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.
Hospitals in New York, Rhode Island indicate they will share patient records
A federal judge in California has temporarily blocked Stanford from sharing the medical records of trans children with DOJ prosecutors in Texas. The ruling is the latest in a tug-of-war between hospitals and the federal government in the Trump administration’s efforts to investigate facilities that have provided gender-affirming care to minors. Last week, New York’s Mount Sinai hospital reportedly told patients that it would share records with the DOJ. In May, a Texas judge ruled Brown University must turn over similar records.
GOP candidates who voted against abortion bans, got voted out
GOP lawmakers who oppose extreme abortion laws keep losing races. At least five have lost re-election bids since 2024, ProPublica reports. The latest is Eric Murphy, of North Dakota’s 43rd District. Last year, troubled by all the pregnant people dying under near-total abortion bans, he proposed allowing abortion in the state until 15 weeks, up from six. The bill was derided as “pro-choice,” and on June 10, Murphy lost his primary race by 130 votes. Louisiana and South Carolina have seen incumbents similarly unseated.
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Alabama warns mail-order abortion organizations
On Tuesday, Alabama sent cease-and-desist letters to groups it says are advertising and distributing abortion drugs to people in the state, violating its near-total ban. The move is the latest in a string of state-driven attempts to restrict access to medication abortion. In May, Oklahoma made it a felony to deliver abortion medications to a pregnant person. And a bill advancing in Ohio’s legislature would make certain drugs deemed to have “severe adverse effects” (including safe and effective mifepristone) harder to get.
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