July 2019 News Review
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Two developments of note in the ongoing global discussion about reproductive rights.
An interesting commentary from International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion on the publication of the updated WHO Essential Medicines List: “Updates to the mifepristone-misoprostol combi-pack listing include: Mifepristone-misoprostol has been moved from the Complementary List to the Core Model List of Essential Medicines; An asterisk has been removed that stated that close medical supervision is required for administration of mifepristone-misoprostol for medical abortion; Dosage form included for the combi-pack containing: mifepristone 200 milligram tablet [1] and misoprostol 200 microgram tablet [4]. However, not changed in new list: The statement “where permitted under national law and where culturally acceptable” was not removed. This is an important success and will add weight to calls for countries to approve both kinds of pills for abortion in national essential medicines lists. It’s a pity but not a surprise that the text limiting approval to countries where permitted under national law was not changed.”
Nearly 80 organizations teamed up on “The Blueprint for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice,” built on five pillars, including access to reproductive health care, the preservation of reproductive rights, and the support of related research. The effort seeks to establish a proactive agenda that responds to recent “increasingly hostile attacks on reproductive autonomy and rights,” according to Planned Parenthood, one of the organizations, which also include the ACLU, and the Sierra Club. It takes on the areas of HIV/AIDS care and abortion, while also calling for expanded care access for those under 18, incarcerated people, and immigrants. The report also focuses on pregnancy and maternal health — for both within and outside the U.S., as it encourages U.S. foreign policy to make reproductive health a priority.
This happened in the same month as World Population Day, which was dedicated this year to expanded reproductive access, health and rights.
Academic Releases
Angola
Struggle Will Continue Until All Women and Girls Have Choices and Control Over Their Futures, UNFPA, 17 Jul 2019
Burkina Faso
Avortement sécurisé au Burkina : La CAPSSR/BF sensibilise, Sidwaya, 19 Jul 2019
Post-partum family planning in Burkina Faso (Yam Daabo): a two group, multi-intervention, single-blinded, cluster-randomised controlled trial, The Lancet Global Health, 11 Jul 2019
Burundi
Burundi Senate president, Reverien Ndikuriyo, calls Burundians for family planning, Region Week, 27 Jul 2019
La pénurie de préservatifs inquiète, Deutsche Welle/AllAfrica, 22 Jul 2019
Cameroon
Éducation à la sexualité – En quête de la bonne méthode d’enseignement, Cameroon Tribune, 19 Jul 2019
In Cameroon the best way to reach young people is through other young people, IPPF, 9 Jul 2019
A day in the life of a peer educator, IPPF, 9 Jul 2019
Cote d’Ivoire
Santé sexuelle et de reproduction – Les centres de santé communautaire de Port-Bouët et de Koumassi franchisés, Fratmat, 4 Jul 2019
L’AIBEF plaide pour une légalisation de l’avortement, AIP, 21 Jun 2019
DRC
Successful programmatic approaches to facilitating IUD uptake: CARE’s experience in DRC, BMC Women’s Health, 24 Jul 2019
Planification familiale : les médias invités à impliquer le gouvernement dans la mobilisation des fonds, ADIAC, 23 Jul 2019
AFP: le planning familial pour participer à l’émergence de la RDC, La Prosperite, 23 Jul 2019
«Merci mon héros» : une chanson pour la sensibilisation à la santé sexuelle des jeunes, ACP, 21 Jul 2019
Meeting the demand of women affected by ongoing crisis: Increasing contraceptive prevalence in North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, PLOS One, 19 Jul 2019
“Provide care for everyone please”: engaging community leaders as sexual and reproductive health advocates in North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Reproductive Health, 8 Jul 2019
Egypt
Egypt succeeded in spending on reproductive health, says Zayed, Daily News, 22 Jul 2019
Ethiopia
Quality of Contraceptive Use and Women’s Paid Work and Earnings in Peri-Urban Ethiopia, Feminist Economics, 25 Jul 2019
Determinants and Outcome of Safe Second Trimester Medical Abortion at Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia, Journal of Pregnancy, 7 Jul 2019
Gambia
The role of sexual and reproductive health in gender equality, Observer Research Foundation, 17 Jul 2019
Ghana
Rising teenage pregnancy; NPC warns of dire consequences, Ghana Business News, 27 Jul 2019
Abortion experience and self-efficacy: exploring socioeconomic profiles of Ghanaian women, BMC Reproductive Health, 26 Jul 2019
Sexual reproductive health rights is the key to sustainable development, GhanaWeb, 22 Jul 2019
‘Adherence to Family Planning Leads to Poverty Reduction’, Ghanaian Times, 17 Jul 2019
Sustain Efforts At Curbing Adolescent Pregnancy – UNFPA, Ghanaian Times, 16 Jul 2019
11,000 Girls Got Pregnant in Central Region in 2018, Ghanaian Times, 16 Jul 2019
Plan Ghana, NYA engage Wa youth on sexual health, child marriage, Ghana Web, 15 Jul 2019
Investment in adolescent sexual education crucial to reproductive health, Graphic Online, 14 Jul 2019
Teenage Pregnancy On Decline in Central Region, Ghanaian Times, 10 Jul 2019
Guinea
Clinique de Fondation SOVEE: la fréquentation en nette hausse, Aminata, 21 Jul 2019
Kenya
To snip or not to snip? Men take centre stage in family planning, Daily Nation, 27 Jul 2019
Professional aftercare crucial to avoid stigma, The Star, 22 Jul 2019
More Teenage Girls in Meru Getting Pregnant, Report Shows, Daily Nation, 22 Jul 2019
Abortion stigma denies survivors speedy treatment, The Star, 17 Jul 2019
Unplanned Pregnancies Hamper Progress, Daily Nation, 16 Jul 2019
Fear not guys, no more chopping and vasectomy is now reversible, Nairobi News, 14 Jul 2019
Change tack in family planning, HIV war, Daily Nation, 13 Jul 2019
Guidelines can stop unnecessary abortion deaths, Daily Nation, 12 Jul 2019
Advise daughters on sex, Kiambu parents told, The Star, 10 Jul 2019
Focus on policy and investment as teenage pregnancies remain high, Business Daily, 9 Jul 2019
Teen Moms Crisis – Outrage Over Rise in Shameful Trend, Daily Nation, 7 Jul 2019
Maternal mortality high in counties with strong ethnic stand, The Star, 4 Jul 2019
SheDecides Kenya Rocks the RHNK Conference 2019!, She Decides, 2 Jul 2019
Liberia
New Project on Sexual, Reproductive Health Launched, Daily Observer, 2 Jul 2019
Madagascar
Fanomezantsoa Arthure Oliva – «Je sais que la formation de Gender Links est bénéfique, mais j’ai du mal à l’appliquer., Gender Links, 9 Jul 2019
Malawi
Myths Lowering Family Planning Uptake in Mchinji – Dho, Malawi News Agency, 31 Jul 2019
Meet Nthanda, a Women’s Rights Advocate and Entrepreneur, Medium, 29 Jul 2019
‘There are times when the whole country runs out of condoms’, The Journal, 13 Jul 2019
Mauritius
Mauritius drafts its State Party Report on the Maputo Protocol, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, 29 Jul 2019
Mozambique
The Growing Toll of the Global Gag Rule, The New Republic, 3 Jul 2019
Aga Khan Foundation project to promote reproductive health in Cabo Delgado, Club of Mozambique, 2 Jul 2019
Namibia
Sexual health in the spotlight, Namibian Sun, 23 Jul 2019
Condomise campaign shifts mind-set of young Namibian rural dwellers, Xinhua, 21 Jul 2019
Making a difference, Namibian Sun, 9 Jul 2019
We want improved sexual and reproductive health – Namibian youth, New Era, 1 Jul 2019
Nigeria
Our husbands want sex, not family planning — Lagos housewives cry out, Vanguard, 30 Jul 2019
How Long-acting Family Planning Method Brings Peace Of Mind, Leadership, 27 Jul 2019
Why Nigeria’s Attainment Of Family Planning 2020 Goal Will Be A Miracle —Expert, Nigerian Tribune, 25 Jul 2019
Not left out of the global rollback of sexual and reproductive rights, AWID, 23 Jul 2019
‘Ways to improve access to family planning services’, Daily Trust, 23 Jul 2019
Embrace Family Planning to Tackle Population Explosion, Experts Warn Nigerians, This Day, 20 Jul 2019
Reduce Maternal Mortality, Consider Women’s Rights’, Daily Trust, 19 Jul 2019
Let’s Talk About Sex: What Do Nigerian Adolescents Know About Sexual Reproductive Health?, Nigeria Health Watch, 17 Jul 2019
Lagos Govt Committed To Ending Maternal Deaths From Unsafe Abortions – LASUTH CMD, The Independent, 17 Jul 2019
New Learning App Links Family Planning Providers Across Nigeria, JHU CCP, 15 Jul 2019
Women Advised To Embrace Family Planning, The Independent, 15 Jul 2019
US activists promote anti-birth control app in Nigeria’s ‘most vulnerable’ areas, The Guardian, 15 Jul 2019
“Men Should Be Involved In Family Planning To Curtail Population Explosion”, The Independent, 12 Jul 2019
NGO Tasks Govs’ Wives To Support Use Of Contraceptives, The Independent, 11 Jul 2019
How Myths, Misconception, Others Mar Family Planning Acceptance In Badagry Community, The Independent, 10 Jul 2019
Boosting Family Planning After Pregnancy in Nigeria, JHU CCP, 8 Jul 2019
3.9 Million Girls, Women Need Reproductive Health Services in North-East – UNFPA, Vanguard, 8 Jul 2019
Shortage of consumables hinder family planning, New Telegraph, 4 Jul 2019
NGO donates 40 machines to Jigawa Govt. to improve family health, The Nation, 3 Jul 2019
FCTA, USAID honour family planning champions, Daily Trust, 1 Jul 2019
Facilitators and Barriers to Systematically Scaling-up Family Planning Task-Shifting and Task-Sharing of Contraceptive Implants, USAID/E2A, July 2019
Republic of Congo
Jeunesse – L’Association fraternité Saint Rosaire sensibilise à la santé de la reproduction dans le Pool, Les Depeches de Brazzaville, 19 Jul 2019
Partenariat – Nepad-Congo et Acbef préoccupées par la santé sexuelle et reproductive, Les Depeches de Brazzaville, 18 Jul 2019
Rwanda
Nyagatare – Speaker Mukabalisa Urges Parents to Promote Birth Control, New Times, 29 Jul 2019
Fresh talks between Catholics, govt to break family planning gridlock, New Times, 22 Jul 2019
Why younger Gakenke couples are embracing family planning, New Times, 17 Jul 2019
World Population Day: A call for global efforts to scale up family planning uptake, New Times, 11 Jul 2019
Gisagara residents benefit from new family planning campaign, New Times, 2 Jul 2019
Increased Rwandan Access to Obstetrician–Gynecologists Through a U.S.–Rwanda Academic Training Partnership, Obstetrics & Gynecology, July 2019
How Literate Are Health Care Providers About Abortion?, KT Press, 10 Jun 2019
Senegal
Le planning familial, une “des solutions” contre la mortalité maternelle et infantile, APS, 13 Jul 2019
Seychelles
#VoiceandChoice Summit winners announced, Gender Links, 8 Jul 2019
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone school defies state ban on pregnant girls in class, Reuters, 16 Jul 2019
South Africa
Make women’s reproductive rights a reality, DFA, 9 Jul 2019
Hawks arrest nurse for charging woman for free abortion – The department’s mandate is to serve the public with health services at no cost, said Mpumalanga health MEC Sasekani Manzini., Health-E News, 5 Jul 2019
Inside the ECHO chamber: Reproductive justice must be prioritised, e-Health News, 1 Jul 2019
South Sudan
Mother With Disability Hopes for Better Life With Family Planning, UNFPA, 18 Jul 2019
Tanzania
How gender and religion impact uptake of family planning: results from a qualitative study in Northwestern Tanzania, BMC Women’s Health, 22 Jul 2019
Reaching out to the youth about reproductive health, The Citizen, 16 Jul 2019
President urges Tanzania’s women to ‘set ovaries free’, have more babies to boost economy, Reuters, 10 Jul 2019
Tunisia
Right and Access for Women to Safe Abortion in the Middle East & North Africa (RAWSA MENA), International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion, 12 Jul 2019
Uganda
Preaching abstinence to teenagers is outdated-UNESCO official, Daily Monitor, 31 Jul 2019
Religious leaders want family planning to be directed to youths, Capital Radio, 29 Jul 2019
Uganda Has 25 Year Old Grannies – Minister, The Observer, 24 Jul 2019
How Trump’s Title X Gag Rule Will Harm Patients, According To Physicians & Clinic Workers, Bustle, 24 Jul 2019
How Donald Trump’s War on Abortion Could Make the Opioid Epidemic Worse, Mother Jones, 24 Jul 2019
Vouchers increase early contraceptive uptake in women living with HIV, Avert, 23 Jul 2019
Invest in sexual reproductive health, Daily Monitor, 15 Jul 2019
Contraceptive Shortage Hits the Country, Daily Monitor, 11 Jul 2019
Uganda calls for family planning to empower women, reduce population growth, Xinhua, 11 Jul 2019
A Nurse Finds Her Niche: A New Focus on Family Planning, Jhpiego, 10 Jul 2019
Stella Nyanzi – the Rude Vagina-Poem-Writing Hero Uganda Needs, African Arguments, 9 Jul 2019
Uganda on course to meet global family planning targets, Daily Monitor, 5 Jul 2019
Religious leaders commit to lobby for more funds for family planning services, Capital FM, 5 Jul 2019
Process evaluation of a comprehensive sexuality education intervention in primary schools in South Western Uganda, Sexual & Reproductive Health, 27 Jun 2019
Zambia
Sexual Reproductive Health vital for young girls., Lusaka Times, 10 Jul 2019
Zambian Teens Can’t Talk About Sex or Contraception, Even With Their Friends, The Conversation, 2 Jul 2019
Zimbabwe
Time to re-think policy on contraceptives for Youth, Gender Links, 31 Jul 2019
Access to sexual reproductive health rights still challenge, The Chronicle, 27 Jul 2019
Call to Fund Family Planning, The Herald, 23 Jul 2019
Calls for Standalone Budget for Family Planning, ZBC, 19 Jul 2019
Clearing the confusion around the age of consent, The Herald, 1 Jul 2019
Research and Resources
Toppling the Ethical Balance — Health Care Refusal and the Trump Administration, NEJM, 31 Jul 2019
Predicted changes in abortion access and incidence in a post-Roe world., Contraception, 31 Jul 2019
Access to family planning for youth: perspectives of young family planning leaders from 40 countries, Gates Open Research, 25 Jul 2019
Zika, abortion and health emergencies: a review of contemporary debates, Globalization and Health, 24 Jul 2019
Do menstrual cups increase risk of IUD expulsion? A survey of self-reported IUD and menstrual hygiene product use in the United States., European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care, 23 Jul 2019
The Economic Effects of Abortion Access: A Review of the Evidence, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, 18 Jul 2019
Cross-country analysis of correlation between protection of women’s economic and social rights, health improvement and sustainable development, BMJ Open, 18 Jul 2019
Shoring Up Reproductive Autonomy: Title X’s Foundational Role, Guttmacher Policy Review, 17 Jul 2019
FIGO Committee Statement: Ethical responsibilities in post‐abortion care, Obstetrics & Gynecology/FIGO, 17 Jul 2019
Condoms: which of these five is right for you?, IPPF, 15 Jul 2019
Abortion Law: Global Comparisons, Council on Foreign Relations, 15 Jul 2019
Medical abortion in Nepal: a qualitative study on women’s experiences at safe abortion services and pharmacies, Reproductive Health, 15 Jul 2019
9 Lessons for Sustaining Family Planning Interventions with Governments, Engender Health, 15 Jul 2019
Percent of Title X Clinics that are Planned Parenthood Clinics and/or Provide Abortions, KFF, 12 Jul 2019
Twenty-five years ago, leaders promised to advance women’s health and rights. Have they delivered?, UNFPA, 10 Jul 2019
Abortion and Crime, Revisited, Freakonomics, 10 Jul 2019
Medication Abortion Provided Through Telemedicine in Four U.S. States, Obsterics & Gynecology, 9 Jul 2019
A prospective study of mifepristone and unlimited dosing of sublingual misoprostol for termination of second-trimester pregnancy in Uzbekistan and Ukraine, BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, 9 Jul 2019
Reproductive Coercion and Relationship Abuse Among Adolescents and Young Women Seeking Care at School Health Centers, Obsterics & Gynecology, 9 Jul 2019; see also Many teen girls pressured by partners to get pregnant, Reuters/Yahoo, 11 Jul 2019, Study examines racial disparities in reproductive coercion, Medical Xpress, 12 Jul 2019
World Health Organization model list of essential medicines: 21st list 2019, WHO, 9 Jul 2019
Financial Implications of 12-Month Dispensing of Oral Contraceptive Pills in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System, JAMA Internal Medicine, 8 July; see also Expanding Access to Short-Acting Hormonal Contraceptive Methods in the United States JAMA Internal Medicine, 8 July, Giving women only 3 months of birth control at a time may waste millions of dollars and lead to hundreds of unintended pregnancies. Year-long prescriptions could fix that., Insider, 8 July 2019
A New Progestin-Only Contraceptive Pill, MedScape, 8 Jul 2019
Erosion of women’s reproductive rights in the United States, BMJ, 5 Jul 2019
Male Abortion Beneficiaries: Exploring the Long-Term Educational and Economic Associations of Abortion Among Men Who Report Teen Pregnancy, Journal of Adolescent Health, 2 Jul 2019; see also Teen males who avoid parenthood through abortion have better socioeconomic future, study says, Fox13, 10 Jul 2019
HHS’s Proposed Changes to Non-Discrimination Regulations Under ACA Section 1557, KFF, 1 Jul 2019; see also HHS to Delay Implementing ‘Conscience Protection’ Rule, MedPage Today, 1 Jul 2019
Preventing unsafe abortion, WHO HRP Evidence Brief, July 2019
Clinical Updates in Reproductive Health (update), IPAS, July 2019
Family Planning for Clients with HIV, Training Resource Package for Family Planning, July 2019
Blueprint for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice, July 2019; see also Describing ‘Future We Want to Live In’ Scores of Groups Unveil New Blueprint for Reproductive Rights, Common Dreams, 15 Jul 2019; Blueprint For Sexual And Reproductive Health, Rights, Justice Released, Endorsed By 80 Organizations, KFF, 16 Jul 2019
A survey of young women’s perceptions of the influence of the Levonorgestrel-Intrauterine System or copper-intrauterine device on sexual desire, Sexual & Reproductive Health, 27 Jun 2019
Feasibility of Using Short Message Service and In-Depth Interviews to Collect Data on Contraceptive Use Among Young, Unmarried, Sexually Active Men in Moshi, Tanzania, and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Mixed Methods Study With a Longitudinal Follow-Up, Journal of Medical Internet Research Formative Research, 26 Jun 2019
The gender injustice of abortion laws, Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 18 Jun 2019
Criminalisation under scrutiny: how constitutional courts are changing their narrative by using public health evidence in abortion cases, Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 17 Jun 2019
A Multiwell Microfluidic Device for Analyzing and Screening Nonhormonal Contraceptive Agents, Small, 4 Jun 2019; see also Toward a Healthier Contraceptive Method, Advanced Science News, 15 Jul 2019
A New Progestin-Only Contraceptive Pill, MedScape, 8 Jul 2019
State Laws Restricting Abortion: The Need to Document Their Impact, The Milbank Quarterly, June 2019
Using Geospatial Data and Analytics to Guide Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Programs, USAID/MCSP, June 2019
Exploring Medical, Nursing, and Midwifery Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes to Abortion in the Philippines, Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights, May 2019
World Population Day
World Population Day 2019: Increasing access to contraceptives remains top priority in global family planning efforts, DKT International/Business Wire, 11 Jul 2019
This year’s World Population Day calls for reproductive health and rights, Economic Times (India), 11 Jul 2019
World Population Day: A call for global efforts to scale up family planning uptake, The New Times, 11 Jul 2019
World Population Day 2019: What you need to know, Evening Standard, 10 Jul 2019
Want to improve women’s lives and countries’ prospects for prosperity? Expand contraceptive choice, UNFPA, 10 Jul 2019
Let’s Talk About Sex – and Why Power Matters, IPS/UNFPA, 10 Jul 2019
Twenty-five years ago, leaders promised to advance women’s health and rights. Have they delivered?, UNFPA, 10 Jul 2019
Another view: On population awareness day, focus should be on sustainable living, Stockton Record, 10 Jul 2019
Global and General
Black Women Stand with Alexis McGill Johnson, Ms. Magazine, 31 Jul 2019
Women unable to access family planning, The National (Papua New Guinea), 31 Jul 2019
Married couple reflects on their illegal abortion, Detroit Free Press, 31 Jul 2019
In The Midst Of A Reproductive Rights Crisis, We’ve Lost More Watchdogs, Huff Post, 31 Jul 2019
No One Will Say ‘Abortion’, Jezebel, 31 Jul 2019
Restrictive Abortion Laws Have Consequences That Reach Far Beyond State Lines, Self, 31 Jul 2019
New Laws Deepen State Differences Over Abortion, Pew Charitable Trusts, 30 Jul 2019
NARAL Email Instructs Field Staff Not to Say Abortion Should be Safe and Legal, Splinter, 30 Jul 2019
Abortion and Medical Students: Education at a Crossroads, Medscape, 30 Jul 2019
Trans and Nonbinary People Get Abortions Too, Allure, 30 Jul 2019
Family planning clinics may have to return or destroy medication, Daily Herald, 30 Jul 2019
The Hyde Amendment and Coverage for Abortion Services, KFF, 30 Jul 2019
The right way to talk about reproductive rights and health care, CNN, 30 Jul 2019
Lyndra Therapeutics to Develop Once-Monthly Oral Contraceptive, Business Wire/Yahoo, 30 Jul 2019
Planned Parenthood and ACLU sue Missouri over 8-week abortion ban, CNN, 30 Jul 2019
Want to end preventable maternal deaths? Spend (at least) six times more by 2030, UNFPA, 29 Jul 2019
Trump’s worldwide war on abortion, Al Jazeera, 29 Jul 2019
Reducing access to contraception won’t reduce the abortion rate, Brookings, 29 Jul 2019
As Abortion Numbers Drop in South Dakota, Hundreds of Women Go Out-of-State, Governing, 29 Jul 2019
Anti-abortion group uses US federal grants to push controversial fertility app, The Guardian, 29 Jul 2019
Last Australian state poised to decriminalise abortion, AFP/Yahoo, 28 Jul 2019
Jews, outraged by restrictive abortion laws, are invoking the Hebrew Bible in the debate, USA Today, 28 Jul 2019
360,000 pregnancies per year in Sri Lanka; 1/3 are unplanned, Adaderana, 28 Jul 2019
At a Clinic Threatened by Trump’s Rules, She Asks, ‘Why Attack Women?’, The New York Times, 27 Jul 2019
What You Need To Know About The Controversial Abortion Method Featured In OITNB, Refinery 29, 27 Jul 2019
Malta is the last EU country to have a full ban on abortion, The Economist, 27 Jul 2019
Clinics exiting family planning program may have to destroy contraceptives, Politico, 26 Jul 2019
NIH issues strict new requirements for fetal tissue research funding , Washington Post, 26 Jul 2019
Federal Health Minister tells all provinces to fund abortion care, The Globe and Mail, 25 Jul 2019
Doctor claiming to ‘reverse’ abortion was told to stop using medical school’s name, The Guardian, 25 Jul 2019
This “9 To 5” Parody On Abortion Rights Uses Humor To Move The Conversation Forward, Bustle, 25 Jul 2019
‘Abortion is just one piece of the puzzle’: Poets highlight reproductive justice, The Chronicle, 25 Jul 2019
Hollywood countering pro-life laws by normalizing abortion onscreen ‘at record levels’, Fox News, 25 Jul 2019
Health Ministry continues to defend new abortion law even as gynecologists express strong reservations, Kathmandu Post, 25 Jul 2019
Europe’s patchwork of abortion laws is absurd. Rights must be made universal, The Guardian, 24 Jul 2019
Uterus under fire: reproductive justice goes beyond freedom to choose, Rabble, 24 Jul 2019
I Learned How to Do an Abortion on a Papaya, Vice, 24 Jul 2019
Planned Parenthood isn’t political. It’s been politicized, Washington Post, 24 Jul 2019
Girls are targeted for abortion in part of India. Where’s the feminist outrage?, Washington Examiner, 24 Jul 2019
On the frontline: 12 hours in a besieged abortion clinic, The Guardian, 24 Jul 2019
Campaigner gets coat hanger tattoo saying ‘never again’ to protest strict Trump anti-abortion laws, The Independent, 24 Jul 2019
Planned Parenthood’s search for Muskegon location ‘difficult’, Fox17, 24 Jul 2019
New Texas anti-abortion group vies for family planning funds, Politico, 24 Jul 2019
Why abortion could be Democrats’ biggest problem in 2020, Fox News, 23 Jul 2019
Human Rights Council 41st Session – Two Statements, International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion, 23 Jul 2019
Planned Parenthood’s eviction stirs debate over Muskegon County’s family-planning role, Mlive, 23 Jul 2019
Debating Abortion and Disability Rights: The Lasting Impact of Nazi Eugenics, Social Science Research Council, 23 Jul 2019
Krewe Of Goddesses Dance Party To Raise Funds For Reproductive Rights, Offbeat, 23 Jul 2019
District Attorneys Must Protect Abortion Access, Ms. magazine, 22 Jul 2019
IVG : 50 députés se battent pour son inscription dans la Constitution, L’Info, 22 Jul 2019
How Illinois Became an Abortion-Rights Haven, The New Yorker, 22 Jul 2019
Amidst an Abortion Crisis, Missouri’s Women Are Fighting Back, Refinery 29, 22 Jul 2019
Buying Abortion Pills Online Is Overwhelmingly Safe, But Maybe Illegal, Vice, 22 Jul 2019
How the Broadway Community Is Uniting to Fight for Reproductive Rights, Backstage, 22 Jul 2019
Maternal health: The next frontier for private sector engagement, MSD for Mothers/Devex, 22 Jul 2019
Trump Administration Pauses Enforcement of Abortion Restrictions, Time, 22 Jul 2019
Why does an FDA page about abortion pills cite murders and overdoses as ‘associated with’ the drugs?, Pacific Standard, 22 Jul 2019
How anti-abortion activism is exploiting data, Privacy International, 22 Jul 2019
Federal judge hears arguments challenging three Arkansas abortion laws, Arkansas Times, 22 Jul 2019
Reproductive rights are often treated as a political bargaining chip; this must stop, Sunday Times (Sri Lanka), 21 Jul 2019
How Roe v. Wade benefits men, The Week, 21 Jul 2019
The Bruce effect: Termination of pregnancy in animals., Hidden Pockets, 20 Jul 2019
Leana Wen: Why I Left Planned Parenthood, The New York Times, 19 Jul 2019
Family planning as a human right: The way forward, Observer Research Foundation, 19 Jul 2019
Trump’s Gag Rules Hurt the Most Vulnerable Women, Ms. Magazine, 19 Jul 2019
Telemedicine reproductive care connects options in Oregon, KOIN/Portland Tribune, 19 Jul 2019
Pregnant Women Overseas Lose Access to Pre-Natal Care Due to Trump’s ‘Global Gag Rule’, VOA, 18 Jul 2019
‘Gag rule’ targets poor women’s health – It’s cruel to withhold federal birth control funds to win points in the abortion debate., Central Maine, 18 Jul 2019
As America Debates Abortion, Hollywood Seeks the Realities, The New York Times, 18 Jul 2019
“Reproductive Health Is Not a Priority”: How Abortion Care in Puerto Rico Has Gone Ignored Since Hurricane María, Remezcla, 18 Jul 2019
This Abortion Drug Is Safe And Effective. Why Can’t You Buy It In A Pharmacy?, Huffington Post, 18 Jul 2019
US Defunds UNFPA for Third Consecutive Year– on Misconceived Assumptions, IPS, 17 Jul 2019
An Open Letter to the Planned Parenthood Community, Planned Parenthood Action Fund/Medium, 17 Jul 2019
Global Abortion Laws, Split on a Clear North-South Divide, Pass Blue, 17 Jul 2019
The Politics of Planned Parenthood, Slate, 17 Jul 2019
More Children Won’t Make America Great—But Feminist Policies Supporting Families Will, Ms. Magazine, 17 Jul 2019
Marie Newman: I’m Running to Unseat an Anti-Abortion Congressman. The Democratic Party Isn’t Helping Me., Teen Vogue, 17 Jul 2019
Planned Parenthood Officials Say They’ve Halted Use Of Title X Family Planning Funds, NPR, 17 Jul 2019
Planned Parenthood taps emergency funds to preserve abortion referrals, Columbus Dispatch, 17 Jul 2019
New Contraceptive Vaginal Ring Prevents Pregnancy for a Year, Gives Women More Control, Reuters/Medscape, 16 Jul 2019
The Suffragists Who Opposed Birth Control, The Atlantic, 16 Jul 2019
Here’s How Trump’s New Abortion Restrictions Could Affect You, Refinery 29, 16 Jul 2019
Trump abortion rule seen as blow against Planned Parenthood, AP/PBS, 16 Jul 2019
Why are women from Croatia going to Slovenia for abortions?, Nacional, 16 Jul 2019
The Abortion Exodus – more Poles and Croats going abroad, EU Observer, 16 Jul 2019
Planned Parenthood ousts head amid heightened attack on abortion rights, Politico, 16 Jul 2019
For Women of Color, Family Shame Can Make Abortions Traumatic, Vice, 16 Jul 2019
The Latest: Planned Parenthood won’t comply with Trump rule, AP, 16 Jul 2019
Dance party protests ‘attacks’ on women’s reproductive rights outside Texas governor’s mansion, KXAN, 15 Jul 2019
The Scripted Deception Surrounding the ‘Unplanned’ Film, ReproAction, 15 Jul 2019
Trump abortion restrictions effective immediately, AP/PBS, 15 Jul 2019
Anglophone Africa Regional FP2020 Workshop Shows Strategic Country Exchanges Are Critical to Advancing Family Planning Goals, FP2020/Medium, 15 Jul 2019
Une caravane des bailleurs pour faire progresser la planification familiale au Niger et au Mali, FP2020/Medium, 15 Jul 2019
Understanding ECHO: What Comes Next?, FP2020/Medium, 15 Jul 2019
US aid cuts to UN agency will hurt vulnerable women and children, critics say, CNN, 15 Jul 2019
‘Care. No matter what’ isn’t a promise in Alabama, it’s a battle cry, The Independent, 15 Jul 2019
Universities and medical organizations oppose fetal tissue research ban, STAT News, 15 Jul 2019; see letter
Malta’s Fledgling Movement for Abortion Rights, The Atlantic, 15 Jul 2019
Abortion Access: ‘A Heartbeat Doesn’t Make You a Person,’ Says Bioethicist, Medscape, 15 Jul 2019
Planned Parenthood CEO: We will not bend to people determined to take away health care rights, Indy Star, 14 Jul 2019
Facebook ‘took matters into own hands’ over pro-life ads, The Times, 14 Jul 2019
Democrats Shouldn’t Be So Certain About Abortion, The New York Times, 14 Jul 2019
Abortion bans are an assault on women’s rights. Businesses should say so, CNN, 13 Jul 2019
‘We Cannot Overstate the Harm This Decision Will Have’: Oklahoma Judge Upholds Ban on Common Abortion Procedure, Common Dreams, 12 Jul 2019
How to Talk to Young People About Abortion, Rewire News, 12 Jul 2019
Pussy Riot Performed in Alabama Last Night to Protest the State’s Ultra-Restrictive New Abortion Laws, Art Net, 12 Jul 2019
New Ruling Jeopardizes Reproductive Care Access for Nearly 4 Million People, truthout, 12 Jul 2019
Conservatives Are Making Abortion Rights More Popular By Attacking Them, Vice, 12 Jul 2019
Family planning has role to play in climate battle, Green News, 12 Jul 2019; Population Institute Joins The “Thriving Together” Campaign Linking Family Planning And Environmental Issues, PR Newswire/Yahoo Finance, 11 Jul 2019; Time to work together, say family planning and conservation groups, Devex, 11 Jul 2019
Rep. Ilhan Omar Spars With USAID Official Over Family Planning Funding, CNS, 12 Jul 2019
The informal networks resisting Honduras’s abortion ban, Al Jazeera, 12 Jul 2019
Changes To Family Planning Funding Allowed To Go Into Effect As Larger Appeals Court Deliberates On Decision, KHN, 12 Jul 2019
Over 30 percent of hospitals in Romania are refusing legal abortions, The Black Sea, 11 Jul 2019
Trump Admin’s ‘Pro-Women’ Human Rights Panel Stacked With Anti-Abortion Figures, Daily Beast, 11 Jul 2019
Amid the Bans, Abortion Advocates Are Winning Key State Victories, truthout, 11 Jul 2019
This physician provides abortions and circumcisions. She says her Jewish values drive both practices, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 11 Jul 2019
Gibraltar Government announces referendum on abortion legislation, Gibraltar Chronicle, 11 Jul 2019
Boom! Lawyered: This Lawsuit Could Bring Reproductive Justice to the Supreme Court, Rewire News, 11 Jul 2019
Support for abortion rights at highest point in decades: poll, The Hill, 10 Jul 2019
Harris accused of letting abortion protest exclusion zones ‘fall off the agenda’, The Journal, 10 Jul 2019
The Flaws in a Study of Abortion Rates and the Mexico City Policy, National Review, 10 Jul 2019
El Salvador set to reopen abortion trial of teen rape victim, Thomson Reuters Foundation, 10 Jul 2019
Trump Wants to Silence Planned Parenthood—and He’s Winning in Court, The American Prospect, 10 Jul 2019
Pussy Riot to play Alabama show in support of women’s reproductive rights, New York Daily News, 10 Jul 2019
Taking the first — and only — reproduction tour in America, Ozy, 10 Jul 2019
Prof Fathalla, still fighting for women’s health and rights, FIGO, 10 Jul 2019
U.K. Lawmakers Just Voted to Back Same-Sex Marriage and Abortion Access in Northern Ireland, Time, 9 Jul 2019
The Inherent Imprecision of Hormonal Birth Control, Verily, 9 Jul 2019
The pill has been around since the ’60s — are we finally going to see one for men?, Canada.com, 9 Jul 2019
Beyond the Back Alley, Bitch Media, 9 Jul 2019
Why Women Getting Abortions Now Are More Likely to Be Poor, The New York Times, 9 Jul 2019
A boom in at-home abortions is coming, Vox, 9 Jul 2019
Abortion AMA: Can You Reverse An Abortion?, Bustle, 9 Jul 2019
Kansas judge blocks telemedicine abortion consultations, AP/KSHB, 8 Jul 2019
Nation’s Largest Teachers’ Union Embraces ‘Fundamental Right to Abortion’, National Review, 8 Jul 2019
Contraceptive Devices Market to Reach US$ 11,166.4 Mn by 2025, Driven by Optimum Assurance Towards Safety Offered By These Devices, States Fortune Business Insights, Globe Newswire/Yahoo Finance, 8 Jul 2019
‘It’s much bigger than abortion’: five state lawmakers who fought against six-week bans, The Guardian, 8 Jul 2019
Climate change and family planning, Simcoe, 8 Jul 2019
The male pill is closer than ever – so will women trust men to take it?, The Telegraph, 7 Jul 2019
Honduran women demand protocol for survivors of sex abuse, Al Jazeera, 7 Jul 2019
Leana Wen: My miscarriage has made my commitment to women’s health even stronger, Washington Post, 7 Jul 2019
UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem commends African Heads of State; invites them to ICPD Summit in Nairobi, UNFPA/All Africa, 6 Jul 2019
Medical Residents Struggle to Find Abortion Training as Statewide Restrictions Tighten, Rewire News, 5 Jul 2019
German court overturns abortion advertising conviction, AP/Miami Herald, 3 Jul 2019
For Trans Men Seeking Reproductive Health Care, ‘There Are Barriers Every Step of the Way’, Rewire News, 3 Jul 2019
Race Against Time: How White Fear of Genetic Annihilation Fuels Abortion Bans, Yes magazine, 3 Jul 2019
The Alabama woman indicted after a miscarriage will not be prosecuted, Vox, 3 Jul 2019
Riffs for Reproductive Justice Is a New Metal and Hardcore Compilation Raising Money for Abortion Access, Pitchfork, 3 Jul 2019
As state lawmakers weigh next abortion ban, more SC women seek access elsewhere, The State, 3 Jul 2019
Appeals court puts Trump abortion restrictions on hold again, AP, 3 Jul 2019
Newly Blue Maine Expands Access To Abortion, KHN, 3 Jul 2019
Underfunded: the urgent need for emergency reproductive health kits in N. Korea, NK News, 3 Jul 2019
Human Coalition’s Anti-Abortion Fake Clinics Are A Public Health Disaster, ReproAction, 2 Jul 2019
Group erects ‘Abortion is Freedom’ billboards in response to Waskom’s ban, Longview News-Journal, 2 Jul 2019
Reproductive rights can’t be taken for granted as right-wing populism rises, The Sault Star, 2 Jul 2019
Reproductive Rights Groups Tell FDA to Stop Restricting Medication Abortion, Rewire News, 1 Jul 2019
This Is What’s Missing From The Abortion Ban Conversation, Bustle, 1 Jul 2019
American Medical Association sues North Dakota over abortion laws, CBS, 1 Jul 2019
Blue states are finally worried about abortion — and they’re doing something about it, Vice, 1 Jul 2019
These Powerful Letters Show Why Women Have Abortions, BuzzFeed, 1 Jul 2019
How Rep. Ayanna Pressley is pushing back on abortion bans, Vox, 25 Jun 2019
App that connects users with abortion providers launches across Canada, CBC, 19 Jun 2019
Meet the people pushing to change Alabama’s abortion laws – and those fighting against them., SBS, 19 Jun 2019
