Healthcare – Page 17 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

07 Dec

America’s war on pregnant women

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Post-Dobbs, Reproductive rights, United States

“Iknow that I do not look like the stereotype of who is getting an abortion,” Lauren Miller tells me over the phone from Dallas, Texas. “I was already a mother, married, with a family. This was a wanted pregnancy.”

06 Dec

Proactive MD Expands Access to Women’s Health and Chronic Disease Care with New Acquisitions

CoreyLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, United States, Women's Health

Proactive MD®, national leader in value-based care, announced the acquisition of medical facilities in North Carolina and Florida. These expansions empower a focus on chronic disease management and women’s health and mark a key milestone in broadening the organization’s impact and ability to continue expanding patient access through value-driven solutions.

06 Dec

Celebrating 30 Days of Human Rights & Reproductive Justice

CoreyLatest NewsAmerican Medical Student Association, AMSA, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

BUILDING CONNECTIONS: 30 Days of Human Rights & Reproductive Justice is a declaration of affirmation of universal human rights, and exploration of the interconnections to the right to abortion care, comprehensive reproductive healthcare, and the material conditions necessary for human thriving and flourishing. At a moment when many governments, including our own here in the US, are backsliding on human rights protections, future physicians have an important role to play in standing firm and defending the foundation of universal human dignity, universal human rights, and universal human bodily autonomy.

05 Dec

Judge blocks Planned Parenthood ‘defund’ provision for 22 states and DC

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, GOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States

A federal judge has once again blocked a controversial provision barring federal Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood and other nonprofit reproductive health providers. But this time, she’s ruling in a different case with a different set of arguments.

05 Dec

Privacy concerns linger in reproductive health care despite HIPAA lawsuit’s dismissal

CoreyLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, HIPPA, Privacy, Reproductive rights, Texas, United States

A Biden-era protection for reproductive and gender affirming health care information was upended by a federal judge in Texas in June. Despite several lawsuits, key privacy rules for medical records remain, but some experts say they aren’t sufficient. (Photo by Dave Whitney / Getty Images)The four lawsuits at the center of a Republican-led effort to ensure law enforcement can access reproductive health records are now mostly resolved, after attorneys for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton agreed last week to dismiss the last remaining suit challenging the legality of a foundational health privacy rule.

04 Dec

Texas’ new abortion ban aims to stop doctors from sending abortion pills to the state

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Texas, United States

Texas’ massive new abortion law taking effect this week could escalate the national fight over mailing abortion pills.

04 Dec

Reproductive Freedom for All Responds to Speaker Johnson’s Efforts to Ban IVF for Military Members

ChaseLatest Newsanti-IVF, GOP, Healthcare, IVF, military, Reproductive rights, United States

Today, Julianne McShane with MS NOW reported that House Speaker Mike Johnson has been quietly working to remove in vitro fertilization (IVF) coverage from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for active duty military members.

03 Dec

US judge blocks Trump from cutting Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in 22 states

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Medicaid, Trump Administration, United States

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing in 22 states a provision of the Republican's signature tax and domestic policy bill that would deprive Planned Parenthood and local affiliates that perform abortions of Medicaid funding.

03 Dec

Pop Culture’s New Syllabus: Pleasure, Power, and Sabrina Carpenter

ChaseLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Self-determination, United States

By claiming pleasure openly, Carpenter mirrors the heart of reproductive justice

02 Dec

Seaside (Oregon) loses trusted labor and delivery unit, reflecting a growing rural healthcare challenge in the Northwest

AlanLatest NewsGOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States

On a recent afternoon in Seaside, Oregon, Heather Murdoch-Medema packed up her apartment, categorizing which boxes would go into storage and which she would take with her to her new home in Portland.

02 Dec

Rise of crisis pregnancy centers highlights shift in anti-abortion movement

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Fake Clinicws, Healthcare, United States

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case involving faith-based pregnancy centers in New Jersey. The organization is hoping to block the state from investigating whether they misled women into believing the centers offered abortions. The case highlights an effort to crack down on so-called crisis pregnancy centers. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/rise-of-crisis-pregnancy-centers-highlights-shift-in-anti-abortion-movement

01 Dec

State Variations in the Role of the Reproductive Health Safety Net for Contraceptive Care Among Medicaid Enrollees

AlanLatest NewsGOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, Medicaid, Reproductive rights, United States

Medicaid is a major source of coverage for contraceptive care for millions of people. Many Medicaid patients rely on a range of safety net providers including Planned Parenthood clinics, community health centers, state and local health departments, and Indian Health Services for their contraceptive care. The composition of the safety net and the relative role of the different providers vary considerably from state to state.

30 Nov

‘It was soul destroying’: men on the struggle to get answers about infertility

JordanLatest NewsHealthcare, Infertility, Men, Reproductive rights, United States

Failure by GPs to diagnose treatable causes had huge time, money and mental health costs for these men

29 Nov

Canada’s Pillars of Wellness Announces Introduction of Integrated Care Model for Women’s Health

RileyLatest NewsCanada, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Women's Health

Pillars of Wellness announced the introduction of an integrated care model focused on women’s health. The initiative establishes a coordinated framework designed to support individuals managing interconnected physical, emotional, and physiological needs. The announcement outlines a structured approach that brings multiple disciplines together within a single physiotherapy clinic environment to address a wide range of women’s health conditions through collaborative planning.

28 Nov

Democratic U.S. Senators Raise Alarm Over Trump Administration Efforts to Restrict Mifepristone

RileyLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, mifepristone, Trump Administration, United States

U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, (both D-VA) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and all of their Democratic Senate colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary expressing alarm over the Trump Administration's plans to reexamine the safety and effectiveness of mifepristone. Since 2000, mifepristone has been approved by the FDA as a safe and effective medication for abortion care and miscarriage management. The Administration’s basis…