Posts related to obtaining abortion pills were recently hidden on Instagram and Facebook and some accounts were suspended (Paywall): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/technology/instagram-facebook-abortion-pill-providers.html

A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reports that after Dobbs, support for advance provision and over-the-counter access to abortion medication rose significantly, particularly among people living in abortion-restricted states: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2829270

Pregnant patients with Tennessee’s public insurance program were three times more likely to die during or after pregnancy than those with private insurance between 2020 and 2022, a report from the state’s maternal mortality review committee found: https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/tenncares-maternal-death-rates-are-3x-those-private-insurance

The New York Times shared an obituary for Cecile Richards, former president of Planned Parenthood and fierce advocate for reproductive rights (Paywall): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/cecile-richards-dead-planned-parenthood.html

Jessica Valenti shares some possible 2025 trends in abortion rights: https://jessica.substack.com/p/aggrieved-men-conspiracy-theories

Ken Paxton of Texas has initiated a legal battle between Texas’ near-total abortion ban and New York’s shield law by suing a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/13/texas-paxton-abortion-pill-mail-lawsuit/

Washington State’s program is the first, but other states are expected to try allowing pharmacists to prescribe the pills to counter growing efforts to curtail abortion access (Paywall): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/health/abortion-pills-pharmacist-prescribe.html

The New Yorker examined the “asymmetry of resources” in the abortion-funding landscape, particularly that larger groups fighting policy are receiving the majority of funding over smaller organizations helping patients access care: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-asymmetry-in-the-abortion-rights-movement

Planned Parenthood of Illinois is joining up with telehealth provider, Hey Jane, to increase abortion services and expand access in the state (Paywall): https://www.dailyherald.com/20241202/news/illinois-planned-parenthood-teams-with-hey-jane-to-expand-abortion-access/

Texas and Georgia are trying to hide their maternal mortality numbers, MSNBC reports: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/texas-georgia-women-deaths-abortion-ban-rcna182540