Reading through this year's Impact Report which includes highlights from our 50-year history, is really uplifting. It's truly amazing what determined people committed to a cause can do! www.msiunitedstates.org/see-your-202...

MSI celebrates its 50th anniversary. Jean Black, our co-founder recalls a trip to New Guinea ('76) that changed her life, and so many others setting into motion the start of #MSI. 50 years later, 293 million people have received #reproductivehealthcare thanks to our generous supporters.

Evodie, an MSI client in DRC, shared why this work matters: “Since I chose my method of family planning, I’ve been feeling good. It will help me to move forward – I want to go back to school.”

Loved the insights in this piece about Gen Z donors. And yes, I'll take the reminder to be careful with memes! www.philanthropy.com/opinion/comm...

Exciting news this week: MSI is now on Global Giving! Individual donors are helping us respond to foreign aid cuts, keeping programs like this one in Tanzania going for the young women and girls who depend on them. Will someone from BlueSky be the first to give? www.globalgiving.org/projects/bri...

@msichoices.org is celebrating our 50th anniversary this year, and I loved this statistic: our teams reach 50,000 communities worldwide every year with reproductive healthcare services.

This is from last week, but with so much going on in the news you may have missed it: Congress appropriated $600 million for international family planning, but now those funds are in limbo. www.devex.com/news/devex-n...

Nothing happens in a vacuum. When states strip away abortion rights, families suffer financially, and access to health care suffers.

New from me: Visits for contraception and cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood clinics have dropped by double-digits after Congress passed a bill cutting off Medicaid funding to certain providers last year, according to a new Democratic congressional report.

Just got a peek at some new photos from an outreach team's trip in Madagascar. The joy in this picture made me smile, sharing in the hopes it does the same for you!

My colleague Beth spoke to The Guardian last week about expected changes at the United Nations. Always so grateful for her insights! www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

I want to make sure you didn't miss this from last week - we've released our 2025 impact numbers last week, and I'm so proud of the progress we made in a difficult year. One particular bright spot? Despite supply chain challenges, our cost to deliver a year of contraception actually went down!

Last year, thanks to our partners and donors, MSI supported 100,000 people with #ReproductiveChoice every single day ⬇️ Read our 2025 Impact Brief to learn more: https://ow.ly/Xj8h50YsgpQ#ReproductiveChoice

In India, the local pharmacy is often the first port of call for women looking for abortion care. So I was happy to hear about the training MSI in India conducted for chemists about best practices for dispensing abortion medication. 55 people attended!

I wait all year for this report to come out - it's so exciting to see the tally of each year's impact! Last year was an amazing one!

It's Abortion Provider Appreciation Day, and we have a tradition at MSI: Every year on this day, we collect messages from our supporters to pass on to our providers around the world. If you have a message of support for our providers in 36 countries, you can reply and I'll get it delivered!

This article is a beautiful reminder of why reproductive choice matters. When women have the freedom to choose, girls stay in school, families thrive, and we all move closer to true gender equality. Hope everyone had a good International Women's Day! www.msiunitedstates.org/how-choice-a...

A new study found individuals who experienced food insecurity were more likely to choose telehealth abortion because of economic constraints, like cost, challenges in finding transportation, and difficulty with finding child care.

Abortion care is an act of love ❤️️ Illustration credits to the wonderful Shout Your Abortion ⭐

A crisis within crises. Violence against women spikes during conflicts & disasters. No emergency should strip away safety or dignity. 🤝 Incl. survivor-centred services in every humanitarian response 🏥 Support women-led organizations 🙋‍♀️ Advocate for protection & peace

Lovely story from our program in DRC: Esther is a "Big Sister," a young peer mobilizer who mentors teen girls and connects them to reproductive healthcare services. www.msiunitedstates.org/meet-a-big-s...

In Malawi, MSI team members helped plant trees as part of our partnership w/ African Parks. Loved what my colleague Claire said: "When families are healthy and able to plan, communities are better positioned to manage natural resources responsibly and invest in environmental restoration."

Loved this website put together by our team in Nigeria - they shared what they've learned over three years of interviewing clients! feedback-scribe-story.lovable.app

Just came across this really smart article in Devex about why African leaders should prioritize maternal and child health in a time of falling aid budgets. Can we stop seeing women's health as a nice add-on? It's essential to stability and growth. www.devex.com/news/africa-...

It's been heartening to see how MSI is built to endure. Despite attacks on reproductive care, we're still serving across 36 countries. Read our blog to learn how our model helps us stay resilient and protect choice even as the political ground shifts. www.msiunitedstates.org/built-to-end...

I came across this inspiring story of Dr. Hadiza Galadanci, an OB-GYN in Kano, Nigeria. She's developing low-cost innovations to prevent maternal deaths. A powerful example of grassroots healthcare leadership. www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articl...

Fascinating stuff here!

Today, a Trump-appointed judge will consider whether to end telemedicine prescriptions of mifepristone nationwide. Plus, state legislatures are back in session and pushing a host of anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ+ bills. That and more in yesterday's @autonomynews.co roundup:

Just got a sneak peek at our 2025 impact stats and the whole team is so excited to start sharing them. If you're looking for good news at a time when the world seems grim, keep an eye out for our Impact Report in a few weeks!

A new report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy focuses on US nonprofits, but the findings really apply to the global health sector too. 81% of nonprofits seeing increased demand for their services? That matches what MSI is seeing in many countries. cep.org/report-backp...

One year after USAID cuts, 50 million women and girls stripped of contraceptive care. MSI country directors reveal what this crisis looks like. It's far from over. Read the article ➡️ www.salon.com/2026/02/09/o...

Heard an amazing story last week from our team in Malawi - heavy rains had flooded the road to the village they were visiting, and they spent hours pushing their truck out of the mud to get to the women who were waiting. Shout out to the Mchinji Outreach team for their determination!

Really helpful breakdown here

Nigerian women and contraceptives: Study finds big gaps between the haves and the have-nots theconversation.com/nigerian-wom... www.msn.com/en-xl/news/o...

This week, the Trump administration finalized a new sweeping rule that broadens the Mexico City Policy. @spsaki.bsky.social explains how the policy represents the most expansive—and potentially disruptive—version of ideological restrictions on foreign aid to date.

One year on from the end of USAID, I'm horrified by the damage done--but I'm also enormously proud of MSI teams and supporters around the world for perservering.

As we wait to learn the full impacts of the Trump administration's expanded Global Gag Rule, my team and I have been thinking a lot about how to best share this news with donors.

This is too important for folks to miss, so I'm just going to screenshot my reporting below. But if you don't already subscribe to Abortion, Every Day please do—we catch stories like this every day.

JD Vance hinted last week that the Trump administration wants to officially stop funding family planning abroad. Not only would that be devastating globally—but would mark another key step in attacking contraception here in the U.S. jessica.substack.com/p/jd-vance-h...

"Just as the Trump administration has sought to cripple abortion access at home, they're now exporting the same playbook worldwide." We spoke to @npr.org about the expanded 'global gag rule', announced by JD Vance at Friday's anti-choice 'March for Life'. ow.ly/mjnU50Y3GqO @jonlambert.bsky.social

We know the facts: bans don't stop abortions, they only make them unsafe. While the U.S. moves to further strip away fundamental rights and dignity, the rest of the world cannot stay silent. World leaders: it is time to act. #SheDecides

This is a dire assault on reproductive healthcare worldwide. My colleague Beth has a statement here: www.msiunitedstates.org/an-assault-o...

Some of the best mornings are when we get new photos of our work around the world. Look at the joy in this picture from a recent trip to Cheziya village in Zimbabwe!

“She was so anemic and hungry that she resorted to eating clay, digging out the top layer of earth to get to the cleaner soil below, and charcoal. Her chart showed she gained fewer than 10 pounds during her entire pregnancy. Her baby, Nuru, was born at 33 weeks, weighing about 3.5 pounds.”

There's been a lot of news lately, so I wanted to make sure you didn't miss this story: The United States is pulling out of 31 UN groups. My colleague Beth Schlachter talked to NPR about the impact globally: www.npr.org/sections/goa...

Hope everyone had a lovely long weekend! If you're having a hard time getting started after the holiday, can I suggest this for some inspiration? A round-up of reproductive health wins in 2025 (yes, there were some!) www.msiunitedstates.org/reproductive...

It's Friday and the world is feeling very dark - anyone have a cute pet picture to share?

Really a heartbreaking story, and a call to action

I love this story from Nepal about Tika, an MSI healthcare provider who treks through the mountains to reach women who are too far from other health clinics to get the care they need. www.msiunitedstates.org/a-new-life-a...

Really interesting look at what's ahead for fundraising in 2026. We're starting the year thinking about AI and donor searches at MSI - if people use the AI summary instead of clicking to our website, what should we be doing to still get their attention? www.philanthropy.com/solutions/5-...