Abortion Rights – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

18 Apr

US abortion opponents want Trump’s FDA to act on abortion pill restrictions

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, FDA, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump

U.S. abortion opponents are increasingly frustrated with the lack of action by President Donald Trump's administration to stem the flow of abortion pills prescribed online that they view as undermining state abortion bans.

18 Apr

The State Of Abortion Access In 2026

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Abortion access across the U.S. has been in flux – and the fight around that care continues today. Now, 13 states have a total ban. And five have restricted abortion after six weeks of gestation. The latest state to do so is Wyoming.

16 Apr

She Was Put in Jail in Texas for an Abortion. Blame the Supreme Court for What Happened Next.

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, GOP majority, Healthcare, misogyny, Post Dobbs, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, conservative states have stressed that they won’t prosecute women, whom they describe as abortion’s “second victims.” That was the message Texas hoped to send when prosecutors in Starr County dropped charges against a woman named Lizelle Herrera for ending her pregnancy. But Herrera’s case is now communicating something else entirely: Prosecutors who target women for abortion often won’t face any consequences, even when they ignore the law.

16 Apr

Doctors oppose myriad of ‘extremist’ abortion bills in Ohio Statehouse

FlynnLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, GOP, GOP Governor, Healthcare, Ohio, Reproductive rights

Lawmakers remain on break for the rest of this month, but recent legislation still under consideration is getting new criticism from physicians around the state. 150 Ohio doctors, organized by a national group called the Committee to Protect Health Care, have signed a letter strongly opposing a flurry of what they call “extremist” abortion bills moving through the Statehouse.

14 Apr

Utah’s abortion case delayed after groups challenge legislature’s new three-judge panel

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Utah

The years-long wait to settle Utah’s abortion trigger law has been delayed as multiple plaintiffs in some of the state’s highest-profile cases challenge new laws with the Utah Supreme Court, which moves their cases to new three-judge panels.

14 Apr

Trump admin moves Title X family planning program away from contraception, toward conception

FlynnLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

New guidance, and the promise of a new rule, are expected to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood starting in 2027.

13 Apr

Government favors natural family planning over contraception in key health funding

FlynnLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, HHS, Reproductive rights, Trump

New 2027 guidelines by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will ban key federal abortion funding while favoring fertility education and natural family planning.

05 Apr

Conflation of Contraception and Abortion — Implications for Access to Contraceptives

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

The false notion that some forms of contraception cause abortion could restrict access to contraceptives for millions of people in the United States.

02 Apr

States with abortion bans target pills sent by out-of-state providers

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Abortion Rights, GOP, Healthcare, mifepristone, Red States, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States

As states that already ban abortion look to further restrict access this year, much of the focus is on pills sent by out-of-state providers.

01 Apr

Heated Rivalries: Conservatives vs. Choice

RileyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Contraception, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States

Whether the momfluencers intend to or not, they are part of a larger propaganda machine that’s working to socialize Christian nationalism and far-right ideology, baking it into the minds of young people, one loaf at a time.

31 Mar

Number of abortions holds steady despite state bans and restrictions

MorganLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Post Dobbs, Reproductive rights, United States

Since the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, anti-abortion rights advocates have continuously pursued laws and court cases to make access to abortion more difficult. A new report found those efforts haven’t worked in one basic way: The number of abortions in the country hasn’t budged. A key way that abortions are now happening despite all of the state restrictions is through telemedicine. At the same time, some states passed shield laws, which protect health care providers from legal risks when they prescribe to patients in states with bans.

29 Mar

Red states move to protect crisis pregnancy centers using model legislation

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Crisis Pregnancy Center, GOP, Healthcare, Red States, Reproductive rights, United States

Conservative lawmakers in multiple states are pushing legislation drafted by an advocacy group that opposes abortion to increase protections for crisis pregnancy centers, organizations that provide some health-related services but also work to dissuade women from having abortions.

28 Mar

Abortion on the 2026 Ballot: The Evolving Landscape of State Abortion Initiatives

JordanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Bodily Autonomy, Healthcare, Post Dobbs, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, Trump Administration, United States

Since the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs ruling, state ballot initiatives have become a powerful tool used by advocates on both sides hoping to either protect or limit abortion access in their state. Successful ballot initiatives that enact state constitutional amendments provide stronger legal authority to either protect or restrict abortion than laws enacted by the legislature or state Supreme Court rulings

27 Mar

Conflation of Contraception and Abortion — Implications for Access to Contraceptives

RileyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Contraception, Healthcare, NewEnglandJournalofMedicine, Reproductive rights, United States

The false notion that some forms of contraception cause abortion could restrict access to contraceptives for millions of people in the United States.

23 Mar

NY Democratic Governor Hochul Announces New Funding Opportunity for Abortion Health Care Services

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Democratic Governor, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

$20 Million in State Grants for Supplemental Abortion Provider Support Program Available to Eligible Providers State Department of Health Issued Letters to 22 Awardees Announcing Funding Availability