Reproductive rights

Maryland Attorney General Brown and 22 others File Briefs Urging Supreme Court to Stay Restrictions on Mifepristone

Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 22 states and the District Columbia in urging the Supreme Court of the United States to stay a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that would restrict access to mifepristone, a safe and effective abortion medication.  
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The Trump team is quietly eliminating U.S. support for birth control abroad

The second Trump administration has moved to eliminate programs for contraception and other family planning work abroad. Congress actually appropriated funds for this work, but the administration has not spent it. And it has shut down programs aimed at helping people choose when to have children, such as efforts to improve access to birth control and provide resources for treating sexually transmitted diseases. The issue here is not abortion. For more than 50 years, it's been illegal for foreign aid to fund abortions.
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Trump admin wants to test drinking water for abortion and birth control pills

The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency recommended earlier this month that states begin testing drinking water for certain forms of abortion pills and contraceptives – a worrisome move that comes after a years-long pressure campaign from anti-abortion organizations weaponizing environmental regulations to further undermine access to care. In a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden demanded scientific justification for including abortion medications and birth control pills on the EPA’s human health benchmarks list, giving the EPA until May 5th to respond.
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