Reproductive rights – Page 5 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

10 Mar

Reproductive health providers call for more state funding as federal threats loom

PatLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Federal Government, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, States, Trump

The funding would go toward services such as routine gynecological exams, cancer screenings and gender-affirming care, but not abortion

09 Mar

Trump DOJ’s limits on FACE Act enforcement fuel concern from abortion providers

AlanLatest NewsAnti-abortion, FACE Act, GOP, Reproductive care, Reproductive rights, Trump

For more than 30 years, there has been a federal law on the books known as the FACE Act. It prohibits intentional interference with people either providing or receiving reproductive health care services, including abortions. Now the Justice Department says it is sharply scaling back enforcement of that law. NPR justice correspondent Ryan Lucas looked into what this means for people on both sides of the abortion issue.

07 Mar

Bill creating abortion grant fund for under- and uninsured gains momentum in House, Senate (Maryland)

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Care, Healthcare, Maryland, Reproductive rights

Proposal would let Health Department tap underutilized insurance fund

06 Mar

GOP lawmakers push to charge women with homicide for seeking abortions

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, legislation, Reproductive rights, United States

Lawmakers in at least eight states — Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas — have considered bills to go even further, to punish women who seek abortions.

05 Mar

A New Missouri Bill Would Let Residents Donate to Anti-Abortion Centers Instead of Paying Any Taxes

RandyLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Healthcare, legislation, Missouri, Reproductive rights, Republicans, United States

Four months after Missouri voted to legalize abortion, Republican lawmakers are proposing a 100% tax credit — capped at $50,000 per year — for taxpayers who donate to crisis pregnancy centers.

04 Mar

New poll indicates abortion policy could affect employment decisions

RandyLatest NewsBrain Drain, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

A state’s policies on reproductive issues, including abortion, are likely to affect where people decide to take a job or start a family, according to a poll released Monday, and no states with restrictive abortion policies had majority support from those polled.

03 Mar

Commentary: To truly protect abortion access, New York must invest in training

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Providers, Healthcare, New York, Opinion, Reproductive rights, United States

A growing shortage of trained providers affects not only other states, but many regions of New York, too.

02 Mar

Opinion: The cruel consequences of moving fast and breaking things

MauraLatest NewsHealthcare, Opinion, Reproductive rights, United States

The overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court in 2022 is a case of an ill-considered decision backfiring spectacularly. Based on all available data, this decision has produced pretty much exactly the opposite of what supporters said they wanted to achieve. Since it went into effect, abortions in the U.S. have gone up, the fertility rate has declined to a historic low and the infant mortality rate has increased.

01 Mar

Researchers estimate 1 in 10 abortions provided by online-only clinics one year after Roe

MauraLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

In the first year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, an estimated 1 in 10 abortions were provided by online-only clinics, according to new data released Thursday by the Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit that researches reproductive health and advocates for abortion access.

17 Feb

EU says it ‘cannot fill’ USAID funding gap as Africa seeks solutions

PatLatest NewsAfrica, EU, International, Reproductive rights

The European Union said it cannot plug the funding gap left by the United States suspending aid programs, as governments across Africa try to keep critical health care services running. The US is the largest single aid donor in the world, disbursing some $72 billion in assistance in 2023, much of it through the US Agency for International Development (USAID). In that same year the EU, the largest collective donor, contributed almost $100 billion.

15 Feb

As faith-based programs teach sex ed in Utah’s public schools, Planned Parenthood may get banned

RandyLatest NewsHealthcare, Mormon, Reproductive rights, School-aged, Sex-ed, United States, Utah

At least two school districts have approved employees of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Family Services to give sex education-related lectures to students.

13 Feb

Republican States Claim Zero Abortions. A Red-State Doctor Calls That ‘Ludicrous.’

MauraLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Abortion Rights, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

In Arkansas, state health officials announced a stunning statistic for 2023: The total number of abortions in the state, where some 1.5 million women live, was zero. In South Dakota, too, official records show zero abortions that year. And in Idaho, home to abortion battles that have recently made their way to the U.S. Supreme Court, the official number of recorded abortions was just five. In nearly a dozen states with total or near-total abortion bans, government officials claimed that zero or very few abortions occurred in 2023, the first full year after the Supreme Court eliminated federal abortion rights.

09 Feb

USAID’s reproductive health funding has saved millions of lives. Now it’s gone.

BarbraLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States, USAID

For decades, USAID’s family planning program was the main source for contraception and HIV treatment in some countries. Experts say without it, women and LGBTQ+ people will die.

07 Feb

After ‘Abortion’ Was Wiped From CDC Website, Users Now Get ‘Adoption’ Info

PatLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Healthcare, Messaging, Reproductive rights, United States

The change was made while federal health care webpages were taken offline. Reproductive health workers call it a "clear attempt" to change the messaging around pregnancy. Meanwhile, health care centers and clinics nationwide are making tough calls after the White House instituted a funding freeze.

06 Feb

Conservatives want to increase birth rates. These moms are terrified to have more kids

RandyLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Tennessee, United States

These women live in states that currently or previously had abortion bans, and cited those policies as part of or the primary reason for their fertility decisions.