(New York Times, Feb. 21, 2024) A ruling by Alabama's Supreme Court invites states to enact strict new regulations over the fertility industry that could sharply limit the number of embryos created during a cycle of medical treatment and affect the future of millions of stored frozen embryos. A concurring opinion even offered road maps for such statutes.... The Alabama Supreme Court employed reasoning that runs through the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 abortion ruling: that [...]

(CNN, Feb. 6, 2024) The academic publisher Sage Publications has retracted studies used by a Texas judge in a ruling that would suspend federal approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. The retractions, Sage said, were based on unreliable data and conflicts of interest around the authors' ties to the anti-abortion movement. Read More

(NPR, Feb. 5, 2024) Phillips, 28, never expected to go into politics. But after she got devastating news about her pregnancy, everything changed. Read More

(Idaho Statesman, Feb. 5, 2024) A Boise woman's experience has garnered attention on social media after her husband posted about a local pharmacist's refusal to fill a prescription to aid her miscarriage. Note: The good news is that the husband's post went viral. Read More

(Jan. 30, 2024) French lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a bill (Jan. 29) to enshrine abortion rights in France’s Constitution, the first step in a complex legislative process that began in direct response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade. The bill, proposed by President Emmanuel Macron and his government, was passed by the National Assembly, the lower and more powerful house of France’s Parliament, with 493 votes in favor and 30 against. [...]