Red States – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

02 Apr

States with abortion bans target pills sent by out-of-state providers

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As states that already ban abortion look to further restrict access this year, much of the focus is on pills sent by out-of-state providers.

29 Mar

Red states move to protect crisis pregnancy centers using model legislation

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Conservative lawmakers in multiple states are pushing legislation drafted by an advocacy group that opposes abortion to increase protections for crisis pregnancy centers, organizations that provide some health-related services but also work to dissuade women from having abortions.

15 Feb

New Research Finds State-Level Abortion Restrictions Associated with Increased Maternal Deaths

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The increased number of state-level abortion restrictions in the U.S. was associated with a parallel increase in maternal deaths between 2005 and 2023, according to new research presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) 2026 Pregnancy Meeting™. Researchers found that states with five or more different abortion restrictions had higher rates of maternal deaths from any cause, cardiovascular disease, and violence than those states with fewer restrictions.

01 Jun

New rules protect pregnant workers, but red states sue over abortion provisions

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Natasha Jackson was four months pregnant when she told her supervisor she was expecting. It was 2008, and Jackson was an account executive at a rental furniture store in Charleston, South Carolina — the only female employee there. “I actually hid my pregnancy as long as I could because I was scared about what could happen,” she said. When her doctor recommended that she not lift more than 25 pounds, her employer wouldn’t let her move temporarily to a role where she didn’t need to lift furniture, even though those roles were available, she said. She was forced to go…

03 Mar

Alabama passes IVF protections while red states still push ‘personhood’ abortion laws

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All but six state legislatures are now in session, and abortion-related bills continue to be introduced, especially in states where the procedure is already banned. It can be hard to monitor them all, so States Newsroom’s Reproductive Rights Today team will track certain bills that could become law in their respective states in a biweekly legislative roundup.