United States – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

11 Jul

The ‘defunding’ of Planned Parenthood on pause for now as legal battles progress

PatLatest NewsHealthcare, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, United States

Federal funding to Planned Parenthood facilities in Virginia and across the nation are tied up in legal battles for the time being. A provision in Congress’ “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” signed by President Donald Trump last week would block Medicaid payments for services at facilities like Planned Parenthood for up to a year.

08 Jul

New Va. law protecting reproductive health data prompts Walmart’s online data collection pop-ups

PhoenixLatest NewsReproductive Health Data, Reproductive rights, United States, Virginia

Disclosure pop-ups about the “cookies,” or other aggregate bits of data websites collect and store aren’t an uncommon experience while shopping online. What’s less common: when a pop-up indicates that your potential purchase of condoms, birth control medication or menstrual hygiene products is being noted digitally, a message Virginians have started seeing when they shop virtually for such products.

08 Jul

Treatment for Infertility and Fertility Services

PhoenixLatest NewsFertility, Population Growth, Research, United States

Across the nation, the general fertility rate dropped by three percent in 2022,hitting a record low. This marked the second consecutive year of decline asof 2024, after a slight one percent rise between 2020 and 2021.1In California,this trend is even more pronounced. The state’s birth rate has fallen to near historic lows, contributing significantly to a slowdown in populationgrowth.

06 Jul

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

JordanLatest NewsAnti-abortion, anti-IVF, GOP, Healthcare, United States

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

05 Jul

LGBTQ, legal groups slam UPenn for ‘caving’ to Trump’s trans athlete ban

JordanLatest NewsLGBTQ, Trans Rights, United States

The University of Pennsylvania's decision to ban transgender female athletes from competing in women's sports to resolve a civil rights complaint by the Department of Education is being slammed by LGBTQ activists and legal experts as unconstitutional.

04 Jul

Planned Parenthood pledges to sue Trump administration over megabill funding cut

MauraLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, litigation, Planned Parenthood, Trump Administration, United States

“See you in court,” the nonprofit’s CEO said following the House vote to pass the reconciliation bill.

03 Jul

Wisconsin Supreme Court Overturns 19th Century Abortion Ban

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States, Wisconsin, Women Justices

A narrow majority of justices found that by regulating abortion, legislators had "impliedly repealed" the state's near-total ban on the procedure. Dissenters called the ruling pure policymaking.

02 Jul

Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban

MollyLatest News, United States1849, Abortion Ban, Abortion Rights, legislation, Ruling, State Supreme Court, struck down, United States, Wisconsin

“The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by newer state laws regulating the procedure, including statutes that criminalize abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb. The ruling came as no surprise given that liberal justices control the court. One of them went so far as to promise to uphold abortion rights during her campaign two years ago, and they blasted the ban during oral arguments in November….”

02 Jul

Keeping brain-dead pregnant women on life support raises ethical issues that go beyond abortion politics

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Care, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, United States

Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old woman from Georgia who had been declared brain-dead in February 2025, spent 16 weeks on life support while doctors worked to keep her body functioning well enough to support her developing fetus. On June 13, 2025, her premature baby, named Chance, was born via cesarean section at 25 weeks.

02 Jul

Three Years After Dobbs Ruling, Abortion Law in Georgia Remains Unsettled

ChaseLatest NewsGeorgia, Healthcare, legislation, Reproductive rights, United States

Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court case enshrining abortion rights across the country, was overturned three years ago last week in a case known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, intensifying a yearslong battle over access to reproductive health care in Georgia. The fallout of the Dobbs decision is continuing to cause ripple effects throughout the state, with advocates on both sides gearing up for a fight that will play out—at least in part—at the ballot box in 2026.

30 Jun

The grassroots network helping women circumvent abortion bans and restrictions

PatLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Since the end of Roe v. Wade three years ago, 20 states have banned or restricted access to abortions. Despite those hurdles, women are still finding ways to terminate pregnancies. A new podcast, “The Network,” explores how an abortion pill fueled grassroots movements that helped change laws in Latin America. Ali Rogin speaks with co-hosts Marta Martinez and Victoria Estrada for more.

28 Jun

How State Bans Increase Costs and Delay Abortion Care

MauraLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Research, United States

People in states that have banned abortion were more than twice as likely to receive them later in pregnancy, according to a new study by researchers at UC San Francisco.

28 Jun

Reproductive rights groups fear SCOTUS ruling will inspire anti-abortion politicians

MauraLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, United States

Reproductive rights advocates are reeling from Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling in favor of South Carolina in a legal case to block Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, which they fear will give other states the green light to do the same.

26 Jun

State laws affecting health plan compliance

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, gender affirming care, Healthcare, United States

As we close out the second quarter of 2025, the legal landscape across the United States continues to shift dramatically in the areas of abortion and gender-affirming care laws. This quarter has seen a wave of new state-level legislation and pivotal court rulings that are reshaping access to both abortion services and gender-affirming health care for minors.

26 Jun

Letitia James reaffirms abortion access rights under federal law for New York hospitals

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Care, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

On the third anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, New York Attorney General Letitia James co-led a coalition of 22 attorneys general to reaffirm that hospitals must provide emergency abortion care under federal law.