The Senate failed to pass the Democrats’ multi-year clean extension of the health insurance subsidies or Republicans’ alternative plan that would have funneled money into health savings accounts and imposed new national restrictions on abortion and gender-affirming care.
As states carry maternal health forward amid federal uncertainty, advocates from Virginia, Delaware, Kentucky, and Michigan share what it takes to pass and protect state Momnibus legislation grounded in community needs in NPWF’s two-part Instagram Live series. Energized conversations like these underscore not only why this work matters, but the urgency for states to advance the legislation families deserve without delay.
On Tuesday, Florida and Texas filed a complaint against the Food and Drug Administration for acting unlawfully when it approved, then eased safety restrictions on, mifepristone.
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing in 22 states a provision of Donald Trump’s signature tax and domestic policy bill that would deprive Planned Parenthood and local affiliates that perform abortions of Medicaid funding.
Physicians for Reproductive Health issued a groundbreaking research brief, “Cascading Harms: How Abortion Bans Lead to Discriminatory Care Across Medical Specialties.”
Senate Republicans say they’re open to extending a pot of Affordable Care Act funds that will expire at the end of the year – but only if Democrats acquiesce to stricter abortion restrictions on insurance plans.
Now, Democrats’ commanding victories in the 2025 elections have breathed new life into the [abortion rights] fight.
Open enrollment for the ACA health coverage has begun, but expiring enhanced premium tax credits and new federal restrictions threaten to reverse more than a decade of progress expanding access to health care for women, immigrants and communities of color.
Reproductive rights advocates cannot work towards a world where all pregnant people have access to high-quality and dignified healthcare without understanding how intimate partner violence, colonialism, and abortion bans continue to act as barriers to this vision.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Population Affairs, which administers the Title X Family Planning Program, has been effectively shut down.
Pregnant women have reported bleeding, miscarriages, being shackled and other instances of medical neglect while in US immigration custody, according to a group of prominent civil rights organizations.
TThe decimation of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Population Affairs — part of a larger effort by President Donald Trump to fire federal employees during the government shutdown — threatens a program that has existed for over 50 years .
The availability of abortion pills in states with bans on the procedure is facing a new challenge after Louisiana filed a lawsuit to curb mailing of the medication within its borders, claiming the process circumvents state law.
In the first two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, prosecutors in 16 states charged more than 400 people with pregnancy-related crimes, new research released on Tuesday found.
Texas, Florida, and Louisiana are urging US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas to let them join Missouri v. FDA, a lawsuit by three other red states seeking to force the Food and Drug Administration to drop telemedicine access to the abortion medication mifepristone and further restrict its use.
Greg Abbott, the Republican governor of Texas, on Wednesday signed into law a bill that lets people sue anyone suspected of manufacturing, distributing or mailing abortion pills to or from Texas.
Abortion politics are colliding with ongoing efforts in Congress to extend enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act coverage.
The Texas state Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would allow private citizens to sue physicians and distributors who mail abortion pills into the state.
About two years after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the United States, a new study suggests that many people who may not have had access to contraception before are now using the over-the-counter option.
Congress and the Trump administration are facing public backlash following the passage of the Republican Budget bill. Utilizing Texas as a compelling case study, we explore negative implications of the bill and the public criticism in response to budget cuts.
