Reproductive rights – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

26 Jul

I started reporting on the dearth of reproductive health care. Then I had my own emergency.

BarbraLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Texas

Tick. Tick. Tick. The clock in my OB-GYN’s office was taunting me. Tick. Tick. Tick. Any moment, I thought, this could kill me.

25 Jul

Anti-abortion group argues that Indiana health department’s abortion records must be public

BarbraLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Abortion data, Healthcare, IDOH, Indiana, Privacy, Reproductive rights, United States

In defense of its lawsuit against the state health department, a South Bend-based anti-abortion group doubled down in new court filings that related medical records do not compromise patient privacy and should be made available to the public. The ongoing lawsuit was filed in May by “Voices for Life,” which seeks to regain access to Terminated Pregnancy Reports (TPRs) that are no longer being released by the Indiana Department of Health (IDOH). The state health department is seeking to dismiss the lawsuit, however, maintaining that TPRs qualify as medical records and are exempt from disclosure under Indiana’s Access to Public Records Act, also known…

24 Jul

Democrats Hope Harris’ Bluntness on Abortion Will Translate to 2024 Wins in Congress and White House

PatLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, legislation, Reproductive rights, United States

President Joe Biden might not often use the word “abortion” when he talks about the overturning of Roe v. Wade, but Vice President Kamala Harris sure does. She's also toured a Minnesota Planned Parenthood clinic where the procedure is performed and routinely links the fall of Roe to the larger issue of rising maternal mortality nationwide.

24 Jul

Women living with HIV continue to face violations of their sexual and reproductive rights—including coercion into sterilization

PatLatest NewsHIV, International, Reproductive Coercion, Reproductive rights

Women living with HIV including women from key populations continue to suffer widespread reproductive coercion, mistreatment, and neglect when seeking reproductive health services and rights around the world, a new report by the International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW) has revealed today. The report was launched at a joint ICW/UNAIDS event at the 25th International AIDS Conference taking place in Munich, Germany.

23 Jul

Here’s where Kamala Harris stands on various health care issues as she campaigns for presidency

PatLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Harris has expressed many of the same views as Biden on health care issues, including access to abortion and lowering prescription drug prices, both while campaigning against Biden for their party's presidential nomination during the last general election and as Biden's vice president.

19 Jul

DO THE MATH! Disability, Guns, and Abortion.

AlanLatest News, United StatesAbortion Rights, Disability, Guns, Project 2025, Reproductive rights

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17 Jul

RNC approves platform that would give rights to fetuses, endangering abortion, IVF

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, IVF, legislation, Reproductive rights, United States

Republicans have adopted a slate of policy positions that does not call for a federal legislative abortion ban, but opens the door to establishing fetal personhood.

16 Jul

Defending Women’s Rights: The Urgent Need for Equal Rights Amendments

BarbraLatest NewsAbortion Care, Healthcare, Post-Dobbs, Reproductive rights, United States

The Dobbs decision and recent legal actions in Arizona, such as the temporary reinstatement and subsequent reversal of a pre-1901 restrictive abortion law, have severely disrupted women's access to reproductive health services. Recent wins in Nevada and Pennsylvania, where restrictions on state health insurance-funded abortions were overturned, highlight the critical need for federal and state Equal Rights Amendments (ERAs). These amendments would strengthen reproductive rights protections, ensuring the U.S. aligns more closely with international human rights standards by grounding these rights inequality rather than privacy.

15 Jul

Top American election concerns include environment, reproductive right, and more

BarbraLatest NewsHealthcare, legislation, Reproductive rights, United States, Vote, Voters

Over the last several months, people from across the country have been sharing with their public media stations the issues they most care about in the months before the general election. Stations asked in on-line and on-air call-outs: “What Issues would you like candidates to discuss as they compete for your vote this election season?”

24 Jun

Senate Democrats push new protections for reproductive rights in New Jersey

BarbraLatest NewsBody Autonomy, New Jersey, Reproductive rights

On the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned the federal right to an abortion, New Jersey Senatehttps://newjerseymonitor.com/2024/06/24/senate-democrats-push-new-protections-for-reproductive-rights-in-new-jersey/ lawmakers advanced the first measure of what they hope to be a nine-bill package protecting reproductive rights in the Garden State.

20 Jun

Democratic women in U.S. Senate target Project 2025 on reproductive rights

PatLatest NewsComstock law, Healthcare, Minnesota, Reproductive rights, United States

Senate Democrats held a press conference this week to stand up for reproductive rights and freedoms, criticizing a plan by a conservative think tank that if adopted would hinder abortion and contraception access in a Trump administration.

19 Jun

Post-Dobbs, abortion clinics find new ways to serve patients in states with bans

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Care, Abortion clinics, Health care, Reproductive care, Reproductive rights, Reproductive Services, United States

"In the last couple years, Houston Women’s Reproductive Services scaled down from nearly 5,000 square-feet to an 800-square-foot location. The Texas clinic cut more than a dozen full-time employees down to a medical director and three part-time staff members. It’s no longer able to provide abortions, but it changed its focus and stayed open. “I was willing to make whatever sacrifices needed to be made to keep our head above water, just keep the doors open and the lights on, and be able to provide care to these people who desperately need our help,” said clinic administrator Kathy Kleinfeld...."

16 Jun

Anti-abortion groups say Supreme Court’s mifepristone ruling won’t deter them

BarbraLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Healthcare, mifepristone, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, United States

After justices rejected the legal standing of anti-abortion doctors, activists search for plaintiffs they say were harmed by drug

11 Jun

Access to reproductive care inspires many doctors to run for office

PatLatest NewsHealthcare, legislation, Medical Doctors, Reproductive rights, United States

Doctors are running for office in an effort to bring their medical expertise to the debate over reproductive rights. With Trump and Biden nearly even in national polls, will it be enough?

29 May

How Delaware aims to strengthen women’s reproductive rights with these bills

MollyLatest News, United StatesBills, Delaware, legislation, Reproductive rights, State Senate, United States

"The Delaware Senate will weigh a series of bills aimed at protecting fertility treatment, abortion access and overall reproductive rights in the First State as the legislative body enters its final month of session. House Bill 374, sponsored by House Rep. Kendra Johnson and Rep. Nicole Poore, will codify legal protections for fertility treatment providers, protecting Delawareans’ access to in-vitro fertilization and other assisted reproductive technologies...."