- Reproductive RightsEducationHealthcareColorado Democrats passed a law requiring colleges to provide abortion pills on campus, expanding access to reproductive health care for students.
- HealthcareReproductive RightsPlanned Parenthood will now provide mifepristone and misoprostol to Washington and Hawaii residents to keep on hand, a major pro-choice win expanding reproductive health access.
- Reproductive RightsNew YorkPro-choice political group EMILYs List endorsed Adrienne Adams in her bid for lieutenant governor, backing the first all-female major-party statewide ticket alongside Gov. Kathy Hochul in New York.
- Reproductive RightsHealthcareEducationUniversity students are building grassroots networks to distribute contraception to their peers, expanding birth-control access on campus despite nationwide rollbacks in reproductive rights.
- Reproductive RightsHealthcareThe Supreme Court's decision in Callais preserves access to mifepristone, reaffirming safe reproductive care and undermining decades of anti‑abortion misinformation.
- Reproductive RightsPro-choice advocates scored a win as leaders of the anti-abortion movement express disappointment over recent setbacks in the U.S.
- HealthcareReproductive RightsThe Supreme Court’s decision to restore telehealth access to abortion pills is a significant progressive win that expands reproductive health care access.
- Reproductive RightsImmigrationCriminal Justice ReformLaborEconomic JusticeMultiple progressive wins: the Supreme Court preserved broad access to the abortion medication mifepristone, a court ordered the return of a deported Colombian woman, death-row inmate Richard Glossip was freed on bond after nearly 30 years, Boeing agreed to pay nearly $50 million to a victim’s family, and Bolivian unions led nationwide strikes demanding change. [2]
- Reproductive RightsHealthcareThe Supreme Court temporarily blocked a lower-court order that would have banned telemedicine and mail-order abortions, preserving nationwide access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
- Reproductive RightsHealthcareMail-order abortion pills have quickly become common, expanding access to reproductive care and enabling people in states with bans to obtain abortions after Roe v. Wade was overturned.
- Reproductive RightsHealthcareIn a win for reproductive rights and healthcare access, the Supreme Court allowed continued mail delivery of the abortion pill mifepristone, preserving access that a federal appeals court had sought to restrict. [2] [3] [4] [5]
- HealthcareReproductive RightsEducationColorado lawmakers passed a bill requiring colleges to provide access to abortion pills, a win for reproductive rights, student health, and healthcare access. [2] [3]
- Reproductive RightsCriminal Justice ReformHealthcareA new booklet empowers incarcerated women by informing them of their reproductive-health rights and helping combat reproductive injustices behind bars.
- HealthcareReproductive RightsCaliforniaAfter federal cuts, California leaders including Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers have directed hundreds of millions in state funding to Planned Parenthood while clinics are also using revenue-generating services like Botox to help keep reproductive health care afloat.
- HealthcareReproductive RightsThe Supreme Court temporarily preserved access to the abortion pill mifepristone by pausing a lower-court ruling, keeping mail delivery available for at least a few days. [2] [3]
- HealthcareReproductive RightsThe federal government launched moms.gov, a new website to improve maternal health care access and provide support for American mothers—a positive step for maternal healthcare.
- Reproductive RightsHealthcareThe Supreme Court's apparent wariness toward efforts to restrict the abortion pill represents a win for reproductive rights and access to healthcare.
- Reproductive RightsState courts are repeatedly blocking abortion bans, delivering a significant win for reproductive rights by preserving access to abortion despite Republican efforts to curb judicial oversight.
- HealthcareReproductive RightsThe U.S. Supreme Court temporarily lifted a ban on mailing the abortion pill mifepristone, restoring telehealth access and marking a win for reproductive rights and healthcare access. [2]
- Reproductive RightsState courts across the country are repeatedly blocking post‑Roe abortion bans, marking a major win for reproductive‑rights advocates even in red states.
- Reproductive RightsHealthcareIn a win for reproductive access, the Supreme Court temporarily restored patients' ability to receive the abortion pill mifepristone by mail, blocking a lower-court ruling that had required an in-person visit. [2]
- Reproductive RightsEducationHealthcareThe Colorado House passed a bill that would require college and university pharmacies to stock abortion pills, expanding students' access to reproductive healthcare on campus.
- Reproductive RightsSonia Pressman Fuentes, a pioneering women’s rights lawyer whose conversation with Betty Friedan helped spark the founding of the National Organization for Women, has died at 97, leaving a lasting legacy advancing women’s and reproductive rights.
- HealthcareReproductive RightsA Pennsylvania court ruled the state constitution guarantees a right to abortion and struck down a decades-old ban on using state Medicaid funds for abortion, restoring Medicaid coverage for abortion care. [2] [3]
- HealthcareReproductive RightsTeen birth rates have reached historic lows — a progressive win for reproductive health and young women committed to keeping teen pregnancies down despite MAGA opposition.
- HealthcareReproductive RightsThe state medical board sanctioned doctors for substandard, delayed care that led to the deaths of two pregnant women, marking a rare accountability win and stronger oversight in reproductive healthcare.
- HealthcareReproductive RightsThe Texas Medical Board sanctioned three doctors whose delayed pregnancy care led to two deaths and issued guidance and training as a rare act of accountability to help ensure clinicians can legally provide timely emergency reproductive care under the state’s abortion restrictions.
- Reproductive RightsHealthcareA federal judge’s ruling allows telehealth access to the abortion pill mifepristone to continue for now, pending an FDA safety review before Louisiana’s attempt to ban telemedicine prescriptions can proceed.
- HealthcareReproductive RightsA new JAMA Internal Medicine paper finds medication abortion pills would be safe to sell over-the-counter, strengthening evidence for expanded reproductive health access despite political barriers.
- HealthcareImmigrationReproductive RightsColorado lawmakers cut spending elsewhere to largely preserve the Cover All Coloradans program that subsidizes pregnancy and prenatal care regardless of immigration status, marking a progressive win for healthcare access for immigrants.
- 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.