Healthcare – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

02 Jul

Keeping brain-dead pregnant women on life support raises ethical issues that go beyond abortion politics

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Care, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, United States

Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old woman from Georgia who had been declared brain-dead in February 2025, spent 16 weeks on life support while doctors worked to keep her body functioning well enough to support her developing fetus. On June 13, 2025, her premature baby, named Chance, was born via cesarean section at 25 weeks.

02 Jul

Three Years After Dobbs Ruling, Abortion Law in Georgia Remains Unsettled

ChaseLatest NewsGeorgia, Healthcare, legislation, Reproductive rights, United States

Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court case enshrining abortion rights across the country, was overturned three years ago last week in a case known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, intensifying a yearslong battle over access to reproductive health care in Georgia. The fallout of the Dobbs decision is continuing to cause ripple effects throughout the state, with advocates on both sides gearing up for a fight that will play out—at least in part—at the ballot box in 2026.

30 Jun

The grassroots network helping women circumvent abortion bans and restrictions

PatLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Since the end of Roe v. Wade three years ago, 20 states have banned or restricted access to abortions. Despite those hurdles, women are still finding ways to terminate pregnancies. A new podcast, “The Network,” explores how an abortion pill fueled grassroots movements that helped change laws in Latin America. Ali Rogin speaks with co-hosts Marta Martinez and Victoria Estrada for more.

30 Jun

Ohio budget makes abortion reporting changes and reductions in infant, maternal funding

PatLatest NewsAbortion Care, Healthcare, Ohio, Reproductive rights

Millions for ultrasound grants included, but can’t go to entities that inform patients about abortion as an option

29 Jun

Protecting gains and countering threats: New report outlines measures to ensure progress on sexual and reproductive health and rights

PatLatest NewsHealthcare, International Coalition, Reproductive rights, travel

Coinciding with the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Annual Session in Porto (29 June – 3 July), OSCE PA Special Representative on Gender Issues Hedy Fry (Canada) has published her 2025 Gender Report entitled “Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the OSCE Region: Protecting Gains, Countering Threats.”

29 Jun

Gov. Whitmer Takes Action to Protect Full Access to Reproductive Health Care in Michigan, LARA Instructs Michigan Hospitals to Provide Care

PatLatest NewsAbortion Care, Healthcare, Michigan, Reproductive rights

Letter from Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to Michigan hospitals reminds providers the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act is still in effect as federal administration revokes guidance and threatens access to emergency reproductive care, putting lives at risk

28 Jun

How State Bans Increase Costs and Delay Abortion Care

MauraLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Research, United States

People in states that have banned abortion were more than twice as likely to receive them later in pregnancy, according to a new study by researchers at UC San Francisco.

28 Jun

Reproductive rights groups fear SCOTUS ruling will inspire anti-abortion politicians

MauraLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, United States

Reproductive rights advocates are reeling from Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling in favor of South Carolina in a legal case to block Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, which they fear will give other states the green light to do the same.

27 Jun

California U.S. Senator Adam Schiff Introduces Bill to Provide LGBTQ Individuals Equal Access to Reproductive Care

CoreyLatest NewsHealthcare, LGBTQ2S+, Reproductive rights

On Thursday, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) introduced the Equal Access to Reproductive Care Act, legislation to ensure LGBTQ individuals receive equal access to reproductive health care services

27 Jun

Advocates warn SCOTUS ruling could limit health care access for CT women

CoreyLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS

The U.S. Supreme Court’s Planned Parenthood decision could limit health care access for Connecticut women, advocates said Thursday, as it opens the door for Congress, now considering the federal budget, to remove Planned Parenthood from Medicaid.

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.

26 Jun

Letitia James reaffirms abortion access rights under federal law for New York hospitals

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Care, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

On the third anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, New York Attorney General Letitia James co-led a coalition of 22 attorneys general to reaffirm that hospitals must provide emergency abortion care under federal law.

25 Jun

Push To Move OB-GYN Exam Out of Texas Is Piece of AGs’ Broader Reproductive Rights Campaign

ChaseLatest NewsHealthcare, OB/GYN, Reproductive rights, Texas

Democratic state attorneys general led by those from California, New York, and Massachusetts are pressuring medical professional groups to defend reproductive rights, including medication abortion, emergency abortions, and travel between states for health care in response to recent increases in the number of abortion bans.

24 Jun

Federal anti-abortion crusade endangers New Jersey protections, advocates warn

ChaseLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Dobbs v Jackson, Healthcare, New Jersey, Reproductive rights

Since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to abortion three years ago in a landmark ruling known as Dobbs, the national conversation on reproductive rights has centered on states that have banned or restricted the procedure.

24 Jun

Anti-abortion group targets Democrats to stop Va.’s reproductive rights constitutional amendment

ChaseLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Virginia

Women Speak Out Virginia is sending 100 people out to knock on 150,000 doors in Richmond and Virginia Beach between now and late July. Their aim: influence voters to elect candidates this fall who oppose a proposed constitutional amendment to enshrine reproductive rights into Virginia’s constitution.