Healthcare – Page 7 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

12 May

Florida midwives navigate changes to reproductive health

CoreyLatest NewsFlorida, Healthcare, Midwives, Reproductive rights, United States

How Florida midwives are adapting to changes in reproductive health. "A year after Florida’s six-week abortion ban took effect, midwives are still adapting to changing political attitudes concerning reproductive health care. Clients are doing the same, seeking out resources and tests to determine the course of their pregnancies within a couple of weeks."

11 May

Late Abortions Are Rare. the US Just Lost a Clinic That Offered the Procedure for Over 50 Years

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Colorado, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

To fellow travelers, Hannah Brehm likely looked like she was taking a belated babymoon well into her third trimester. But she and her husband had received a crushing diagnosis: Their baby's brain was not developing properly, upending their wanted pregnancy. Medical experts warned moving forward would likely mean her son would know only pain and suffering. The Minnesota couple wasn't going to take that chance.

10 May

Liver disease in pregnancy linked to higher risk of preterm birth

DoryLatest NewsHealthcare, Pregnancy risks, Reproductive rights

Pregnant women with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) have an increased risk of giving birth prematurely and the risk increase cannot be explained by obesity, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in the journal eClinicalMedicine.

09 May

‘Dismantling one of the strongest tools we have’: Conservatives fret HHS cuts

CoreyLatest Newsconservatives, Healthcare, HHS, HHS Firing, Reproductive rights, RJK Jr, Trump Administration

The Trump administration’s decision to gut reproductive health research is alarming some conservatives, who worry it undercuts the president’s pro-family agenda.

08 May

Abortion Clinics Boost Security as DOJ Limits Federal Shield Law

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Clinic access, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States

Reproductive health centers are preparing for more aggressive threats from anti-abortion protesters as the Trump administration restricts enforcement of a decades-old federal law protecting access to clinics.

08 May

Right-to-contraception bills highlight key reproductive health care debate in this year’s elections

CoreyLatest NewsContraception, GOP, Healthcare, legislation, Reproductive rights, Virginia

Contraception access is an issue resonating loudly within Virginia’s public and political spheres this year and last week, it manifested through state lawmakers contrasting Virginia’s twice-failed attempt to protect access to birth control medications against a similar measure that recently sailed through neighboring Tennessee’s legislature.

06 May

Despite Historic Indictment, Doctors Will Keep Mailing Abortion Pills Across State Lines

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Pill, Abortion pill access, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, travel, United States

When the news broke on Jan. 31 that a New York physician had been indicted for shipping abortion medications to a woman in Louisiana, it stoked fear across the network of doctors and medical clinics who engage in similar work.

06 May

Right-to-contraception bills highlight key reproductive health care debate in this year’s VA elections

RandyLatest NewsContraception, Elections, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States, Virginia

Contraception access is an issue resonating loudly within Virginia’s public and political spheres this year and last week, it manifested through state lawmakers contrasting Virginia’s twice-failed attempt to protect access to birth control medications against a similar measure that recently sailed through neighboring Tennessee’s legislature.

04 May

Hey, Texas! We’ll take your women’s healthcare doctors if you don’t want them, N.J. says.

ChaseLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Healthcare, New Jersey, NJ vs. TX, Reproductive rights, Texas, United States

New Jersey is appealing to frustrated reproductive health providers in the Lone Star State with four billboards encouraging obstetricians, gynecologists and other providers of women’s health care to relocate.

03 May

Legislation would punish blockades at Michigan reproductive health clinics, crisis pregnancy centers

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Michigan, Reproductive rights, United States

Democratic lawmakers are again pushing to criminalize blockades and obstruction of access to reproductive health facilities. It would also apply to crisis pregnancy centers.

02 May

Abortion seekers need more support under Trump administration, Colorado advocates say

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Abortion advocates and providers in Colorado feel increased pressure under the Trump administration to support people seeking abortions from Colorado and surrounding states with restrictions.

02 May

The Women’s Health Initiative has shaped women’s health for over 30 years, but its future is uncertain

DoryLatest NewsHealthcare, NIH, Reproductive rights, Science, Trump, United States, Women's Health

Women make up more than 50% of the population, yet before the 1990s they were largely excluded from health and medical research studies. To try to help correct this imbalance, in 1991 the National Institutes of Health launched a massive, long-term study called the Women’s Health Initiative, which is still running today. It is the largest, longest and most comprehensive study on women’s health ever conducted in the U.S. It also is one of the most productive studies in history, with more than 2,400 published scientific papers in leading medical journals.

01 May

Commentary: Act now to shield New Yorkers’ reproductive health data

DoryLatest NewsHealthcare, legislation, New York, Opinion, Reproductive rights, United States

Celeste Burgess, the Nebraska teenager found guilty of violating her state’s abortion laws, never expected that her private Facebook messages with her mother would be used as evidence in court. The messages revealed how she ordered abortion pills online and planned to conceal the pregnancy termination. The prosecution served Meta, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, with a search warrant to hand over the messages.

01 May

Virtual Abortion Care Is a Lifeline, Not a Safety Net

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Telemedicine, United States

New data from the Guttmacher Institute shows that more people are turning to virtual abortion care—and while that tidbit might sound like a silver lining in our post-Roe world, it can be dangerously misleading if we’re not careful.

30 Apr

Trump Restores Title X Funding for Two Anti-Abortion States — While Wiping It Out Elsewhere

RandyLatest NewsAnti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Oklahoma, Reproductive rights, Tennesee, Title X

The Trump administration quietly restored federal family planning money to Tennessee and Oklahoma, despite court rulings that the states weren’t entitled to funds because they refused to provide women information about terminating pregnancies or abortion referrals on request.