Reproductive Rights News Roundup – January 31st 2025

Progress Florida
Access to accurate, thorough, and destigmatizing resources is essential for the health and safety of us and our families. In just one week, we’ve seen the reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule, removal of online resources for reproductive and sexual health, and cruel attacks on immigrants and transgender health care.
The work ahead requires each of us to be trustworthy communicators with a constant commitment to uplifting what our communities need. This can look a number of ways: through written work, on social media, through art and music, in caretaking and teaching, or face-to-face, sharing a meal with a neighbor.
We invite you to follow the Floridians for Reproductive Freedom Coalition on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok — please reuse content, collaborate with the coalition, and bring your own ideas.
We’re in this together and collectively, our voices are stronger and more needed than ever.

Events & Volunteer Opportunities

Repro Kit Party w/Florida Access Network volunteers & partners
Repro Kit Party w/Florida Access Network volunteers & partners
Sunday, February 2nd 3:00pm-5:00pm EST
Joy & Liberation Center, Margate FL
Click here to RSVP.

FAN Stand Virtual Information Session (Florida Access Network, a statewide abortion fund)
FAN Stand Virtual Information Session
(Florida Access Network, a statewide abortion fund)
Monday, February 3rd 6:00pm-7:00pm EST
Learn how your business or organization can receive reprokits to help distribute in your community.
Register here.

History of Planned Parenthood & Racial Justice Part 1
History of Planned Parenthood & Racial Justice Part 1
Tuesday, February 4th 5:30pm-6:30pm EST
Register for the Zoom here.

Male Allies in the Fight for Repro Freedom w/Men4Choice & Reproductive Freedom for All
Male Allies in the Fight for Repro Freedomw/Men4Choice & Reproductive Freedom for All
Tuesday, February 4th 5:45pm-6:45pm EST
Register for the Zoom here.


Naples 50th Anniversary Celebration Fundraiser for Planned Parenthood
Thursday, February 13th at 5:30pm EST
Naples Grande Beach Resort
Featuring comedian and writer Samantha Bee!
RSVP for the fundraiser here.

Repro Shabbat w/National Council of Jewish Women
Repro Shabbat w/National Council of Jewish Women
February 21-22nd
Learn more here.

Commference for Progressive Communications & Digital Professionals May 13th-15th, St. Louis Missouri
Commference for Progressive Communications & Digital Professionals
May 13th-15th, St. Louis Missouri
Early bird registration is now open through 2/19.

Pride at the Capitol w/Equality Florida
Pride at the Capitol
w/Equality Florida
March 18th-19th
Register here for this important opportunity.

Let Us Live Banner
Let Us Live March 
Thursday, March 20th beginning around 8:00am
Click here to register.


News Roundup 

Florida

Ron DeSantis takes national stage at March for Life rally but misrepresents heartbeat bill history
By Gabrielle Russon, Florida Politics
In front of a national stage at the March for Life rally, Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has framed himself as a champion for the pro-life movement, was inconsistent on his own history regarding abortion legislation.

‘Keep The Rage Up’: Tampa Bay Abortion Fund Ramps Up Work In FL
By Tiffany Razzano, Patch
Abortion-rights activists haven’t slowed their work in Florida in recent months, even as Republican President Donald Trump took back the White House and a constitutional amendment allowing abortion up to the point of fetal viability in Florida failed to get the votes needed Nov. 4 to take effect.

New Florida law allowing C-sections outside hospitals could be national model
By Anna Claire Vollers, States Newsroom
A recently enacted Florida law that allows doctors to deliver babies via cesarean section in clinics outside of hospitals could be a blueprint for other states, even as critics point to the role that a private equity-backed physicians group played in its passage.

National

RFK Jr. Signals He’ll Give the Anti-Abortion Movement Exactly What They Want
By Madison Pauly, Mother Jones
Last Friday, my colleague Julianne McShane and I broke the news of a pair of letters sent by 30 prominent anti-abortion movement leaders to the heads of the Departments of Health and Human Services and Justice, asking them to use the powers of their agencies to attack abortion pills.

Trump Reinstated the Global Gag Rule. Here’s What’s at Stake.
By Garnet Henderson, Rewire
In his first term, Trump oversaw an unprecedented expansion of the gag rule. Its reinstatement could decimate global reproductive and sexual health.

Under Trump, a Wink and a Nod at Anti-Abortion Violence
By Michelle Goldberg, New York Times
Three days after getting out of federal prison for his role in forcibly shutting down a reproductive health clinic in Washington, D.C., Herb Geraghty, one of 23 anti-abortion activists pardoned by President Trump last week, was eager to return to protesting.

Trump takes aim at law protecting reproductive clinics. What to know about FACE Act
By Kate Linderman, Miami Herald
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed dozens of executive orders but none pertained to abortion.

‘Using the devil’s own tools against them’: Abortion opponents turn to environmental laws
By Ariel Wittenberg and Alice Miranda Ollstein, Politico
A cadre of red and purple states is introducing bills this week to impose restrictions on abortion pills over claims that the drugs could be contaminating drinking water.

Stricter abortion laws may cause increased infant deaths − 2 maternal and child health researchers explain the data
By Almut Winterstein and Sonja Rasmussen, The Conversation
Infant mortality in the U.S. has increased by 7% since the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson U.S. Supreme Court decision overturned the constitutional right to abortion, according to an October 2024 study.

Senators are trying — again — to make air travel easier for breastfeeding parents
By Grace Panetta, The 19th
Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois is set to try again on a bill to make air travel easier for breastfeeding parents that has gotten bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress and has passed the U.S. Senate.

The Fight for Midlife and Menopausal Health is Essential to Reproductive Rights—and Democracy
By Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, The Contrarian
One week into the Trump presidency, attacks on reproductive health and rights have begun.

Both sides in Georgia’s reproductive rights debate ready for fight over new state IVF laws
By Jill Nolin, States Newsroom
Advocates on both sides of the fight over access to reproductive rights are gearing up for an expected debate this year over whether and how lawmakers should create new protections for access to in-vitro fertilization.

“Dystopian”: Trump Issues New Order to Stamp Out Trans Youth Healthcare
By Madison Pauly and Henry Carnell, Mother Jones
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order attempting to sharply curtail access to gender-affirming care for transgender youth, up to and including 18-year-olds.


Job Openings

Home
Equality Florida
is hiring multiple paid fellow positions for Spring.
Learn more here.

Power to Decide
Power to Decide is hiring a Fellow for Digital Programs ($26/hour) and Director of Research and Evaluation ($108,800-$125,300/year).
Learn more here.

.Planned Parenthood of South, East and North Florida logo
Planned Parenthood
is hiring a Community Health Educator.
$48,000/year.
Apply by 2/5.

The Global Justice Center
The Global Justice Center is hiring for their Spring & Summer Legal Internship.
18 hours/week, stipend offered for living costs.
Learn more here.

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