Sophia Bush, actress and activist, speaks out against the Trump administration rolling back the birth control mandate. Bush explains various reasons why women might use birth control. Her list includes easing menstrual pain, regulating the flow of periods, controlling chronic acne, and preventing pregnancy—and if birth control is preventing pregnancy, that also means lowering the rate of abortions.  Watch video...

The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s new contraceptive mandate that allows exemptions for religious and moral reasons. The organization argues that the mandate is in violation of women’s constitutional right to liberty in accessing birth control.  Read more...

Last week, Senator Patty Murray of Washington and Bob Casey of Pennsylvania introduced a bill to overturn the Trump administration’s new contraceptive mandate. Murray advocates that birth control is about being healthy and financially secure, while Trump makes it about ideology. Read more...

The undocumented Texas minor that was being held hostage by the Trump administration was finally granted an abortion by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan. The judge spoke out, saying she was astounded that the office was trying to force a girl to carry her pregnancy to term. Read more...

This is a follow-up article about the undocumented Texas minor that finally received her abortion.  Read more...

The ACLU shared the D.C. Court of Appeals order to stop the blocking of the undocumented Texas minor’s abortion. Read more...

Earlier this month, the House passed a bill that would ban the majority of abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Now, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell claims that the bill will get the Senate vote. Read more...

Madagascar’s Senate has plans to debate the modernization of family planning laws in their country. The current laws date back to the 1920s and prohibit any promotion of contraceptives—all contraceptive providers and programs are illegal in the country.  Read more...

The Guttmacher Institute concludes that the United States’ family planning safety nets are in jeopardy like never before.  Read more...

The Guttmacher Institute reports that abortion is a common experience for women in the United States, even though there was a decline in abortions from 2008 – 2014. Read more...