Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese… and Opill! As the WNBA gets underway, there’s so much to be excited about but did you know how the League is bringing its power to the fight to protect access to contraception?
New Bill Mental Health and MAMA Aims to Break Barriers and Advance Maternal Health
Maternal mental health conditions affect one in five women and can lead to adverse health outcomes for both mothers and infants. That’s why we’re so glad Congress has introduced the Mental Health and Making Access More Affordable (MAMA) Act to support mental health services for pregnant and postpartum individuals.
NEWS: Millions of Latinas stand to be impacted by abortion bans in Florida and Arizona
Millions of Latinx Floridians and Arizonans started off the month of May with new and looming restrictions on their reproductive health decisions.
The Silent and Often Invisible Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls – No More Stolen Sisters
On Missing or Murdered Indigenous Women’s Awareness Day, we remember the many lives shattered or lost, and commit to working with Native communities to find justice and keep families safe.
NEWS: Florida’s 6-week abortion ban is now in effect, curbing access across the South
Starting today, people can no longer access legal abortions in Florida beyond six weeks of pregnancy, except in rare circumstances.
Advancing Minority Health
Glaring inequities persist among historically marginalized populations that demand transformative action. These inequities are more than numbers; they represent real-life consequences of historic underinvestment, adverse social drivers of health, implicit and explicit biases, and inequitable care delivery.
NEWS: The Supreme Court’s likely to make it more dangerous to be pregnant in a red state
A federal law requires most US hospitals to provide an abortion to patients experiencing a medical emergency if an abortion is the proper medical treatment for that emergency.
Lawsuits Seek to Weaken Protections for Abortion Access in Emergencies
Enacted by Congress in 1986, EMTALA requires U.S. hospitals that receive Medicare funding to give “necessary stabilizing treatment” to people in emergencies, regardless of their ability to pay or whether or not they have insurance.
NEWS: How women at one Arizona clinic are grappling with abortion ruling
Leah found out she was five weeks pregnant on the same day that the Arizona Supreme Court upheld an 1864 law banning nearly all abortions in the state.
Black Maternal Health Week 2024: The Legacy of Black Maternal Wisdom
To tell the story of reproductive justice without the long history of the labor of Black women’s bodies is to do a disservice to the reproductive justice movement.
NEWS: What we know about the Arizona abortion ban
Arizona’s highest court upheld an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions, a decision that could have far-reaching consequences for women’s health care and election-year politics in a critical battleground state.
It’s Tax Season. Who’s Budgeting for Women’s Futures?
Recent budget proposals by the Biden administration and Republicans in Congress show how the two parties plan to support – or not – women and families.
NEWS: Florida court allows 6-week abortion ban, but voters will get to weigh in
The Florida Supreme Court overturned decades of legal precedent on Monday in ruling that the State Constitution’s privacy protections do not extend to abortion, effectively allowing Florida to ban the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy.
NEWS: Supreme Court skeptical of challenge to mifepristone
In the first abortion-related case before the Supreme Court since its 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a majority of the justices appeared to express skepticism that a coalition of anti-abortion doctors had the right to challenge the Food and Drug Administration’s 2016 and 2021 decisions to expand access to mifepristone, a drug used for medication abortion.
Women’s History Unsung Hero: Celebrating the Advocacy of Florynce Kennedy
To commemorate Women’s History Month, Hodan Deria, 2024 Spring DEIA Intern highlights Florynce “Flo” Kennedy for her life-long dedication to advocacy. Through her activism for civil rights, feminism, and LGBTQ+ rights, Kennedy’s legacy continues to inspire and inform discussions on equity, diversity, and inclusion.
NEWS: Why abortion in the U.S. is on the rise
To understand the evolving landscape for abortion in the United States, you have to consider two seemingly contradictory things.
The Gender Rage Gap
Female rage is worthy of celebration and praise – without it women’s history would be radically different from what it is today.
Attack on Abortion Pills Continues at Supreme Court
Nearly two years after the Supreme Court’s disastrous decision in Dobbs, abortion access is once again in the hands of nine Justices. Next week, the Court will hear oral arguments in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, a case about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval process for mifepristone.
NEWS: Historic abortion clinic visit by Vice President Harris
Vice President Harris is visiting an abortion clinic in Minnesota on Thursday — an extraordinary stop meant to signal the importance the Biden campaign is placing on reproductive rights in the 2024 presidential race.
NEWS: CVS and Walgreens to sell abortion pills this month
The two largest pharmacy chains in the United States will start dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone this month, a step that could make access easier for some patients.
