Ireland votes—women have the right to make their own decisions about pregnancy. Read more

The father of a woman who lost her life after a miscarriage and ultimately died because of Ireland’s strict abortion law, is urging Irish citizens to vote in favor of change to save women from dying like his daughter was forced to by Irish law. Read more

Although the “yes” campaign is in the lead for the Irish abortion referenum, women’s reproductive rights advocates are still making arrangements to come home for the vote because they don’t want to take their lead in the polls for granted. Read more

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