Reproductive rights – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

24 Oct

Common preservative may harm female fertility across generations, study finds

DoryLatest NewsFertility, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

Exposure to food and cosmetics additive caused ovarian damage in mice that persisted for three generations, raising questions about long-term human health effects

24 Oct

Women’s health is not niche: It’s the future of healthcare

DoryLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Women's Health

Just a few years ago, so many conversations around women’s health in the U.S. felt like they were still just making the case for why investment mattered. Panels, white papers, TED-style talks pointed to under-funding, data gaps, structural bias. But something has shifted. Across healthcare and investment communities, the tone now is more about when, not if, and increasingly how.

23 Oct

Immigrant rights group calls for removing pregnant women from detention

RandyLatest NewsHealthcare, Immigration, Incarceration, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights

Women taken into custody by U.S. immigration agents while pregnant say they received inadequate care in a letter Wednesday that calls on the Trump administration to stop holding expectant mothers in federal detention facilities.

23 Oct

KFF/Washington Post Poll Looks at Parents’ Trust in Children’s Health Content on Social Media, And Unfounded Claims About Abortion Pill Safety Follow FDA Approval of Generic Version

PhoenixLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Children's Health, Healthcare, Reproductive rights

Thttps://www.kff.org/health-information-trust/parents-trust-in-childrens-health-content-on-social-media-and-unfounded-claims-about-abortion-pill-safety/he latest release from the KFF/The Washington Post Survey of Parents, which finds that most parents report seeing children’s health content on social media, but many are unsure how to evaluate the trustworthiness of advice shared by health and wellness influencers. It also reviews misleading claims about the safety of medication abortion following the approval of a generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone, and it explores reports that federal officials are considering adding autism to the list of conditions covered by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

22 Oct

YCC funds free reproductive wellness kits for undergraduates

PhoenixLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Safe Sex kits, United States, Yale University

In a partnership with a Yale public health student, the YCC health and accessibility team is working to place reproductive wellness kits around campus.

22 Oct

Use of hair dye associated with uterine fibroids in Black women, study finds

PhoenixLatest NewsBlack Women, cancer, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States, Uterine Health

Using hair dye may be linked to developing non-cancerous tumors in the uterus, particularly among Black women, a recent study suggests.

21 Oct

Why abortion is front and center in Democrats’ messaging on Pa. judicial retention

PhoenixLatest NewsElection, Healthcare, Judges, Pennsylvania, Reproductive rights

The issue has been top of mind for Democratic voters since Roe v. Wade fell, say advocates hoping to keep a Democratic majority on the Pa. Supreme Court.

21 Oct

What If We Took Endometriosis as Seriously as We Take Diabetes?

PhoenixLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Uterine Health

The disparity is most acute for diseases that primarily affect women.

20 Oct

From waterways to wombs: Widespread threats of plastic pollution

RandyLatest NewsClimate Change, Healthcare, Micro-plastics, Reproductive rights, United States

With plastics breaking down into microscopic particles that enter the food chain, researchers are investigating how they may affect reproductive health.

20 Oct

The feds are cutting funding for Planned Parenthood, following a playbook that began in Texas

RandyLatest NewsHealthcare, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, Texas

On Sept. 30, Planned Parenthood’s Gulf Coast branch in Houston, which ran the organization’s largest clinic in the country, shuttered after it was acquired by another affiliate.

19 Oct

The Ripple Effects of the U.S. Retreat from International Reproductive Care

RandyLatest NewsHealthcare, International, Reproductive rights

U.S. cuts to global health funding are putting reproductive rights, healthcare access and human rights at risk worldwide. Human rights experts discuss exactly what’s happening—and what would stop the suffering.

18 Oct

Shield Laws for Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care: A State Law Guide

RileyLatest Newsgender affirming care, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, United States

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022 and eliminated the federal constitutional right to abortion, many states enacted bans and further restrictions on abortion. In response, states seeking to preserve and expand access to abortion have passed shield laws: legal protections for patients, health care providers, and people assisting in the provision of certain health care in states where that care is legal from the reach of states with civil, criminal, and professional consequences related to that care.

18 Oct

Trump announces a deal with a manufacturer to make a common fertility drug cheaper for IVF patients

RileyLatest NewsFertility, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

The White House and EMD Serono said the drug, along with all its other IVF medications, will be available at a discount on TrumpRx, a government website where patients will be able to buy drugs directly from manufacturers. The Trump administration contends that the new website, which is expected to be running in 2026, will cut pharmaceutical costs by allowing people to buy them without a middleman.

17 Oct

US aid cuts severely undermine Senegal’s fight against HIV

RileyLatest NewsHealthcare, HIV, International, Reproductive rights

By reducing staff and access to treatment, the suspension of USAID and other funding threatens the country’s progress in HIV care

17 Oct

White House Issues Warning Over US Fertility Rate

CoreyLatest NewsFertility, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr told a White House press briefing that the declining U.S. fertility rate is a "national security threat" and warned it is not high enough to ensure the American population remains stable.