Maternal fetal specialists should see abortion care as a “core component” of their practice in states where laws restrict abortion, according to a new special statement from the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM). Some 41 states ban abortion at some point in pregnancy, and these legal restrictions make it difficult or impossible for clinicians to … Read more
There are 21.4 million women in the U.S. who need subsidized birth control living in a county somewhere with limited access. That’s the major takeaway from a new analysis of contraception access from two reproductive policy organizations, Power to Decide and the Guttmacher Institute, shared exclusively with NPR. Both organizations are nonprofit and nonpartisan, and … Read more
The case argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. constitutions. It is the first lawsuit over a death linked to an abortion ban. Read more at 19th News
ICE says it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages after 3 October 2025. Lawmakers, advocates and immigration attorneys have raised alarms that pregnant detainees are not receiving basic prenatal care and screenings Read more at The Guardian
Under pressure from anti-abortion advocates and officials, the EPA has agreed to study whether mifepristone and misoprostol are in the water supply in multiple cities. Read more at 19th News
Two women and Hoosier Jews for Choice argue that a near-total ban in Indiana violates their religious freedom. The case was in front of the state Supreme Court on Thursday. Read more at 19th News
ProPublica’s analysis of CDC data found that almost 200 women died after an ectopic pregnancy from 2020 to 2025 Read more at Salon. Original article at ProPublica
Ever since Dobbs ended the constitutional right to abortion, activists opposed to the procedure have homed in on mifepristone in their quest not to “leave it to the states,” but to outlaw it everywhere. Many blue states have stood up shield laws to protect their providers when they prescribe mifepristone to patients in red ones. … Read more
The next phase in the abortion wars may come down to one question: Do the rights of red states to enforce bans override the rights of blue states to protect access? Louisiana will argue before a federal appeals court this week that FDA rules allowing telehealth prescription and mail delivery of the drug mifepristone infringe … Read more
Curiosity has a way of making obedience conditional. A girl who is encouraged to ask questions about the world may eventually ask questions about the rules governing her own life: Who made them? Why do they exist? Who benefits from them? What happens if I disagree? For those conservatives more invested in a more hierarchical … Read more
