More GOP party platforms include anti-IVF language. Is surrogacy next?
An Idaho lawmaker who used both IVF and surrogacy to build her family says surrogacy restrictions are likely coming to her state's 2027 legislative session.
Abortion
Anti-abortion groups urge attorney general to halt mailing of abortion pills
The Pence-founded group wants the 1873 Comstock Act enforced to stop mailed pills, which accounted for 27% of abortions nationwide in early 2025.
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Brunner: November election is litmus test for democracy
Brunner is suing to remove her own party label from the ballot, arguing partisan tags on judicial races violate judicial conduct rules and the First Amendment.
Federal judge says certain abortion drug restrictions are unlawful
The Virginia ruling echoes a Hawaii decision and comes as separate lawsuits from Louisiana to Texas seek to restrict or revoke mifepristone entirely.
Medicaid funding returning to Ohio’s reproductive health clinics, impacts of yearlong freeze unknown
Southwest Ohio saw family planning visits drop 55% and two permanent clinic closures, with communities of color hit hardest during the funding freeze.
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Democratic governors say proposed changes to federal grants would harm reproductive healthcare
The rule would let agencies cancel grants without notice for political reasons, threatening maternal health programs amid 278,000 public comments before an Oct. 1 deadline.
Red and blue states pass laws to protect contraception access
Georgia, Maryland, Tennessee, and Virginia have all enacted laws expanding contraception access, even as the Trump administration rolls back federal pregnancy prevention programs.
Medicaid again to cover non-abortion care at Planned Parenthood as GOP ban ends
Nearly 30 Planned Parenthood clinics closed under the GOP ban; Republicans push to renew it as the July 4 deadline expires and states take control.
Study says 30% of women in Ohio didn’t get needed reproductive care
Young people, those with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ individuals reported the most difficulty accessing care, despite Ohio's 2023 ballot measure legalizing abortion.
Four years on from Dobbs, Ohio has abortion protection, but threats still remain
Ohio voters protected abortion rights via constitutional amendment, but federal threats and state restrictions on waiting periods and medication access remain.
Vivek Ramaswamy touts endorsement of Ohio group that opposes all forms of IVF, contraception
Ramaswamy "assured" the group that he's "totally" with them, according to one of its leaders.
4 years after Dobbs, Vivek Ramaswamy's anti-abortion record clashes with the reproductive rights Ohioans wrote into their constitution
Ramaswamy has praised six-week abortion bans and called himself unapologetically pro-life, positions at odds with Ohio voters' 2023 amendment protecting abortion up to fetal viability.
Miscarriage management remains muddled 4 years after Dobbs
Four years after Dobbs, hospitals still deny miscarriage care amid vague medical exceptions, leaving patients like Mylissa McNeill with permanent injury and debt.
Ohio doctors push back against 24-hour abortion waiting period proposal
Physicians told a Senate committee the bill would force them to share debunked abortion-reversal information, as the panel's next meeting may not come until November.
Telehealth access to abortion pill is lifesaving for domestic violence survivors, some say
The 5th Circuit temporarily blocked the FDA rule in May, but the Supreme Court paused that decision while the case proceeds—and the rule could still fall.
Rising costs of fuel, other goods squeeze already strained abortion funds
Abortion funds say fuel prices and inflation are forcing some to temporarily close as demand has more than doubled since the Dobbs decision.
Ohio Senate committee to hear support for 24-hour abortion waiting period in committee this week
A court blocked the same waiting period after voters approved a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights, but the Medical Board drafting rules includes an anti-abortion activist.
Ohio religious lobby group asks federal prosecutors to investigate mail-order abortion providers
The Center for Christian Virtue wants federal prosecutors to enforce a 150-year-old law to ban abortion pills by mail, defying Ohio voters' 2023 approval of abortion rights.
Bill that could limit abortion pill access starts trip through Ohio Senate
Reproductive rights advocates say the bill uses flawed data metrics to target abortion pills, while supporters argue it protects patients from high-risk medications.
Miscarriage patients have fewer treatment options in states with abortion bans, study shows
Doctors in states with abortion bans are avoiding the most effective two-drug miscarriage treatment, citing legal fears, forcing patients toward less reliable options.
