legislation – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

28 Jul

‘Kicked a hornet’s nest’: Missouri GOP repeal of voter-approved laws inspires backlash

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Republican lawmakers’ decision to overturn a voter-approved expansion of paid sick leave means benefits Missouri workers accrued in recent months will disappear on Aug. 28. They also placed a question on the 2026 ballot rolling back abortion rights that voters enshrined in the state constitution in November.

28 Jul

Experts: ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Threatens Access to Reproductive Health Care

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President Trump’s newly signed law blocks federal funding for health care providers like Planned Parenthood.

25 Jul

Legal confusion historically delays emergency abortion care in Missouri

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In 2022, Mylissa Farmer arrived at a Missouri emergency room, bleeding and in pain. She was nearly 18 weeks pregnant. Her water had broken, and her pregnancy was no longer viable. Her condition was deteriorating. Doctors knew she needed emergency care. Instead of treating her, they called lawyers.

07 Jul

Idahoans Launch Ballot Initiative to Safeguard Reproductive Rights

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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.

02 Jul

Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban

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“The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by newer state laws regulating the procedure, including statutes that criminalize abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb. The ruling came as no surprise given that liberal justices control the court. One of them went so far as to promise to uphold abortion rights during her campaign two years ago, and they blasted the ban during oral arguments in November….”

02 Jul

Three Years After Dobbs Ruling, Abortion Law in Georgia Remains Unsettled

ChaseLatest NewsGeorgia, Healthcare, legislation, Reproductive rights, United States

Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court case enshrining abortion rights across the country, was overturned three years ago last week in a case known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, intensifying a yearslong battle over access to reproductive health care in Georgia. The fallout of the Dobbs decision is continuing to cause ripple effects throughout the state, with advocates on both sides gearing up for a fight that will play out—at least in part—at the ballot box in 2026.

23 Jun

States move to keep doctors’ names off of abortion pill prescription labels

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Pills, legislation, mifepristone, Reproductive rights, United States

Doctors are pushing for laws in several states that would make it harder to detect who prescribed abortion pills. They say it would protect them from out-of-state prosecutions.

10 Jun

Texas’ abortion bans are here to stay despite narrow clarification

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Legal challenges have failed, elections haven’t moved the needle and the fight for a narrow clarification shows how immovable these laws are.

23 May

Texas abortion law linked to spike in mental distress

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Mental distress among reproductive-aged women has increased by Texas’ abortion restrictions, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network Open.

22 May

ACLU Responds to House Passage of Reconciliation Bill that Cuts Medicaid, Harming Millions of People with Disabilities

DoryLatest NewsGOP, legislation, Medicaid, People With Disabilities, Reproductive rights, United States

The U.S. House of Representatives today passed H.R. 1, the so-called One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, that attacks civil liberties and cuts Medicaid by at least $600 billion, the largest cut in the program’s history. The reconciliation bill now moves to the Senate.

21 May

House GOP Moves to Repeal FACE Act Days After Clinic Bombing

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Today, the House Judiciary Committee is holding a markup on a slate of bills, including one from Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, that would repeal the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. This critical law protects patients and providers from violence, threats, and obstruction at reproductive health facilities.

18 May

Case of a brain-dead pregnant woman kept on life support is ‘gut-wrenching,’ advocates say

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Abortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, legislation, Reproductive rights, United States

Adriana Smith’s case is the latest instance in which Georgia’s six-week abortion ban and its impacts on Black women have raised serious concerns.

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.

03 May

Conn. House Passes Climate And Reproductive Health Bills After Hours Of Debate

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After hours of debate, the Connecticut House of Representatives on Thursday advanced two major pieces of legislation, one charting a course for the state’s climate strategy and the other codifying reproductive health access for minors. Both bills now move to the Senate for consideration.

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.