Contraception – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

12 Apr

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

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

08 Apr

Navigating Uncertainty: The Latest Challenge to the Title X Family Planning Safety Net

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Safety net family planning providers in the US have faced considerable funding volatility since the start of the Trump administration. Last week marked the most recent challenge for Title X family planning providers who faced an imminent funding cliff.

06 Apr

Arizona Republicans want colleges to pair adoption info with every STI test and condom

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Republicans in the state legislature want every public university student in Arizona who receives contraceptives or testing for sexually transmitted infections from their school health office to receive information about adoption.

06 Apr

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

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The Trump administrationook the first step toward reviving and expanding the conservative overhaul of the Title X family planning program that happened the first time Trump was president — changes that previously led to an exodus of reproductive health providers and a steep drop in the number of patients served.

05 Apr

Conflation of Contraception and Abortion — Implications for Access to Contraceptives

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

04 Apr

Why millions of Americans could lose birth control access under Trump

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The Trump administration delayed Title X funding for reproductive care clinics that serve uninsured and low-income Americans.

04 Apr

Alaskan Lawmakers again seek to ease access to yearlong birth control supply after Dunleavy veto

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Lawmakers are again taking up legislation that would require insurance companies to fulfill prescriptions for a year’s supply of birth control, after Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a similar bill in 2024.

03 Apr

Virginia lawmakers send contraception-access bills to governor’s desk

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Measures would expand insurance coverage and create a state-level right as federal policy remains in flux.

01 Apr

Heated Rivalries: Conservatives vs. Choice

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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

Birth Control is Essential Healthcare, but It’s Now Under Attack

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Reproductive health and reproductive freedom go hand in hand.

30 Mar

How One Bold Idea for Birth Control Became a National Lifeline

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In the late 1990s and early 2000s, leaders across local Planned Parenthood health clinics saw a crisis coming and needed a solution if they were to continue providing birth control to their patients.

29 Mar

Birth control skepticism, teen fertility education center stage at Trump’s women’s health summit

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Surrounded by hot pink lights and cherry blossom pink drapes on a ballroom stage, family doctor Marguerite Duane offered a seemingly simple solution to infertility: Doctors should have conversations with young girls about whether they want to have children one day.

27 Mar

Conflation of Contraception and Abortion — Implications for Access to Contraceptives

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

27 Mar

Title X: The Nation’s Program for Affordable Birth Control and Reproductive Health Care

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In 1970, the only federal program dedicated to providing low- and no-cost birth control and other reproductive health care was created with bipartisan support.

25 Mar

Virginia joins states challenging Trump admin regulations that limit free birth control access

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Virginia lawmakers are also pursuing a state-level right to contraception proposal that Democratic Gov. Spanberger could sign into law this year.