Biopharmaceutical company Daré Bioscience announced positive interim safety and efficacy results from its ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating the contraceptive effectiveness, safety and acceptability of Ovaprene. These interim findings support Ovaprene’s potential as a meaningful hormone-free alternative; there currently are no FDA-approved, hormone-free, monthly intravaginal contraceptives: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/positive-interim-phase-3-results-120000855.html

Susan Rinkunas explained how the threat of Comstock limiting abortion access has increased with two of Trump’s new appointments: https://ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics/trump-abortion-olc-lawyers/

Leaders from Washington state, Oregon, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine have vowed to fill the gaps created by Medicaid cuts and continue to fund reproductive health services in their states: https://prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/SNWSR/SNWSR/1/105131/_IZPrHIHv2IlJUJStM2VNt9eIo36X1WqEcXg_cfDugF_archive?cb=MTc1MjE4MDg4NTM2MA%3D%3D

The Liberty Lost podcast investigated the rise of maternity homes and the folks who say they felt pressured into carrying and relinquishing their child(ren) post-Roe: https://www.glamour.com/story/the-liberty-lost-podcast-investigates-the-world-of-modern-maternity-homes

A student group at DePaul University is reportedly still running a secret birth control delivery service after being banned from campus due to its affiliation with Planned Parenthood: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/banned-student-group-at-depaul-continues-secret-birth-control-delivery-service/ar-AA1HVElg

Lawyers have pointed out that, should it go into effect, Executive Order 14160 could have broad implications in the fertility and assisted reproduction space. “Progenitor,” as used in the Executive Order to identify an individual’s mother and father, is not defined which could cause confusion with surrogates and donors: https://www.goodwinlaw.com/en/insights/publications/2025/07/alerts-lifesciences-hltc-changes-to-birthright-citizenship

The Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the CDC, fired the small team of people issuing national guidelines for clinicians on how to prescribe contraception safely for millions of high-risk women with underlying medical conditions: https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/birth-control-safety-hhs-cdc-layoffs-at-risk-women/

After Texas banned abortion, blood transfusions during emergency department visits for miscarriage rose significantly, revealing just some of the harm that results from unnecessary delays in care: https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-miscarriage-blood-transfusions

According to a new study, states that restricted or banned abortion after the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision have seen thousands more incidents of intimate partner violence: https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/06/30/abortion-bans-relationship-violence-new-research/

The Supreme Court issued its decision in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic. People enrolled in Medicaid in South Carolina, and in other states that exclude Planned Parenthood going forward, will not be able to use their Medicaid coverage to obtain any preventive services, such as contraceptive care, STI treatment and cancer screenings, at Planned… READ MORE>>