Reproductive Rights Today

Nationally-backed reproductive rights groups in South Dakota are criticizing a bid to restore abortion access in the state. 

An interfaith group of Hoosiers maintain that Indiana’s abortion ban violates their religious freedom. 

For months, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville has blocked unanimous consent of military promotions to protest the Pentagon’s reproductive health care policy. The Alabama Republican’s anti-abortion stance left hundreds of military nominees in limbo and drew bipartisan criticism. 

After the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case that overturned Roe v. Wade last year, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a task force to defend abortion rights and reproductive care access. 

Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court and a pivotal figure in a court case about access to abortion, died on Friday, States Newsroom reports. She was 93. 

Anti-abortion groups have pressured lawmakers in at least 14 states to require providers to give patients information about an abortion pill “reversal” treatment — an unproven, unscientific method that major medical organizations have condemned, Stateline reports.

Like many areas in the United States, Wyoming is facing a maternity care crisis. 

An analysis of Alaska’s maternal mortality rates discovered that more new mothers died from domestic violence or overdose causes than medical complications. 

A Republican-led campaign to restore abortion access is facing criticism from advocates who support survivors of sexual assault over a requirement to report a rape to a hotline, Missouri Independent reports. 

Groups that rallied Ohio voters to pass Issue 1 are preparing for a legal fight over the amendment’s enactment. 

Earlier this year, New Jersey launched an agency dedicated to improving maternal and infant health. Now, lawmakers want to require hospitals and birthing centers to allow doulas in their facilities.

A year after Michigan voters passed an amendment to protect reproductive rights, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed additional safeguards into law on Tuesday.