Reproductive Rights Today

Access to medication abortion through telehealth is necessary for people in abusive relationships, according to researchers, advocates and survivors of domestic violence. 

Abortion funds are struggling to help people pay for transportation and lodging costs when they travel out of state for abortions, according to an abortion-rights advocacy group.

Black midwives in the South, a region rife with maternal health disparities, are leading lawsuits over state regulations that they say limit their ability to provide care.

A lawsuit filed by six women and an OB-GYN challenging Arkansas’ near-total abortion ban can move forward, a state judge ruled last week. 

A anti-abortion group is suing seven fertility clinics in Utah, arguing that discarding embryos — a routine part of the in vitro fertilization process — violates the state’s wrongful death statute. 

Threats against abortion providers and disruptions of clinic services increased last year, according to a report from an organization that represents abortion providers.

After weeks of back and forth in the courts over a lawsuit that could ultimately restrict access to telehealth abortion, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling Thursday that maintains availability of the abortion drug mifepristone while the case winds its way through the federal judiciary. 

“All of this is going to help women in the long run, which means mothers are happier, women are happier and partners are happier, and that makes us healthier as a society.” 

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday extended a highly anticipated stay blocking an appellate court’s pause on telehealth abortion access to the drug mifepristone until May 14.

Days before a case that could restrict access to telehealth abortion ended up at the U.S. Supreme Court, Republican-led legislatures in two states advanced bills targeting abortion pills.

Telehealth access to a key abortion drug is available for now after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a temporary stay Monday on a federal appeals court ruling that effectively prohibited mifepristone from being prescribed remotely. 

Republican lawmakers and several witnesses called for the repeal of a federal law intended to protect access to reproductive health clinics and places of worship during a U.S. House Judiciary subcommittee hearing this week.