Healthcare – Page 14 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

10 Apr

How one group is educating Oklahomans on reproductive health care amid state abortion ban

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Healthcare, Oklahoma, Reproductive rights, United States

Magon Hoffman said she never saw herself as someone who would choose to terminate a pregnancy. In 2022, the Oklahoma City resident went through fertility treatment to conceive her second daughter, Lottie. She said she was excited. But around 14 weeks, Hoffman said she woke up bleeding. What she worried was a miscarriage turned out to be a large blood clot that had developed because a portion of her placenta had lifted from her cervix. She said this basically put her on bed rest for weeks.

09 Apr

Maternal health at risk amid threats of funding cuts

ChaseLatest NewsBangladesh, Healthcare, International, Reproductive rights

Although Bangladesh has achieved a remarkable reduction in its maternal mortality rate, this progress could be jeopardised by current and potential funding cuts from key development partners, according to a new UN report.

09 Apr

Science integrity in sexual and reproductive health and rights

ChaseLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Science, Webinar

Navigating truth in a changing world Join us on April 9th for a crucial conversation on the growing impact of misinformation in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). This webinar will provide examples of how disinformation has shaped policy and outcomes, explore the challenges faced by the scientific and advocacy communities, and spark a collective discussion on strategies to uphold truth and evidence-based decision-making in SRHR.

09 Apr

A Workforce Without Women?

ChaseLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, United States, Woman's rights

Remove women from the workforce, and economies will crumble faster than a toddler’s Lego tower.

08 Apr

‘No guidance and no leadership’: chaos and confusion at CDC after mass firings

DoryLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, Mass Firings, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

On 1 April, thousands of workers at HHS and agencies like the CDC were let go, leaving those left to piece together the cuts and mourn the research that can’t go forward

08 Apr

Strict Abortion Laws In Louisiana, North Carolina Could Get More Severe

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Healthcare, Louisiana, Reproductive rights, United States

In Louisiana, where abortion is banned without any exceptions, a Republican bill would expand the definition of "coerced abortion." In North Carolina, where abortion is legal only up to 12 weeks of pregnancy and has exceptions for rape and incest, a Republican bill would make abortion illegal after conception and eliminate those exceptions.

07 Apr

My mark on history is fighting for women in Idaho, and nationwide, living under abortion bans

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Abortion Care, Healthcare, Idaho, Opinion, United States

Extreme politicians jeopardize the ability of doctors like myself to provide care, especially during an emergency, writes guest columnist Dr. Caitlin Gustafson.

07 Apr

Aid cuts threaten fragile progress in ending maternal deaths, UN agencies warn

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, International, Maternal and Child Health, Reproductive rights

Women today are more likely than ever to survive pregnancy and childbirth according to a major new report released today, but United Nations (UN) agencies highlight the threat of major backsliding as unprecedented aid cuts take effect around the world.

06 Apr

Researchers uncover 195 genetic risk factors driving women’s reproductive diseases

AlanLatest NewsFertility, Healthcare, International, Pregnancy, Reproductive Health, womens health care

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers in Estonia and Norway identified genetic risk factors associated with female reproductive health conditions through genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and assessed their clinical significance.

05 Apr

New Jersey Continues to Add Abortion Protections

BarbraLatest NewsBodily Autonomy, Healthcare, New Jersey, Reproductive rights

State reproductive rights advocates view a stockpile as one of a number of ways to protect access.

31 Mar

What’s at stake in SC for reproductive rights in case being heard by US Supreme Court on Wednesday

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, South Carolina, United States

South Carolina residents could be stripped of the ability to use Medicaid at Planned Parenthood or other reproductive health care centers if the Supreme Court rules in favor of the state after hearing arguments in a case April 2.

31 Mar

George Washington University Faculty file amicus brief urging SCOTUS to protect Planned Parenthood Medicaid coverage

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Medicaid, Public Health, Reproductive rights

More than 40 faculty members filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month in support of maintaining Medicaid coverage for Planned Parenthood in South Carolina. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday for Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, which will determine if the state of South Carolina’s 2018 decision to deny Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood infringes on Medicaid beneficiaries’ right to choose their health care providers. In response, 490 public health deans, organizations and professors — including 40 GW faculty members from the Milken Institute School of Public Health and the School of Medicine and Health Sciences…

30 Mar

Sierra Leone debates decriminalizing abortion as women and girls endanger their lives

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, International, Reproductive rights, Sierra Leone

When she got pregnant at 16, Fatou Esther Jusu was terrified that it would derail her future. Abortion is illegal in Sierra Leone. Fearing judgment from her family, she took friends’ advice and bought misoprostol, a drug whose uses include abortion, from a local pharmacy. It didn't work. Desperate, she tried again and miscarried.

29 Mar

NJ Democrat Gottheimer fights back against far-right extremist attacks on women and reproductive health care

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, New Jersey, Reproductive rights, United States

U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) Friday joined local leaders and women’s rights advocates to honor Women’s History Month and announce new action to protect women’s rights and reproductive health care against far-right extremist attacks.

28 Mar

Trump wants to ‘defund’ Planned Parenthood. The Supreme Court will hear a case aimed at that.

ChaseLatest NewsBIPOC, GOP, Healthcare, Planned Parenthood, Trump, United States, Woman's Health

The case concerns a South Carolina policy that would prevent people from using Medicaid — which predominantly insures people of color — at the nation’s largest family planning provider.