gender affirming care – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

05 Sep

Expanded Protections for Reproductive Health and Gender-Affirming Care: What Massachusetts Providers Need to Know

ChaseLatest Newsgender affirming care, Healthcare, Massachusetts, Reproductive rights, United States

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed into law an Act Strengthening Healthcare Protections in the Commonwealth (the “Act”), which amends the state’s existing “Shield Law” protections for providers of reproductive health and gender-affirming care (“Protected Care”). The Act is the latest response by Massachusetts to the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022), which eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion and returned the authority to regulate reproductive health care to the states. Dobbs has resulted in an uncertain legal landscape where numerous states restricting reproductive care (“Restrictive States”) have enacted broad laws that potentially create liability for out-of-state providers. Like similar laws…

22 Aug

Supreme Court lets Trump admin cut off health grants it says advance DEI or ‘gender ideology extremism’

RandyLatest Newsgender affirming care, Healthcare, NIH, SCOTUS

The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to cut off health research grants it contends advance diversity, equity and inclusion efforts or promote “gender ideology extremism.”

23 Jul

Federal threats to gender-affirming care add fear for future of access for minors

ChaseLatest Newsgender affirming care, Healthcare, Minors, Post-Dobbs, United States

After Supreme Court ruling, restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors parallel abortion bans enforced post-Dobbs

26 Jun

State laws affecting health plan compliance

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, gender affirming care, Healthcare, United States

As we close out the second quarter of 2025, the legal landscape across the United States continues to shift dramatically in the areas of abortion and gender-affirming care laws. This quarter has seen a wave of new state-level legislation and pivotal court rulings that are reshaping access to both abortion services and gender-affirming health care for minors.

03 Jun

“They’re Ruining People’s Lives”

CoreyLatest Newsgender affirming care, GOP, Reproductive rights, Transgender

Since 2021, a wave of legislation targeting transgender health care has swept across the United States, with 25 states enacting blanket bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth as of March 2025. These legislative bans, often vague and sweeping in scope, have disrupted healthcare access for over 100,000 transgender youth, and imposed significant geographic, financial, and emotional burdens on their families.

04 Feb

Doctors who provide abortion, transgender care could get legal protections under Virginia bill

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Care, Abortion travel, Bill, Doctors, gender affirming care, gender affirming care travel, Health care, legislation, Out of State, out of state patients, protections, Reproductive care, state sovereignty, Trans Rights, transgender health care, United States, Virginia

“Virginia moved closer Monday to shielding doctors from extradition if they provide reproductive or gender-affirming healthcare to out-of-state patients, advancing legislation that underscores the deepening divide over healthcare access and state sovereignty. The Senate narrowly passed Senate Bill 1098, sponsored by Ghazala Hashmi, D-Chesterfield, which would block the extradition of health care providers facing criminal charges in other states for performing medical services that are legal in Virginia. Every Republican opposed the measure….”

02 Jan

Protecting reproductive health data: state laws against geofencing

BarbraLatest Newsgender affirming care, Post-Dobbs, Reproductive rights

Although many of these laws protect individuals' access to abortion and gender-affirming care services states have also identified the need to safeguard individually identifiable health data, including reproductive health data, from use by law enforcement or third-party companies.

01 Jan

From gender-affirming care bans to minimum wage increases, these new laws take effect January 1

BarbraUnited StatesAbortion Rights, gender affirming care, legislation, United States

Several states saw a polarizing legislative session last year as lawmakers tackled high-profile measures, some of which take effect this year. While many Democratic- and Republican-led states passed measures to ease the effects of inflation as the economy remains a top concern for voters ahead of the 2024 election, states were split along party lines on marquee issues such as abortion rights and gender-affirming care for minors.

19 Jul

Tennessee AG asserts right to out-of-state abortion, transgender care medical records

MollyUnited StatesAbortion Care, Attorney General, gender affirming care, Healthcare, medical records, Tennessee, travel, travel ban, United States

"Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has joined Republican counterparts in 18 states in an effort to prevent the federal government from shielding the medical records of those who cross state lines to obtain legal abortion or gender-affirming care from investigations in their home state. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed a new privacy rule for certain medical records in response to the Supreme Court’s overturning of abortion rights last year...."

09 May

Abortion ban amendment attached to Nebraska gender-affirming care bill

MollyUnited StatesAbortion Ban, Abortion Rights, gender affirming care, Healthcare, Nebraska, United States

"The abortion debate will return to the Nebraska Legislature this session after all, despite widespread belief that the topic had been put to rest..."