rePROs Fight Back

50 Years of Hyde, 50 Years of Harm

September 30th, 2026, marked the 50th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment—a provision enacted in 1976 in response to the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that legalized

For Abortion Access in the South, Virginia Plays a Critical Role

Viriginia plays a critical role for abortion access in the South. In fact, Virginia is the only southern state that did not enact a post-Dobbs abortion ban, leaving it th

Independent Abortion Providers Are Human Rights Defenders

Independent abortion clinics collectively provide 58% of abortions in the United States. After 26 weeks of gestation, abortion clinics provide 100% of abortion care in th

Kate Clancy on Her New Book: Pregnancy Interrupted: The Science and Stories of How Pregnancies Really End

**Trigger Warning: Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss “One of the most prevalent myths about human pregnancy is that of all possible outcomes, a baby is the most likely. Pre

Texas is the Blueprint for a Life Without Reproductive Freedom

Planned Parenthood has been under attack in Texas for years. This has resulted in a lack of access to affordable healthcare, lack of access to birth control, and worsenin

North Carolina Has Over 6 CPCs for Every Abortion Clinic

Crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) are unregulated storefronts that exist as a way of pushing out anti-abortion misinformation and blocking people’s access to care through d

Taking the Pulse of PEPFAR

PEPFAR, or the President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief, started in 2003 and is the largest country-to-country bilateral investment in addressing any single disease.

AMA: Youth Movements, Sex Miseducation, and Creativity in Advocacy

Maintaining hope during this moment in reproductive health and rights, plenty of book-talk, and even a deep-dive into Jennie’s sex education in Catholic school. Tarah Dem

5 Years On: The Taliban’s Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan

Trigger warning: This episode references child marriage, maternal death, and suicide. August 15th marks the fifth anniversary of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. Gen

Attacks on Our Rights Are Attacks on Democracy

Reproductive rights, LGBTQI+ rights, and democracy cannot be discussed in isolation; fundamentally, they are all about who has the freedom to make choices for themselves,

Uncertainty is a Given: Litigation Post-Roe

Since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case which overturned Roe v. Wade was decided, there’s been an abortion access crisis, an assault on legal preceden

The Trans Sports Ban Cases Are Bigger Than Just Sports

The Supreme Court has heard two cases on transgender women and girl’s ability to participate in school sports after states have issued categorical bans on trans women pla

Bonus Pod: Hannah’s Abortion Story

This week’s special bonus pod features the abortion story of Hannah, a full-spectrum doula, an abortion doula, a childbirth educator, and a social worker.  For more info

Proposed Changes Would Dramatically Alter the Title X Program

The Title X Family Planning Program was created in 1970 to fund reproductive health and contraceptive services and remains the federal government’s only dedicated source

Pregnant People Deserve Safe Care; Doctors Deserve to Provide It

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) is a federal law that protects the right to emergency healthcare, including abortion. There has been, post-D

The Fight to Protect Medication Abortion and Telehealth Continues

The most recent numbers show that two-thirds of abortions in the U.S. are medication abortions, while 29 percent of all U.S. abortions were telehealth medication abortion

Bonus Pod: Moving the Needle with Art and Activism

Art and activism intersect! Shannon Downey, full-time art activist, author, and educator, sits down to talk with us about art and activism and her new activism handbook f

Anti-Abortion Violence and Disruption is on the Rise

Tomorrow is the fourth anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. Brittany Fonteno, President and

Explaining This Moment of Pronatalism

Pronatalism is an ideology, cultural orientation, and emerging policy framework promoting higher birthrates by framing reproduction as a social duty or moral good. Oftent

Grace Howard on Her New Book: The Pregnancy Police: Conceiving Crime, Arresting Personhood

Telling pregnant people what to do and enforcing pregnancy criminalization has been a decades-long threat. Dr. Grace Howard sits down with us to discuss her new book, whi