Pregnancy – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

01 Aug

Columnist Carrie N. Baker: A groundbreaking UN resolution calls forced pregnancy what it is: reproductive violence

DevonLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, Reproductive Violence, Trump, United Nations

It took until July https://gazettenet.com/2026/07/22/columnist-carrie-n-baker-a-groundbreaking-un-resolution-calls-forced-pregnancy-what-it-is-reproductive-violence/2026, for the world’s leading human rights body to call forcing someone to be pregnant — or forcing them not to be — what it is: reproductive violence. In a landmark resolution adopted unanimously, the UN Human Rights Council formally recognized “reproductive violence” as a specific, systemic form of gender-based violence.

31 Jul

Right to IVF Act Introduced

MadisonLatest NewsDemocrats, Healthcare, IVF, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, United States, US House of Representatives

Democratic Representatives James Walkinshaw (VA-11), Lori Trahan (MA-03), Rosa DeLauro (CT-01), Rick Larsen (WA-02), and Laura Gillen (NY-04) led the introduction of the Right to IVF Act of 2026. Introduced ahead of World IVF Day on July 25th, the sweeping legislative package that would make it easier to access in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technology (ART) for the millions of hopeful parents who depend on it to build their family. This pro-family legislation would establish a nationwide right to access IVF, lower the costs of IVF treatment, expand IVF coverage for military families and require all employer-sponsored insurance programs to cover IVF.

05 Jul

A Major Leap for Mothers Around the World: Historic Report Presented at UN Human Rights Council

MorganLatest NewsHealthcare, Mothers, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, Umited Nations

United Nations Special Rapporteur Reem Alsalem Presents Historic Report on Violence Against Mothers Across the Globe before the Human Rights Council, 62nd Session

23 Jun

Why the Trump Administration is Calling Embryos “Children” & Why It’s Dangerous

RileyLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Anti-contraception, Bodily Autonomy, GOP, Healthcare, IVF, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

In June 2026, the Trump administration quietly revised a federal grant program to help give rights and benefits to embryos, a move that is aligned with a key legal strategy of the anti-abortion movement. That strategy is one that would ban abortion nationwide, could restrict access to other reproductive and pregnancy-related care like IVF and contraception, and puts pregnant people and people who can become pregnant at even greater risk of surveillance, investigation, and criminalization.

06 May

Motherhood has a PR problem — and It’s Not What You Think

RandyLatest NewsBodily Autonomy, Mother's Day, Pregnancy, United States

We continue to ask women to make impossible trade-offs between caregiving and career, and then scrutinize whichever choice they make.

03 May

Amid Falling Birth Rates, Federal Family Planning Is Overhauled

PhoenixLatest NewsBirth Rate, GOP, Healthcare, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 3.6 million births in 2025, a 1 percent decline from 2024. The fertility rate dropped to 53.1 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44, down 23 percent since 2007.

01 May

As US Birth Rate Falls, Feds’ Response May Make Pregnancy More Dangerous

CoreyLatest NewsBirth Rate, GOP, Pregnancy, Safety Net, Title X, Trump

According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 3.6 million births in 2025, a 1% decline from 2024. The fertility rate dropped to 53.1 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44, down 23% since 2007.

07 Apr

Trump’s ICE crackdown is forcing immigrant women to ‘choose between their freedom or their health’

ChaseLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, ICE, ICE Detention, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, Trump

Reproductive health care providers told HuffPost they’re seeing patients miss prenatal appointments and not pick up prescriptions when they need them. Some are scared to go to the hospital when they’re in labor, while others are scared to leave with their newborn after giving birth.

04 Mar

Pregnant migrant girls are being sent to a Texas shelter flagged as medically risky

JordanLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, ICE, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, Undocumented, United States

The Trump administration is sending all pregnant unaccompanied minors apprehended by immigration enforcement to a single group shelter in South Texas. The decision was made over urgent objections from some of the administration's own health and child welfare officials, who say both the facility and the region lack the specialized care the girls need.

23 Jan

US Data Reveal Increases in Pregnancy Mortality Compared With Abortion

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Mortality, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, United States

Analysis of nearly 15 million births and 3.7 million abortions from 2018-2021 revealed pregnancy-related mortality is 45-70 times higher than abortion-related deaths, at least triple the previous ratio from 1998-2005 data.

15 Jan

Native Americans Are Dying From Pregnancy. They Want a Voice To Stop the Trend.

RileyLatest NewsHealthcare, Native Population, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, United States

Just hours after Rhonda Swaney left a prenatal appointment for her first pregnancy, she felt severe pain in her stomach and started vomiting.

22 Dec

Childbirth under attack: how women and babies became targets in conflicts around the world

CoreyLatest Newschildbirth, Gaza, Global, Healthcare, Maternal and Child Health, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, Ukraine

Thirty women were sheltering in the Saudi maternity hospital in El Fasher, Sudan, on 28 October when the massacre began. Some had just given birth and others were still in labour.

18 Dec

Lawmakers vow to improve care for pregnant women in jails

AlanLatest NewsDemocrats, Healthcare, Incarceration, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, United States

Officials in Congress and in states from Pennsylvania to California said they were alarmed by a Bloomberg Law and NBC News investigation.

10 Dec

Sperm donor with rare cancer-causing mutation fathers nearly 200 children across Europe

JordanLatest Newscancer, Denmark, International, Pregnancy, sperm donor

The man donated sperm to Denmark’s European Sperm Bank, starting in 2005

08 Dec

Her-Story: As a New Mom I followed All the Self-Care Routines. So Why Was I Falling Apart?

JordanLatest NewsHealthcare, Mental health, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, United States

I can’t help but wonder what the long-term consequences are to a society that suppresses our empathy and humanity in the name of self care?