Just like the right to a legal abortion, they’ll chip away at it gradually with bills that disenfranchise the “wrong” sort of people and mechanisms that make voting more difficult. But we should not mistake their ultimate objective. Musk, Thiel and Hegseth are some of the most powerful people in the world: when they, along … Read more
Millions of dollars worth of birth control pills, IUDs, and more products had been designated for low-income countries by the now-dismantled USAID Read more at Rolling Stone
State treasurer Stacy Garrity abortion-proofs her campaign, even if it poses risks in a potential primary. Read more at Politico
A judge previously ruled Planned Parenthood clinics across the U.S. must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding as the organization fights the Trump administration’s efforts to defund it. Read more at NBC News
The uptick comes as progressives have found success with ballot measure campaigns to expand or protect abortion rights in state constitutions following the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022. In 2024, those initiatives passed in seven of the 10 states where they were on the ballot, including Missouri. Read more at … Read more
Social media misinformation about the contraceptive pill is encouraging women to view it so negatively that many give it up, a study has found. Researchers have identified myths spread on TikTok and other social media platforms as a key driver of users suffering side-effects that are real but psychological in origin. It is called the … Read more
A California bill that would allow health care providers to anonymously mail abortion drugs could soon become law, marking the latest effort by a blue state to safeguard access to medication abortion. Read more at National Public Radio, Inc.
The report also reups Kennedy’s battle against fluoride, which he believes shouldn’t be added to drinking water, by directing the CDC to update its recommendations and appears to nod at a years-long campaign by abortion opponents to cut off access to pills used in pregnancy terminations because of their alleged impact on water pollution. Read … Read more
Letitia James will ‘step in to defend’ New York doctor accused of mailing abortion pills to Texas The move on Monday tees up a showdown between states that ban abortion and those that protect it – one that, legal experts say, challenges fundamental constitutional issues and will likely end up in front of the US … Read more
RFK Jr hints access to key abortion drug could be cut back The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has suggested that Biden-era regulations expanding access to abortion pills could be rolled back because the Biden administration had “twisted the data” behind the pills. Read more at The Guardian RFK Jr. Signals Brewing Attack … Read more
