Healthcare – Page 3 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

30 Mar

How One Bold Idea for Birth Control Became a National Lifeline

MorganLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, leaders across local Planned Parenthood health clinics saw a crisis coming and needed a solution if they were to continue providing birth control to their patients.

29 Mar

Red states move to protect crisis pregnancy centers using model legislation

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Crisis Pregnancy Center, GOP, Healthcare, Red States, Reproductive rights, United States

Conservative lawmakers in multiple states are pushing legislation drafted by an advocacy group that opposes abortion to increase protections for crisis pregnancy centers, organizations that provide some health-related services but also work to dissuade women from having abortions.

29 Mar

Birth control skepticism, teen fertility education center stage at Trump’s women’s health summit

MorganLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, Infertility, Reproductive rights, United States

Surrounded by hot pink lights and cherry blossom pink drapes on a ballroom stage, family doctor Marguerite Duane offered a seemingly simple solution to infertility: Doctors should have conversations with young girls about whether they want to have children one day.

28 Mar

State and Federal Reproductive Rights and Abortion Litigation Tracker

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, litigation, Post Dobbs, Reproductive rights, United States

The Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling, overturning Roe v. Wade, returned the decision to restrict or protect abortion to states. In many states, abortion providers and advocates are challenging state abortion bans contending that the bans violate the state constitution or another state law. The state litigation tracker presents up-to-date information on the ongoing litigation challenging state abortion policy.

28 Mar

Abortion on the 2026 Ballot: The Evolving Landscape of State Abortion Initiatives

JordanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Bodily Autonomy, Healthcare, Post Dobbs, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, Trump Administration, United States

Since the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs ruling, state ballot initiatives have become a powerful tool used by advocates on both sides hoping to either protect or limit abortion access in their state. Successful ballot initiatives that enact state constitutional amendments provide stronger legal authority to either protect or restrict abortion than laws enacted by the legislature or state Supreme Court rulings

27 Mar

Conflation of Contraception and Abortion — Implications for Access to Contraceptives

RileyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Contraception, Healthcare, NewEnglandJournalofMedicine, Reproductive rights, United States

The false notion that some forms of contraception cause abortion could restrict access to contraceptives for millions of people in the United States.

27 Mar

Title X: The Nation’s Program for Affordable Birth Control and Reproductive Health Care

JordanLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Title X, Trump Administration, United States

In 1970, the only federal program dedicated to providing low- and no-cost birth control and other reproductive health care was created with bipartisan support.

26 Mar

Conn. Governor Lamont, Coalition of Governors Urge HHS Secretary Kennedy to Immediately Release Title X Funds

JordanLatest NewsConnecticut, Democratic Governor, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Governors Warn Funding Lapse Will Jeopardize Reproductive Health Care

25 Mar

Virginia joins states challenging Trump admin regulations that limit free birth control access

RileyLatest NewsContraception, Democratic Governor, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Virginia

Virginia lawmakers are also pursuing a state-level right to contraception proposal that Democratic Gov. Spanberger could sign into law this year.

23 Mar

NY Democratic Governor Hochul Announces New Funding Opportunity for Abortion Health Care Services

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Democratic Governor, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

$20 Million in State Grants for Supplemental Abortion Provider Support Program Available to Eligible Providers State Department of Health Issued Letters to 22 Awardees Announcing Funding Availability

23 Mar

Abortion on the 2026 Ballot: The Evolving Landscape of State Abortion Initiatives

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States

Since the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs ruling, state ballot initiatives have become a powerful tool used by advocates on both sides hoping to either protect or limit abortion access in their state.

22 Mar

U.S. Repro Watch: Six Updates You Won’t Want to Miss

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, GOP, Healthcare, Post Dobbs, Reproductive rights, Texas, United States

The Center for Reproductive Rights is representing a Texas midwife sued for supposedly performing illegal abortions.

22 Mar

Reproductive health clinics scramble as Title X funding cliff approaches

PhoenixLatest Newsconception, GOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Title X, Trump, United States

A group of 128 Democratic members of Congress is calling on the federal government to prevent a funding shortfall for reproductive health clinics in less than two weeks.

21 Mar

Survey Findings: Integrating Sexual and Reproductive Health into UHC Requires Leadership, Financing, and Political Will

DoryLatest NewsGlobal, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Universal Health Coverage

For millions of women and girls, access to sexual and reproductive health care remains out of reach. Despite being fundamental to health and wellbeing, these services are chronically underfunded, leaving an estimated 164 million women with unmet family planning needs and contributing to preventable pregnancy-related complications and maternal deaths.

21 Mar

Millions of Americans are about to lose access to birth control. Why?

PhoenixLatest NewsContraception, GOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Title X, Trump, United States

Untold numbers will get sick as a result. Clinics are scrambling, and no one seems to be able to explain why this is happening