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The elation that so many of us have been feeling in the wake of the mid-terms has been tamped down in Idaho as the result of two powerful and closely related reminders that the unremitting attacks on abortion rights are not going to let up any time soon. First, on Oct.
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On Sept. 17, following nearly three years of litigation and a six-week trial, California’s Department of Justice delivered its closing arguments in a landmark case against RealOptions Obria and Heartbeat International, seeking to stop their use of “false and misleading claims to advertise abortion p
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The post Abortion resurfaces as a decisive issue amid blue wave appeared first on National Abortion Federation .
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In three of the four states that put abortion on the ballot, voters opted to protect their reproductive rights. Abortion rights continued to expand nationwide in the 2026 midterm election. In three of four states that put abortion on the ballot , voters opted to protect their reproductive rights.
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Missouri would have been the first state to explicitly ban abortion in its constitution.
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Two years ago, Missouri voters approved a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights, overturning one of the nation's strictest abortion bans. Now, they're being asked to undo it. Feminists and reproductive healthcare advocates urge Missourians to vote no on Amendment 3.
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Press Release New NAPAWF Research Finds Rising Costs and Immigration Fear are Blocking Healthcare Access October 29, 2026 Share https://prh.org/press-releases/barriers-to-reproductive-health-care-research/ Click to print Print Icon Share this page via Email Mail Icon Rectangle in the shape of an env
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The real Halloween horror villains are antiabortion organizations masquerading as legitimate healthcare clinics while working to prevent women from accessing abortion care. Throughout October, Reproductive Transparency Now and the Southwest Women’s Law Center have joined forces for a Halloween-theme
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In the fall of 2024, Louisiana implemented the nation’s first-ever law designating mifepristone and misoprostol as controlled substances. That put the pills in the same category as opioids and anxiety medications that have a high risk of dependency and abuse, even though mifepristone and misoprost
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First-Ever National Estimates Show that Advanced Practice Clinicians Provided More than 360,000 Abortions in 2025 October 29, 2026 imarte October 29, 2026 News Release Use link On
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Alex Goyette’s new psychological horror film Breeder , opening in U.S. theaters Wednesday, Oct. 28, explores the terrifying ambitions of Patti (Dot-Marie Jones), a poodle breeder who lures young men to her remote ranch with promises of research funding.
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Advanced Practice Clinicians Play a Critical Role in US Abortion Provision Advanced practice clinicians—which include physician associates (also known as physician assistants), advanced practice registered nurses, nurse practitioners, certified midwives and certified nurse midwives—play critical rol
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More than half (53%) of reproductive-age women living in states with abortion-provision bans say they would not know where to go or where to find information if they needed an abortion, up from 43% in 2024, according to a new KFF survey.
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This brief provides national estimates from the 2026 KFF Women’s Health Survey on reproductive age women’s experiences with abortion, the impact of Dobbs on abortion access and women’s concerns about future pregnancies, as well as women’s knowledge on the availability of medication abortion.
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Women started getting married later once abortion became legal nationwide. Now that Roe v. Wade is dead, could more pregnant teens could be pushed into wedlock? California became the 18th state to ban child marriage in the U.S. on Sept. 30, when Gov.
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Rebecca Nall was watching the numbers go up, and she needed to make a decision. Nall — the founder of I Need An A , an online directory of abortion providers — was in the running for multiple website domain names at an auction, but bids were rising fastest on the one she wanted the most: abortion.
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Click to expand Image A box of Mifepristone combined with Misoprostol tablets, May 2026. © 2026 Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via AP Photo (Tokyo) – A South Korean government proposal would allow medication abortion in South Korea in 2027, but overly restrictive regulations will continue to impair the ri
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In her new book Side Effects: How Abortion Bans Impact Everyone’s Health , journalist Alice Miranda Ollstein shows that abortion bans aren't just restricting reproductive care—they're disrupting cancer treatments, chronic disease medications, fertility services and lifesaving medical research. "...
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In the ongoing November 2026 election, voters in three states (Idaho, Nevada and Virginia) will consider ballot measures designed to protect abortion rights by affirming a statutory or constitutional right to abortion and in some cases other reproductive rights.
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In a refreshing twist, a Season 11 cast member dispelled common anti-abortion talking points. Did you happen to hear a swell of exhausted sighs last week? It was the collective sound of people across the U.S.
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No surprise, the Food and Drug Administration now plans to hold off on releasing its so-called safety review of mifepristone—the drug most often used in medication abortions—until March 2027, when the midterms will be safely in the rearview mirror.
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Beth Osborne, a Las Vegas writer and activist, had an abortion as a teenager. Now, she is working to convince Nevadans to approve Question 6 on their November ballots, which would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution and preserve safe, legal abortion in the state.
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This policy tracker documents exceptions in each state’s most restrictive gestational limit or total ban.
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Plus, OB-GYNs advised to start HRT sooner for patients in menopause, and the new White House press secretary holds strong anti-abortion views. 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 repr
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Katie Zacharia held strong anti-abortion views. Plus, Texas woman sues anti-abortion group under law it helped to pass, and OB-GYNs advised to start HRT sooner for patients in menopause. Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ+ righ
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No band has been louder about its feminism—and braver in putting their bodies where their mouths are—than L7, the Los Angeles rock band who recently launched their farewell world tour, despite a year marked by tragic loss.
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Michele Tafoya, who called herself a “first trimester gal” and hailed Roe v. Wade’s demise, seems to be gaslighting voters on her abortion stance.
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Nevada became a hub for abortion care after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022—but now that trend is reversing. We asked experts why. Abortion is on the ballot in Nevada—again. For the second time in two years, Nevadans will vote on a measure that would protect the right to abortion.
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Plus, Maryland requires more in-depth mammogram reporting and the Department of Health and Human Services directs Title X funds to anti-abortion groups. Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent ne
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Plus, Maryland requires more in-depth mammogram reporting and the Department of Health and Human Services directs Title X funds to anti-abortion groups. Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour headlines nationwide—from lawsuits over abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights—to bring you the most urgent ne
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Across the United States, teen pregnancy rates have fallen to historic lows—the result of decades of investment in evidence based prevention, improved access to information and sustained support for young people.
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Even if the FDA preserves telehealth abortion, they want mandatory ultrasounds, waiting periods and in-person visits. As they await a federal decision on a potential nationwide ban on telehealth abortions, anti-abortion activists plan to push more states to require women to visit a doctor’s office,
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Abortion Ballot Measures in 2026 sramashwar October 7, 2026 Exclude from search No Video Type YouTube Short
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Search Yelp for "pregnancy care" and you may encounter a crisis pregnancy center (CPC)—an organization that may advertise as a full-service clinic but does not provide abortions or referrals to abortion providers. Yelp labels these listings accordingly.
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This is a pivotal moment for philanthropy focused on women and girls—not only because our rights are actively under attack in the U.S. and globally, but because we’re on the cusp of an unprecedented opportunity to shape the future.
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In an excerpt from When in Menopause , lawyer and writer Jennifer Weiss-Wolf explains how to find an informed clinician, prepare for appointments and recognize when dismissal is a reason to move on. The post You Deserve Better Menopause Care. Here’s How to Demand It. appeared first on Ms. Magazine .
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Blog Post Mifepristone is under attack. Again. Still. Here’s what’s at stake in Louisiana v. FDA By Adrienne Ramcharan, Assistant Director, State Policy , Natasha Rappazzo, Reproductive Justice Fellow | October 5, 2026 Share https://prh.
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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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The laws protect providers who mail abortion medication to patients in other states. Plus, Arkansas’ abortion ban is in court, and medical society urges OB-GYNs to protect their high-risk pregnant patients despite state restrictions.
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There are 31 state supreme court elections across the country in 2026 with 64 seats at play. The justices who will fill those seats will issue rulings that could shape issues from abortion access to voting rights.
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In 2022, Amanda Zurawski became a national figure after she nearly died from pregnancy complications in Texas. Zurawski had conceived that pregnancy through intrauterine insemination (IUI), but when her water broke at 18 weeks, doctors delayed abortion care until she developed life-threatening sepsi
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Media Mentions The Anti-Abortion Movement’s Use of Misinformation and Junk Science October 1, 2026 Share https://womensmediacenter.com/news-features/the-anti-abortion-movements-use-of-misinformation-and-junk-science#new_tab Click to print Print Icon Share this page via Email Mail Icon Rectangle in t
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Mifepristone is known as the abortion pill, but it has other uses most Americans have never heard about. For more than three decades, scientists have known this medication could do far more than end a pregnancy.
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This fiftieth year should not be an anniversary we simply mark. It should be a reckoning with 50 years of harm and how to fix it. The post Fifty Years of Hyde Is Enough. Abortion Belongs in Pregnancy Care. appeared first on Ms. Magazine .
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Media Mentions After 50 Years of Anti-Choice Hyde Amendment, Campaigners and Lawmakers Say ‘Enough Is Enough’ September 30, 2026 Share https://www.commondreams.org/news/hyde-amendment-abortion#new_tab Click to print Print Icon Share this page via Email Mail Icon Rectangle in the shape of an envelope
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Press Release The Hyde Amendment’s 50th Anniversary: Enough is Enough September 30, 2026 Share https://prh.org/press-releases/the-hyde-amendments-50th-anniversary/ 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 t
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This brief examines the legal status of Crisis Pregnancy Centers, attempts to regulate them, and future efforts to expand their footprints as they gain more recognition and funding from local, state, and federal programs.
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How Youth Advocates Make the Case for Safe Abortion Care sramashwar September 29, 2026 Exclude from search No Video Type YouTube Short
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GLADSTONE, Missouri — Missouri’s constitutional right to an abortion is on the verge of disappearing, again. It’s a threat that loomed over Tiffany early on a recent September morning, when she drove into Gladstone, just north of Kansas City, for her abortion.
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Through three Marys across centuries, Katie Cappiello’s play uses sharp humor and heartbreak to ask who gets to decide what happens to a woman’s body. The Body of Mary runs Sept. 8-Oct. 8 at The Gym at Judson in Greenwich Village, New York City.
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When several New York midwives were arrested in 2020, it spurred these rural religious communities into political activism—and inspired a PBS film. Rewire News Group interviewed a midwife who was criminally charged in the crackdown. Arrest the Midwife , a PBS documentary released on Aug.
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Abortion Rights Are on the Ballot in Four States in 2026 In the November 2026 election, voters in three states (Idaho, Nevada and Virginia) will consider ballot measures designed to protect abortion rights by affirming a statutory or constitutional right to abortion and in some cases other reproduct
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Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi revealed it is the subject of a wide-ranging state probe involving gender-affirming care and medication abortion; it is one of at least two Tennessee organizations that support reproductive rights that is currently under investigation by the AG.
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This issue brief answers some key questions about abortion in the United States and presents data collected before and new data that has been published since the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
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What’s your reproductive freedom story? As part of Ms.’ The Majority campaign, five staff members at Power to Decide share theirs. The nonprofit works to expand access to sexual and reproductive health information and care; its programs include Bedsider and AbortionFinder.
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The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) issued a new stamp late last month honoring 19th-century writer Sarah Orne Jewett—putting a woman whose work centered on female independence and unconventional lives, into mailboxes and collection books across the country.
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Media Mentions Trump’s FDA Pick Refuses to Say IUDs Don’t Cause Abortions September 24, 2026 Share https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/trumps-fda-pick-refuses-to-say-iuds-dont-cause-abortions-birth-control-extremist-reproductive-rights-senate-hearings/#new_tab Click to print Print Icon Shar
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Press Release Dr. Heidi Overton’s nomination for Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration September 24, 2026 Share https://prh.org/press-releases/dr-heidi-overtons-nomination-for-commissioner-of-the-food-and-drug-administration/ Click to print Print Icon Share this page via Email Mail Icon R
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This issue brief reviews the abortion-related initiatives currently slated to be on the ballot in November 2026 and examines how these measures may impact abortion access in several states.
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Safe and Routine: The Reality of Care-Seeking During and After Medication Abortion In recent years, anti‑abortion advocates have relentlessly promoted false claims about the safety of medication abortion.
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The KFF State Profiles for Women’s Health database offers the latest national and state data and policies on a broad range of state-level statistics and policies of importance to women including health status, insurance and Medicaid coverage, use of preventive services, contraceptive coverage, sexua
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Media Mentions Day 3 of ALC 55 spotlights suspicious Black deaths, veterans, maternal health and more September 18, 2026 Share https://www.afro.com/health/day-3-of-alc-55-spotlights-suspicious-black-deaths-veterans-maternal-health-and-more-f5a02d0f#new_tab Click to print Print Icon Share this page v
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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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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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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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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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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 .