18 Aug

Virginia abortion funds see sharp uptick in patients both in and out of state

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Virginia-based abortion funds are citing an increased uptick in calls to their intake lines, as more people rely on their assistance to help cover the cost and sometimes travel expenses to get abortions.  Since federal protections were overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court three summers ago, various states have enacted restrictions or near-total bans on the procedure. With Virginia the least-restrictive southern state, several funds here told the Virginia Mercury in interviews they’re seeing a spike in assistance requests. 
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17 Aug

Minors’ Ability to Consent to Contraception and Abortion Services

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Across the country, minors’ ability to consent to their health care, particularly their reproductive health care, varies significantly. Expanding “parental rights’ in health and education has been a priority for politically conservative groups and was outlined as a “top-tier” right by the Heritage Foundation in Project 2025. While parental involvement in health care can facilitate access and improve outcomes, it is not always possible for teens to include parents in decisions about sensitive health care decisions. Some teens, particularly those who have unstable home lives, are in foster care, or fear abuse if their parents were to become aware they are seeking…
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17 Aug

Six Months In: How the Trump Administration Is Undermining Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Globally

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Since January 2025, the Trump administration has undertaken a sweeping and ideologically driven rollback of human rights protections, with particularly grave consequences for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) globally. The administration has drastically cut funding to international health programs, withdrawn from key multilateral institutions and agreements, and advanced an agenda that is overtly opposed to human rights, particularly those advancing gender and reproductive autonomy. These actions not only threaten access to essential health services for millions of people—particularly in low- and middle-income countries—but also undermine international cooperation and accountability in advancing the rights and health of women, girls…
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13 Aug

Ohio advocates fight back as U.S. Supreme Court asked to review same-sex marriage decision

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Ohio LGBTQ+ advocates will soon start collecting signatures for their equal rights proposals as the U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to review its 2015 same-sex marriage decision. It’s been 10 years since SCOTUS decided in Obergefell v. Hodges, a case originating out of Ohio where justices determined that same-sex couples have the fundamental right to marry. The ruling legalized same-sex marriage across the country.
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09 Aug

The Next Infodemic: Abortion Misinformation

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Approximately 20% of women in the United States have had an abortion. On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization allowed a Mississippi law that proposed to make abortion illegal after 15 weeks to stand, which effectively overturned Roe v. Wade, a 1973 SCOTUS decision that affirmed the right to have an abortion under the 14th amendment . With the reversal of Roe v. Wade, a perfect storm of factors is driving an abortion infodemic including a confusing and rapidly changing legislative landscape, the proliferation of abortion disinformants, lax efforts by internet…
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