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02 Mar

Anti Reproductive Health Executive Actions

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Repro Red Flags: Agency Watch will serve as a repository of key Trump administration policies related to reproductive health, including those impacting abortion access, maternal health, and assisted reproduction. This resource will track executive actions such as Executive Orders, Presidential Memoranda, Proclamations, and Statements of Administration Policy as well as significant agency actions, guidance, and memoranda. It will also monitor ongoing rulemaking, highlighting relevant regulations and opportunities for public input. 
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02 Mar

2025 State Legislation on Birth Control: Attacks Continue but State Advocates Work to Protect and Expand Contraceptive Access

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Everyone should have access to the birth control they want or need, when they want or need it, without any barriers. This is especially important for young people, people of color, and the LGBTQ+ community.1 However, when the Supreme Court unjustly overturned Roe v. Wade, it not only took away people’s constitutional right to abortion, but also laid the groundwork to eliminate the right to birth control.2 In the years that have followed, both the right and access to contraception have been increasingly under threat.3
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01 Mar

Recent Policy Proposals Could Weaken the Reproductive Health Safety Net as More People Become Uninsured

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Multiple policy changes resulting from Congressional action, Trump administration efforts, and a Supreme Court decision will significantly weaken the family planning safety net at a time when there will be increasing demand for safety-net providers in every state due to growth in the number of uninsured Americans. The 2025 Federal Budget Reconciliation Law is projected to result in significant growth in the uninsured rate over the next decade through loss of Medicaid and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace coverage. Among women of reproductive age on Medicaid, 8 million (36%) are eligible through the ACA coverage expansion and could be at…
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25 Feb

Reducing or Eliminating the Title X Family Planning Program Would Restrict Contraceptive Access Nationwide

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The Title X Family Planning Program provides equitable and reliable access to contraception nationwide and is a critical funding stream for building and maintaining the overall health of people in the United States. Title X is the government’s only program solely dedicated to funding family planning services, which include contraceptive counseling and care, pregnancy testing, basic infertility services, and sexually transmitted infection/HIV testing and treatment. The program also supports other critical primary care services like health screenings and vaccines. In 2023, Title X served 2.8 million people, of which 72 percent reported using a form of contraception for family planning. By…
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22 Feb

Fertility Tracking Must Be Grounded In Evidence And Reproductive Justice

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If you have scrolled through wellness social media content lately, you may have encountered videos celebrating fertility tracking. The videos echo a common message: Fertility tracking has allowed people to reclaim their bodily autonomy and help them achieve their goals of getting pregnant, avoiding pregnancy, or monitoring aspects of their reproductive health. Sometimes referred to as “fertility awareness-based methods” (FABMs), these practices can help people identify the days during their menstrual cycle when they’re most likely to conceive if they have sex without contraception. And digital approaches to using an FABM suddenly seem to be everywhere—from our social media feeds to…
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06 Feb

HHS scrubs reproductive and maternal health information, HIPAA guidelines from webpages

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Shortly after President Trump’s inauguration, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began removing critical information from its various webpages. On January 21, NPR reported that HHS had deleted from its website any mention of abortion related to Biden-era policies protecting abortion and other reproductive health care services. Any remaining references to abortion cite policies from the first Trump administration or contain broken links.
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22 Jan

The Erosion of Reproductive Freedom and Democracy One Year Under Trump

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One year ago, Donald Trump returned to the White House and launched an onslaught of attacks against reproductive freedom and other fundamental rights—all while swiftly punishing those who dared to defy him. Those efforts have caused real harm to people across the country: gutting health care, destabilizing families, silencing dissent, and laying the groundwork for a nationwide abortion ban that no one voted for.
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09 Jan

Filling in the Gap in Federal Medicaid Funding to Planned Parenthood: State Responses

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In a policy action long sought after by abortion opponents, the federal government now has codified a ban on Medicaid funds that support care provided at Planned Parenthood clinics and other locations. Section 71113 of the 2025 Federal Budget Reconciliation Law, prevents Medicaid payments to certain reproductive health care entities that provide abortion care for one year from the date of enactment. This ban includes all services including contraceptive care, preventive care, and other services, not only abortion. Based on the criteria in the law, three entities, Planned Parenthood affiliates, Maine Family Planning and Health Imperatives have been blocked from receiving federal Medicaid revenue. A handful of states, however, have announced they will fill in current gaps created by losses in federal funding…
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