United States – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

22 Apr

Minors’ Access to Contraceptive Services

PhoenixLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, Minors, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, United States

Nearly half of US states explicitly permit minors to access contraception without parental involvement, allowing minors to provide their own consent for this care. In several of these states, minors are allowed to provide consent to contraception only under certain circumstances, including: when there is a health risk to the minor; if the minor is or has ever been married; if the minor is already a parent; or if the minor is currently pregnant or has ever been pregnant. Some of these states also allow providers to notify minors’ parents that they have accessed contraception.

21 Apr

South Dakota Anti-abortion lawmakers seek to redefine ‘abortion’ to exclude medical treatment

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Anti-abortion, GOP, GOP Governor, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, South Dakota, United States

Some anti-abortion state lawmakers are pushing to revise the definition of “abortion” so abortion bans don’t apply to cases in which the death of an “unborn child” is the result of medical care provided to the pregnant woman.

21 Apr

State Bans on Abortion Throughout Pregnancy

PhoenixLatest NewsAbortion Rights, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Trump, United States

The landscape of abortion access in the United States continues to shift rapidly in the wake of the Supreme Court’s June 2022 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated the federal constitutional right to abortion. Since then, many state legislatures have created new abortion restrictions and bans, and many have begun enforcing existing ones.

20 Apr

Up To Six Million US Women of Reproductive Age Will Lose Medicaid Coverage Under Budget Law

RileyLatest NewsGOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, Medicaid, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Trump, United States

The Medicaid cuts in the Trump administration’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” that became law in July 2025 will strip up to six million women of reproductive age of Medicaid coverage—with devastating consequences for their reproductive health care access.

20 Apr

The Trump DOJ has fired four U.S. Attorneys who prosecuted anti-abortion extremists for attacking clinics

PhoenixLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, Trump DOJ, United States

The Trump administration fired several U.S. Attorneys responsible for prosecuting anti-abortion extremists who attacked abortion clinics. These are the same extremists Trump pardoned last year after they were convicted by juries of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.

19 Apr

Breakthrough takes big step toward safe, reversible male contraception

RileyLatest NewsContraception, Cornell University, Healthcare, Male Contraception, Reproductive rights, Science, United States

Cornell scientists have taken a major step toward developing a safe, reversible, long-acting and 100% effective nonhormonal male contraceptive, considered the holy grail of male contraception.

18 Apr

The State Of Abortion Access In 2026

RileyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Abortion access across the U.S. has been in flux – and the fight around that care continues today. Now, 13 states have a total ban. And five have restricted abortion after six weeks of gestation. The latest state to do so is Wyoming.

17 Apr

Mail-order dominates US abortion pill dispensing

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Pills, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

U.S. pharmacies are largely filling prescriptions for the abortion pill mifepristone via mail-order in states permitting telehealth access to the medication, despite a 2023 FDA decision allowing retail pharmacies to dispense the drug, according to a published ‌study

14 Apr

Trump admin moves Title X family planning program away from contraception, toward conception

FlynnLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

New guidance, and the promise of a new rule, are expected to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood starting in 2027.

12 Apr

Trump admin moves Title X family planning program away from contraception, toward conception

JordanLatest NewsContraception, Family planning, GOP, GOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Title X, Trump, United States

New guidance, and the promise of a new rule, are expected to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood starting in 2027.

12 Apr

The high price of short-term savings

CoreyLatest NewsGOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Title X, Trump, United States

Each pregnancy averted through Title X saves about $15,000 in public spending on medical and social services, according to an analysis by Power to Decide. The analysis shows that every $1 invested in publicly funded family-planning programs saves roughly $7 in Medicaid costs.

11 Apr

America’s reproductive health safety net is fraying as political wars escalate

CoreyLatest NewsGOP, GOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Trump, United States

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/03/02/viewpoint-americas-reproductive-health-safety-net-is-fraying-as-political-wars-escalate/Medicaid cuts, the potential lapse of Affordable Care Act subsidies, as well as cuts across programs in the Health Resources and Services Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are eroding the broader safety net.

10 Apr

Family Planning Clinics to Avoid Funding Lapse of HHS Grants

JordanLatest NewsFamily planning, GOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, HHS, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Trump, United States

Family planning clinics that receive federal funds were granted a lifeline Tuesday when the Trump administration signaled it would provide another year of grant money a day before funding is set to lapse.

10 Apr

Trump’s FY2027 Budget: Continued Rollback of LGBTQ+ Protections

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The Trump Administration's FY2027 budget is the latest escalation in a sustained campaign against LGBTQ+ people. As proposed, it would cause real, measurable harm across numerous critical government services and protections.

09 Apr

HHS Directly Gives Crisis Pregnancy Centers Millions of Dollars

CoreyLatest Newscrisis pregnancy centers, GOP, Healthcare, HHS, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Trump, United States

And the federal government is continuing to double down on a “pro-life” agenda.