Healthcare – Page 3 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

15 Jul

Abortion-related travel could face another ‘shock to the system’ under new spending law

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, travel, Trump

Trump’s law “defunds” Planned Parenthood, which could lead to clinic closures across the country. States where abortion is legal stand to be hit the hardest.

15 Jul

In ‘another blow’ to reproductive health, abortion privacy protections rule vacated in Indiana

ChaseLatest NewsData Privacy, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

Hoosiers seeking abortions now face another legal barrier following a June Texas ruling — a decision that blocked a Biden administration reproductive privacy rule nationwide.

14 Jul

States can block Medicaid money for health care at Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court says

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, legal news, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, United States

States can block the country's biggest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, from receiving Medicaid money for health services such as contraception and cancer screenings, the Supreme Court ruled recently.The 6-3 opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch and joined by the rest of the court's conservatives was not directly about abortion, but it comes as Republicans back a wider push across the country to defund the organization. It closes off Planned Parenthood's primary court path to keeping Medicaid funding in place: patient lawsuits.

14 Jul

Positive Interim Phase 3 Results Highlight Potential of Ovaprene®, Novel Hormone-Free Contraceptive

AlanLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

A biopharmaceutical company driven by a mission to challenge the status quo, making women's health a priority, today announced positive interim safety and efficacy results from its ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating the contraceptive effectiveness, safety and acceptability of Ovaprene®, the company’s investigational monthly, hormone-free intravaginal contraceptive. There currently are no FDA-approved, hormone-free, monthly intravaginal contraceptives.

12 Jul

Reproductive Rights News Roundup – July 12th 2024

DoryLatest NewsFlorida, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

Lots of News from Floridian's for Reproductive Freedom

11 Jul

Democrats introduce bill that aims to protect reproductive health data

DoryLatest NewsData Privacy, Democrats, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

‘My body, my data’ law is necessary to protect women from persecution in post-Roe era, lawmakers say

11 Jul

Secretary-General’s message on World Population Day

DoryLatest NewsHealthcare, International, United Nations, World Health Day

Many young people today face economic uncertainty, gender inequality, health challenges, the climate crisis and conflict. Still, they are leading – with courage, conscience and clarity. And they are calling for systems that uphold their rights and support their choices.

11 Jul

The ‘defunding’ of Planned Parenthood on pause for now as legal battles progress

DoryLatest NewsHealthcare, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, United States

Federal funding to Planned Parenthood facilities in Virginia and across the nation are tied up in legal battles for the time being. A provision in Congress’ “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” signed by President Donald Trump last week would block Medicaid payments for services at facilities like Planned Parenthood for up to a year.

10 Jul

Texas Overhauls Anti-Abortion Program That Spent Tens of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars With Little Oversight

JordanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Texas

After a ProPublica and CBS News investigation revealed that Texas’ funding pipeline for anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers is riddled with waste, nonprofits in the program must now provide a detailed accounting of their expenses.

10 Jul

Ohio judge allows telemedicine abortion care for a third time

JordanLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, mifepristone, Reproductive rights, Telemedicine

An Ohio judge has blocked enforcement of a state law related to medication abortion for the third time, in a new Hamilton County court decision.

09 Jul

Limiting Legal Remedies for Medicaid Prioritizes Politics over Access to Care

JordanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, Low Income, Medicaid, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, South Carolina

In the first U.S. Supreme Court case involving access to abortion after the 2024 election, a 6-3 majority allowed states to block Medicaid patients from choosing their own health care provider. Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic involved a diabetic Medicaid patient seeking comprehensive health care at Planned Parenthood South Atlantic (PPSA). In 2018, South Carolina blocked PPSA from Medicaid unless it would agree not to provide any abortions. Under federal law, Medicaid already only pays for abortions in cases of rape, incest, or to save the life or health of the patient. But that wasn’t enough for South Carolina policymakers, who…

09 Jul

Judge says government must keep funding Planned Parenthood in spite of Medicaid cutoff

JordanLatest NewsAnti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Low Income, Medicaid, Reproductive rights

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the government’s effort to defund Planned Parenthood by ordering President Donald Trump’s administration to continue funding to the nation’s largest abortion provider for at least the next 14 days.

07 Jul

Idahoans Launch Ballot Initiative to Safeguard Reproductive Rights

PhoenixLatest NewsHealthcare, Idaho, legislation, Reproductive rights

The law would restore the right to abortion, ensure access to healthcare in cases of pregnancy complications or emergencies, and safeguard birth control, emergency contraception and IVF in Idaho.

06 Jul

RNC approves platform that would give rights to fetuses, endangering abortion, IVF

JordanLatest NewsAnti-abortion, anti-IVF, GOP, Healthcare, United States

Republicans have adopted a slate of policy positions ahead of next week’s convention that does not call for a federal legislative abortion ban, but opens the door to establishing fetal personhood.

03 Jul

Wisconsin Supreme Court Overturns 19th Century Abortion Ban

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States, Wisconsin, Women Justices

A narrow majority of justices found that by regulating abortion, legislators had "impliedly repealed" the state's near-total ban on the procedure. Dissenters called the ruling pure policymaking.