United States – Page 9 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

06 May

Motherhood has a PR problem — and It’s Not What You Think

RandyLatest NewsBodily Autonomy, Mother's Day, Pregnancy, United States

We continue to ask women to make impossible trade-offs between caregiving and career, and then scrutinize whichever choice they make.

06 May

Supreme Court sides with anti-abortion center raising First Amendment fears about state probe

PhoenixLatest NewsAnti-abortion, crisis pregnancy centers, GOP, Reproductive rights, SCOTUS, Trump, United States

The Supreme Court sided with a faith-based pregnancy center that raised First Amendment concerns about an investigation into whether it misled people to discourage abortions.

06 May

Abortion isn’t the issue in 2026. But it’s still definitely an issue.

PhoenixLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Affordability, Democrats, Healthcare, Midterms, Reproductive rights, United States, Vote

Affordability is leading voters’ concerns heading into the midterms. But Democrats are still embracing abortion as a top issue in some state Supreme Court and downballot races.

05 May

Trump Is Going After Birth Control. Here’s Why.

JordanLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Birth Control, Contraception, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Trump, United States

We are entering a startling new era in the politics of birth control, with President Donald Trump launching the most serious effort in decades to curb contraception.

04 May

Medicaid rule targeting abortion providers set to expire

JordanLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Anti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

A controversial rule enacted last year that denies federal Medicaid funding to abortion providers is likely to expire this summer, despite anti-abortion pressure on Republicans to renew it.

04 May

Trump admin wants to test drinking water for abortion and birth control pills

PhoenixLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Contraception, EPA, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency recommended earlier this month that states begin testing drinking water for certain forms of abortion pills and contraceptives – a worrisome move that comes after a years-long pressure campaign from anti-abortion organizations weaponizing environmental regulations to further undermine access to care. In a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden demanded scientific justification for including abortion medications and birth control pills on the EPA’s human health benchmarks list, giving the EPA until May 5th to respond.

03 May

Supreme Court asked to pause ruling blocking telehealth and mail access to abortion pills

FlynnLatest NewsAbortion Pills, election issue, SCOTUS, United States

The emergency appeal comes a day after a federal appeals court granted Louisiana's request to require that mifepristone be dispensed in person.

03 May

Oral Contraceptive Pills: Access and Availability

RandyLatest NewsContraception, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

For over 60 years, American women have relied on oral contraceptive pills to prevent pregnancy. Oral contraceptives are the most widely used form of reversible contraception and are also commonly used to manage other health conditions.

03 May

Amid Falling Birth Rates, Federal Family Planning Is Overhauled

PhoenixLatest NewsBirth Rate, GOP, Healthcare, Pregnancy, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 3.6 million births in 2025, a 1 percent decline from 2024. The fertility rate dropped to 53.1 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44, down 23 percent since 2007.

02 May

Most US adults still support abortion access, despite declines for some Christians

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Christians, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

Though majorities in both groups support abortion being legal, a new survey by the Public Religion Research Institute found that both white Catholics and white mainline/nonevangelical Protestants have demonstrated a small swing toward an anti-abortion position since 2024.

01 May

Six Reproductive Freedom Storylines to Watch in 2026

RandyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Trump, United States

Voters continue to reject abortion bans and support reproductive freedom champions at the ballot box; anti-abortion actors are escalating, not retreating, despite their proven unpopularity; and the human cost of abortion bans is mounting while the full damage is still untold.

29 Apr

Red States Thought They Could Stop Abortions. They Ended Up Stopping Only the Lifesaving Ones.

AlanLatest NewsAnti-abortion, GOP, Healthcare, misogyny, Red States, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Trump, United States

Abortion rates have increased nationwide since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

28 Apr

Trump has turned Title X upside down: from a contraception program into a pronatalist machine

AlanLatest Newsconception, GOP, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Safety Net, Title X, Trump, United States

First the administration sought to defund Title X. Now it’s reimagining what it stands forhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/14/trump-title-x-contraception-program-pronatalist

28 Apr

New 50-State Survey Data: Six in Ten Americans, Including Most Religious Americans, Independents, Support Abortion Legality

CoreyLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Six in ten Americans (61%) say abortion should be legal in most or all cases, according to a new survey report published today by PRRI. Based on interviews with more than 22,000 adults conducted throughout 2025 as part of the PRRI American Values Atlas, while 36% of Americans say abortion should be illegal in most or all cases, the share of Americans who say abortion should be illegal in all cases has dropped by half since 2010, from 15% to 8% in 2025.

27 Apr

Why Reproductive Justice and Trans Liberation Are One Fight

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Trans Rights, United States

Reproductive justice and transgender liberation are deeply connected, grounded in the shared principles of bodily autonomy, self-determination, and freedom from discrimination and state violence.