24 states and D.C. filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging the new law that blocks Medicaid funding for services provided by Planned Parenthood health centers: https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/washington-joins-24-state-lawsuit-stop-federal-defunding-planned-parenthood/6G3O5KRHTZBAJGSIMXL6IBER6I/

A new scorecard from the Population Reference Bureau shows that nearly 35% of Americans, or 121 million people, currently live in a state that actively restricts access to contraception. Reproductive health care access depends on where you live in the U.S. and state policies are having an increasing impact on access to contraception: https://www.axios.com/2025/07/17/state-laws-restricting-contraceptive-access

A woman in Tennessee was denied prenatal care by her physician because they objected to the fact that she wasn’t married nor did she plan to be. Now, she’s traveling out of state to Virginia to receive prenatal care. This type of denial of care has been made possible by Tennessee’s Medical Ethics Defense Act… READ MORE>>

In the second episode of Looking Back, Moving Forward—a Ms. podcast exploring the intertwined histories of the magazine and the feminist movement—Carmen Rios and Michele Goodwin discuss the long history of women’s fight for reproductive rights in the United States and articulate strategies for defending and expanding abortion access across the country (Podcast): https://msmagazine.com/2025/07/20/usa-black-women-slave-history-reproductive-justice-michele-goodwin-13th-14th-amendment-constitution/

The National Women’s Law Center released a new report on the prevalence and intersection of abortion care deserts, pregnancy care deserts, broadband internet deserts, and food deserts in the United States: https://nwlc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Updated-Deserts-Report-1.pdf

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