsLGBTQ, Trans Rights, United States

The University of Pennsylvania's decision to ban transgender female athletes from competing in women's sports to resolve a civil rights complaint by the Department of Education is being slammed by LGBTQ activists and legal experts as unconstitutional.

03 Jul

Title X funding returns to Missouri nonprofit that helped coordinate Oklahoma reproductive services

RandyLatest NewsFamily planning, Missouri, Title X

A Missouri nonprofit that coordinated Title X federal family planning services in Oklahoma after the state lost its funding has had its Title X dollars restored following a three-month delay.

03 Jul

Wisconsin Supreme Court Overturns 19th Century Abortion Ban

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States, Wisconsin, Women Justices

A narrow majority of justices found that by regulating abortion, legislators had "impliedly repealed" the state's near-total ban on the procedure. Dissenters called the ruling pure policymaking.

02 Jul

Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban

MollyLatest News, United States1849, Abortion Ban, Abortion Rights, legislation, Ruling, State Supreme Court, struck down, United States, Wisconsin

“The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by newer state laws regulating the procedure, including statutes that criminalize abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb. The ruling came as no surprise given that liberal justices control the court. One of them went so far as to promise to uphold abortion rights during her campaign two years ago, and they blasted the ban during oral arguments in November….”

02 Jul

Keeping brain-dead pregnant women on life support raises ethical issues that go beyond abortion politics

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Care, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, United States

Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old woman from Georgia who had been declared brain-dead in February 2025, spent 16 weeks on life support while doctors worked to keep her body functioning well enough to support her developing fetus. On June 13, 2025, her premature baby, named Chance, was born via cesarean section at 25 weeks.