Healthcare

07 Aug

Trump cuts threaten access to birth control for millions of women

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Contraception is a routine part of life for many Americans and polls show people across political parties agree that it should be legal and accessible. But the Trump administration is walking back access to birth control for some people — including withholding funding from a Nixon-era program that guarantees access to contraception for low income people.
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06 Aug

Major Developments in Sexual & Reproductive Health

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By mid-June, sixteen state legislatures (AZ, CA, DE, FL, MA, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, VT, and WI), five territory legislatures (AS, GU, MP, PR, and VI) and the District of Columbia had convened their regular sessions. Thirty-four states have adjourned their regular sessions (AL, AK, AR, CO, CT, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NM, ND, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV and WY). (As of June 15, 2025)
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05 Aug

Gates Foundation pledges $2.5B for women’s health worldwide

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The Gates Foundation has announced a new $2.5 billion pledge through 2030 for women’s health initiatives worldwide. It comes at a time when the Trump administration is cutting major research and aid directed at women and maternal health. Amna Nawaz discussed the goals of this new funding with Dr. Anita Zaidi, president of the Gates Foundation's Gender Equality division.
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04 Aug

Floridians for Reproductive Freedom: Reproductive Rights News Roundup

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Nationally, there has been a lot of talk about “shield laws”; laws that exist to protect those who support others accessing abortions. For example, in Massachusetts, providers, patients, and pharmacists are shielded from out-of-state investigations and legal actions around abortion. This is one way that patients are still getting abortion care in states where abortion is banned or inaccessible. 
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03 Aug

Taxes, religious freedom, and additional out-of-the-box proposals

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Both proponents and opponents of abortion have invoked creative approaches to advance their positions. For example, abortion choice proponents in Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Utah and Wyoming have challenged the states’ laws on grounds that they violate individuals’ religious freedom. Anti-abortion advocates, in response, also hold up religious freedom as a plausible defense to being required to perform or otherwise facilitate the procedure. The rulings in these cases, all of which remain outstanding at time of publication, will set important precedent. In other states, legislative proposals tied to the concept of religious freedom are being actively debated. In late February 2023, for example, legislation passed the West Virginia House Judiciary…
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02 Aug

NWLC on Trump Administration’s Decision to Ban Abortion Care for Veterans

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The Trump administration announced its intent to roll back the rule that allowed the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide abortion care and counseling to veterans and eligible loved ones. This cruel decision is at odds with claims by an administration that purports to care about veterans, instead stripping them and their families of essential health care, jeopardizing their health, dignity, and lives.
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01 Aug

An FDA panel spread misinformation about SSRI use in pregnancy, alarming doctors

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Nearly one in five pregnant women and new moms in this country suffers from anxiety and depression. And 6-8% of pregnant women are prescribed a group of antidepressants called Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs). But a recent expert panel organized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cast doubt on the safety of SSRIs — even though these drugs are largely considered safe by healthcare providers.
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