Healthcare – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

20 Jan

How the Trump admin’s attacks on abortion could devastate health care access globally

RandyLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights

Reproductive rights advocates warn Project 2025 will expand the Global Gag Rule to hurt health care internationally

20 Jan

Partisan wrongs and reproductive rights

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Opinion, Reproductive rights, United States

On June 24, 2022, I found myself in a room of 2,500 women at a leadership convention during the very moment Roe V. Wade was overturned. I saw women fall to the ground crying as others tried to hide the smiles creeping across their faces, and others didn’t hide their satisfaction, celebrating as if they had personally just achieved some victory.

17 Jan

Parental rights at center of reproductive health debate

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Care, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Virginia

Democrats push constitutional amendment and contraception protections; GOP raises oversight concerns. Republicans are ramping up opposition to Democrat-led efforts to protect abortion and contraception access, claiming the proposals undermine parental rights in minors’ healthcare decisions. As these measures advance in the legislature, the battle over oversight is heating up.

16 Jan

Telehealth abortion reduces shame and lifts barriers, study shows

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Taking abortion pills at home helps reduce stigma associated with pregnancy termination, according to recent findings. “It’s intuitive to understand that people are afraid of protesters outside of abortion clinics. But I was surprised that some people would be afraid to be perceived as abortion patients,” said Andréa Becker, co-author of the study, a reproductive health researcher and a sociology professor at Hunter College in New York City.

15 Jan

Live Far From a Clinic? Telehealth Abortion Services Are on the Rise

PatLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Telehealth, travel, United States

Women who live far from an abortion clinic depend on telehealth and mail to obtain access to medication abortion, a new study says. Each 100-mile increase in distance from an abortion provider increased telehealth requests for abortion pills by about 61%, researchers reported in a new study published Jan. 8 in the American Journal of Public Health.

14 Jan

Voters Backed Abortion Rights But State Judges Have Final Say

PatLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, legislation, United States

In November, Montana voters safeguarded the right to abortion in the state’s constitution. They also elected a new chief justice to the Montana Supreme Court who was endorsed by anti-abortion advocates. That seeming contradiction is slated to come to a head this year. People on polar sides of the abortion debate are preparing to fight over how far the protection for abortion extends, and the final say will likely come from the seven-person state Supreme Court. With the arrival of new Chief Justice Cory Swanson, who ran as a judicial conservative for the nonpartisan seat and was sworn in Jan. 6,…

13 Jan

Viewpoints: Reproductive Care Is More Than Abortions; Vaccine Skepticism And Cynicism Are Not The Same

RandyLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations

12 Jan

Great Britain: ‘Unprecedented’ rise in abortion prosecutions prompts call for law change from medical leaders

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Care, England, Healthcare, International

Medical leaders are calling for reform of abortion laws in England and Wales after an “unprecedented” rise in women and girls being prosecuted for ending their own pregnancies.

09 Jan

Proposal would outlaw use of abortion pills and tighten rape exception

MollyLatest News, United Statesabortion medication, Abortion Pills, Abortion Rights, Bill 171, Bill proposal, Healthcare, Indiana, legislation, medicine, Rape exception, United States

"A new bill would further clamp down on abortions in Indiana by banning procedures using pills and requiring women to file an affidavit of rape to meet one of the state’s few exceptions. Its future is uncertain since it was filed by a Senate Republican — Indianapolis Sen. Mike Young — who has clashed with caucus leadership over Indiana’s abortion ban. The ICC reached out for comment but received no response. “This is a government intrusion into medicine and healthcare with no other purpose but to put extreme ideology into law and take medical options away from patients,” said Indianapolis OB-GYN…

09 Jan

Researcher warns about Christian nationalism’s influence on reproductive rights

PatLatest NewsChristian Nationalism, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

There are growing concerns about the prevalence of Christian Nationalism, an ideology that seeks to establish a theocracy rooted in Christian principles. Research indicates that about one-in-three Pennsylvanians support Christian Nationalist views, which opponents argue challenge the American ideal of separation of church and state.

08 Jan

How climate change impairs reproductive health

PatLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive Health, Research

The interplay of rising global temperatures and air pollution exacerbates risks, underlining the need for urgent measures to safeguard future generations

07 Jan

With lawsuits and legislation, Texas Republicans take aim at abortion pills

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Care, Abortion Pills, Healthcare, Lawsuits and legislation, legislation, mifepristone, Texas, Texas Republican Party, United States

"Since the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states like Texas to ban nearly all abortions, the number of pregnancy terminations in the United States actually increased. This paradox, which pleases abortion advocates as much as it frustrates their conservative counterparts, hinges mostly on pills. An average of 2,800 Texans receive abortion-inducing medications through the mail each month from states that still allow abortion, according to #WeCount, a tracking project from the Society of Family Planning...."

07 Jan

Study finds an increase in the number of U.S. young adults seeking permanent contraception

AlanLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

A new study from the George Washington University found a significant increase in the number of U.S. young adults seeking permanent contraception, specifically tubal sterilization and vasectomy, following the Supreme Court's June 2022 decision which overturned Roe v. Wade.

07 Jan

How the Mental Health Terrain will be Impacted by the Next Presidential Administration

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, Mental health, United States

“We’ve been through this before. It’s not new, the pendulum swings. We just have to brace ourselves and focus on what we can control.”

06 Jan

Quebec launches action plan to improve access to abortion, protect women’s right to choose

MollyInternationalAbortion Access, Abortion Care, action plan, Canada, Healthcare, Quebec, Right to choose

"Quebec has introduced its first-ever action plan aimed at improving access to abortion in the province and reaffirming women's right to choose, particularly in light of the setbacks to reproductive rights unfolding in the United States. Martine Biron, minister responsible for the status of women, announced the Plan d'action gouvernemental sur l'accès à l'avortement 2024-2027 on Monday, saying this plan responds to women's concerns about the protection of their rights...."