Healthcare – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

01 Nov

Biomedical innovations in contraception: gaps, obstacles, and solutions for sexual and reproductive health

RandyLatest NewsContraception, Diverse Populations, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

Contraception and family planning are vital aspects of sexual and reproductive health and rights. Despite major advances in modern contraception over the past 60 years many gaps remain, and the rate of unplanned pregnancies and abortions remains high. These issues have given rise to a new era in contraception research with great opportunities and many challenges. These opportunities include new innovations, particularly in the areas of male contraception, non-hormonal female contraception, and multipurpose prevention methods that provide contraception in combination with protection against leading sexually transmitted pathogens; fast tracking new inventions currently in the pipeline by intensifying support from government,…

31 Oct

How women physicians can shape the future of health care AI

RandyLatest NewsAI, Healthcare, Physicians, United States, Women

Cardiologist and clinical informaticist Ashley Beecy, MD, gets a lot questions these days about integrating augmented intelligence (AI)—commonly called artificial intelligence—into health care. As the chief AI officer at Sutter Health, in Northern California, she leads the strategic advancement of AI across her health system.

31 Oct

Researchers discuss gaps, obstacles and solutions for contraception

RandyLatest NewsContraceptives, Healthcare, Massachusetts, Reproductive rights, United States

Contraception and family planning are vital aspects of sexual and reproductive health and rights. Despite major advances in modern contraception over the past 60 years, many gaps remain and the rate of unplanned pregnancies and abortions remains high. These issues have given rise to a new era in contraception research with great opportunities and many challenges.

30 Oct

Judge Quashes DOJ Effort To Acquire Private Patient Information

RileyLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

In a scathing order, a judge in Washington State said the government’s real purpose was to intimidate providers into dropping or paring back transgender care.

30 Oct

The Quiet Collapse of America’s Reproductive Health Safety Net

RileyLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States

In late October, Maine Family Planning announced three rural clinics in northern Maine would close by month’s end. These primary care and reproductive health clinics served about 800 patients, many uninsured or on Medicaid.

29 Oct

MN. Attorney General Ellison blocks illegal cuts to comprehensive sexual health education

RileyLatest NewsHealthcare, Minnesota, Reproductive rights, Sex Education, United States

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction late Monday blocking the Trump administration from defunding reproductive and sexual health education programs unless those programs agreed to fully erase any acknowledgment of gender identity from their curricula. The ruling is the latest in a lawsuit filed by 16 states and the District of Columbia, which Attorney General Ellison co-led. The states sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in September alleging the administration was denying young people services for cruel and purely political reasons with no regard for the law.

29 Oct

Court Ruling Protects Maryland’s Teen Reproductive Health Education Programs

RileyLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Sex Education, United States

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from cutting funding to teen reproductive and sexual health education programs that include language affirming all gender identities.

28 Oct

Stillbirths in the United States

RileyLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Stillbirth, United States

Stillbirth—the death of a fetus at or after 20 weeks’ gestation—impacts nearly 21 000 families in the United States each year.1,2 Although commonly perceived to be rare and unavoidable, stillbirth occurs in 5.74 per 1000 US births (10.34 per 1000 births among non-Hispanic Black individuals),2 and nearly half of term stillbirths are thought to be preventable.3 Little progress has been made in reducing stillbirth rates in the United States in recent decades.1,4 In 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services established a Stillbirth Working Group.

28 Oct

Disability Reproductive Equity Agenda: Protecting the Reproductive Rights of Disabled People in 2025 and Beyond

RileyLatest NewsDisability, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Disabled people face more barriers to accessing their reproductive health care and rights than nondisabled people,1 and those barriers continue to grow as elected officials attack legal protections, funding, and programs.2 On May 6, 2025, the Center for American Progress’ Disability Justice Initiative hosted more than 50 advocates from the reproductive and disability rights communities to discuss common goals and develop a communitywide agenda for 2025 and beyond. The guiding question for the working convening was, “What is the world we want to imagine for ourselves?”

27 Oct

Abortion Pill Debate Intensifies As Clinics Close And Centers Expand

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

As abortion pills face scrutiny and U.S. pregnancy centers broaden services, advocates and critics clash over access, safety, and the future of women’s health care.

27 Oct

‘A medical miracle’: is period blood ‘the most overlooked opportunity’ in women’s health?

CoreyLatest NewsHealthcare, Menstruation, Reproductive rights, Women's Health

Somewhere in the US a woman on her period pulled out her dripping, saturated tampon. But instead of wrapping it in toilet paper and tossing it into a bin, she put the tampon in a special plastic sample container, screwed the lid on tight and mailed it to an address in Oakland, California.

26 Oct

‘The pro-life movement still has some real juice’: How Trump’s promise of free IVF fizzled

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion News, anti-IVF, False Promise, Healthcare, in vitro fetilization, IVF, legislation, lobbying, Reproductive rights, United States

"Social and religious conservatives spent more than a year lobbying first the Trump campaign and then the administration against mandating or subsidizing insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization, which they consider akin to abortion. Last week, their work paid off...."

26 Oct

Barred from burning $9.7 million in birth control, the Trump administration may now be running down the clock

DoryLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Contraception, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

The Trump administration is holding $9.7 million worth of US-purchased contraceptives in warehouses in Belgium rather than delivering them to women overseas, as aid workers voice concerns that the US government is running down the clock until the commodities expire.

25 Oct

Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers Are Looking to Offer Much More Than Ultrasounds and Diapers

DoryLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Fake Clinicws, Healthcare, Pregnancy Centers, United States

More anti-abortion pregnancy centers have been offering medical services such as testing for sexually transmitted infections

24 Oct

Common preservative may harm female fertility across generations, study finds

DoryLatest NewsFertility, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

Exposure to food and cosmetics additive caused ovarian damage in mice that persisted for three generations, raising questions about long-term human health effects