The Title X regulations issued by the Trump administration are set to take effect in May, and these rules would restrict the funded facilities from offering information on abortion, which includes referrals. Read The Hill article!
Recent data shows that public support for abortion rights is at its highest since Roe v. Wade, yet there are also a record number of anti-abortions bills being filed because of the new makeup of the Supreme Court. Read the Washington Post article!
The GOP has taken control of the federal judiciary, with help from Senate Republicans like Mitch McConnell. The strategy was to stall Obama’s nominees, then change the rules and rush through Trump’s. Read the Rewire.News article!
Republican lawmakers have been using phrases like “advocating for women” and “protecting women” as they rollback policies for women’s health, like abortion care – even though evidence shows this harms women. Read the Rewire.News article!
Gov. Kemp is expected to sign Georgia’s heartbeat bill into law after he praised lawmakers for their courage to pass this legislation. Georgia is one of 11 states that introduced heartbeat bills in 2019 so far. Read the Washington Post article!
Republicans have been pushing a variety of anti-abortion measures at the state level with the goal that one of the measures will make it up to the Supreme Court, but Democrats are not backing down. Read the New York Times article!
New legislation in Utah will eliminate the need for a prescription to pick up contraceptives from pharmacies. Advocates believe this change will make family planning more accessible and affordable. Read the Salt Lake Tribune article!
Hungary’s “Make Families Great Again” conference was a promotional event that targeted women to get married and have babies. Under current leadership, the country has taken aim at abortion care. Read the Rewire.News article!
The National Abortion Federation Annual Meeting took place in Seattle April 23-24. Beth Rivin, President of Uplift International, Sarah Prager and Leah Rutman, HR2FP Initiative Advisory Board members, participated in a panel discussion on The Human Right to Abortion: What It Means and Why It Matters. Don Downing, another Advisory Board member participated in a panel discussion about the role of pharmacists in expanding medical abortion access to women and girls.
Westminster MPs have told Northern Ireland to decriminalize abortion and added that if the country didn’t take action, that the House of Commons would. Westminster MPs have advocated that Northern Ireland needs this change. Read more