Weekly Top 10
Blogs comment on legal challenge to harmful restrictions in three states; HHS Secretary nominee's opposition to contraception access and more
Read the week's best commentary from bloggers at the American Civil Liberties Union's "Speak Freely," The Atlantic and more.
Reproductive-rights advocates challenge abortion restrictions in three states
Reproductive-rights advocates on Wednesday filed lawsuits challenging abortion restrictions in Missouri, North Carolina and Alaska as unconstitutional, the Washington Post reports.
Conservative lawmakers will seek to defund Planned Parenthood next year
Conservative lawmakers plan to defund Planned Parenthood in early 2017, according to conservative sources inside and outside Congress, Politico reports.
Utah lawmakers plan medication abortion 'reversal' bill
Utah Rep. Keven Stratton (R) and state Sen. Curt Bramble (R) plan to propose a measure requiring providers to share medically unfounded information with a woman seeking medication abortion, Deseret News reports.
Women could lose health insurance protections under new administration
Under the new administration, women could lose health insurance protections established under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (PL 111-148) and face higher costs for care, Kaiser Health News/NPR's "Shots" reports.
NYT's Greenhouse explores state of abortion access if Roe v. Wade were overturned
Should Roe v. Wade be overturned by a Supreme Court under the new administration, "[t]here's no doubt that some states would avail themselves of the option of banning abortion," forcing women to cross state lines to access abortion care, columnist Linda Greenhouse writes in an opinion piece for the New York Times.
Blogs comment on Texas' finalized fetal tissue disposal rule, access to care if Roe were overturned and more
Read the week's best commentary from bloggers at Jezebel, Glamour and more.
Commentary discusses how 'women are already being punished for having abortions'
Citing antiabortion-rights rhetoric that calls for punishing women for abortion care, columnist Molly Redden in a commentary in The Guardian writes that "some women are already being punished for having abortions."
Op-ed: Minn. lawsuit targeting minors' right to transgender care has 'profound' implications for abortion care
A Minnesota parent recently filed a lawsuit "to block her transgender daughter from receiving further gender-affirming medical services," which, if successful, "could have profound implications for trans youth and minors who need abortion access" in the state, Lisa Needham writes in an opinion piece for Rewire.
Commentary discusses self-induced abortion, 'a significant, if largely hidden phenomenon'
In a commentary in The Guardian, columnist Molly Redden highlights women's experience with and the prevalence of self-induced abortion in the United States.
