"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
"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."
#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
"For different reasons, an alliance of MAHA adherents, social conservatives and pronatalists are eager to go after birth control. With Trump sinking in the polls and his coalition fracturing, he may want to deliver for his core supporters...Contraception has gone from being politically untouchable to a real target on the right."
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/04/25/birth-control-maha-abortion-trump-00889738
#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #contraception #FamilyPlanning #FDA #PhRMA #elections #elections2026
"And the fact that miscarriages are more common for Black women isn’t comforting, it’s terrifying. It’s emblematic of larger societal issues — including a lack of adequate medical research — that Black people are disproportionately faced with this devastating situation."
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/black-women-miscarriage-too-common
#healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #miscarriages #BlackMastodon #WomensHealth
"Critics of free birthing note that even when a woman’s labor is progressing smoothly, it can quickly turn dangerous, posing life-threatening risks to mother and child. This can happen in any birth setting, but early recognition and appropriately timed medical intervention can improve the outcomes."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/science/free-birth-wild-pregancy-risks-home-birth.html
#healthcare #PublicHealth #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #childbirth #delivery
"Bill Cassidy, the foremost Republican critic of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the Senate, is broadening his assault.
Cassidy, who’s called out Kennedy repeatedly for Kennedy’s efforts to sow doubt about the importance of vaccination, attacked him Wednesday for not doing enough to stop people from taking abortion pills."
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/04/22/congress/cassidy-rfk-abortion-vaccines-00887782
#PublicHealth #healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortion #FDA #UScongress #USpol
https://jessica.substack.com/p/pregnancy-decriminalization-bill
#abortion #pregnancy #miscarriage #reproductiverights #reprojustice #feminism #patriarchy #misogyny #autonomy #humanrights #humanrightswatch
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Book Launch: Information, Power, and Reproductive Health
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