Anti-abortion – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

02 Dec

Rise of crisis pregnancy centers highlights shift in anti-abortion movement

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Fake Clinicws, Healthcare, United States

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case involving faith-based pregnancy centers in New Jersey. The organization is hoping to block the state from investigating whether they misled women into believing the centers offered abortions. The case highlights an effort to crack down on so-called crisis pregnancy centers. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/rise-of-crisis-pregnancy-centers-highlights-shift-in-anti-abortion-movement

28 Nov

Democratic U.S. Senators Raise Alarm Over Trump Administration Efforts to Restrict Mifepristone

RileyLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, mifepristone, Trump Administration, United States

U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, (both D-VA) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and all of their Democratic Senate colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary expressing alarm over the Trump Administration's plans to reexamine the safety and effectiveness of mifepristone. Since 2000, mifepristone has been approved by the FDA as a safe and effective medication for abortion care and miscarriage management. The Administration’s basis…

19 Nov

As abortion opponents target IVF, they’re promoting fertility clinics like this one

ChaseLatest NewsAnti-abortion, anti-IVF, Fake Clinicws, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Social conservatives have pushed restorative reproductive medicine as an alternative to IVF. Doctors worry that could limit access to the most effective form of infertility treatment.

06 Nov

Wisconsin GOP lawmakers consider legal definition of abortion, separate from miscarriage care

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

GOP authors say it will clarify how providers should discuss procedures that are used both for abortions and for safely managing pregnancy loss or complications

26 Oct

Barred from burning $9.7 million in birth control, the Trump administration may now be running down the clock

DoryLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Contraception, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

The Trump administration is holding $9.7 million worth of US-purchased contraceptives in warehouses in Belgium rather than delivering them to women overseas, as aid workers voice concerns that the US government is running down the clock until the commodities expire.

25 Oct

Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers Are Looking to Offer Much More Than Ultrasounds and Diapers

DoryLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Fake Clinicws, Healthcare, Pregnancy Centers, United States

More anti-abortion pregnancy centers have been offering medical services such as testing for sexually transmitted infections

09 Oct

Louisiana sues Food & Drug Administration to stop mailing of abortion medication

PhoenixLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Pills, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, Louisiana, Reproductive rights

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed a lawsuit this week that calls on the federal government to strike down rules that allow the distribution of abortion drugs without an in-person doctor’s visit. It’s her latest attempt to place restrictions on out-of-state shipments of mifepristone, a medication that used to terminate pregnancies but that also has other life-saving and gynecological uses.

24 Sep

A GOP fight over abortion

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

House and Senate Republican leaders aren’t sure they can stave off a fight between moderates and hard-liners on abortion coverage.

08 Sep

Missouri Attorney General, Who Is Against Abortion Rights, Heads To FBI

RileyLatest NewsAmy Coney Barrett, Anti-abortion, FBI, Healthcare, Missouri, Reproductive rights

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, who used his office to attack reproductive rights, was named an FBI co-deputy director, NPR reports. Also: Justice Amy Coney Barrett defends overturning Roe.

03 Sep

Bill allowing private citizens to sue over abortion pills gets initial OK in the Texas Senate

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Texas

The Texas Senate on Tuesday evening tentatively approved a bill that would allow private citizens to sue anyone who manufactures, distributes, mails or provides abortion medication to or from Texas.

29 Aug

Missouri judge weighs whether new abortion ban should appear on 2026 ballot

JordanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, legislation, Missouri, Reproductive rights, Voters

A proposed amendment written by Missouri Republican lawmakers would repeal the reproductive rights measure passed by voters last year — but makes no mention that it would ban abortion. The ACLU of Missouri argues the proposal violates the state constitution and misleads voters.

24 Aug

Texas, Florida seek to join legal challenge to abortion pill

RandyLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Florida, GOP, Healthcare, mifepristone, Reproductive rights, Texas, United States

Texas and Florida on Friday asked a federal judge to let them join a lawsuit seeking to restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone, saying that they need to step in to protect their abortion policies after changes to other Republican-led states' abortion laws.

12 Aug

Indiana court upholds abortion ban in case asking for more health exceptions.

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, Indiana, Reproductive rights

The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the state's near-total abortion ban on Aug. 11, ruling that the 2022 law did not violate the "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" clause of the Indiana Constitution.

11 Aug

What to know about how Trump’s judicial picks could reshape abortion rights for decades

CoreyLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Healthcare, Judges, Reproductive rights, Trump

A review by The Associated Press shows that several of President Donald Trump’s nominees to the federal courts have revealed anti-abortion views, been associated with anti-abortion groups or defended abortion restrictions.

03 Aug

Department of Veterans Affairs looks to end certain abortion services for veterans

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, U.S. Military, United States, Veterans

The US Department of Veterans Affairs is proposing to end certain abortion services to veterans, rolling back a Biden-era move to expand abortion rights.