"The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday in a case over whether states should be able to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, which comes amid a wider push from abortion opponents to defund the nation’s largest abortion provider."
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"The United States is ending its financial support for family planning programs in developing countries, cutting nearly 50 million women off from access to contraception.
This policy change has attracted little attention amid the wholesale dismantling of American foreign aid, but it stands to have enormous implications, including more maternal deaths and an overall increase in poverty."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/health/usaid-contraception-cuts.html
The New York Times · Trump Aid Cuts End Contraception Access for Millions of Women
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To listen to oral arguments before #SCOTUS in the dispute over #SouthCarolina's attempt to defund #PlannedParenthood:
#law #ReproductiveRights #BirthControl #CancerScreenings #FamilyPlanning #AbortionIsHealthcare #USpol
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx
www.supremecourt.govLive Oral Argument Audio
Follow #SCOTUS’ opinion announcements today at below link, the court will also be hearing oral arguments in Medina v. #PlannedParenthood South Atlantic.
#law #ReproductiveRights #BirthControl #CancerScreenings #FamilyPlanning #AbortionIsHealthcare #USpol
https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/announcement-of-opinions-for-wednesday-april-2/
SCOTUSblog · Announcement of opinions for Wednesday, April 2 - SCOTUSblogOn Wednesday, April 2, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements.
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Of the ~25M #women who receive #ContraceptiveCare annually, 18% receive it from publicly supported #clinics, including #TitleX-funded centers, Baden said. They include women who are #LowIncome or #underinsured.
In 2019, during #Trump’s first term, his admin altered the half-century-old program banning clinics receiving Title X aid from referring patients for abortions.
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The WSJ reported last week #RFKJr’s #HHS planned an immediate freeze of $27.5M in #FamilyPlanning grants for groups including #PlannedParenthood.
PPFA says >300 #health centers are in the #TitleX network & Title X-funded centers received >1.5M visits in 2023.
The loss of funding will mean that “cancers go undetected, access to #BirthControl is severely reduced, & the nation’s #STI crisis worsens,” said Alexis McGill Johnson, PPFA president.
#Trump admin to cut funds to #PlannedParenthood
The #nonprofit said that 9 of its affiliates received notice that funding would be withheld under a program known as #TitleX, which has supported #healthcare services for the #poor since 1970.
#FamilyPlanning #ReproductiveHealthcare #ReproductiveRights #MaternalMortality #CancerScreenings #BirthControl #AbortionIsHealthcare #law #USpol
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-administration-freeze-family-planning-funds-planned-parenthood-2025-04-01/
New legislation means that Ukrainian soldiers can freeze their sperm for free, and many clinics are already offering the service. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/06/world/society/ukrainians-peace-children/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #families #children #familyplanning #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar
The Japan Times · Ukrainians waiting for peace before having children
The number of births in Japan has fallen to another record low, underscoring the growing challenge of how to shoulder ballooning social security costs for an aging society. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/27/japan/fewest-births-new-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #parenthood #children #depopulation #surveys #familyplanning #taxes #mhlw
The Japan Times · Japan records fewest births on record, deepening demographic crisis
South Korea's fertility rate increased for the first time in nine years in 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/26/asia-pacific/society/south-korea-fertility-rate-up/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #southkorea #familyplanning #parenthood #children #population
The Japan Times · South Korea’s fertility rate edges up for first time in years
African health activists fear a new crackdown on abortion across Africa after U.S. President Donald Trump reinstated an anti-abortion pact that cuts off U.S. funds to foreign charities that provide or promote abortions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/28/world/society/trump-african-abortion-activists/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #africa #abortion #donaldtrump #republicans #familyplanning
The Japan Times · Trump 2.0 instills fear in African abortion activists
Plans are underway for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to start offering a subsidy for epidural births from April, but the tradition of giving birth naturally may be hampering the city's ability to meet demand. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/14/japan/science-health/tokyo-subsidy-epidurals/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #yurikokoike #tokyo #children #familyplanning #population #women039sissues #pregnancy #tokyometropolitangovernment #medicine #depopulation #localgovernment
The Japan Times · Tokyo plans to subsidize epidurals, but are hospitals ready?
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is looking to ease the physical and financial pain of childbirth by introducing a subsidy for epidurals as early as in fiscal 2025. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/07/japan/society/tokyo-epidural-birth-subsidy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #yurikokoike #tokyo #children #familyplanning #population #women039sissues
The Japan Times · Tokyo looks to ease the pain — both physical and financial — of childbirth
Marriage-themed festivals in China aimed at encouraging couples to tie the knot are having the opposite effect, some say, compounding the nation's efforts to reverse its shrinking population. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/06/asia-pacific/society/china-babies-population-birth-rate/ #asiapacific #society #china #population #familyplanning #parenthood #children
"I supported shitty policies until they impacted my life, and now I'm realizing the policies are shitty - but I only want exceptions for my circumstances"
An Arkansas mother’s near-death experience with ‘pro-life’ abortion ban
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2024/11/04/an-arkansas-mothers-near-death-experience-with-pro-life-abortion-ban
#abortion #reproductiverights #reproductivecare #arkansas #ArkansasPolitics #arpx #prolife #prochoice #womensrights #familyplanning
Arkansas Times · An Arkansas mother’s near-death experience with ‘pro-life’ abortion ban
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Current research shows a strong correlation between higher levels of female education and lower fertility rates in sub-Saharan Africa. The study by Saroja Adhikari, Wolfgang Lutz and Endale Kebede finds that educated women are leading the shift towards smaller family sizes, even influencing the decisions of less educated women around them.
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/FertilityAfrica
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Italian lawmakers have extended the country's ban on surrogacy, making Italians who enter into such arrangements in other countries liable for prosecution on their return home, amid warnings the move would damage children's rights. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/17/world/society/italy-surrogacy-ban-abroad/ #worldnews #society #giorgiameloni #italy #families #children #familyplanning #lgbtq
Jacky Rosen emphasizes that we need a Democratic Senate pro-choice majority, to protect women's freedom to access abortion and birth control– not Sam Brown's GOP Agenda, with women dying in emergency room parking lots because they can't get the care they need. #BlueWaveRising #Allied4Dems #RoeYourVote #AbortionIsHealthcare #BirthControl #FamilyPlanning #DemCast #Nevada
Japan has been trying to boost its fertility rate for over 30 years. Now the rest of the rich world is too. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/14/world/society/can-government-more-babies/ #worldnews #society #parenting #familyplanning #population #demographics #children
The Japan Times · Can the government get people to have more babies?
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In challenging that decision, #Oklahoma AG Gentner Drummond told #SCOTUS that state #HealthCare orgs cannot be punished for not advising patients about ending their pregnancies. #HHS, the state said, is illegally imposing conditions on funding that are not specified in the half-century-old nationwide #FamilyPlanning program known as #TitleX.