REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS – Page 4 – Updated daily. A service of Toby's Fund for Reproductive Health Equity

20 Oct

The feds are cutting funding for Planned Parenthood, following a playbook that began in Texas

RandyLatest NewsHealthcare, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, Texas

On Sept. 30, Planned Parenthood’s Gulf Coast branch in Houston, which ran the organization’s largest clinic in the country, shuttered after it was acquired by another affiliate.

19 Oct

The Ripple Effects of the U.S. Retreat from International Reproductive Care

RandyLatest NewsHealthcare, International, Reproductive rights

U.S. cuts to global health funding are putting reproductive rights, healthcare access and human rights at risk worldwide. Human rights experts discuss exactly what’s happening—and what would stop the suffering.

18 Oct

Shield Laws for Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care: A State Law Guide

RileyLatest Newsgender affirming care, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, United States

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022 and eliminated the federal constitutional right to abortion, many states enacted bans and further restrictions on abortion. In response, states seeking to preserve and expand access to abortion have passed shield laws: legal protections for patients, health care providers, and people assisting in the provision of certain health care in states where that care is legal from the reach of states with civil, criminal, and professional consequences related to that care.

18 Oct

Trump announces a deal with a manufacturer to make a common fertility drug cheaper for IVF patients

RileyLatest NewsFertility, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

The White House and EMD Serono said the drug, along with all its other IVF medications, will be available at a discount on TrumpRx, a government website where patients will be able to buy drugs directly from manufacturers. The Trump administration contends that the new website, which is expected to be running in 2026, will cut pharmaceutical costs by allowing people to buy them without a middleman.

17 Oct

US aid cuts severely undermine Senegal’s fight against HIV

RileyLatest NewsHealthcare, HIV, International, Reproductive rights

By reducing staff and access to treatment, the suspension of USAID and other funding threatens the country’s progress in HIV care

17 Oct

White House Issues Warning Over US Fertility Rate

CoreyLatest NewsFertility, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr told a White House press briefing that the declining U.S. fertility rate is a "national security threat" and warned it is not high enough to ensure the American population remains stable.

16 Oct

Abortion pills are under attack

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Abortion Pills, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Trump is targeting medication abortion.

16 Oct

Banning abortion is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Abortion Rights, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

For years, this was the kind of thing that happened in Poland, Nicaragua or El Salvador. Now, it’s headline news in the United States.

15 Oct

The quest to make babies with lab-grown eggs and sperm

CoreyLatest NewsFertility, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Science

Sex cells made from scratch could revolutionize human reproduction. But researchers are struggling to translate promising results in mice into benefits for humans.

15 Oct

The feds are cutting off public money for all Planned Parenthoods, following a playbook that began in Texas

CoreyLatest NewsHealthcare, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, Texas

Texas’ Planned Parenthood has lost half its clinics, but they continue to see thousands of patients a year.

14 Oct

New JAMA channel will amplify research on women’s health

ChaseLatest NewsAMA, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States, Women's Health

For decades, clinical trials enrolled only, or mostly, men as participants, reducing the medical research’s generalizability for physicians and health professionals working to determine the best course of treatment for their female patients. Now, with the proliferation of efforts to reverse that trend, more knowledge is shared every day on the way that sex intersects with health and illness.

14 Oct

ESG Audits Catch Child Labor, So Why Not Sexual Violence?

ChaseLatest NewsBangladesh, Global, Sexual violence

They rarely ask the most basic question: Are women safe?

13 Oct

The Impact of Trump’s Cuts on Global Reproductive Health

DoryLatest NewsHealthcare, International, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration

A global survey of partners conducted by the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) in April revealed the widespread impact of the Trump Administration’s funding cuts, putting essential sexual and reproductive healthcare at risk for millions worldwide.

13 Oct

Maldives becomes the first country to achieve ‘triple elimination’ of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B

DoryLatest NewsHealthcare, HIV, International, Maldives, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights

In a landmark public health achievement, the World Health Organization (WHO) has validated the Maldives for eliminating mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of hepatitis B, while maintaining its earlier validation (in 2019) for EMTCT of HIV and syphilis. This makes the Maldives the first country in the world to achieve ‘triple elimination’.

12 Oct

Ellen Cahill, MD, on testosterone usage among men interested in fertility

DoryLatest NewsFertility, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States, Urology

Men who are further along in their fertility journey were found to be less likely to be using testosterone, according to recent data presented at the 26h Annual Fall Scientific Meeting of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) in Grapevine, Texas.