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Reproductive Rights

GOP Budget Puts at Least 200 Planned Parenthood Clinics Nationwide at Risk
People who use Medicaid make up half of the total patient volume nationwide for the clinics’ health care services.

Trump White House Rescinds Emergency Abortion Care Rule Established by Biden
The Trump administration's rule change will create “fear and confusion” at hospitals across the country, critics noted.

Abortion Opponents Are Using “Junk Science” Studies to Target Mifepristone
Conservative think tanks are building a body of “research” meant to question the safety of the abortion pill.

GA Abortion Ban Forces Family to Keep Woman Declared Brain Dead on Life Support
Doctors have kept Adriana Smith on breathing machines for three months due to the state's “heartbeat law.”

Missouri GOP Attempts to Overturn Abortion Ballot Results With New Referendum
Missouri voters passed a voter-led ballot initiative enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution last year.

Latest Attack on Abortion Pill Is Based on Project 2025 Propaganda, Critics Say
Mifepristone is safe, but abortion opponents are peddling junk science in an effort to deny people access to it.

Louisiana Opens Second Case Against New York Doctor Who Mailed Abortion Pills
Anti-abortion states are increasingly attempting to regulate abortion beyond their own borders.

Texas Anti-Abortion Bill Includes Provision Barring State Review of Its Legality
“This is absolutely unprecedented, what they’re trying to do here,” one law professor said of the bill.

Abortion Providers Have Faced Hundreds of Death Threats Since Roe’s Fall
A chilling report on the spike in violence against abortion providers should concern us all.

Legislators in 13 States Have Introduced 15 “Abortion Abolition” Bills in 2025
Explicit criminal liability for the person who obtains an abortion is a hallmark of all the bills.

Missouri GOP Is Trying to Undo Abortion Rights Enshrined by Popular Vote
If successful, their efforts could provide a model for other states where voters have recently protected the procedure.

Judge Blocks Nevada Parental Notification Law for Minors Seeking Abortions
The law “cannot create a healthy home environment where one doesn't already exist,” an abortion advocacy group noted.

Trump HHS Restores Title X Funds to 2 Anti-Abortion States Despite Court Rulings
The Department of Health and Human Services withheld nearly $66 million from clinics in the Title X program elsewhere.