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Four years after the Dobbs decision, abortion access looks very different
2+ week, 4+ day ago (534+ words) The Dobbs decision returned abortion policy to the states. Four years later, NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin examines how that promise has played out in practice. It's been nearly four years since the Supreme Court decided what is known as the Dobbs…...
The Trump team is quietly eliminating U. S. support for birth control abroad
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1123+ words) Prossy Muyingo spent a dozen years as a health worker in central Uganda. She's been at the forefront of providing information and services for reproductive, maternal and child health. U. S. aid cuts eliminated her salary. Edward Echwalu for NPR hide caption…...
Justice Department says Biden DOJ weaponized law to go after anti-abortion activists
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (532+ words) An abortion-rights protester, left, faces off against an anti-abortion protester in front of the U. S. Supreme Court in 2022. Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/AP hide caption The Justice Department on Tuesday published a report accusing the Biden administration of unfairly using a federal law…...
America's new top health diplomat has strong opinions on abortion and gender
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (817+ words) Bethany Kozma speaks to a U. N. meeting in September 2025. She has just been named to lead the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Global Affairs " a job known as the "diplomatic voice" of HHS. United Nations hide caption America's…...
Red states move to protect crisis pregnancy centers using model legislation
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (1199+ words) Across the country, there are more than 2, 500 crisis pregnancy centers where staff try to convince women not to have abortions and connect them with help. Here, former VP Mike Pence visits a a mobile ultrasound unit with Carolina Pregnancy Center…...
The U. S. birth rate is on the decline. But not for women 40 and older
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (711+ words) Although the U. S. birth rate is on the decline, the number of women having babies in one age group has increased. Those new mothers are 40 and older. In the U. S. , teen birth rates are at historic lows. The overall birth rate has…...
Why these women break the law to sell their eggs for IVF
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (479+ words) A woman in India estimates she has dozens of biological children, and she says there are many more women like her because India has a thriving black market for human eggs. NPR's Diaa Hadid and producer Shweta Desai investigated the…...
Trump expands policy banning aid to groups abroad that discuss or provide abortions
5+ mon, 21+ hour ago (1077+ words) A 19-year-old woman talks with nurse Valeria Zafisoa at a traveling contraception clinic in eastern Madagascar run by the British nonprofit group MSI Reproductive Choices. That group lost $15 million in funding the last time Trump enforced the Mexico City policy....
Trump administration expands global anti-abortion policy
5+ mon, 21+ hour ago (129+ words) On Friday, the Trump administration is expected to announce an expansion of the Mexico City policy that restricts federal health aid dollars from funding abortion-related services. The new policy will apply to all foreign assistance, not just health aid, and…...
What's behind this country's dramatic drop in the number of new orphans?
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1009+ words) Over the past several decades, a hopeful story has played out across southern Uganda. The number of children who've lost a parent has plummeted, from nearly one in four in the early 2000s to just 6% in 2022." New research suggests the decline…...