REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

Texas’ abortion ban has OB-GYNs working in an environment of ‘extreme fear’
| February 4, 2025
Several Texas doctors spoke to Courier Texas about how the state’s abortion bans are preventing them from properly providing health care.

Way more Americans are getting sterilized since Roe was struck down, research finds
| January 29, 2025
A new study has found that from May to August 2022, vasectomies surged by 95% and tubal sterilizations increased by 70% among adults ages 19 to 26. Health care professionals across the country have seen this in real time.

People are leaving states with abortion bans, according to study
| January 27, 2025
A new analysis from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that since 2022, states with near-total abortion bans appear to have lost 36,000 people per quarter, with single people, who tend to skew younger, being more likely to leave. Tens of thousands of people, in particular single people, have left states with abortion bans […]

North Texans rally for reproductive freedom at People’s March
| January 22, 2025
Nearly 500 people gathered at the Tarrant County Courthouse to protest their anger over a second Trump administration, and celebrate their resilience.

‘Collateral damage’: Texas doctors say abortion ban endangers pregnant women
| January 16, 2025
At least three women with miscarriage complications have died. Some doctors blame the Texas abortion ban.

New study finds that air pollution could be threatening the success of IVF treatment
| December 19, 2024
Researchers looked at the air pollution levels while the donor eggs were developing and the 72 days when the sperm was developing and found a link between an increase in exposure to air pollution and lower embryo quality and egg survival in both cases.