Data shows that states with the toughest abortion laws have the weakest maternal supports: https://www.npr.org/2022/08/18/1111344810/abortion-ban-states-social-safety-net-health-outcomes

How the Dobbs decision has heightened hurdles for those incarcerated while pregnant: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/abortion-denied-reproductive-injustice/

ProPublica reports on the difficulties of collecting maternal mortality data: https://www.propublica.org/article/tracking-maternal-deaths-under-abortion-bans

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that a ballot initiative that would codify the right to abortion and birth control in the state’s constitution could move forward (paywall): https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/us/missouri-abortion-ballot-initiative.html

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed copies of four bills that will license free-standing birth centers, establish a doula certification program, expand access to contraceptives, protect abortion providers against legal action from other states, and safeguard online health data: https://ctmirror.org/2023/07/19/ct-reproductive-rights-bill-abortion-contraception/

Blue-state doctors launch abortion pill pipeline into states with bans (soft paywall): https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/19/doctors-northeast-launch-abortion-pill-pipeline-into-states-with-bans/

Forbes outlines which 2024 House spending bills include abortion and reproductive rights restrictions: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/07/24/heres-how-gop-lawmakers-are-trying-to-restrict-abortion-through-spending-bills/?sh=6d35bd574216

An overview of the cost and coverage of the new over-the-counter birth control pill: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/jul/23/once-the-new-over-the-counter-birth-control-pill-i/

18-year-old Nebraska woman sentenced to 90 days in jail for burning fetus after abortion: https://apnews.com/article/abortion-charges-nebraska-f330455d60aa3c01534bcb74216f8404

President & CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Health, Dr. Jamila Perritt, responds to the FDA approval of Opill: https://prh.org/press-releases/fda-approves-otc-birth-control/