A new study on menstrual products is the first to have tested with human blood: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/08/tampons-tested-human-blood-study-bethany-samuelson-bannow/

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to reinstate significant restrictions on the abortion medication, mifepristone, but this does not revoke FDA approval of the drug: https://reproductiverights.org/fda-medication-abortion-mifepristone-5th-circuit-ruling-8-23/

Time Magazine covers the story of a 13 year-old rape victim who wasn’t able to get an abortion in Mississippi: https://time.com/6303701/a-rape-in-mississippi/

Governor of Illinois signed legislation to protect the license plate data of those coming to Illinois for an abortion from out of state: https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_70521488-4048-11ee-ab16-7f95e8d02d24.html

In Oklahoma, access to emergency contraception is limited for Indigenous people: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/08/10/native-american-women-limited-access-plan-b-contraception-oklahoma/70530176007/

Hospitals have been blocking the approval of freestanding birth centers in Southern states despite a dearth of maternity care in rural areas: https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/hospitals-block-much-needed-birth-centers-south

Nebraska judge dismissed a lawsuit, upholding state abortion and transgender surgery bans: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4149873-nebraska-judge-rules-in-favor-of-abortion-gender-affirming-care-bans/

A breakdown of the voting data for Ohio Issue 1: https://www.kcra.com/article/ohios-issue-1-would-have-made-protecting-abortion-rights-harder-data-shows-why-it-failed/44803377

Rural Georgia gets more contraceptive options through expanded delivery of birth control implants; the first state to allow registered nurses to administer contraceptive implants: https://georgiarecorder.com/2023/08/13/rural-georgia-gets-more-contraceptive-options-through-expanded-delivery-of-birth-control-implants/

Interactive map – US abortion policies and access after Roe: https://states.guttmacher.org/policies/abortion-policies