Friday, September 25, 2026

Tag: reproductive rights

Why abortion opponents are turning their attention to banning surrogacy

Anti-abortion activists and lawmakers in Texas are pressing to limit or even outlaw surrogacy, a new step toward restricting major forms of infertility treatment.

Investigation into fetus found at South Carolina water plant draws new...

Sumter County officials and SLED are seeking a DNA profile after workers found 13 to 15-week fetal remains at a wastewater facility, as advocates warn the probe and new bills could expand surveillance of miscarriage and abortion.

Glyphosate levels 40 times higher in period products than legal limit...

Conducted by PAN UK and Women's Environmental Network, the study said that millions of women and girls could be at risk of exposure to glyphosate, which is linked to life-threatening illnesses.

Women suing Pfizer say birth control left them with brain tumors

More than 1,000 women say Pfizer ignored evidence linking Depo-Provera to brain tumors—and used the FDA’s decision to protect itself.

Judge blocks Trump attempt to defund Planned Parenthood clinics serving Medicaid...

A federal court injunction halts a Trump-backed law that would have cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, threatening care for over a million patients nationwide.

A ‘striking’ trend: After Texas banned abortion, more women nearly bled...

A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.

Montana judge strikes down restrictive abortion laws targeting Medicaid recipients

Montana court blocks restrictive abortion laws that targeted Medicaid recipients, ruling they violate constitutional rights to privacy and equal protection.

Three months after Missouri voted to make abortion legal, access is...

Are anti-abortion lawmakers strategizing to prevent a return of abortion services?

Reproductive justice organizers in the South are finding new ways to...

A part of the reproductive justice framework and the driving force is to keep families together, independent of government control. 

A third woman died under Texas’ abortion ban. Doctors are avoiding...

Some said it raises serious questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to diverge from the standard of care and reach for less-effective options that could expose their patients to more risks.

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The Charles R. Huntley Generating Station in Tonawanda, New York. Photo: Andre Carrotflower / CC BY-SA 4.0

EPA finalizes repeal of power plant carbon standards as environmental groups sue

The sector accounts for nearly one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the agency separately proposed ending its authority to regulate them.
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Farragutful / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs

A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.
The lobby of the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. Photo: Daderot (public domain)

7,000 Chicago hotel workers vote to authorize strike

A union survey found a third of members cannot cover rent or mortgage payments, and the last hotel strike in the city, in 2018, lasted about a month.
A patient exam room at a U.S. urgent care clinic. Photo: Harrison Keely / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vance-led task force moves to strip 760,000 people of ACA coverage

Advocates say the crackdown follows 8 million coverage losses already tied to Trump-era health cuts.
Demonstrators protest ICE conduct in Minneapolis. Photo: Fibonacci Blue / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Federal judge blocks deportation of man shot by ICE during Austin delivery run

DHS and the man's attorney give conflicting accounts of the medical care he has received since.