In the DOJ’s first major action on abortion, it dismissed a case in Idaho that sought to protect pregnant people in emergency rooms by ensuring hospitals are providing emergency abortion care to patients as required by the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA): https://reproductiverights.org/trump_admin_drop_case_protecting_abortion_emtala/

Republican state lawmakers in more than 10 states seek to criminalize abortion by introducing “equal protection” bills that would redefine abortion as homicide by defining a “person” or “human being” as inclusive of an “unborn” or “preborn” child: https://www.salon.com/2025/02/27/in-red-states-lawmakers-revive-an-incredibly-regressive-push-to-treat-abortion-as/

Jessica Valenti explains how Indiana’s newest edits to a contraception bill reveal the GOP’s plan to ban contraception by redefining it and preventing access: https://substack.com/redirect/c25ba995-18b5-4a90-9dc1-4866ae82af05?j=eyJ1IjoiMmJmNDNyIn0.wqZp81JWWbXIOZ2ALmWhYsnFIs9qrz2Du1FnlZkYkT0

At Abortion in America, an event in Texas, a panel of men shared their stories and called on each other to speak out for reproductive rights: https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/texas-abortion-event-men-call-each-other-speak-out-reproductive-rights

A guide for sex workers from sex workers on how to navigate abortion: https://www.ineedana.com/blog/a-sex-workers-guide-to-navigating-abortion

Experts dispel common myths about contraception: https://www.msn.com/en-in/health/health-news/misconceptions-about-contraception-overshadow-the-facts-expert-dispels-common-myths/ar-AA1z94aA?ocid=BingNewsVerp

ProPublica created a guide on experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans: https://www.propublica.org/article/miscarriage-abortion-bans-dilation-and-curettage-dilation-and-evacuation

Current and former staffers at Planned Parenthood responded to the recent New York Times article which used anti-abortion rhetoric and false narratives: https://kaitlynanne.substack.com/p/letter-from-pp-staffers

New data from ProPublica examined the rise of sepsis in Texas following the state’s ban on abortion: https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-maternal-mortality-analysis

According to data from the CDC, the maternal mortality rate for Black women is still much higher than for other folks: https://www.axios.com/2025/02/06/black-maternal-mortality-rate-cdc-chart