A coalition of reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations have launched the “Abortion Access Now” campaign, pledging to advance abortion rights and access across the United States: https://reproductiverights.org/abortion-access-now-launch/

Misinformation around birth control online is a form of contraception coercion: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/misinformation-around-birth-control-online-is-a-form-of-contraception/

Teen Vogue on the first month of Florida’s abortion ban: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/inside-the-first-month-of-floridas-abortion-ban

NBC News released a video about the anti-abortion activist traveling town to town to assist city councils in passing local travel bans (Video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR4YDp77PPY

This article addresses the urgent downstream harms caused by the lack of access to abortion information, and argues that in view of these consequences, clinicians have a duty to provide their patients with abortion information: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10474560/

A new survey from the National Domestic Violence Hotline shows how abortion bans can be manipulated by abusive partners: https://www.jezebel.com/post-dobbs-abortion-bans-have-given-abusers-a-new-power

NPR’s Kansas City Today has an episode on the shortage of OB-GYNs in Missouri following the state’s abortion ban (Audio): https://www.kcur.org/podcast/kansas-city-today/2024-06-10/is-missouri-abortion-ban-driving-away-obgyns

Senate Republicans blocked the Right to Contraception act which would have protected access to contraception: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-republicans-block-bill-protect-americans-access-contraception-rcna155448

As the legislative season comes to a close, News From the States looks at some of the abortion-related legislation that became law this year: https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/taking-stock-new-abortion-laws-many-legislatures-start-adjourn

The Texas Supreme Court rejected the Zurawski v. Texas case which challenged the state’s abortion laws: https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/texas-supreme-court-rejects-challenge-abortion-laws