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This brief presents findings from KFF's 2026 Women's Health Survey and offers an early look at how the information that women encounter online through social media translates into real-world decision about their contraceptive care.
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Plus, oral arguments were heard in the landmark abortion pill case Louisiana v. FDA, and abortion rights ballot initiative will be decided by Idaho voters this fall. Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the m
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On Wednesday, Sep. 9, a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard oral arguments in Louisiana v. FDA , a lawsuit filed by the Louisiana attorney general seeking to end telehealth abortion nationwide, even in states that protect abortion access.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Does Indiana’s near-total abortion ban impinge on religious freedom? That’s the question that was brought before the Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday morning. Oral arguments were the latest legal step in a case that began four years ago when Hoosier Jews for Choice and several anonym
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Guttmacher Institute Announces 2026–2029 Strategic Plan to Meet Urgent Challenges Facing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights September 10, 2026 jloewenberg September 10, 2026 News Release Use link On
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Last month, Gov. Maura Healey signed the Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act into law, making Massachusetts the tenth state, together with Washington, D.C., that does not impose a gestational limit on access to abortion care.
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In case you missed it, a Washington Post columnist published a so-called op-ed late last month that can only be described as an antiabortion, whine-weary litany of complaints about blue states’ targeting of crisis pregnancy centers (its headline, “In Massachusetts, ‘reproductive freedom’ goes only o
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From going undercover as a Playboy bunny to founding Ms Magazine, Steinem brought feminism into the US mainstream. Carter Sherman explains her legacy By the time she died last week at the age of 92, Gloria Steinem had become almost synonymous with the modern feminist movement in the US.
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As we grieve the passing of Gloria Steinem, Ms. founder and feminist visionary, we’re looking back at some of our favorite quotes from Steinem’s 50+ years of speaking and activism across the U.S. and throughout the world.
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The FDA had requested the stay while it continues a safety review of the abortion drug. A federal judge in Texas on Aug. 30 paused a lawsuit seeking to revoke nationwide approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, saying the case won’t be heard until at least Dec. 1 and granting the U.S.
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Massachusetts law no longer imposes a gestational-age limit on abortion—meaning for the first time, a woman in the state can choose to end her pregnancy at any point, without a prosecutor looking over her doctor's shoulder. Gov.
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On Saturday, Aug. 29, more than 45,000 music fans traveled to Irvine, Calif., for the first-ever Daisy Chain Fields music festival, organized and headlined by Olivia Rodrigo, where 100 percent of the proceeds went to organizations supporting women and girls.
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Tina fixated on the tiny cross. She hated that she kept thinking about it. Months later, she’d hate that it made such an impression on her at all. But she couldn’t really blame herself. Tina, 35 at the time, was expecting her second child in five weeks.
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Lisa Kushner still recalls the fear and anxiety she felt upon learning she was pregnant. Kushner has lived in Maine for about 50 years. But at 19, she was a college student in New York, where abortion was illegal. It was 1966.
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At Daisy Chains Fields, philanthropist Melinda French Gates doubled the festival’s initial $10 million donation to ten nonprofits that benefit women and girls. Pop star Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields Festival donated $20 million to ten organizations that benefit women and girls—thanks to a $10
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A Q&A with Dr. Mike Mpoyi, lead for Ipas’s Quality of Care team Dr. Mike Mpoyi, who brings both global health expertise and deep firsthand knowledge of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the east Africa region, explains why reproductive health care must remain part of the Ebola response.
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How members of the Reproductive Freedom Alliance are sharing strategies on shield laws, Medicaid coverage, and building reproductive freedom protections that can survive political and legal setbacks. In this episode of B*tch, Listen, Imani Gandy has a theory: Medicaid coverage for abortion collapses
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As a physician, I was trained with the same mantra: that hormone therapy was only for women who were absolutely miserable, and that if we were to prescribe it, it was for the least amount of time at the smallest dose. That was completely wrong.
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If you’re looking to learn a thing or two about abortion law, Rewire News Group’s legal correspondents have some ideas. To document the rollback of reproductive rights across the United States, Rewire News Group relies on a roster of fierce, feminist lawyers to track key court cases, explain legales
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Last week, President Trump posted to Truth Social his plan to nominate Dr. Heidi Overton as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). (The Contrarian covered the departure of her predecessor, Dr. Marty Makary, when he was pushed out in May.
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Blog Post Study, Fast, Train, Fight: Black August and Reproductive Justice By Mani Vinson, Communications Manager | August 27, 2026 Share https://prh.org/updates/black-august-reproductive-justice/ Click to print Print Icon Share this page via Email Mail Icon Rectangle in the shape of an envelope Sha
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This data note presents key data points describing the current state of the Medicaid program as it affects women.
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Fighting Misinformation About Abortion in the US, Part 3 sramashwar August 26, 2026 Exclude from search No Video Type YouTube Short
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Fighting Misinformation About Abortion in the US, Part 2 sramashwar August 26, 2026 Exclude from search No Video Type YouTube Short
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Fighting Misinformation About Abortion in the US, Part 1 sramashwar August 26, 2026 Exclude from search No Video Type YouTube Short
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A federal district court issued the first post- Dobbs decision recognizing the U.S. Constitution still protects the right to abortion in specific circumstances. And while legal opinions rarely move me to tears—as even the most progressive outcomes are typically cloaked in legal jargon that does not
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New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed a law Thursday establishing the nation’s strongest physical protections for gender-affirming care patients and providers, while expanding legal safeguards for reproductive healthcare access.
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The post How Abortion Restrictions Exacerbate America’s Affordability Crisis appeared first on National Abortion Federation .
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Few decisions carry more weight than whether or when to have a child. Women who decide to end a pregnancy are making an intensely personal, at times deeply emotional, decision. They deserve quality care, compassion and respect.
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Plus, Texas intervenes in surrogacy legal fight and parts of Idaho’s abortion laws are declared unconstitutional. Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive justice.
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I almost bought an Oura Ring at 3:12 in the morning. I was lying awake in my small D.C. apartment, my phone casting a blue glow across my face. I couldn't sleep. Again. My mind was already racing through the work waiting for me in the morning: Federal Register alerts, Google alerts for abortion ban
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Nearly 50 years after Roe came, it went. The Dobbs decision brought a devastating reversal—nut it simultaneously ushered in a moment akin to 1972 ... the opportunity to reimagine bodily autonomy and build something better.
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After his 35-year-old wife bled to death from a miscarriage in a Houston-area hospital, a Texas father is suing—and taking her story to Capitol Hill. “Choosing to bring new life into the world shouldn’t be a death sentence,” insisted Michelle Maloney, the San Antonio attorney working to bring justic
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Feminists and organizers across Europe must start building the kinds of grassroots networks that have helped pregnant Americans get abortion care even in states with bans. As abortion bans rise across the United States, European countries are pushing to enshrine reproductive rights in their national
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The Off-Broadway premiere of The Body of Mary: A Play in Three Acts (of God) —a comedy about controlling the means of reproduction and controlling the narrative, all by controlling Mary—runs Sept. 8 through Oct. 8 at The Gym at Judson Church in New York City.
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When Hope Negumezi took his pregnant wife, Porsha, to a Texas hospital for a miscarriage, he expected routine emergency care. Ten hours later, she bled to death. Hope Ngumezi shares with journalist Bonnie Fuller how his pregnant wife, Porsha, bled to death while waiting in agony for hours for medica
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The post The Danger of Todd Blanche’s Statements on Abortion appeared first on National Abortion Federation .
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If you’ve seen Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s posts about freezing her eggs on Instagram, you’ve likely heard about the backlash she’s facing from folks who have called her, at turns, hypocritical, insincere, selfish and, at 36, too old to be a mother.
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U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill ruled the state’s two anti-abortion laws violate the due process and equal protection clauses of the 14th Amendment.
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Five states now require schools to offer pills on campus or make it available through an off-campus provider. When college students head back to campus for the fall semester, more of them will have guaranteed access to abortion medication.
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McKenna West says she was pressured to end the pregnancy after a fatal heart diagnosis. The biological parents say that’s false — and that Texas’ attorney general has turned their family tragedy into “political theater.”
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A teenage girl and her boyfriend are facing criminal charges in North Carolina after allegedly attempting to self-manage her abortion using pills. She was reportedly 31 weeks pregnant when she took the medication.
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In every issue of Ms. , we track research on our progress in the fight for equality, catalogue can’t-miss quotes from feminist voices and keep tabs on the feminist movement’s many milestones. We’re Keeping Score online, too—in this biweekly roundup. This week: —Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.
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State policy attacks on abortion access in the first half of 2026 sramashwar August 11, 2026 Exclude from search No Video Type YouTube Short
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Across Kentucky, pregnant women are facing growing surveillance and the threat of criminalization for pregnancy outcomes that are often beyond their control. Recent prosecutions have underscored how miscarriage, stillbirth and other complications can be treated not simply as medical events, but as p
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Nearly three dozen anti-abortion groups have called on newly confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche to dust off a 150-year-old law and use it to effectively stop telehealth abortion nationwide: Opinion.
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Telehealth provider At Home Abortion just opened Aug. 11, but the six doctors and nurses running the service have over 100 years combined experience providing abortion and other reproductive healthcare. At Home Abortion (AHA) is the latest to join the growing field of telehealth abortion providers.
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Massachusetts eliminated its cutoff for when someone can get an abortion, making it the tenth state — along with Washington, D.C. — to allow the procedure at any point in pregnancy. “We believe that health care decisions should be made between women and families and their doctors, not politicians,”
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This KFF analysis examines physician fee schedules for medication abortion and abortion procedures to see what states that use their own state funds to pay for abortion services are reimbursing for providing abortion services to Medicaid enrollees.
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Dear Diary, my attorney general nomination just advanced. I just had to pledge to make Dobbs permanent in every state and ban mailed abortion pills. Anything for Donny! To get AngryBlackLady Chronicles straight to your inbox, sign up for Imani’s newsletter here .
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Todd Blanche — whom Republicans hope to confirm as attorney general by the end of the week — has indicated he could steer the Justice Department to prioritize national abortion restrictions, a major shift from how the Trump administration has handled the issue thus far.
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A state funding request went unanswered as the organization warned closures were imminent. Planned Parenthood of Michigan announced on July 30, 2026 that, effective immediately, it would be permanently closing three locations in Lansing, Livonia, and Warren in the face of funding changes and financi
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The post Senate committee backs Todd Blanche after clash over President Trump’s ally payout fund appeared first on National Abortion Federation .
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In a party line vote of 12-10, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general on Wednesday; a full Senate vote is expected in the coming days. The vote prompted a wave of criticism from feminist leaders, democracy advocates and Democratic lawmakers, who warned
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Four years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the fight over abortion access continues to rage. At least four states will ask voters in November to enact or repeal constitutional amendments protecting abortion access.
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Reproductive health clinics have been closing at alarming rates since the Supreme Court ended federal abortion protections in 2022. Every time a clinic closes, patients lose access to care, but that’s not all: Whole communities lose their comprehensive care providers for future generations.
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Global Research Roundup: Abortion access and care—new global evidence July 24, 2026 jloewenberg August 3, 2026 News Release Use link On Facebook Image Guttmacher generic Preview NEW social.png Twitter Image Guttmacher generic Preview NEW social.png
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Plus, the mifepristone legal battle intensifies and abortion care returns to Missouri. Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive justice.
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For generations, students chose colleges based on factors like their academic reputation, tuition costs or social scene. But in today’s divided nation, politics has emerged as a rising influence on where young people pursue higher learning.
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Lizz Winstead explains why political comedy shouldn’t just make you mad and call it a day. In this episode of B*tch, Listen, Imani Gandy tests her theory that the best political humor doesn’t win arguments—but instead changes what people think deserves to be taken seriously in the first place—with L
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Strengthening post-abortion care – Evidence driving action in humanitarian contexts jloewenberg July 29, 2026
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Reproductive justice demands that patients who want or need to end their pregnancy have a full range of care options. When a Louisiana court briefly blocked the telehealth prescribing and remote dispensing of the abortion drug mifepristone in spring of 2026, the outcry and legal retort was swift.
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If there was ever a time to invest in the designer pieces you’ve been eyeing all season, consider this your sign. Some of the most coveted designs have hit the sale side, and the markdowns are too good to ignore.
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The Perfect Birth: Pushing Back Against a Broken Industry, by Avital Norman Nathman, with Deborah Wage, vigorously challenges the Heritage assessment and zeroes in on maternity care voids (sometimes called maternity care deserts) throughout the country. Nathman and Wage spoke to Ms.
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This brief reviews the different sources of abortion data in the United States, the factors that have affected abortion rates across the U.S, before and after Roe v. Wade, and what we may see as the Trump administration, Republican majorities in the House and Senate, and a conservative federal judic
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Imagine being nine months pregnant with no clinic to give birth in and no skilled birth attendant anywhere within reach. This was the reality for 73,000 women who were weeks away from their due date in my native province of Sindh, Pakistan, when catastrophic floods submerged the region in 2022.
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Four years after the fall of Roe , telemedicine is not just a convenience. For thousands of women, it is the best or only option. Telemedicine’s success means that antiabortion threats have grown more sophisticated and intense.
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Antiabortion Republican senators scored a major win from embattled acting Attorney General Todd Blanche during his contentious confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Justice. Texas Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz used Wednesday's hearing to press Blanche to restrict access to the abortion pil
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Guttmacher Releases New Data on Travel for Abortion Care in 2025 July 22, 2026 sramashwar July 16, 2026 News Release Homepage featured title Patterns of Travel for Abortion Care Continued to Shift in 2025 Use link On Facebook Image MAPS July 2026 preview social@4x.
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Patterns of Travel for Abortion Care Continued to Shift in 2025 Report sramashwar July 15, 2026 Exclude from search No Facebook Image MAPS July 2026 preview social@4x.png Twitter Image MAPS July 2026 preview social@4x.png
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The fear of losing their lives is precisely what many pregnant Texas residents say they’ve experienced after four young women died in the state when they were unable to access medically necessary abortions. Three died while doctors delayed their care for hours as they miscarried.
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Misinformation about abortion care is rampant and being weaponized at state and federal levels to justify wide-ranging restrictions across the United States. Ensuring awareness of these narratives, and combatting them with rigorous data and evidence, is critical both for preventing them from becomin
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Judges, lawyers and sexual abuse survivors have raised very strong reasons why it would be reckless and unconscionable for the Senate to confirm Todd Blanche to the post of Attorney General of the United States.
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It’s been quite a week. I’m guessing, like me, you saw a connective thread in the headlines: Accountability rarely arrives on its own. It comes because people refuse to stay silent. The post From Maine to Idaho, From the Senate to the Supreme Court: How Survivors Changed the Conversation This Week a
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In this solo episode of B*tch, Listen, Imani Gandy argues that the best political humor doesn’t just get laughs—it changes what people think deserves respect. From The Daily Show, to Abortion Access Front’s campaign against Anthony Comstock, to Tim Walz calling Republicans weird, Gandy explores how
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The Heritage Foundation has once again taken it upon itself to craft a plan for how to supposedly save America. The report—"Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years"—focuses on marriage, family and the American Dream, and has become widely known as "Project 2026," a f
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Picture a map of the United States. It’s 2022, and in southern states like Texas and Tennessee, there are clusters of black dots that represent independent clinic closures. These are abortion care black holes: communities where it’s no longer possible to get an abortion at a nearby clinic.
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Later abortion is one of the most stigmatized and least understood aspects of reproductive health, and yet some of the voices perpetuating that stigma come from inside the reproductive rights movement itself.
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Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive justice. Here’s the past week’s latest news.
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When most people think about post- Dobbs abortion litigation, they assume every lawsuit is trying to overturn the Supreme Court's decision. But a groundbreaking case in Idaho charts a different course. Brought by maternal-fetal medicine specialist Dr.
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If you’re staring at your closet wondering what to wear when the temperature climbs past 90 degrees, allow Ryan Destiny to solve the problem for you. During ESSENCE Festival of Culture 2026, the multi-hyphenate stepped out looking effortlessly chic without breaking a sweat in one of summer’s most un
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As the United States commemorates the 250th anniversary of its founding, there are many threads about how Americans of previous eras fought for bodily autonomy. Rewire News Group has been covering the ongoing fight for reproductive justice since our founding, offering a comprehensive historical pers
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MAGA Republicans are back in the White House, and Project 2025 is their guide: the right-wing plan to turn back the clock on women’s rights, remove abortion access, and force women into roles as wives and mothers in the “ideal, natural family structure.
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Press Release SCOTUS Harms Trans Students June 30, 2026 Share https://prh.org/press-releases/scotus-harms-trans-students/ Click to print Print Icon Share this page via Email Mail Icon Rectangle in the shape of an envelope Share this page on Pinterest Share this page on Facebook Share this page on Tw
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The United States is on its way to banning or severely restricting birth control. I know this statement will be met with incredulity—but I would refer you to the disbelief so many of us in the reproductive health field faced when we warned that the constitutional right to abortion was in danger.
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Four years after Dobbs , television has become more willing to acknowledge the legal and political barriers to abortion care—but too often, it still reinforces harmful myths. While shows like Grey's Anatomy have depicted the devastating consequences of abortion bans, others continue to fall back on
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New legislation to protect the right to travel for abortion care in the US gsinger June 25, 2026 Exclude from search No Video Type YouTube Short
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Anti-abortion advocates, including Republican lawmakers and state officials, want the EPA to review mifepristone as a water contaminant. Scientists say there’s no evidence it harms the environment or people.
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In the last episode of B*tch, Listen, Imani Gandy laid out her theory that the reproductive rights movement made a critical mistake in running public health and legal strategies around abortion access on parallel tracks.
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“[Indiana, Oklahoma, and Nebraska] are the only states that took additional state-level action to exclude Planned Parenthood from Medicaid during the year the federal ban has been in effect. With the expiration of the national ban on Planned Parenthood Medicaid reimbursement and the Medina decision
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Press Release PRH Announces New Five-Year Strategic Plan June 25, 2026 Share https://prh.org/press-releases/prh-announces-new-five-year-strategic-plan/ Click to print Print Icon Share this page via Email Mail Icon Rectangle in the shape of an envelope Share this page on Pinterest Share this page on
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In every issue of Ms., we track research on our progress in the fight for equality, catalogue can’t-miss quotes from feminist voices and keep tabs on the feminist movement’s many milestones. We’re Keeping Score online, too—in this biweekly roundup. This week: —Rep.
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This week marks four years since the Supreme Court revoked the federal right to abortion, catapulting the nation into an era of state-sanctioned deprivation of bodily autonomy for American women. On this anniversary, we write to take stock of one of the underreported outcomes of Dobbs : the growing
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NATIONWIDE — Dr. Regina Davis Moss, President and CEO of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda , released the following statement marking the fourth anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v.
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Mylissa McNeill never expected to be a mother. But when she learned she was pregnant in the spring of 2022, at age 41, she and her partner were happy and excited at the prospect of parenting a little girl they planned to name Maeve.
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We’ve been here before. When Dobbs v. Jackson came for abortion care in our states, we did two things: We opened clinics across state lines so our patients would still have a legal option. And we stayed.
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Press Release Abortion Providers Call for Change on Anniversary of Dobbs June 24, 2026 Share https://prh.org/press-releases/abortion-providers-call-for-change-on-anniversary-of-dobbs/ Click to print Print Icon Share this page via Email Mail Icon Rectangle in the shape of an envelope Share this page
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Bonyen Lee-Gilmore NAF calls on allies to support abortion access throughout pregnancy, reject viability limits and arbitrary gestation-based abortion bans NATIONWIDE – Today, on the fourth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v.
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Reproductive health clinics have been closing at alarming rates since the Supreme Court ended federal abortion protections in 2022. Facing mounting social and economic pressures, at least 100 clinics closed between the fall of Roe v. Wade and June 2025 , the latest data available.
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Four years after Dobbs , it's clear that reproductive freedom is not an abstract political issue. It is the freedom to build a life. This week, we're launching The Majority campaign—and we want you in it.
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Medication abortion is under attack. Roughly two-thirds of Americans end their pregnancies by taking two abortion drugs—mifepristone and misoprostol . Because these safe, effective medications can be prescribed via telehealth by providers in states that protect abortion access, without an in-office
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On Wednesday, July 1, Georgetown Law and the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law will host the 2026 Supreme Court Term in Review, a timely discussion examining one of the most consequential Supreme Court terms in recent memory.
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Four years after Dobbs overturned Roe v. Wade , the evidence is overwhelming: Reproductive freedom is not a fringe issue. It is a majority value. You, or someone you love, has benefited from contraception, sex education, maternal care, assisted reproduction, miscarriage care or abortion.
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Molly (last name withheld for privacy), a 35-year-old clinic escort, says they will not be deterred from helping patients get the care they need at a Milwaukee clinic that provides abortions. Molly outlines the current landscape of threats facing providers, the history that informs this moment, and
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On Thursday, June 18, Lower Manhattan was packed at every corner with people. They all came out, in droves, as well as in excitement, joy, and in orange and blue, to celebrate the NBA Champion New York Knicks .
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Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive justice. Here’s this week’s latest. Wyoming ultrasound and waiting law violates state constitution, medication abortion can resume in
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Blog Post Juneteenth, Reproductive Justice, and the Ongoing Fight for Freedom PRH providers reflect on Juneteenth, abolition, reproductive justice, and the ongoing fight for bodily autonomy. By Mani Vinson, Communications Manager | June 18, 2026 Share https://prh.
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For generations, Americans have expanded the meaning of "We, the People"—not because our institutions did it on their own, but because ordinary people demanded it. From U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan's powerful reminder that the Constitution did not originally include everyone, to the hard-fought victorie
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Four years after Dobbs , a striking reality has emerged: Abortion bans have not eliminated the need for abortion. Instead, new #WeCount data show that abortions have increased nationwide, driven in large part by the rapid expansion of telehealth and abortion pills by mail.
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The Emmy-nominated team behind a new documentary has a few notes about how Hollywood portrays abortion on screen. Hollywood Does Abortion , which made its world premiere on June 7 at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, traces how movies and TV series have depicted abortion care over the past 50 y
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The remarks support the belief — backed by zero scientific evidence — that abortion drug remnants and fetal remains are polluting drinking water.
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Authored by KFF’s Alina Salganicoff, Ivette Gomez, and Usha Ranji, this article for The Milbank Quarterly examines how state policies create varying levels of access to reproductive healthcare services.
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State abortion restrictions and bans have done substantial damage to the U.S. economy since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. A new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research , a national think tank focused on economic equity and eliminating barriers for women, es
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RHITES (Reproductive Health Initiative for Telehealth Equity & Solutions) sramashwar June 11, 2026
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In every issue of Ms. , we track research on our progress in the fight for equality, catalogue can’t-miss quotes from feminist voices and keep tabs on the feminist movement’s many milestones. We’re Keeping Score online, too—in this biweekly roundup.
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How Innovative Uses of Telehealth Can Support Abortion Access Telehealth has become an increasingly critical lifeline for health equity, including in the realm of reproductive health care, and specifically in abortion care.
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This fact sheet reviews major sources of coverage for women residing in the U.S. in 2024, discusses the impact of the ACA on women’s coverage, and the coverage challenges that many women continue to face.
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Ericka Ayodele Dixon is a Disability Project Senior National Organizer at the Transgender Law Center. June 2026 marks the fourth anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade . For some, this landmark ruling marked an end to abortion access as they knew it.
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The 2000s opened with a contradiction: Feminist ideas had never been more popular—polls found that overwhelming majorities of women and substantial majorities of men agreed with the basic definition of feminism—yet conservatives controlled Washington and were steadily advancing restrictions on repro
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The 1980s opened with a sense of uncertainty for feminists. Just years after the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, the passage of Title IX and the near-ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, Ronald Reagan swept into office backed by a newly energized religious right determined to reverse ma
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New research shows pharmacies can help fill gaps in abortion care in Ethiopia June 9, 2026 jloewenberg June 9, 2026 </spa…
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The increasing costs of fuel for cars and airplanes are adding extra strain to abortion funds that help people pay to travel for care in other states, leaders of several funds said this week. Abortion funds can help when someone must travel from their home state to a state where care is available.
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This brief provides an update on Planned Parenthood closures and participation in the Title X program in the midst of substantial policy changes leading to decreased funding for Planned Parenthood including the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the withholding of federal Title X funding to Planned Pare
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At first glance, Natalie Heller Mills has everything the tradwife internet promises: a beautiful home, a growing family and a devoted audience eager to consume her carefully curated vision of traditional womanhood.
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As Republicans create ever higher barriers to abortion that push abortion seekers later into pregnancy, U.S.-based activists are learning from Latin American feminists who have developed protocols to make second-trimester medication abortion easier and safer.
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Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive justice. Here’s this week’s latest. Mifepristone “review” was pushed by anti-abortion groups The Food and Drug Administration will pro
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This story was produced with the support of the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) as part of its Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice in the Americas Initiative. Wearing a green gown, Yara lay drowsy in a hospital bed in Fortaleza, in the northeastern Brazilian state of Ceará.
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When South Carolina’s abortion abolitionist bill, the Unborn Child Protection Act (S. 1095), was voted out of committee and onto the full Senate floor in late April—“an unprecedented move toward locking up women who have an abortion,” according to Dana Sussman in Slate —it raised a question: How muc
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This State and Federal Reproductive Rights Litigation tracker aggregates information about ongoing litigation regarding abortion bans and restrictions, FDA approval of Mifepristone (an abortion pill) and other federal regulations.
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This timeline traces key moments, movements and leaders that have shaped the fight for women’s rights in the United States and beyond. Compiled by editors at Ms. and researchers from the National Women’s History Alliance, it highlights the interconnected histories of feminism, abolition, labor organ
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A woman is suing an Illinois hospital and OBGYN after allegedly being denied care for her ectopic pregnancy — a condition that can be life-threatening without quick treatment that involves terminating the pregnancy.
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War on Women Report: Abortion Access, Academic Freedom and Trans Rights Under Fire The post War on Women Report: Abortion Access, Academic Freedom and Trans Rights Under Fire appeared first on Physicians for Reproductive Health .
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Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent news in reproductive justice. Here’s this week’s latest. Judge revives case over constitutionality of Arkansas’ abortion ban A lawsuit against Arkansas’ ne
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett was the target of a “swatting” incident – a false call reporting gunshots intended to provoke a response from law enforcement officials – on Wednesday night, according to a report on social media.
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Readers respond to an article by Roe McDermott saying that women don’t need laws to make them ‘reflect’ on their choices Well done to Roe McDermott for saying what is rarely said – that abortion doesn’t lead to inevitable regret (
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How to Counter 10 False Narratives About Abortion in an Age of Misinformation Misinformation about abortion care is rampant and being…
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Media Mentions How doctors will handle abortions if mifepristone telehealth access is banned By Scientific American | May 27, 2026 Share https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-doctors-will-handle-abortions-if-mifepristone-telehealth-access-is-banned/#new_tab Click to print Print Icon Share t
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So hey, Missouri. It’s me. AngryBlackLady. You probably knew I was coming. I’ve been writing open letters to you since 2015. I’ve written five of these now, if you’re counting, which I am, because I have a spreadsheet, not to mention a deep and abiding sense of exhaustion.
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The numbers are staggering: Between 2024 and 2025, death threats against abortion providers more than doubled. Stalking incidents more than doubled. Clinic blockades surged by 500 percent. There were four arsons. A planned assassination attempt against a Montana provider.
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As we pause to mark Memorial Day on Monday, I’m thinking about the women affected by war—whether they’re fighting on the front lines, working in the service as nurses, or civilians saddled with the consequences of wars started by men living in far-off lands who barely know they exist.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:May 22, 2026Contact: naf@berlinrosen.com Lawsuit Challenges Taxpayer-Funded Payout Scheme Alexandria, Va. — In the most comprehensive case of its kind, the National Abortion Federation (NAF) is joining a broad coalition of organizations and individuals harmed by the Trump-Vanc.
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Plus, a woman gives birth in a Brooklyn courtroom and veterans sue Trump administration over VA abortion ban. The post Iowa Restricts Access to Abortion Pills, HPV Vaccines appeared first on Rewire News Group .
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While the idea of the U.S. as a bastion of moral superiority has always been a myth—evident, for example, in efforts to shield Jim Crow laws from scrutiny in the founding of the United Nations—the overturning of Roe v.
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It is critically important to keep reproductive health and the chaos at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) front and center in the headlines. Why? Two words: midterm elections. Last week, within 48 hours of each other the Supreme Court issued an emergency stay pausing the Fifth Circuit’s attempt
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On Mother's Day, the Department of Health and Human Resources published moms.gov. We invited LTA Class of 2026 Fellows to call out the mis- and disinformation. The post PRH Fellows Correct New HHS Site, Moms.gov appeared first on Physicians for Reproductive Health .
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Conservatives have launched a campaign to redefine motherhood in culture and the law. The post The Trump Administration Wants More Trad Wives (Podcast) appeared first on Rewire News Group .
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On May 1, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the mailing of mifepristone, one of the most widely used abortion medications in the country, threatening access for patients already facing a shrinking number of clinics nationwide.
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Moms.gov may present itself as a resource for “new and expecting mothers,” but its deeper message is unmistakable: motherhood as patriotic obligation, reproductive autonomy as suspect, and declining birth rates as a national crisis.
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The method of treatment for a miscarriage is the same two-drug regimen that is used to terminate a pregnancy before 12 weeks. The post Miscarriage Patients Have Fewer Treatment Options in States With Abortion Bans, Study Shows appeared first on Rewire News Group .
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Carina Pacheco, naf@berlinrosen.com The National Abortion Federation’s 2025 Violence & Disruption Report Shows Increase in Attacks Against Abortion Providers, Patients Alongside Reduced Enforcement of the FACE Act, Providers Reported Surge in Digital Harassment and Rac
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As many as 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they want to migrate, citing better work life balance to Trump’s politics It was in 2022, when Americans were reeling from the news that the supreme court had overturned
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US Research Roundup: Contraception, Gender-Affirming Care and Medication Abortion May 19, 2026 mcherins May 18, 2026 </span...
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Supreme Court preserves access to mifepristone by mail The post Supreme Court preserves access to mifepristone by mail appeared first on Physicians for Reproductive Health .
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In response to today’s Supreme Court decision to preserve telehealth access to mifepristone while Louisiana v. FDA litigation continues, Dr. Regina Davis Moss, President and CEO of IOOV, issued the following statement...
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n addition to ongoing litigation, last September the Trump administration FDA, after requests from anti-abortion organizations and state attorneys general, initiated an internal review of mifepristone’s safety.
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In addition to ongoing litigation, last September the Trump administration FDA, after requests from anti-abortion organizations and state attorneys general, initiated an internal review of mifepristone’s safety.
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Statement from Brittany Fonteno, President and CEO of The National Abortion Federation, on the Supreme Court’s decision to maintain access to mifepristone via telehealth nationwide while litigation proceeds: “The Supreme Court’s decision today is critical to ensuring continued access to mifepristone
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The Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon issued an order that continued to block a ruling by a federal appeals court in Louisiana which had barred the mailing of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions – the most common form of abortion in the United States.
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The Court said a 2023 FDA rule allowing people to access mifepristone via telehealth and at a pharmacy could remain in place while the lawsuit plays out in a federal appeals court. The post SCOTUS Blocks Lower-Court Restriction on Abortion Pill Access appeared first on Rewire News Group .
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US Supreme Court Allows Telehealth and Mailing of Mifepristone to Continue May 14, 2026 jloewenberg May 14, 2026 ...
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Today, the Supreme Court of the United States continues to pause Louisiana’s attempt to eliminate mifepristone via mail and for pick up at pharmacy while the litigation continues. Dr. Jamila Perritt, ob/gyn in Washington DC and President & CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Health responds: “Today’s
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After briefly letting a national ban take effect, the Supreme Court blocked a lower court’s ruling that would have prevented mailing a key abortion drug. The decision, issued Thursday, allows telehealth dispensation of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in most abortions, to continue while the stat
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What is mifepristone? The post What is mifepristone? appeared first on Physicians for Reproductive Health .
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made multiple headlines this week—starting with the on-again-off-again tenure of Dr. Marty Makary in his role as FDA commissioner. The FDA has drawn the ire of antiabortion activists over the agency’s approach to mifepristone regulation, including it
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The mifepristone case that has landed on the Supreme Court’s shadow docket is the new face of conservative efforts to impose a nationwide ban on abortion. It’s possible that the Court is close and needs a little more time to reach a decision.
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Thursday, May 14, at 5 p.m. ET, the Supreme Court’s temporary stay in the mifepristone case is set to expire, once again leaving abortion providers, patients and advocates waiting to see whether the Court will extend the pause, or allow the Fifth Circuit’s restrictions on mifepristone to take effect
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On May 4, 2026, the PRH community came together to honor two courageous abortion providers, Dr. Sarah Prager and Dr. Caitlin Bernard. The post 2026 Voices of Courage Honored Providers and Raised Critical Funds to Support Our Network appeared first on Physicians for Reproductive Health .
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In every issue of Ms. , we track research on our progress in the fight for equality, catalogue can’t-miss quotes from feminist voices and keep tabs on the feminist movement’s many milestones. We’re Keeping Score online, too—in this biweekly roundup.
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Food and Drug Commissioner Marty Makary’s planned resignation creates a new opening for anti-abortion activists to push for national restrictions on the procedure — and in particular, limit the availability of a key abortion drug.
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Mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in medication abortions, which are the most common form of abortions in the United States, will remain widely available throughout the United States, at least for now.
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The Court’s stay of a Fifth Circuit ruling that temporarily restricted mifepristone nationwide now expires on May 14, 2026. The post SCOTUS Extends Block on Lower-Court Ruling, Keeping Abortion Pill Widely Accessible—For Now appeared first on Rewire News Group .
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As legal battles over abortion pills continue to play out in the courts, many people across the United States are asking the same urgent question: If the Supreme Court or lower courts restrict access to mifepristone by mail, how can American women still get abortion pills? The short answer: There ar
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This Mother’s Day weekend arrives amid extraordinary legal and political upheaval over reproductive freedom, voting rights and the economic survival of mothers. The post This Mother’s Day, Women Are Fighting for Healthcare, Democracy and Survival appeared first on Ms. Magazine .
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Opinion: In 2026, and particularly on Mother's Day, it's important that "the talk" goes beyond tampons to include sex, abortion, and the current political landscape. The post Why I’m Giving My Daughters a More Comprehensive Period Talk in Post-‘Roe’ Texas appeared first on Rewire News Group .
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President & CEO Dr. Jamila Perritt - "We know for people who are prosecuted for their pregnancy outcomes, a significant proportion of them come to the attention of law enforcement because they sought health care, and a doctor or nurse or social worker called the police, and so that’s the part that k
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Plus, Minnesota has a staggering maternal mortality rate among Indigenous people, and a new lawsuit claims Arkansas' abortion ban denies pregnant people life-saving care. The post Kentucky Abortion Ban Stands Despite Court Victory Over ‘Human Life’ Definition appeared first on Rewire News Group .
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The state of Louisiana on Thursday afternoon urged the Supreme Court to leave in place an order by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that prohibits the mailing of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions.
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A highlight of being in Ireland has been following the local news, especially the robust abortion beat: Irish lawmakers have been waging a loud fight to expand abortion rights—in particular, to ensure unnecessary waiting periods don’t impede access to care.
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Louisiana shows how the fight to erase Black political power is wrapped up in the fight to upend abortion access. The post Louisiana is Ground Zero for Voting Rights, Abortion Pill Access appeared first on Rewire News Group .
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PRH Fellow Dr. Bhaskari Burra - "Anecdotally, I’ve never had anybody experience any adverse effects from mifepristone or any untoward side effects that we weren’t expecting or unexplained complications from taking mifepristone.
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Tennessee was supposed to face nine women in court on April 27 in a closely watched trial over the state’s abortion ban—women who say they were denied emergency care, forced to flee the state for abortions, or pushed to the brink of death after suffering catastrophic pregnancy complications.
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This brief reviews the case now before the Supreme Court, Louisiana v. FDA, and provides an overview of the other pending litigation involving mifepristone, and the mounting tension between states seeking to protect abortion and the states banning the provision of abortion.
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Before 1973, providers had to approve every procedure. This bureaucratic, sometimes arbitrary practice has returned in states that ban abortion—and it’s creating dangerous delays in care. The post Forcing Abortion Patients to Prove ‘Medical Necessity’ Recalls Pre-‘Roe’ Era: Analysis appeared first o
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Click to expand Image Mifepristone at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ames, lowa, US, July 18, 2024. © 2024 Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo The US Supreme Court paused on Monday an order by the country’s Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that had inflicted a serious blow to abortion access nationwide.
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On May 5, 2026, Physicians for Reproductive Health, represented by Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States detailing how critical it is for patients to be able to access mifepristone for abortion care via telehealth and how requir
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Kristyn Brandi, MD, abortion provider in New Jersey and previous board chair with Physicians for Reproductive Health, explains how abortion access has expanded via telemedicine post-Dobbs and how abortion care providers are navigating shifting policies.
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A Kentucky woman was arrested for allegedly ordering abortion drugs online. Her case shows how restrictive policies can trap people just trying to cope with an unintended pregnancy. The post In Rural Appalachia, Abortion Pill Offers Reproductive Choice and Privacy—But Police May See a Crime appeared
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SCOTUS is poised to weigh in on the tug-of-war over access to mifepristone. What happens next could upend a popular form of abortion care—telehealth medication abortion—nationwide. The post Abortion Pill Access Is in Limbo. Here’s What’s at Stake—and Your Options.
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Abortion pill access by mail will continue uninterrupted as a key drug’s approval for use ricochets through the nation’s highest courts. On May 4, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily halted an appeals court’s decision that would have barred prescribing mifepristone — one of two drugs used in most med
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Statement from Brittany Fonteno, President and CEO of The National Abortion Federation, on the Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily restore access to mifepristone via telehealth: “The National Abortion Federation is encouraged that the Supreme Court has temporarily restored nationwide access to .
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Op-Ed by President & CEO Dr. Jamila Perritt - "As a board-certified, full-spectrum obstetrician and gynecologist, an abortion provider, and someone who has been caring for patients over the last 25 years, I’ve witnessed the real-life impact that anti-abortion laws and rules fueled by abortion stigma
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On Saturday, two companies that manufacture mifepristone came to the court in Danco Laboratories v. Louisiana, asking the justices to pause a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in a lawsuit by Louisiana that reinstated the requirement that the drug be dispensed only in person.
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“Today’s decision is yet another dangerous escalation in this administration’s campaign to attack reproductive health care by advancing politically motivated restrictions on mifepristone. We know that Black women and gender-expansive people will bear the brunt of this outcome—not only with how we ma
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Late on Friday, May 1, judges on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals—notorious among abortion-rights advocates and legal commentators for being highly conservative and hostile to abortion access—entered a nationwide ban on U.S.
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Statement from Brittany Fonteno, President and CEO of The National Abortion Federation, on the Fifth Circuit’s decision in Louisiana v. FDA: “The National Abortion Federation strongly condemns the Fifth Circuit’s decision to reinstate an in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone nationwide.
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WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court in a ruling today imposed severe nationwide restrictions on mifepristone, blocking the medication abortion drug from being dispensed through the mail or via telemedicine appointments.
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A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked a policy allowing medical professionals to prescribe abortion pills through telehealth. If upheld, the injunction could upend how abortions are provided in the United States, ending access to abortion for people in states with bans and making it much t
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Today, a federal appeals court granted Louisiana’s motion in State of Louisiana et al v Food and Drug Administration, effective immediately. As a result, mifepristone via telehealth is no longer accessible for anyone seeking abortion care in the country.
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Fifth Circuit Decision Directs FDA to Restrict Mifepristone Access May 1, 2026 mcherins May 1, 2026
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Plus, the Supreme Court guts voting Civil Rights-era protections for Black voters, and trans Idahoans fight back. The post Judge Pauses Wyoming Abortion Ban appeared first on Rewire News Group .
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Title X is the federal program that funds family planning and reproductive health services nationwide—and under President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for 2027, it would be effectively eliminated, reshaping access to care for women across the country.
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The post Safe abortion pills, close to home: evidence from Nigeria appeared first on Ipas .
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This brief reviews current federal and state policies on Medicaid and insurance coverage of abortion services in the U.S. and presents national and state estimates on the availability of abortion coverage for people enrolled in private plans, Marketplace plans, and Medicaid.
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MAGA Republicans are back in the White House, and Project 2025 is their guide: the right-wing plan to turn back the clock on women’s rights, remove abortion access, and force women into roles as wives and mothers in the “ideal, natural family structure.
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“Crisis pregnancy centers” offer ideological counseling—not medical care. A Supreme Court ruling in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin may help to stretch the legal and regulatory loopholes that allow this deception.
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In front of the House Judiciary Committee, Prof. Jessica Waters gave a forceful defense of the FACE Act and pushed back on efforts to recast clinic blockades as protected speech. "People should be able to seek medical care, and medical professionals should be able to provide it, without fear of viol
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“Crisis pregnancy centers” offer ideological counseling, not medical care. A campaign to stretch the legal and regulatory loopholes that allow this deception spans from Kansas to the nation’s highest court.
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The Abortion in the U.S. Dashboard is an ongoing research project tracking state abortion policies and litigation following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
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The interactive map shows the increase in states with laws restricting abortion coverage in Medicaid and private insurance in 2010 compared to the present.
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The post Advancing gender-responsive sexual and reproductive health in Mozambique appeared first on Ipas .
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In every issue of Ms. , we track research on our progress in the fight for equality, catalogue can’t-miss quotes from feminist voices and keep tabs on the feminist movement’s many milestones. We’re Keeping Score online, too—in this biweekly roundup.
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A recent study about access for servicewomen couldn’t be completed because only 3 people agreed to participate. The post Culture of Silence Around Abortions for Active-Duty Military Intensifies, Researchers Say appeared first on Rewire News Group .
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New Guttmacher Tool Instantly Calculates the Health and Economic Value of Safe Abortion Care April 29, 2026 jloewenberg April 2...
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In the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , there have been concerted efforts in states across the country and by the Trump administration to further limit access to abortion, but also to reproductive healthcare access and rights more broadly. These efforts have not gone unchecked.
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The justices on Monday considered the proper relationship between state and federal courts and wrestled with confusion surrounding a doctrine addressing that relationship as they heard oral argument in T.M.
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Plus: DOJ accuses prosecutors of weaponizing law to punish anti-abortion protesters, and Sen. Josh Hawley targets abortion pill manufacturer. The post Multiple Women Accuse Rep. Eric Swalwell of Sexual Misconduct appeared first on Rewire News Group .
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Conservatives are running a multi-layered campaign to try and ban abortion pills entirely. The post The Anti-Choice Movement’s Obsession with Abortion Pills (Podcast) appeared first on Rewire News Group .
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has released an 882-page report Tuesday about the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. The Act does just what it sounds like it would do: Makes it possible for individuals who provide medical care or want to receive it to enter clinics that provide reprod
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On June 24, 2026, we’ll reach the fourth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s infamous Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. This year, which would have been Roe’s 53rd anniversary, also coincides with the United States’ 250th, reminding us that while the U.S.
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What kind of man would sue the state of Arizona on behalf of the women here? Dr. Paul Isaacson. Thanks to his recent win court (with legal lead the Center for Reproductive Rights), women in Arizona are no longer forced to go through a 24-hour period between scheduling and getting an abortion, which
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The Justice Department accused the Biden administration of unfairly prosecuting anti-abortion activists the day after it fired at least four attorneys who were involved in prosecuting those cases. The accusations come in the first report from the Justice Department’s “Weaponization Working Group,” w
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Some conservative policymakers and analysts have tried to use proposals like “Trump accounts” and medals for motherhood to frame the administration's agenda as “pro-family." But in reality, that framing is centered on an overly narrow definition of family: a married husband and wife, with the wife i
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A district court judge has stayed Louisiana’s ongoing attempt to restrict access to the abortion medication mifepristone, to allow time for the Food and Drug Administration to finish its own review of the medication—which comes directly at the orders of RFK Jr.
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Just the Numbers: Australia’s Support for Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Policy Analysis sramashwar <time datetime="2026-04-10...
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Despite for calls from Republican leaders and anti-abortion organizations for the FDA to act quickly, the Louisiana district court has given the FDA until October 7, 2026, one month before the midterms, to file a report with the status of its review and any updated timeframe for completion.
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Despite for calls from Republican leaders and anti-abortion organizations for the FDA to act quickly, the Louisiana district court has given the FDA until October 7, 2026, one month before the midterms, to file a report with the status of its review and any updated timeframe for completion.
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Abortion Care, Unsafe Abortion and Postabortion Care in Malawi Access to safe abortion care in Malawi is difficult.
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This column first appeared in The Amendment, a newsletter by Errin Haines, The 19th’s editor-at-large. Subscribe today to get early access to her analysis. When Alexis McGill Johnson took the helm as leader of Planned Parenthood in 2020, the nation’s largest provider of reproductive care and a major
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Decentralized community networks have mushroomed across the country. Existing outside of the formal medical system, community providers mail free abortion pills (mifepristone and misoprostol) to tens of thousands of pregnant women and people each year and support them to self-manage their abortions.
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Click to expand Image Supporters of Planned Parenthood rally in front of the Supreme Court in Washington DC, as the Justices will be hearing the case of Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, April 2, 2025.
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This factsheet discusses HPV and related cancers, use of the HPV vaccines for both females and males, and insurance coverage and access to the vaccines.
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Today, a judge from the Western District Court of Louisiana granted the Trump Administration’s request to stay State of Louisiana et al v Food and Drug Administration until the Food and Drug Administration conducts and finalizes yet another politically motivated review of mifepristone.
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Attacks on abortion and gender-affirming care are inextricably linked Opinion mcherins <time datetime="2026-04-07T14:15:01-06:00" title="Tuesday, April ...
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We know the names of nine women who have died after doctors denied them life-saving care because of fears they would be criminally prosecuted under abortion bans: Josseli Barnica, Yeniifer Alvarez-Estrada Glick, Amber Nicole Thurman, Candi Miller, Porsha Ngumezi, Taysha Wilkinson-Sobieski, Nevaeh Cr
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A looming policy change threatens to undo existing protections and leave pregnant immigrant teens in federal custody without meaningful access to abortion care. We won’t know what direction the rule will take until the proposed rule is released, but if the Trump administration’s antiabortion policie
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Plus: Idaho makes it a crime for trans people to use bathrooms that match their gender; and Kansas overrides governor’s veto, passing law that undercuts regulation of anti-choice pregnancy centers. The post Republicans Probe Abortion Pill Manufacturers appeared first on Rewire News Group .
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As the war in Iran rages on another week, 13 United States armed service members have been killed, three of them women. Nearly 20 percent of those currently serving across the entire U.S. military are women—who also represent the fastest-growing segment of the veteran population, more than 2 million