Abortion Rights – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

08 May

Abortion Clinics Boost Security as DOJ Limits Federal Shield Law

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Clinic access, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States

Reproductive health centers are preparing for more aggressive threats from anti-abortion protesters as the Trump administration restricts enforcement of a decades-old federal law protecting access to clinics.

06 May

Despite Historic Indictment, Doctors Will Keep Mailing Abortion Pills Across State Lines

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Pill, Abortion pill access, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, travel, United States

When the news broke on Jan. 31 that a New York physician had been indicted for shipping abortion medications to a woman in Louisiana, it stoked fear across the network of doctors and medical clinics who engage in similar work.

03 May

Legislation would punish blockades at Michigan reproductive health clinics, crisis pregnancy centers

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Michigan, Reproductive rights, United States

Democratic lawmakers are again pushing to criminalize blockades and obstruction of access to reproductive health facilities. It would also apply to crisis pregnancy centers.

02 May

Abortion seekers need more support under Trump administration, Colorado advocates say

PatLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Abortion advocates and providers in Colorado feel increased pressure under the Trump administration to support people seeking abortions from Colorado and surrounding states with restrictions.

01 May

Virtual Abortion Care Is a Lifeline, Not a Safety Net

PatLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Telemedicine, United States

New data from the Guttmacher Institute shows that more people are turning to virtual abortion care—and while that tidbit might sound like a silver lining in our post-Roe world, it can be dangerously misleading if we’re not careful.

29 Apr

Attorney General Andrew Bailey demands records from Missouri abortion nonprofit

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

Elad Gross, who ran as a Democrat against Bailey and is representing Missouri Abortion Fund, called the subpoena ‘an abuse of government power’ and a ‘fishing expedition’

23 Apr

Some OB/GYNS Stay in States With Abortion Bans, Despite Legal Risks

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, OB/GYNS, Reproductive rights, United States

Three years after the U.S. Supreme Court ended the federal right to abortion, doctors who specialize in obstetrics and gynecology are still dealing with tough decisions about where to live and work.

11 Apr

Bill could open door to civil lawsuits over abortions and drive away OB/GYNs

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Florida, Healthcare, legislation, Opinion, Reproductive rights, United States

It also could threaten access to IVF and cancer treatments. This Florida Legislature continues its all-out attack on reproductive freedom. A near-total ban was not far enough for this extreme anti-abortion Legislature. Although the majority of Floridians — 57% — voted to limit government interference with abortion, Florida’s extreme anti-abortion politicians are ignoring the will of the people and seeking to further restrict abortion access in Florida. Now they are seeking to open the door to civil lawsuits for money damages against doctors — and even the friends, family, and clergy members who help individuals seeking abortion care obtain the…

07 Apr

Romania Rowing Back on Women’s Right to Abortion: Report

MollyInternational, Latest NewsAbortion Ban, Abortion Care, Abortion News, Abortion Rights, Health care, rights rollback, romania

“A report by Human Rights Watch, released on Monday, says women and girls in Romania face increasing obstacles to the full exercise of their legal rights to contraception and abortion. “Women and girls in Romania face an increasingly hostile landscape, as they seek to make decisions about their own bodies and health care,” Song Ah Lee, author of the report, said. “The Romanian authorities are not only failing to uphold sexual and reproductive health rights but are often enabling efforts to block women and girls from exercising these rights,” the report claims….”

31 Mar

What’s at stake in SC for reproductive rights in case being heard by US Supreme Court on Wednesday

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, South Carolina, United States

South Carolina residents could be stripped of the ability to use Medicaid at Planned Parenthood or other reproductive health care centers if the Supreme Court rules in favor of the state after hearing arguments in a case April 2.

31 Mar

George Washington University Faculty file amicus brief urging SCOTUS to protect Planned Parenthood Medicaid coverage

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Medicaid, Public Health, Reproductive rights

More than 40 faculty members filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month in support of maintaining Medicaid coverage for Planned Parenthood in South Carolina. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday for Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, which will determine if the state of South Carolina’s 2018 decision to deny Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood infringes on Medicaid beneficiaries’ right to choose their health care providers. In response, 490 public health deans, organizations and professors — including 40 GW faculty members from the Milken Institute School of Public Health and the School of Medicine and Health Sciences…

30 Mar

Sierra Leone debates decriminalizing abortion as women and girls endanger their lives

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, International, Reproductive rights, Sierra Leone

When she got pregnant at 16, Fatou Esther Jusu was terrified that it would derail her future. Abortion is illegal in Sierra Leone. Fearing judgment from her family, she took friends’ advice and bought misoprostol, a drug whose uses include abortion, from a local pharmacy. It didn't work. Desperate, she tried again and miscarried.

29 Mar

NJ Democrat Gottheimer fights back against far-right extremist attacks on women and reproductive health care

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, New Jersey, Reproductive rights, United States

U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) Friday joined local leaders and women’s rights advocates to honor Women’s History Month and announce new action to protect women’s rights and reproductive health care against far-right extremist attacks.

27 Mar

A bill proposing a near-total abortion ban causes an uproar at Georgia’s Capitol

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Ban, Abortion Care, Abortion Rights, Georgia, Healthcare, legislation, Reproductive rights, United States

"A crowd of protesters on each side of the abortion debate flooded a windowless Georgia Capitol hallway Wednesday with chants and signs as lawmakers held a hearing on a bill that would ban the procedure in almost all cases. Although the bill will not go anywhere this year because a deadline has passed for consideration by both chambers, the hearing granted by the House’s Republican leadership gave anti-abortion activists a chance to speak out on an issue near and dear to their constituents. Dozens milled about and shouted words of support or disdain for the proposal. Onlookers tried to squeeze…

24 Mar

Opinion: Abortion providers need appreciation, protection, support

PatLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Reproductive rights, United States

In this post-Dobbs era, those dedicated to reproductive freedom face mounting threats to their safety, livelihood, and ability to provide care. Thanks to an ever-shifting legal landscape and an anti-abortion federal administration, providers across the country are not only left to navigate legal chaos, but they are also becoming direct targets of political and personal attacks.