Contraception – Page 4 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

23 Apr

As U.S. birth rate falls, Trump officials downplay contraception in family planning program

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The number of babies born in the United States fell again last year. According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 3.6 million births in 2025, a 1% decline from 2024. The fertility rate dropped to 53.1 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44, down 23% since 2007.

22 Apr

Minors’ Access to Contraceptive Services

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Nearly half of US states explicitly permit minors to access contraception without parental involvement, allowing minors to provide their own consent for this care. In several of these states, minors are allowed to provide consent to contraception only under certain circumstances, including: when there is a health risk to the minor; if the minor is or has ever been married; if the minor is already a parent; or if the minor is currently pregnant or has ever been pregnant. Some of these states also allow providers to notify minors’ parents that they have accessed contraception.

19 Apr

Breakthrough takes big step toward safe, reversible male contraception

RileyLatest NewsContraception, Cornell University, Healthcare, Male Contraception, Reproductive rights, Science, United States

Cornell scientists have taken a major step toward developing a safe, reversible, long-acting and 100% effective nonhormonal male contraceptive, considered the holy grail of male contraception.

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

ChaseLatest NewsContraception, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Title X, Trump

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

AlanLatest NewsContraception, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Title X, Trump

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

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.

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

RileyLatest NewsAlaska, Contraception, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

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

PhoenixLatest NewsBlue State, Contraception, Democratic Governor, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Virginia

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

MorganLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

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

MorganLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, Infertility, Reproductive rights, United States

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.