Emergency contraception deserts are arising in many areas of the United States where morning-after pills, although still legal everywhere, have become almost impossible to find due to a combination of misconceptions about their function and ongoing drug store closures. Some suggest that wider availability of morning-after pills at convenience stores and other non-traditional outlets, such… READ MORE>>

Carrie Baker, professor of Women and Gender Studies at Smith College, joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the consequences Republican Medicaid cuts will have on low-income Americans (Video): https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/house-republicans-vote-to-defund-hundreds-of-planned-parenthood-clinics-240345157561

Valerie Tarico shares seven takeaways from a national meeting on male contraception: https://wibm.substack.com/p/seven-takeaways-from-a-national-meeting-on-male-contraception

The Washington Post looked deeper into the math behind a recent report on mifepristone from a right-wing think tank (Paywall): https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/12/abortion-pill-medication-abortion-study-mifepristone/

Ms. Magazine’s Dr. Michele Goodwin breaks down Adriana Smith’s case, and the cases of other women who, like Smith, have been disrespected and desecrated in death thanks to abortion bans and pregnancy exclusion laws (Podcast): https://msmagazine.com/podcast/fifteen-minutes-of-feminism-dead-pregnant-and-imprisoned-in-georgia-the-adriana-smith-case/

The Center for Reproductive Rights has shared some of the Trump administration’s sweeping attacks on reproductive rights in the first 100 days in office: https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/100days-RedFlags.pdf

Clinics that provide abortion are closing due to financial and operational challenges, even in states with abortion protections: https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/05/16/nx-s1-5397314/planned-parenthood-clinics-abortion-close-telehealth-rights

The nation’s most influential anti-abortion groups have a new plan to roll back access to the procedure for millions of Americans. The effort, which the groups have privately named “Rolling Thunder,” is the movement’s first concerted attempt under the second Trump administration to target abortion pills, and aims to convince the FDA, Congress and courts… READ MORE>>

Republicans who dominate states where canvassers circulated abortion-rights petitions last year are passing laws making it harder for citizens to propose constitutional amendments. Some of these states include Florida, Arkansas, South Dakota, and Missouri: https://prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/SNWSR/SNWSR/1/105131/Gc4OKVRihCiJ7Yx4l_McvnJTv3t8aXw0DHmfsxZroGM_archive

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been operating mobile health units in the state that serve as direct access points for women’s health, maternal care and contraceptive services across rural Arkansas. By taking these resources directly to patients, mobile health units eliminate common barriers such as distance, cost and availability, creating a… READ MORE>>