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abortion – No Rights To Speak Of

CDC webpages go dark as Trump targets public health information

Between Friday and Tuesday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) resources for tracking, preventing and treating HIV; handling sexually transmitted infections (STIs); and prescribing contraception have flickered in and out of existence. A guide to gender-affirming care and young people, once hosted on the website for the office of the assistant secretary for health, … Read more

Social media has always been hostile to abortion content

“There isn’t a progressive organization that hasn’t had some problems with social media platforms, either removing their content, falsely flagging their content, or being given sort of the runaround by tech support,” said Jessica Ensley, senior vice president of outreach at Reproaction. Read more at 19th News  

It’s harder to pay and travel for abortion care and support funds are struggling

“We’re in the midst of an abortion funding crisis,” says Oriaku Njoku, the executive director of the National Network of Abortion Funds, which provides an online search tool for patients to find a local or regional assistance fund. Njoku and others at these funds point to intersecting pressures: increased demand for financial assistance for abortions, … Read more

Harris: Supreme Court could threaten ‘fundamental freedoms’

Thomas wrote in a separate opinion on the case that overturned Roe that the court “should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents,” including the rulings that affirmed access to contraceptives and protected gay marriage. Read more at The Hill  

HIPAA will now cover medical records for out-of-state abortion care

Medical records for out-of-state abortions will now be protected by HIPAA The new rule is based on the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA. It could shield patients’ medical information if they live in a state with an abortion ban and travel elsewhere to seek care. Those are details that could show … Read more

Republicans Push to Strip Abortion Access for Veterans

But with negotiations for the 2024 budget underway in Congress, the policy and the access it codifies are under attack. In June, Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee advanced a budget that prohibited abortion care (and gender affirming care and the pride flag) at VA facilities. The committee’s counterpart in the Senate passed its own … Read more