United States – Page 29 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

15 Jul

Top American election concerns include environment, reproductive right, and more

BarbraLatest NewsHealthcare, legislation, Reproductive rights, United States, Vote, Voters

Over the last several months, people from across the country have been sharing with their public media stations the issues they most care about in the months before the general election. Stations asked in on-line and on-air call-outs: “What Issues would you like candidates to discuss as they compete for your vote this election season?”

14 Jul

What states are voting on abortion ballot measures in 2024?

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, legislation, travel, United States, Vote

The following table provides a list of abortion-related measures that are on the ballot in 2024: StateDateMeasureDescriptionColoradoNov. 5, 2024Right to Abortion Initiative• Provide a constitutional right to abortion in the state constitution and allow the use of public funds for abortionFloridaNov. 5, 2024Florida Amendment 4• Provide a constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability, which is estimated to be around 24 weeks, or when necessary to protect the patient's health, as determined by the patient's healthcare providerMarylandNov. 5, 2024Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment• Amend the Maryland Constitution to establish a right to reproductive freedom, defined to include "decisions to prevent, continue, or end…

13 Jul

Opinion: Trump can’t undo the damage he’s done to reproductive rights

DoryLatest News2024, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Opinion, United States, Vermont

Try as he might, Donald Trump can’t blur the hard reality he forced upon American women. He vowed in 2016 to get rid of Roe v. Wade and succeeded. As a result, American women lost a half-century right to end an unwanted or dangerous pregnancy.

13 Jul

In Missouri governor race, Democratic rivals see abortion rights as path to victory over GOP

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Election 2024, Missouri, United States, Vote

Crystal Quade and Mike Hamra are facing off in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. Both believe an abortion-rights amendment could help them win the governor’s mansion in November.

12 Jul

National Organization for Women hosts rally outside SCOTUS

BarbraLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, NOW, SCOTUS, United States

Protesters with the National Organization for Women gathered outside the Supreme Court on June 24 to advocate for reproductive rights, equal rights and an end to domestic violence.

10 Jul

THE ABORTION FIGHT GOES LOCAL Becerra fears abortion fight is the ‘painful’ start to an erosion of U.S. freedoms

DoryLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, legislation, United States

In February, the secretary of health and human services traveled to Alabama, where he witnessed firsthand the fallout from a local court decision that temporarily banned in vitro fertilization

10 Jul

NJ Pharmacies slow to sign up for no-prescription birth control

DoryLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, New Jersey, OTC, United States

Nearly two months after Gov. Phil Murphy announced newly adopted rules that allow pharmacies to dispense hormonal birth control without a prescription, only about four dozen pharmacies statewide have been approved to do so, state data shows.

09 Jul

Reproductive rights go off the map

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Monitoring, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Privacy, United States

Top House Democrats are releasing their version of a bill that would make it illegal for companies and service providers to collect cellphone location data for patients seeking reproductive or gender affirming care. It’s the latest move by Democratic lawmakers to bolster abortion protections here with the possibility of Republican Donald Trump winning the White House in November looming.

08 Jul

Abortion and the 2024 Election: A Video Primer

AlanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Election 2024, Post-Dobbs, United States

More than a dozen states are weighing abortion-related ballot measures to be decided this fall, most of which would protect abortion rights if passed. KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner and Rachana Pradhan explain what’s at stake in the 2024 election, both at the national and state levels.

08 Jul

Why we’re actually fighting over a medical procedure that allows the infertile to have children

AlanLatest Newsconception, IVF, Opinion, United States, US Senate

Not long ago, in vitro fertilization — the medical process by which human sperm and ovum are united in clinical conditions outside a woman’s body and later implanted, giving the otherwise childless a chance at having a child — would have met scant resistance in the chambers of political power.

07 Jul

GOP, Sen. Scott struggle to navigate politics of IVF

BarbraLatest NewsHealthcare, IUD, IVF, United States

It’s an election-year battle that has U.S. Sen. Rick Scott touting himself in new ads as a “grandpa” who supports in vitro fertilization and Democrats traveling the state with a 20-foot-tall inflatable IUD.

07 Jul

Confusion, clinic closures may have caused big declines in contraception use, study shows

BarbraLatest NewsContraception, Emergency Contraceptive, Post-Dobbs, United States

Clinic closures in the wake of the Dobbs decision and questions about the legality of emergency contraceptives, including disinformation that some are abortion drugs, may have contributed to a sharp drop in the rate of prescriptions for contraceptives in states with the most restrictive abortion bans, according to a University of California Los Angeles study.

03 Jul

In wake of Supreme Court ruling, Biden administration tells doctors to provide emergency abortions

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion, Abortion Care, Biden Administration, Emergency abortions, ER, Health care, Supreme Court Ruling, United States

"The Biden administration told emergency room doctors they must perform emergency abortions when necessary to save a pregnant woman’s health, following last week’s Supreme Court ruling that failed to settle a legal dispute over whether state abortion bans override a federal law requiring hospitals to provide stabilizing treatment. In a letter being sent Tuesday to doctor and hospital associations, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Director Chiquita Brooks-LaSure reminded hospitals of their legal duty to offer stabilizing treatment, which could include abortions. A copy of the letter was obtained by The Associated Press...."

03 Jul

Despite GOP headwinds, citizen-led abortion measures could be on the ballot in 9 states

DoryLatest NewsAbortion ballot measure, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, legislation, United States

For abortion rights supporters in Florida, it was a tumultuous day of highs and lows. On April 1, the Florida Supreme Court paved the way for the state to ban nearly all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. But it also OK’d a ballot measure that would allow Florida voters to overturn the ban this November.

02 Jul

CT sees 150% increase in people coming from out of state for abortion care, officials say

MollyLatest NewsAbortion Care, Connecticut, Increases, Reproductive care, Statistics, travel, Travel for Care, United States

"Connecticut has seen an influx of people coming from out of state to get an abortion in the two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, leaving thousands of people without access to the necessary reproductive and abortion care, officials said. In 2023, there was about a 60 percent increase in people coming to Connecticut for an abortion, while this year saw a 150 percent increase, said Dr. Nancy Stanwood, chief medical officer at Planned Parenthood of Southern New England...."