United States – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

02 Dec

Seaside (Oregon) loses trusted labor and delivery unit, reflecting a growing rural healthcare challenge in the Northwest

AlanLatest NewsGOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States

On a recent afternoon in Seaside, Oregon, Heather Murdoch-Medema packed up her apartment, categorizing which boxes would go into storage and which she would take with her to her new home in Portland.

02 Dec

Rise of crisis pregnancy centers highlights shift in anti-abortion movement

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Fake Clinicws, Healthcare, United States

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case involving faith-based pregnancy centers in New Jersey. The organization is hoping to block the state from investigating whether they misled women into believing the centers offered abortions. The case highlights an effort to crack down on so-called crisis pregnancy centers. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/rise-of-crisis-pregnancy-centers-highlights-shift-in-anti-abortion-movement

01 Dec

State Variations in the Role of the Reproductive Health Safety Net for Contraceptive Care Among Medicaid Enrollees

AlanLatest NewsGOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, Medicaid, Reproductive rights, United States

Medicaid is a major source of coverage for contraceptive care for millions of people. Many Medicaid patients rely on a range of safety net providers including Planned Parenthood clinics, community health centers, state and local health departments, and Indian Health Services for their contraceptive care. The composition of the safety net and the relative role of the different providers vary considerably from state to state.

30 Nov

HHS Reproductive and Sexual Health Ombuds Act of 2025

JordanLatest NewsGOP, legislation, Reproductive rights, Sexual Health, United States, US Congress

U.S. House of Representatives Act -- Full Text

30 Nov

‘It was soul destroying’: men on the struggle to get answers about infertility

JordanLatest NewsHealthcare, Infertility, Men, Reproductive rights, United States

Failure by GPs to diagnose treatable causes had huge time, money and mental health costs for these men

28 Nov

Democratic U.S. Senators Raise Alarm Over Trump Administration Efforts to Restrict Mifepristone

RileyLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, mifepristone, Trump Administration, United States

U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, (both D-VA) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and all of their Democratic Senate colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary expressing alarm over the Trump Administration's plans to reexamine the safety and effectiveness of mifepristone. Since 2000, mifepristone has been approved by the FDA as a safe and effective medication for abortion care and miscarriage management. The Administration’s basis…

27 Nov

Advocacy in Action

RandyLatest NewsAmerican Society for Reproductive Medicine, ASRM, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

ASRM is monitoring, with concern, cuts to several critical federal programs and agencies relied upon by many of our members. If these actions have affected you and you would like to let us know how we can provide support

26 Nov

Understanding the Trump Administration’s Negotiated Drug Prices for Medicare

RandyLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has just announced the prices that the federal government negotiated for 15 high-cost drugs covered by Part D, Medicare’s prescription drug benefit program, including the popular diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy. This brings to a close the second round of Medicare’s Drug Price Negotiation Program, which was created by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 under the Biden administration. These negotiated prices will take effect in Medicare in January 2027.

26 Nov

Lawmaker Will Introduce Federal Bill To Safely Discharge Patients In Labor

RandyLatest NewsHealthcare, Labor, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, United States

The bill from Rep. Robin Kelly, a Democrat from Illinois, would require clinical justification for discharging patients presenting with signs or symptoms of labor, an assessment of travel distance, a confirmed back-up hospital or birthing facility, verification that patients have reliable transportation, and documentation of patient understanding, Becker's Hospital Review reported.

25 Nov

Hope for women’s hormone health

PhoenixLatest NewsHealthcare, menopause, Pennsylvania, Reproductive rights, United States

A medical office in York County is offering hope for patients suffering from menopause.

23 Nov

Title X: The Nation’s Program for Affordable Birth Control and Reproductive Health Care

JordanLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Title X, United States

In 1970, the only federal program dedicated to providing low- and no-cost birth control and other reproductive health care was created with bipartisan support.

22 Nov

When it Comes to Women’s Health, The Trump Admin’s Hypocrisy is on Full Display

ChaseLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, Opinion, Reproductive rights, Trump Administration, United States, Women's Health

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-hypocrisy-women-s-healthDonald Trump and his cronies are peddling lies about abortion care while touting their farce advancements for women’s health.

19 Nov

As abortion opponents target IVF, they’re promoting fertility clinics like this one

ChaseLatest NewsAnti-abortion, anti-IVF, Fake Clinicws, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Social conservatives have pushed restorative reproductive medicine as an alternative to IVF. Doctors worry that could limit access to the most effective form of infertility treatment.

18 Nov

New Orleans, LA: New clinic opens to increase access to reproductive health care in wake of Planned Parenthood’s closing

ChaseLatest NewsHealthcare, HIV, Louisiana, Reproductive rights, United States

Nurse practitioner Kelly Baquet says she is tired of diagnosing patients with HIV. “We have so many tools to prevent HIV now,” she said. “I want to be a part of ending the epidemic.”https://www.wwno.org/public-health/2025-11-17/new-clinic-opens-to-increase-access-to-reproductive-health-care-in-wake-of-planned-parenthoods-closing

17 Nov

South Carolina looks at most restrictive abortion bill in the US as opponents keep pushing limits

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, South Carolina, United States

Sending women who get abortions to prison for decades. Outlawing IUDs. Sharply restricting in-vitro fertilization. These are the strictest abortion prohibitions and punishments in the nation being considered by South Carolina lawmakers, even as opponents of the procedure are divided over how far to go.