Public Opinion on Abortion Has Shifted Four Years After ‘Dobbs’ Decision Overturned ‘Roe v. Wade’
Rewire News Group, July 23, 2026
It’s been four years since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the federal constitutional right to abortion. In the immediate aftermath of the decision, national attention centered on implementation of state bans and a rapidly shifting legal landscape … Today, more Americans identify as pro-choice than they did before Dobbs. And, as we document in our book, survey data shows that more Americans are now taking absolutist positions. They support legal access to abortion in all or most cases and oppose government regulation altogether.
Feds Have a New Teen Pregnancy Prevention Plan: Fertility and ‘Reproductive Goals’
Stateline, July 22, 2026
The Trump administration has a new plan for teenagers learning about pregnancy: Beginning this summer, it will steer millions of dollars toward organizations that focus on anatomy, fertility tracking, hormonal production and “reproductive goals counseling.” The plan will also emphasize abstinence from sex and the importance of marriage. In doing so, it will pivot away from programs that serve populations in areas with the greatest need and that use particular evidence-based programming to reduce teen pregnancies – and some say the new language puts a greater focus on planning for pregnancy rather than preventing it.
Why Attacks on Immigrant Communities Are Reproductive Justice Issues
Ms., July 22, 2026
Reproductive justice is often reduced to abortion rights. But the movement has always taken a broader view. Created by 12 Black women organizers, the reproductive justice framework is about the right to have – or to not have – children and the right to raise them in safe, healthy communities. Detentions, deportations and disruption of care are part of a broader effort to limit who can fully belong, safely build a family and have rights in the United States … Targeting immigrant communities threatens the freedom at the heart of reproductive justice. Detention and deportation don’t just determine who can remain in this country – it shapes whether families can stay together and raise children safely and with dignity. That is why attacks on immigrant communities are reproductive justice issues.
We’re About To Reach a Dangerous Fork in the Road for Abortion Rights
Slate, July 22, 2026
Up until now, the second Trump Department of Justice has been a massive disappointment for the anti-abortion movement. That may all be about to change … [Todd] Blanche, the acting attorney general, pledged to use DOJ resources to stop telehealth abortion, and even appeared to agree with Sen. Ted Cruz that the Comstock Act, a 19th-century obscenity law, operates as a de facto national ban on abortion. Blanche has yet to make it out of committee, much less get confirmed, but Republicans already seem to expect a change in direction at the DOJ. This week, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley sent the Department of Justice a criminal referral involving Plan C, an organization that provides information about how people in all 50 states can obtain abortion medication.
Over 400 Legislators Warn of ‘Immediate and Serious Harms’ of Banning Abortion Pills by Mail
HuffPost, July 22, 2026
More than 400 state lawmakers from all 50 states are demanding an end to attacks on telehealth abortion care. The lawmakers have signed onto an amicus brief, shared exclusively with HuffPost, that the advocacy organization State Innovation Exchange submitted Wednesday to the Fifth Circuit Court in the Louisiana v. FDA case … “The barriers to accessing reproductive healthcare in person, combined with the often time-sensitive nature of such care, make telemedicine a clinical and practical necessity for millions of Americans seeking reproductive healthcare of all types,” the legislators write in the brief.
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