United States – Page 2 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

18 Jun

Trump Administration Wields New Threat to Reproductive Rights

MorganLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Blue State, Federal Funding, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States, Weldon Amendment

Denied and Delayed Abortion Care Puts Health and Lives in US at Risk

17 Jun

Black Women are not Okay: Why Resistance is the Solution

JordanLatest NewsBlack Women, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Resistance, United States, Women

Sometimes resistance is attending a protest, and sometimes it’s wearing our braids to work in defiance of white, eurocentric beauty standards that are enforced in our workplaces.

16 Jun

Four years after the Dobbs decision, abortion access looks very different

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, GOP, Healthcare, Red States, Trump Administration, United States

The Dobbs decision returned abortion policy to the states. Four years later, NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin examines how that promise has played out in practice.

15 Jun

Women in Congress say a gender gap impedes sexual harassment probes

CoreyLatest NewsGender Gap, misogyny, United States, US Congress

The House Ethics Committee investigated Democratic Rep. Jim Costa of California in 2023 over allegations that he made inappropriate advances to two congressional interns. The panel voted against a formal probe, but the four women on the committee pushed to admonish Costa publicly.Ultimately, the majority-male committee never disclosed the investigation.

14 Jun

Illinois Lawmakers pass bill to shield abortion information from digital medical records

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Democratic Governor, Healthcare, Illinois, Reproductive Health Privacy Act, Reproductive rights, United States

Bills expanding privacy for abortion medical records and access to birth control services passed in the final days of the General Assembly’s spring session.

13 Jun

An Update on Medicaid, Title X and Planned Parenthood

CoreyLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, United States

Planned Parenthood clinics comprise a substantial portion of the nation’s reproductive health safety net. In recent years, actions across multiple branches of government—including federal agencies, Congress, the courts, and state governments—have placed considerable financial pressure on the organization, with implications for patient access to care. This pressure has primarily focused on the two main sources of public funding for these clinics: the federal Title X family planning program and Medicaid. This brief focuses on the status of these efforts as they affect Planned Parenthood clinics since 2025.

13 Jun

Amid Cost-of-Living Crisis, House Republicans Jeopardize Health Care Coverage for Millions of Americans

ChaseLatest NewsAffordability, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

House Appropriations Committee Republicans today released the draft fiscal year 2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies funding bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation is an assault on education and job training, puts health coverage for millions of Americans at risk, and abandons ongoing public health crises.

12 Jun

US abortion restrictions are hindering access to miscarriage care, study finds

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Miscarriage, misogyny, Reproductive rights, United States

States with abortion bans are turning away from medications to a wait-and-see approach, with care falling below standards

11 Jun

Maryland codifies state-level emergency abortion access amid federal uncertainty

AlanLatest NewsAbortion, Abortion Rights, Democratic Governor, Healthcare, Maryland, Reproductive rights, United States

With Gov. Wes Moore’s signature , Maryland became one of the few states to enshrine a state-level version of the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).

10 Jun

The pill has had huge impact on U.S. society

AlanLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Some fear reproductive freedom it has given women will be targeted

10 Jun

Expanding access to fertility benefits: Tri-Agencies’ proposed rule would create limited excepted benefit for fertility benefits

ChaseLatest NewsFederal approval, Ferti;ity, Healthcare, IVF, Reproductive rights, United States

The Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of the Treasury (Tri-Agencies) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would create a new limited excepted benefit for certain types of employer-sponsored fertility benefits.

09 Jun

Reproductive Freedom for All Celebrates and Stands with LGBTQIA+ Communities

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, LGBTQ2S+, Pride, Reproductive rights, United States

Pride Month is a moment to celebrate the contributions, history, and political power of LGBTQIA+ communities across the country. From the Stonewall uprising that launched the modern LGBTQIA+ rights movement to decades of organizing that have shaped American law, culture, and public life, LGBTQIA+ communities have been on the front lines of every major fight for freedom in this country, including the fight for reproductive freedom.

08 Jun

Abortion regulations by state

RandyLatest NewsAbortion, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

A complex web of laws and policies govern the availability, accessibility, and legality of abortion procedures. Following the U.S. Supreme Court's June 24, 2022, ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that the Constitution does not grant the right to an abortion, states gained a wide latitude to pass laws regulating access to abortion. The 6-3 ruling overturned two previous U.S. Supreme Court rulings: Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Click here to read more about those cases.

07 Jun

The Men Who Don’t Want Women to Vote

PhoenixLatest NewsHealthcare, misogyny, Reproductive rights, Right Wing, United States, Vote

A virulent form of misogyny has become the single most important force holding together the American right. PODCAST

04 Jun

Lawsuit continues to challenge Biden-era regulation adding abortion to pregnant worker protections

MadisonLatest NewsAbortion Care, Abortion Rights, Anti-abortion, Catholic Church, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

A group of Catholic ministries asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit May 18 to block a federal agency from enforcing an abortion provision in regulations meant to add workplace protections for pregnant workers.