"The head of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Marty Makary, is resigning after a rocky tenure that drew months of complaints from health industry executives, anti-abortion activists, vaping lobbyists and other allies of President Donald Trump."

https://apnews.com/article/fda-trump-makary-kennedy-vaccines-drugs-ef151784342c48cca3b91a829d615b5e

#healthcare #PublicHealth #FDA #PrescriptionDrugs #ultraprocessed #ReproHealth #mifepristone #vaping #ecigarettes #USpol

"Two years after Florida's six-week abortion ban went into effect, an OB-GYN with over 30 years of experience says he thinks the restrictions have taken a toll on pregnancy care — regardless of whether patients are seeking to terminate."

https://www.wusf.org/the-florida-roundup/2026-05-11/doctor-says-floridas-six-week-abortion-ban-has-taken-a-toll-on-prenatal-care

#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #prenatal #miscarriage #abortion #WomensHealth #obstetrics #florida

"Tamiru can think of countless times where a midwife has saved the life of a mother or a child. And he's become concerned that there aren't enough midwives for all the women delivering babies. His concern is backed up by the numbers."
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/05/g-s1-119984/midwife-midwives-childbirth

#healthcare #GlobalHealth #midwives #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #MaternalHealth #USAID #ForeignAid #ForeignAssistance

#SCOTUS restores access to #abortion pill by mail - for now

2 drugmakers filed emergency appeals to a Friday ruling from the 5th Circuit in New Orleans reinstated a requirement that #mifepristone, can only be picked up in person.

Gift:
https://wapo.st/3PfqNuV

#WomensHealth #ReproRights #ReproHealth

"...jettisoning hormonal treatments also means losing their benefits. Decades of research indicate that the hormones used in contraceptives, menopause care, and IVF are safe for the large majority of people. Hormonal IUDs and birth-control pills are highly effective, especially compared with more MAHA-aligned fertility-awareness methods."

🎁🔗: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/05/hormones-ovulation-natural-women/687042/?gift=4QaRc8exrrCy8GO1zwB_RhuoUdQlmuO4oNiTTm0kwZw

#healthcare #ReproHealth #contraception #FamilyPlanning #menstruation #periods #hormones #WomensHealth

"Two companies that make the abortion drug mifepristone asked the Supreme Court on Saturday to hit pause on Friday’s lower court ruling that cut off telemedicine access to the pills nationwide, including in states where abortion is legal."

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/02/abortion-pill-telehealth-mifepristone-supreme-court-00903861

#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #courts #SCOTUS

"Asked at a Congressional hearing about appropriations for family planning in May 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said: 'There's no plan to spend that money. We're not going to be in that business globally. We're not going to do it.'"

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/g-s1-118041/family-planning-birth-control-condoms-aid-cuts-rubio

#healthcare #GlobalHealth #USAID #ForeignAid #ForeignAssistance #CHW #midwives #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #contraception #FamilyPlanning

Accurate info. This is so desperately needed. #SexEd #SexualHealth #ReproHealth

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn

🏁 End of fieldwork for the FISO study on miscarriages and social Inequalities within the SOC-MISC project!

🙏 Thanks to the 41 women who shared their personal and powerful stories.
📊 5 months of interviews, 22 departments, participants aged 24–42. Now it's time for analysis 🔍

📅 Join us Dec 6 in Paris for a first look at the results with the Société d’Histoire de la Naissance.

#PregnancyLoss #Miscarriage #FeministResearch #HealthInequality #FISO #ReproHealth

Our latest in AJOG Global Reports from a great collaboration.

Prospective determination of heat shock protein serum levels in Saskatchewan women during pregnancy (open access)
#ReproHealth #ObGyn #Pregnancy #Labour #Biomarkers #Science #Canada #Saskatchewan

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666577825000942