"Abortion restrictions in the US have made it more difficult to access care for miscarriages, a new study stays.

The new research found that since the June 2022 Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturning Roe v Wade, pregnancy care has fractured along state lines; it’s getting increasingly harder to access healthcare for miscarriages in US states with abortion restrictions."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/28/abortion-restrictions-miscarriage-healthcare

#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortion #miscarriage

"I am a physician who runs her state’s health agency. I had good insurance, paid leave and a fluency with institutions most new mothers should never need. What I did not have was a single provider who could serve as a quarterback for my care."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/opinion/women-childbirth-postpartum-care.html

#healthcare #insurance #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #postpartum

"Raised Baptist in a Republican family, Waldorf struggled to understand what the doctors were saying as waves of grief hit her. How could an abortion ban aimed at women who wanted to end their pregnancies keep doctors from helping a woman who didn’t?"

https://www.propublica.org/article/arkansas-abortion-ban-miscarriage-care

#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #miscarriage #abortion #arkansas

"Now, for the first time, a Planned Parenthood affiliate is offering what's called the "advance provision" of abortion medication. The initiative, shared exclusively with NPR, launched Thursday and is called 'Just In Case Abortion Pills.' It means people can have the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol on their shelf to be used in the future if they want to end an early pregnancy."

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/nx-s1-5827444/abortion-pills-mifepristone-misoprostol-planned-parenthood-advance-provision

#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortion #PrescriptionDrugs

"There’s a new vending machine in the New Orleans Healing Center (2372 Saint Claude Ave). Instead of sodas and snacks, it provides free access to birth control, emergency contraceptives, condoms, fentanyl test strips and Narcan."

https://veritenews.org/2026/05/19/vending-machine-maternal-care-plan-b/

#PublicHealth #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #contraception #FamilyPlanning #BirthControl #PlanB #EmergencyContraception #opioids #narcan #louisiana #NewOrleans

"As rural communities face the closure of hospitals and labor and delivery units, crisis pregnancy centers are growing in influence. Some states have approved legislation granting the organizations greater protections from oversight and regulation, and clinics have seen a massive influx of state and federal funding in recent years."

https://kffhealthnews.org/rural-health/anti-abortion-crisis-pregnancy-center-sandpoint-idaho-obgyn-maternity-care-desert/

#healthcare #hospitals #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortion #RuralHealth #WomensHealth

"The Justice Department’s new $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund — created by a legal settlement between President Donald Trump and his own administration — could funnel money to activists who broke into and blocked patients from entering abortion clinics."

The corruption from Trump's lawsuit against the IRS is truly on an unprecedented scale.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/19/abortion-clinic-protesters-eligible-for-payouts-from-new-trump-anti-weaponization-fund-00928784

#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortion #corruption #grift #SlushFund #MAGA #USpol

"The word 'Black' has been almost completely removed from a package of bills that have long been viewed as Congress’ main legislative vehicle to address the Black maternal health crisis, frustrating some advocates who feel Black women are being erased from the policy."

https://19thnews.org/2026/05/black-maternal-health-federal-momnibus/

#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #DEI #BlackMastodon #UScongress #USpol

https://jessica.substack.com/p/pregnancy-decriminalization-bill

#abortion #pregnancy #miscarriage #reproductiverights #reprojustice #feminism #patriarchy #misogyny #autonomy #humanrights #humanrightswatch