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24 Dec

The Supreme Court Prepares to Take Its First Shot at Contraception

PatLatest NewsContraception, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, United States

A case just added to the high court’s docket takes on the question of whether Medicaid can be used to pay for services at medical providers that also perform abortions.

24 Dec

Public Health Matters: The Importance of Reproductive Justice and Black Maternal Health

PatLatest NewsBlack Women, Commentary, Reproductive rights

In this episode of Public Health Matters, Christina Madison, PharmD, FCCP, AAHIVP, the Public Health Pharmacist, discusses efforts to advocate for reproductive justice and maternal health among Black women with Regina Davis Moss, PhD, MPH, MCHES, president and CEO of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda and author of "Black Women’s Reproductive Health and Sexuality: A Holistic Public Health Approach™." Madison and Davis Moss discuss what is meant by reproductive justice and the importance of fighting to keep the rights of mothers and pregnant individuals intact, especially as women's rights face areas of erosion across the country.…

23 Dec

Are abortion bans across America causing deaths? The states that passed them are doing little to find out.

BarbraLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

In states with abortion bans, ProPublica has found, pregnant women have bled to death, succumbed to fatal infections and wound up in morgues with what medical examiners recorded were “products of conception” still in their bodies.

22 Dec

Total Maine Dec. 22, 2024: The future of abortion services in Maine

BarbraLatest NewsAbortion Care, Healthcare, Maine, Reproductive rights

The medical director for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England shares the concerns patients are sharing

21 Dec

LGBTQIA+ people face challenges in accessing SRHR

BarbraLatest NewsInternational, LGBTQIA+, Nepal, Reproductive rights

Social stigma remains a major barrier to accessing healthcare, including their sexual and reproductive health rights. https://kathmandupost.com/national/2024/12/21/lgbtqia-people-face-challenges-in-accessing-srhr

21 Dec

Solicitor General Nominee Sauer Backed Collecting Private Reproductive Health Data

BarbraLatest NewsData Privacy, Reproductive Health Data, Reproductive rights, United States

President-elect Donald Trump’s solicitor general nominee John Sauer has a history of collecting reproductive health data to bolster anti-abortion efforts, another signal the incoming administration is poised to limit access to reproductive care even though Trump recently said he likely wouldn’t restrict access to the abortion pill widely prescribed through telehealth. Sauer led anti-abortion litigation in Missouri, where he served as state solicitor general, and could aid anti-abortion states in taking legal action against states where the procedure is legal.

20 Dec

Brace for the impact of Trump 2.0 on reproductive health rights: Marcela Azevedo

PatLatest NewsHealthcare, Opinion, Reproductive rights, United States

As Americans grapple with the impending return of Donald Trump to the political throne, it’s critical to reflect on the chaos of his first administration and brace ourselves for the sharper, more prepared version of what’s to come. As an Intensive Care Unit physician and one of the doctors who helped lead the charge to pass the Reproductive Freedom Amendment in Ohio, I’ve seen firsthand the critical role health care plays in ensuring freedom and dignity.

20 Dec

Maternal mortality data is murky — but the crisis faced by new moms is clear

PatLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Experts say it’s still important to understand why deaths happen and how they can be prevented

19 Dec

When states suppress maternal mortality data, pregnant people pay the price

PatLatest NewsHealthcare, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, United States

Last month, reports emerged of efforts in both Texas and Georgia to halt investigation and analysis of maternal mortality in the years since Roe v. Wade—the Supreme Court ruling that protected the right to an abortion—was overturned. These efforts to hinder examination of the impacts of strict state abortion laws on pregnant people are a political play that only serves to put women and families at risk of even greater harm.

19 Dec

Reproductive health advocates brace for return of Title X challenges under Trump

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Reproductive health advocates brace for return of Title X challenges under Trump

18 Dec

Study finds more TV depictions of abortion this year — but they’re still mostly getting it wrong

PatLatest NewsAbortion, Reproductive rights, United States

There were more abortion plotlines on TV this year – 66 across 63 shows, compared to 49 last year, according to the annual Abortion Onscreen report released Wednesday by Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, a research program on abortion based at the University of California San Francisco.

17 Dec

Advocates brace for demand on Minnesota’s reproductive healthcare system in face of second Trump term

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion, Abortion clinics, haven, Health care, Minnesota, Reproductive rights, Trump Presidency, United States

“Reproductive rights experts in Minnesota say the state will stay a haven for abortion rights amid a second Donald Trump administration, and could become even more of a destination for people seeking care. Healthcare providers and advocates say further restrictions to abortion are likely on the horizon with President-elect Trump headed back to the White House next month alongside a GOP-controlled Congress….”

16 Dec

Report details struggles of independent abortion clinics nationwide after Roe

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Independent Abortion Clinics, Reproductive rights, United States

"LaDonna Prince’s new reproductive care clinic in Illinois was supposed to be open more than a year ago. Prince and her staff were prepared for Indiana to ban abortion, and started trying to move operations to Danville, Illinois, in 2023. It’s about 90 minutes across the border from her old clinic in Indianapolis, which provided abortion care for more than 40 years before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 and allowed states to regulate abortion access. Today, 12 states — including Indiana — have a near-total ban on abortion, and four states have a six-week ban,…

15 Dec

Crystal Pyrak, M.D.: Idaho’s abortion ban needs a health exception to protect women

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, Idaho, Opinion, Reproductive rights

As the president of the Idaho Academy of Family Physicians, I’m compelled to address a pressing issue that impacts the health and safety of mothers in our state: the urgent need for a health exception.

14 Dec

EU, others launch €40m for reproductive health in 3 states

BarbraLatest NewsEU, International, Reproductive rights

The European Union (EU) has launched a €40 million for Strengthening Access to Reproductive and Adolescent Health (SARAH) programme. This initiative which was unveiled on Thursday in Abuja, in collaboration with the federal government of https://blueprint.ng/eu-others-launch-e40m-for-reproductive-health-in-3-states/Nigeria, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), and UNICEF, aims to enhance reproductive health outcomes for women and adolescents in Sokoto, Adamawa, and Kwara states.