reproductive health

Abortion advocates will meet with legislators at Florida’s Capitol to educate them about funds used to help people access abortion care in the state.

Florida Planned Parenthood centers are preparing for the new legal landscape as clinics face mounting pressure after Florida GOP lawmakers filed a bill that would ban abortions after six weeks.

Senate and House Republicans proposed measures that seek to prevent abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

Despite implementing a 15-week ban on the procedure, Florida still has one of the least restrictive abortion laws in the Southeast. Advocates say changing that could be "devastating" to the region.

The letter, sent to companies including United Healthcare, Florida Hospital Association and Florida Blue, says companies need to make a choice between a responsibility to patients and politicians who have "put reproductive healthcare at risk."

Studies have shown that a significant number of people struggle to afford menstrual products, and going without can cause people to miss school or work.

Doctors say more of their patients are seeking permanent sterilization procedures, but some patients are reporting that doctors are unwilling to operate on people of childbearing age.

The legal battle over Florida’s new 15-week abortion ban won’t go on a fast track to the state Supreme Court, which has previously ruled that the constitution’s privacy provisions guarantee a right to abortion.

Birth control pills are available in the U.S. only with a prescription. Now a drugmaker is asking the FDA to approve a progestin-only contraceptive that would be available without one at pharmacies.

Doctors say they're seeing a surge in the number of women who want their "tubes tied." But hospital capacity, paperwork, religion and personal opinion are just some of the reasons requests get denied.

The order will create a new task force on reproductive health care that will help coordinate the administration's policies. However, additional actions will depend on Congress.