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Reproductive Rights Today

Your comprehensive daily wrap-up of changes to reproductive rights in the states, the front lines in the fight over abortion access in a post-Roe America.

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Advocates want to see improvements to Opill access, one year after FDA approval

Sriha Srinivasan remembers how surprised her mom was two years ago when she learned that birth control pills weren’t sold in stores without a prescription in the United States.

Many worry about data privacy on period apps but may not take steps to protect it, study shows

Americans are concerned about menstrual data collected by period-tracking apps, but few users took steps to shield their privacy after Roe v. Wade fell in June 2022, according to new research.

Maternal mortality decreases overall but persists in the South

The latest national maternal mortality rates show that pregnancy-related deaths decreased in the U.S. But a state-by-state look at aggregate data reveals that the Southeast is still heavily affected by the crisis.  

‘Decline to sign’ campaigns surge in states where abortion could be on the ballot

Abortion questions will officially be on the ballot this fall in three states — Florida, New York and Maryland. Reproductive rights supporters in Colorado, South Dakota and Missouri recently submitted their petition-signatures to election officials. 

On religion and abortion in America

Lawmakers who oppose abortion often invoke their faith — many identify as Christian — while debating policy. 

Another poll shows most Americans support abortion rights

The majority of residents in all but five states believe abortion should be broadly legal, a new survey found. 

Two Arizona GOP senators vote with Dems to repeal 1864 abortion ban

Less than a month after the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a 19th-century abortion ban, both chambers of the state’s legislature have voted to repeal the law. 

How Florida’s six-week abortion ban could affect the South

Florida and North Carolina were considered abortion access points in the Southeast after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. 

Where abortion providers and patients are protected from out-of-state investigations

Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion nearly two years ago, more than a dozen state legislatures have enacted laws that protect abortion providers and patients from out-of-state investigations.    

Abortion supporters and opponents agree on some policies

The Starts With Us civic experiment on abortion began with a hypothesis that was reflected in the session’s first working title: Abortion Access & Limits. 

Miscarriage care, life-saving treatments: Points of consensus in Wisconsin experiment

For the 14 abortion-rights opponents and supporters recently recruited to find consensus on abortion and family well-being, their first major agreement was that Wisconsin has some of the best cheese in the nation.

SCOTUS seems split on preserving emergency abortion care

U.S. Supreme Court justices spent two hours Wednesday debating whether a federal law about emergency treatment encompasses abortion care even in states with strict abortion bans, with no clear indication of how they may ultimately rule.