NPR has a new series on the network of Brazilian women in the 1980s who discovered and practiced a type of self-managed abortion: https://www.npr.org/2026/01/01/1263508251/the-network-saintotec

The Trump administration withdrew a federal directive (EMTALA) that required emergency rooms to provide abortion care in an urgent medical crisis: https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2025-06-09/q-amp-a-understanding-the-trump-administrations-new-directive-on-abortion-and-emergency-medical-care

Attorneys general of four states—Massachusetts, California, New Jersey and New York—asked the FDA in a petition to lift long-standing restrictions on the medication mifepristone: https://msmagazine.com/2025/06/06/fda-mifepristone-attorney-general-california-new-york-new-jersey-massachusetts/

Jessica Valenti calls out the rising trend of TikTok influencers posting anti-birth control propaganda: https://substack.com/redirect/b83afd79-3841-4972-bc27-d60e9e88764b?j=eyJ1IjoiMmJmNDNyIn0.wqZp81JWWbXIOZ2ALmWhYsnFIs9qrz2Du1FnlZkYkT0

Doctors for America – represented by Democracy Forward, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Tennessee, and the National Women’s Law Center – filed a motion to intervene in Catholic Medical Association v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services et al., which challenges EMTALA guidance issued in 2022: https://democracyforward.org/updates/coalition-acts-to-protect-pregnant-patients-federal-right-to-emergency-care-including-abortion/

Students for Life want Republicans to propose a federal ‘Bereaved Parents’ Rights’ Act which would mandate the burial or cremation of miscarriages—opening the door to arresting women who dispose of their miscarriages ‘improperly’: https://jessica.substack.com/i/164837481/anti-abortion-glossary

Confirmation hearings begin today for Trump’s first slate of judicial picks for his second term and Reproductive Freedom for All has what to know ahead of confirmation: https://reproductivefreedomforall.org/news/memo-trumps-judicial-noms-what-to-know-ahead-of-confirmation-hearings/

Court Accountability delves into one of this week’s confirmation hearings, Josh Divine, a Missouri District Court nominee with an anti-abortion background: https://courtaccountability.substack.com/p/judicial-nominee-josh-divine-is-part

In its second case brought under Arizona’s new voter-approved constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit with its partners challenging three groups of laws encompassing dozens of statutes and regulations that remain in effect: https://reproductiverights.org/arizona-abortion-restrictions-constitutional-amendment/

For years now, the Texas legislature has been providing the blueprint for anti-abortion state legislatures across the country—which is why Senate Bill 2880 that just passed the Texas Senate should be a particular cause for concern, even though it will not advance for a full state House vote: https://www.jezebel.com/texas-senate-passes-bill-making-it-harder-to-challenge-anti-abortion-laws-in-court