In their study of LARC use & “Right Time Births,” @miekeeeckhaut.bsky.social et al. found 68-69% of both privately insured & Medicaid-insured women reported a birth following LARC discontinuation as “at the right time.” @udelaware.bsky.social @umd-mprc.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

The Trump administration has targeted a federal office that oversees a $300 million family planning program for layoffs, raising fears that it is effectively ending an initiative that provides contraception for millions of low-income women, according to people with knowledge of the events.

As part of the sweeping layoffs that rocked the Department of Health and Human Services, the entire staff that oversaw an annual survey to better understand infant and maternal health was placed on administrative leave.

A teenager in Pennsylvania is being criminalized for her abortion – and it’s already being sensationalized by local media coverage as a ‘crime story’. Health care, including abortion care, should never be criminalized.

For context: yes, Delaware is a state where Dems are in control of all elected branches. Yes, this plan to change state law to make sure oligarchs never face challenges from stockholders - and thus can loot investors more easily - is entirely Dem-led. Yes, the bill *was* drafted by Musk’s lawyers.

For 38 years, PRAMS has collected critical data on maternal-child health with the goal to reduce infant morbidity and mortality. CDC has officially halted the 2024 PRAMS data collection for the participating 46 states and the future is uncertain.

‼️ 🚨 A total abortion ban bill has now been given a committee hearing. We are mobilizing our supporters and network against this bill — sign our petition now and we will follow up with you for additional action items before the hearing on March 4th. actionnetwork.org/petitions/ta...

The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

The (proposed! *not* enacted!) National Abortion Ban has been introduced - and so far is flying under the tadar www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

PAA and the Association of Population Centers express alarm about recent events in which federal agencies have been purging scientific and statistical data from publicly available portals and websites. Read our full statement: www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...

The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey has monitored the wellbeing of America’s high school students since 1991. Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens. As of this morning, it’s gone.

🚨If you use public data products from the CDC or other US federal agencies 🚨 Download them NOW [This is how I’m spending my Friday]

🚨🚨🚨 The House Introduces Bill to Ban Abortion Nationwide. Remember when Trump said he wasn’t going to implement a total abortion ban? Yeah, well here’s the bill proposing a nationwide abortion ban. Just another egregious LIE to add to the long list of lies from this corrupt administration.

Instagram and Facebook have recently blurred, blocked or removed posts from two abortion pill providers. Instagram also suspended the accounts of several abortion pill providers and hid the providers from appearing in search and recommendations. nyti.ms/4h3PF1x

I know everyone is talking about Matt Gaetz but please don't miss this: Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...