- Reproductive RightsVoting RightsDemocracyDespite new GOP tactics to mislead voters, citizens have successfully defended and expanded abortion protections via ballot measures since the 2022 Dobbs ruling.
- HealthcareReproductive RightsCaliforniaNew YorkBlue states scored a progressive win by refusing to cooperate with GOP attempts to criminalize abortion—California and New York have enacted legal and policy measures to protect providers and patients, including declining to extradite doctors accused of mailing abortion pills.
- Reproductive RightsEconomic JusticeUtah is moving to rein in its runaway private adoption industry with new reforms to curb exploitation of pregnant women and better regulate agencies, marking a win for reproductive and economic justice.
- HealthcareRacial JusticeReproductive RightsMassachusettsMassachusetts is launching a doula certification this spring as part of implementing 20+ provisions of the 2024 maternal health law to expand access to services and reduce racial disparities in care.
- Reproductive RightsHealthcareA long-shot campaign by abortion rights activists successfully restored public funding for abortion, marking the movement’s biggest victory in a generation.
- HealthcareReproductive RightsThe Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered Peru to pay reparations to the family of a woman who died following forced sterilisation, a victory for reproductive rights and accountability.
- Reproductive RightsEducationIn 1969 three University of Texas at Austin students—Victoria Foe, Judy Smith, and Barbara Hines—organized campus activism that helped pave the way for birth control access in Texas.
- Racial JusticeReproductive RightsHealthcareGeeta Gandbhir made history as the first woman nominated for both Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short in the same year, a landmark recognition that amplifies stories of racial injustice and the fight for reproductive healthcare.
- Reproductive RightsOhio’s Reproductive Freedom Amendment was used to block a state law requiring burial or cremation of fetal remains, marking a significant win for reproductive rights and bodily autonomy.
- HealthcareReproductive RightsCriminal Justice ReformMassachusettsNew YorkProPublica investigations prompted concrete reforms this month — from Colorado moving to tighten marijuana testing and senators introducing the Clear Labels Act for prescription transparency, to Massachusetts’ governor proposing to remove the rape statute of limitations when DNA exists, New York lawmakers proposing major funding to fix the guardianship system, and Texas’ medical board issuing training so doctors can legally provide life‑saving abortion care — delivering tangible protections for public health, survivors and vulnerable people.
- Reproductive RightsCriminal Justice ReformA Texas prosecution of a midwife accused over an abortion is unraveling in court, a significant win for reproductive rights and due process.
- HealthcareReproductive RightsCaliforniaCalifornia’s emergency funding has largely replaced lost federal Medicaid dollars for Planned Parenthood, keeping clinics open and protecting essential reproductive and primary health care for low-income patients despite federal defunding.
- HealthcareReproductive RightsWisconsin’s legislature voted to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to 12 months for low-income new mothers after Assembly Speaker Robin Vos lifted his holdout, sending the bipartisan measure to Gov. Evers. [2]
- HealthcareReproductive RightsConnecticut is awarding $10.4 million to Planned Parenthood to protect vulnerable residents by funding reproductive and preventive health services, a major progressive win for healthcare and reproductive rights.