Healthcare – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

09 Apr

HHS Directly Gives Crisis Pregnancy Centers Millions of Dollars

CoreyLatest Newscrisis pregnancy centers, GOP, Healthcare, HHS, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Trump, United States

And the federal government is continuing to double down on a “pro-life” agenda.

09 Apr

Reproductive Freedom for All Responds to Trump’s Presidential Budget Release

ChaseLatest NewsBudget, Federal Funding Cuts, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Title X, Trump, United States

Trump's budget proposes to further decimate funding for sexual and reproductive care at both the national and global levels by continuing attacks on Planned Parenthood and family planning funds through Title X,

08 Apr

What’s Shaping Family Planning in 2026

AlanLatest NewsGlobal, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

The global landscape for sexual and reproductive health and rights continues to evolve—bringing both new challenges and important opportunities for progress.

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.

07 Apr

NFPRHA and ACLU Succeed in Fighting to Restore All Federal Family Planning Grants and Dismiss Their Lawsuit Against the Trump Administration

AlanLatest NewsACLU, Healthcare, NationalFamilyPlanningReproductiveHealthAssn, Reproductive rights, United States

The National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against the Trump administration following the government’s restoration of all Title X family planning grants that were the subject of NFPRHA’s litigation.

07 Apr

Trump’s ICE crackdown is forcing immigrant women to ‘choose between their freedom or their health’

ChaseLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, ICE, ICE Detention, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, Trump

Reproductive health care providers told HuffPost they’re seeing patients miss prenatal appointments and not pick up prescriptions when they need them. Some are scared to go to the hospital when they’re in labor, while others are scared to leave with their newborn after giving birth.

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.

05 Apr

Maine could become among the first states to create safety net for reproductive care

PhoenixLatest NewsDemocratic Governor, Healthcare, Maine, Reproductive rights, Safety Net

Maine’s reproductive health care providers, who have faced millions in federal cuts over the last year, are breathing a little easier after the Legislature’s budget committee approved ongoing funding and other support in the latest spending plan.

04 Apr

Why millions of Americans could lose birth control access under Trump

PhoenixLatest NewsContraception, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Title X, Trump, Underserved

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

04 Apr

Federal funding for reproductive health care could lapse Wednesday due to Trump administration delays

PhoenixLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Title X, Trump Administration, United States

Some clinics that rely on Title X grants to provide birth control, cancer screenings and STI testing are making contingency plans as the government appears likely to miss its deadline.

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.

03 Apr

VG Democratic Governor Spanberger weighs contraception rights bill ahead of November reproductive rights amendment vote

RandyLatest NewsDemocratic Governor, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Virginia

With hundreds of bills awaiting action, Gov. Abigail Spanberger is weighing legislation tied to reproductive rights, including a measure that involves reproductive rights.

02 Apr

More Than 90% of Patients Are Women: Is this Why This Cardiovascular Disease Is Overlooked?

RileyLatest NewsFemale Health, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Decades of neglect have left clinicians and researchers with an incomplete understanding of the unique features and risk factors that drive cardiovascular disease in women, including FMD.