Healthcare – Page 9 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

27 Jun

Advocates warn SCOTUS ruling could limit health care access for CT women

CoreyLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS

The U.S. Supreme Court’s Planned Parenthood decision could limit health care access for Connecticut women, advocates said Thursday, as it opens the door for Congress, now considering the federal budget, to remove Planned Parenthood from Medicaid.

26 Jun

State laws affecting health plan compliance

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, gender affirming care, Healthcare, United States

As we close out the second quarter of 2025, the legal landscape across the United States continues to shift dramatically in the areas of abortion and gender-affirming care laws. This quarter has seen a wave of new state-level legislation and pivotal court rulings that are reshaping access to both abortion services and gender-affirming health care for minors.

26 Jun

Letitia James reaffirms abortion access rights under federal law for New York hospitals

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Care, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

On the third anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, New York Attorney General Letitia James co-led a coalition of 22 attorneys general to reaffirm that hospitals must provide emergency abortion care under federal law.

25 Jun

Push To Move OB-GYN Exam Out of Texas Is Piece of AGs’ Broader Reproductive Rights Campaign

ChaseLatest NewsHealthcare, OB/GYN, Reproductive rights, Texas

Democratic state attorneys general led by those from California, New York, and Massachusetts are pressuring medical professional groups to defend reproductive rights, including medication abortion, emergency abortions, and travel between states for health care in response to recent increases in the number of abortion bans.

24 Jun

Federal anti-abortion crusade endangers New Jersey protections, advocates warn

ChaseLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Dobbs v Jackson, Healthcare, New Jersey, Reproductive rights

Since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to abortion three years ago in a landmark ruling known as Dobbs, the national conversation on reproductive rights has centered on states that have banned or restricted the procedure.

24 Jun

Anti-abortion group targets Democrats to stop Va.’s reproductive rights constitutional amendment

ChaseLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Virginia

Women Speak Out Virginia is sending 100 people out to knock on 150,000 doors in Richmond and Virginia Beach between now and late July. Their aim: influence voters to elect candidates this fall who oppose a proposed constitutional amendment to enshrine reproductive rights into Virginia’s constitution.

09 Jun

From New York to Arizona, Efforts Emerge to Curb Drug Testing During Childbirth

CoreyLatest NewsDrug Testing, Healthcare, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, United States

Several proposals followed an investigation by The Marshall Project and Reveal exposing the harms of widespread drug testing of pregnant patients.

09 Jun

Here’s what happened with abortion at the Texas Legislature this year

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Healthcare, Texas

After more than three years under a near-total abortion ban, Texas’ 89th legislative session brought forth discussions about the ways Texans continue to access the highly restricted procedure.

08 Jun

Hospital that discharged woman with doomed pregnancy violated the law, federal inquiry finds

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Texas

A Texas hospital that repeatedly sent a woman who was bleeding and in pain home without ending her nonviable, life-threatening pregnancy violated the law, according to a newly released federal investigation.

07 Jun

Does Georgia’s fetal ‘personhood’ law mean a pregnant woman must stay on life support?

AlanLatest News"personhood", Georgia, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

By the time she ended up at a Georgia hospital with emergency complications, 30-year-old Atlanta nurse Adriana Smith was almost nine weeks pregnant.

06 Jun

Under One of the World’s Most Extreme Abortion Bans, Texas Doubles Down

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Texas

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Texas has enforced some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the United States, and therefore in the Western world. By enacting a near-total ban that only allows abortions to save the life of the mother, Texas joined ranks with about 30 generally volatile countries worldwide including Afghanistan, Yemen, Sudan, and Myanmar. (That’s according to abortion ban tracking by the Center for Reproductive Rights, on whose website you can check out an interactive map that will make you wonder if Texas exactly counts as part of the “developed world.”)

04 Jun

Trump administration rescinds emergency abortion guidance

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

The Trump administration has rescinded guidance telling health care workers who provide abortions to save their patients’ lives that they are protected under federal law.

04 Jun

On the Issues: How NJ Governor’s Candidates Approach Reproductive Rights

CoreyLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

With the primary election coming up on June 10, and early voting starting this week, this series aims to provide voters with clear, comparative information on where each candidate stands. For more, visit our 2025 Primary Voters Guide , and read previous installments on property taxes , climate and energy , transportation, and immigration.

02 Jun

‘Care is resistance.’ Va. free health clinics strategize survival after state, federal funding cuts

ChaseLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Virginia

Richmond’s Health Brigade considers selling building to counter lost funding and keep offering services to uninsured or underinsured residents

02 Jun

Climate change is threatening the sexual health of young adolescents in Kenya

ChaseLatest NewsClimate Change, Healthcare, International, Kenya, Reproductive rights

Climate change is worsening sexual and reproductive health risks for young adolescents in Kenya, according to a recent study published in BMJ Global Health. Children aged 10 to 14 are facing rising threats as food, water, and sanitation insecurities contribute to sexual violence, transactional sex, and exploitative relationships − factors closely linked to unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections.