With the Trump administration reviving the domestic gag rule, it not only sets the country back three decades for abortion rights, but it also poses a threat to women having more unplanned pregnancies and unsafe abortions. Read more
Last week, the Trump administration announced a new rule aimed at reproductive healthcare providers. The rule withholds money from programs and facilities that promote abortion or refer women to abortion providers. Read more
An anti-abortion campaign in Italy is sparking outrage in many feminist groups after using the word ‘femicide’ to describe abortion. Abortion rights advocates have expressed that this campaign is painful for women who have experienced extreme violence. Read more
Planned Parenthood and the ACLU of Iowa have filed suit after the state adopted a new law that bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. Planned Parenthood has stated that the law violates not only the federal constitution, but Iowa’s constitution as well. Read more
Fifty years have passed since the world declared family planning to be a basic human right, yet family planning is not universally accessible. The UNFPA and the WHO have compiled a list of nine standards for family planning that must be met in every country. Read more
The Guttmacher Institute and the Lancet established the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Commission, which Uplift board member, Dr. Marleen Temmerman, is a member of. Their report shows the need to advance rights in order to advance health. Read more
Activists in this year's 1 in 3 Abortion Speakout dedicated their stories to the undocumented minors that the Trump administration attempted to withhold abortion access and reproductive healthcare from. Read more
Mississippi lawmakers are working to pass a law that would limit women's constitutional right to abortion. If enacted, Bill 1510 would make abortions after 15 weeks illegal with no exceptions for rape or incest. Read more
At a luncheon in Nashville, Tennessee this week, Vice President Pence predicted that abortion would soon be illegal. Referring to the Trump administration’s anti-abortion agenda, he said that he has seen more progress within the past year, than in his entire life. Read more
New Title X funding emphasizes abstinence-only education, which has been proven to be ineffective, and "natural family planning methods”, which are far less effective than modern contraception, rather than evidence-based reproductive health strategies. Read more