Today, the Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy at UCLA School of Law released a new report, The Promise of Reproductive Freedom Amendments: An Analysis of State Constitutional Protections and Their Impact. Read the report here: law.ucla.edu/sites/defaul...

Great supporting the annual 'Stand Up for Our Rights" fundraiser hosted by the Los Angeles Guild for Reproductive Health, benefitting @wrrapreprojustice.bsky.social, @uclarepropolicy.bsky.social, @brigidalliance.bsky.social, @powertodecide.bsky.social & @pposbc.bsky.social Los Angeles. Onward!

CRHLP has released a new report, State Abortion Policies and OB-GYN Residents: How Abortion Policies Influence Career Choices, Relocation Decisions, and Perceived Protection While Providing Care (law.ucla.edu/sites/defaul....

Today we submitted a letter with @uclarepropolicy.bsky.social to the FDA signed by over 200 scientists. The short version? Medication abortion is safe. Time to drop the junk science and move on. law.ucla.edu/reproductive...

Today we and our colleagues at @‪ansirh.bsky.social‬ submitted a letter to the FDA for over 260 researchers affirming the 25-year safety record of mifepristone and urging the FDA not to restrict abortion pill access based on junk science. Read the letter here: law.ucla.edu/sites/defaul...

RSVP now for our Student Open House, co-hosted with @williamsinstitute.bsky.social Join us on Wednesday, September 3, 5:30–7:00 PM to meet the staff of the Williams Institute and CRHLP. Whether you’re curious about research, policy, or advocacy, now is your opportunity to get involved!

This week for our newsletter, we spotlighted our Graduate Student Researcher Monika Nayak. Monika is contributing to several of our ongoing projects, including work focused on unconditional cash transfers and reproductive health access. Read the full Q&A here: law.ucla.edu/sites/defaul...

Now we are excited to share a new online resource for our May Maternal Health Convening where you can: 📺 Watch the associated public panel 📚 Explore the readings that shaped our conversations 📌 Find new resources to share with your networks Access the webpage here: law.ucla.edu/academics/ce...

Ever wish all our newsletters were in one easy-to-find place? Have you been meaning to catch up on recent issues, but don’t know where to start? Now you can browse past issues all in one spot! law.ucla.edu/academics/ce...

Announcing our resource to stay informed on efforts to restrict or protect access to mifepristone bit.ly/CRHLPMifeTra...! The Mifepristone Litigation Tracker and Federal Action Tracker provide regularly updated info on court cases & federal admin actions that could shape abortion access nationwide

Tomorrow CRHLP Staff Attorney @cathrencohen.bsky.social will be speaking at an event hosted by Planned Parenthood. Hear from folks working in organizing, policy, education, & law. Join us in Orange County at 6:30 PM! RSVP here: www.weareplannedparenthood.org/a/looking-ba...

NEW: "Three years after Dobbs, reproductive rights litigation in state courts reveals the role of history and tradition is far from settled." @reprorights.bsky.social's Diana Kasdan and @uclarepropolicy.bsky.social's Amanda Barrow discuss how some state courts are breaking w/ SCOTUS's originalism.

Check out this informational video on an important recent case and read the full case explainer here: bit.ly/MichiganExplainer

Last week, a lower court in Michigan ruled that three laws restricting abortion access were unconstitutional under the state's Reproductive Freedom for All amendment. I talked about the decision in @uclarepropolicy.bsky.social's latest newsletter. Check it out: vimeo.com/1087161915

CRHLP Staff are featured in a new Daily Bruin article about CRHLP's recent policy brief on unconditional cash transfer programs. Read the full piece here: dailybruin.com/2025/05/01/u... & check out the policy brief to learn about this powerful approach to repro justice: law.ucla.edu/sites/defaul...

We want to highlight efforts created and led by the @blackmamasmatter.bsky.social to build awareness and activism driven by the lived experiences of Black Mamas and birthing people. Join us & BMMA in building towards policies & practices that ensure Black Mamas, families, and communities thrive!

RHITES is delighted to announce our April webinar, Legal Frameworks for Abortion Innovation: Integrating Telehealth into an Abortion Care Practice! Featuring The Lawyering Project & Abortion Defense Network, @uclarepropolicy.bsky.social, and Meadow Repro Health! ✨💙 Register now: shorturl.at/tZxic

Last week, over two hundred attendees joined CRHLP virtually for a thought-provoking legal panel: Resistance and Reimagining: Perspectives on Reproductive and Gender Justice from the Academy, Advocacy, and Public Service.

‼️ Exciting News from CRHLP ‼️ We’re thrilled to announce the release of a new policy brief highlighting the growing momentum for a transformative approach: Unconditional Cash Transfers (UCTs) for Pregnant and Newly Parenting People. The brief can be accessed at this link: bit.ly/UTCBrief

🚨Join CRHLP's staff attorney @cathrencohen.bsky.social and CRHLP Research Data Analyst Neko Castleberry as they host a workshop for UCLA HEART and Sexperts's Sex Week 2025! This event will be tomorrow, February 11th, at 8 pm in the De Neve Plaza Room on UCLA's campus. We hope to see you there! 🚨

ICYMI, don't forget to check out the recording of this timely and important webinar! Watch the recording here: youtu.be/4yKhNs0MNps?... & read our new policy brief aimed at increasing access to contraception by expanding the role of pharmacists here :https://bit.ly/CRHLPPharmBrief

Join CRHLP on January 28th at 11 am PT as we kick off our two-part webinar series, Pharmacist-Prescribed Contraception: Framing Challenges, Sharing Successes, Identifying Opportunities on the Horizon with the first webinar of the session!

As we look forward to the challenges and opportunities for the new year, CRHLP is proud to look back on a transformative year of advancing reproductive justice, policy innovation, and research. Read this thread to see some of our accomplishments!

This week, Abortion Care Network released its 8th annual Communities Need Clinics report, spotlighting the crucial role of independent abortion clinics in providing care, especially in hostile states and for later pregnancies. Read more: abortioncarenetwork.org/wp-content/u...

‼️ There is one day left to apply for our Research Director position ‼️ Come help us increase access to abortion & contraception, end racial & economic disparities in maternal health outcomes, support people who decide to build families, & dismantle the gender bias that limits reproductive justice!

🚨 New Resource Alert 🚨 Today, CRHLP has launched the first comprehensive database compiling statements from 272 organizations across sectors—including health care, law, education, and labor—opposing abortion bans and the criminalization of reproductive health care. 🧵

Despite ProPublica reporting on the deaths of three Texans as a result of the state’s abortion ban, Texas has opted (www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...) not to investigate pregnancy-related deaths for 2022 and 2023, skipping over the years following the state’s strict abortion ban.

Hope you can join us Monday for this very timely and rare bringing together of prosecutor and on-gyn voices.

🚨Yesterday, The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Idaho largely upheld Idaho’s law criminalizing assistance to minors seeking abortions without parental consent, the nation’s first so-called "abortion trafficking" statute.

On December 9th CRHLP will be hosting a webinar discussion that brings together voices of prosecutor associations, ob-gyn associations, & advocates to discuss widespread opposition to pregnancy criminalization across different professions. View this thread to see information on the panel's speakers!

🔔 The deadline to apply to be our new Research Director is in nine days! 🔔 Apply today to join our team & play a vital role in building the vision, expanding, managing, and executing the Center's research work!

@propublica.org'S “Life of the Mother” series shares stories of preventable deaths due to abortion bans. The latest piece covers Porsha Ngumezi, 35, who died in Texas after complications from a miscarriage went untreated. Read here: www.propublica.org/article/pors...

✨ Highlights from the 5th Annual Feminist Symposium, hosted by the Women, Gender, & Queer Studies Student Association at Cal State Fullerton! CRHLP Staff Attorney @cathrencohen.bsky.social presented: “Abortion Law and Policy: Where We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going.”

On December 9th CRHLP will be hosting a webinar discussion that brings together voices of prosecutor associations, ob-gyn associations, & advocates to discuss widespread opposition to pregnancy criminalization across different professions. View this thread to see information on the panel's speakers!

📣We're hiring a Research Director! CRHLP is seeking a passionate researcher to serve as its 1st Research Director. Play a vital role in shaping the vision, managing, & executing research work & partnerships with repro health researchers nationwide! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09919

CRHLP Staff Attorney Cathren Cohen will be speaking at The at CSU Fullerton's Annual Feminist Symposium. The talk 'Abortion Law and Policy: Where We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going' will discuss an overview of case law & emerging issues under the new Trump Admin.

CRHLP’s Executive Director @melissagoodman.bsky.social is featured in The Sacramento Bee's article analyzing the new Trump Admin’s likely impact on state policies. The article highlights how federal actions could severely impact access, even in states with robust protections like California.