United States – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

25 Sep

NJ Democratic Gov. Sherrill signs shield law aimed at protecting reproductive, transgender healthcare

PhoenixLatest NewsAbortion Access, Democratic Governor, Healthcare, New Jersey, Reproductive rights, Trans Rights, United States

Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed legislation on Thursday that criminalizes interference with reproductive and transgender healthcare while barring a range of officials from aiding investigations spawned by states where such care is illegal.

19 Sep

Reproductive Freedom for All Slams Fifth Circuit Case That Threatens Mifepristone Access Nationwide Ahead of Oral Arguments

MorganLatest NewsAnti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Louisiana, Red States, Reproductive rights, United States

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will hear oral arguments in Louisiana v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a lawsuit seeking to end mail and pharmacy access to mifepristone nationwide—including in states where abortion is protected.

16 Sep

For Blind and Low Vision Voters, Barriers Remain

MorganLatest NewsDisabled, Healthcare, United States, Voter Access, Voting

For many blind and low vision voters the right to cast a private and independent ballot remains out of reach despite decades of legal protections. While technology has improved, the implementation remains imbalanced, resulting in blind and low vision voters having to give up their privacy, independence, or both.

15 Sep

US states’ lawsuit seeking to curb abortion drug access paused for now

DevonLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Anti-Abortion GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

A federal judge paused a lawsuit by Florida and Texas seeking to severely limit access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide while ‌President Donald Trump's administration completes a review of the drug's safety.

14 Sep

Reproductive Justice Maryland Action is currently evaluating candidates for endorsement in the 2026 election cycle.

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Maryland Endorsed Candidates

13 Sep

Collins’s Kavanaugh vote becomes key weapon for opponents

DevonLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Maine, Reproductive rights, SusanCollins, Trump, United States, Vote

Democrats and reproductive rights groups are zeroing in on Sen. Susan Collins’s (R-Maine) vote to confirm Justice Brett Kavanaugh as a pillar of their campaign to oust her, arguing she paved the way for the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

12 Sep

Virginia District Court Rules FDA Unlawfully Restricted Abortion Pill Access

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Telehealth, United States

A Virginia district court judge ordered the FDA to reconsider its restrictions on mifepristone, a highly safe and effective prescription medication for terminating early pregnancy. The judge, Robert S. Ballou, sided with reproductive health clinics in three states that argued that current restrictions are excessive, medically unnecessary, and inconsistent with federal law. The challenged restrictions are part of FDA’s 2023 risk evaluation mitigation strategy (2023 REMS).

11 Sep

Health Care Financing to Improve Availability of Affordable Contraception: Identifying Promising Practices

ChaseLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Effective family planning that meets an individual’s needs, values, and preferences is a critical element of high-quality health care for women. Despite the well-documented role of family planning in improving maternal and infant health outcomes, persistent financial obstacles create barriers to care for many women. An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will review programs that aim to improve availability and affordability of contraception and identify effective strategies to inform future policy and practice.

10 Sep

In wide-ranging amicus briefs, experts again urge the Fifth Circuit to reject restrictions on telehealth access to mifepristone

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Abortion Rights, ACLU, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Telehealth, United States

Ahead of oral argument in Louisiana v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on September 9, a wide range of experts — including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American College of Emergency Physicians, the National Domestic Violence Hotline, the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers, and former military officials — are urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to reject anti-abortion politicians’ effort to end telemedicine and mail and pharmacy access to mifepristone nationwide.Mifepristone is used in nearly two-thirds of U.S. abortions, with more than 1 in 4 patients

09 Sep

Reproductive Freedom for All Launches Ad in Pennsylvania Highlighting FDA Nominee Heidi Overton’s Anti-Abortion Extremism

ChaseLatest NewsHealthcare, Pennsylvania, Reproductive rights, United States

Reproductive Freedom for All launched a new digital ad in Pennsylvania, “Victory“, highlighting the anti-abortion extremism of Heidi Overton, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration. Overton has pushed disinformation about the safety of medication abortion and argued for remaking federal health agencies around Republicans’ anti-abortion agenda. If confirmed, she would run an agency that could entirely curb access to mifepristone—in effect pushing a backdoor abortion ban that is deeply unpopular with voters.

07 Sep

The U.S. Federal Government and Reproductive Health

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06 Sep

States sue Trump administration over family planning grant changes

AlanLatest NewsBlue State, gender affirming care, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Title X, Trump, United States

The lawsuit by officials from 23 states, filed in Maryland federal court, argues that new conditions on Title X funding will unlawfully penalize states and providers that offer gender-affirming care or refuse to adhere to the administration’s ideology on contraception.

05 Sep

Expanding abortion access:Abortion restrictions cause the average woman to lose 8.5% of her earnings

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Restriction, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Abortion restrictions aren’t just bad for our health and freedom — they’re bad for our wallets. For the average woman, abortion restrictions result in an 8.5 percent earnings decline; for Black women, it’s 9.9 percent, reports Ms. Magazine.

04 Sep

A Few Words on Gloria (for now)

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Feminism, GloriaSteinam, Reproductive rights, United States

Women’s eNews Executive Director & Editor-in-Chief, Lori Sokol, PhD, was interviewed yesterday on 1010WINS NY about her long-term friendship with Gloria Steinem, in tribute to the feminist icon who served as both a mentor and friend, shaping Lori’s career in feminist journalism.

03 Sep

Trump administration releases the long overdue 2026 Unified Agenda, previewing regulatory threats to reproductive health and rights

RileyLatest NewsGOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

The Trump administration released the long overdue 2026 Unified Agenda on July 3. The agenda proposes numerous regulations that raise concern for new and renewed attacks on reproductive health and rights.