Across social media platforms, content about abortion, domestic violence prevention, birth control, and more is being censored or hidden entirely. This coordinated effort to digitally suppress information about the issues we care about poses a threat to everyone’s ability to access accurate information about their own bodies and futures.
Our friends at Reprouncesored and Electronic Frontier Foundation are fighting back in multiple ways:
- If your account has been banned, shadowbanned, or you think your content is being unfairly hidden from viewers, you can submit the incident here.
- Reprouncensored is working at the intersection of arts and tech, to challenge digital censorship with creative strategies that keep vital reproductive health information online and accessible. Check out their latest campaigns here and follow them on Facebook, Instagram, and Vimeo.
Click here to access a guide on how to avoid Instagram shadowbans and ensure your content gets to the largest audience possible! Information is care.
Call for Testimonies: Central Florida Florida Network
The Central Florida Birth Network is seeking narratives about your personal breastfeeding/lactation memories, perspectives, and experiences. Your stories will be featured throughout various formats during the month of August including social media, slide decks, and website(s).
Learn more and submit your story here.
Events & Volunteer Opportunities
Virtual Petition Chase Phonebank w/Florida Decides Healthcare
Make calls on your own schedule with support from the campaign fighting to expand Medicaid coverage.
Learn more here.
Want to help in person? Check out upcoming events, especially in Central Florida, here!
The Summer of Us Townhall w/American Pride Rises
Saturday, July 26th 4:00pm-7:00pm EST
Orlando
Click here to RSVP.
Hygiene Kit Packing Party w/Florida Access Network
Sunday, July 27th at 3:30pm EST
Margate
Click here to register.
Heal the Mind: Thriving through (in)Fertility and Reproductive Challenges w/SisterSong
Tuesday, July 29th 6:00pm-7:00pm EST
Tune in for the Instagram Live at this profile.
Virtual Legislative Update and Phone Bank w/Planned Parenthood
Tuesday, July 29th 6:00pm-8:00pm EST
Click here to register.
Stop the Radicalization of Young Women w/EducateUs
Tuesday, July 29th 7:30pm-8:30pm EST
Click here to register.
Self-Managed Abortion Info Session w/Progress Florida
Thursday, July 31st 6:00pm-7:15pm EST
Learn about how people across the U.S. are finding information about abortion pills by mail and self-managed abortion.
Click here to register.
Rage Against the Regime Day of Action w/50501 and Pinellas NOW
Saturday, August 2nd 10:30am-12:00pm EST
St. Pete
Click here to register.
Repro Kit Party 101 Virtual Training w/Florida Access Network
Monday, August 4th 5:00pm-6:00pm EST
Click here to register.
News Roundup
Florida
Florida among most restrictive states for birth control access
By Kathryn Varn and Tina Reed, Axios
Florida is among states with the most restrictive access to contraception, a new scorecard from the Population Reference Bureau shows.
FSU launches First Amendment legal clinic with DeSantis-backed attorney
By Stephany Matat, USA Today Network-Florida
Florida State University College of Law’s launch of its new First Amendment Clinic in August comes with a leader who is a staunchly conservative, DeSantis-backed attorney with a strong history in abortion-rights opposition.
Tampa Bay’s Period Pantry is turning two and throwing a party to celebrate
By Jani Burden,
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
Bree Wallace’s bloody good gift to Tampa Bay turns two this summer–and celebrates with a flow-friendly bash in Seminole Heights.
National
How US adults feel about legal abortion 3 years after Roe was overturned, according to AP-NORC poll
By Geoff Mulvihill and Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Associated Press
Three years after the Supreme Court opened the door to state abortion bans, most U.S. adults say abortion should be legal — views that look similar to before the landmark ruling.
Planned Parenthood wins partial victory in legal fight with Trump administration over funding cuts
Staff Report, Associated Press
Planned Parenthood won a partial victory Monday in a legal fight with President Donald Trump’s administration over efforts to defund the organization in his signature tax legislation.
With limited judicial relief, fallout begins for Planned Parenthood clinics facing Medicaid cuts
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris, States Newsroom
Planned Parenthood had already begun the arduous task of closing some clinics and curtailing services immediately after Congress passed the massive budget reconciliation bill that included a new law cutting Medicaid funding to certain clinics on July 3.
We Need to Talk About ICE and Anti-Abortion Centers
By Kylie Cheung, Abortion, Every Day
We all know anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers don’t offer real health care.
Texas Targets California Abortion Provider
By Jessica Valenti
Abortion, Every Day
A Texas man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a California abortion provider, claiming the doctor shipped abortion pills to his girlfriend across state lines.
Tennessee Woman Refused Prenatal Care…Because She’s “Unwed”
By Jessica Valenti and Kylie Cheung, Abortion, Every Day
Feminists and abortion rights activists warned that this would happen, and now here we are: A Tennessee woman has been denied prenatal care because she’s unmarried.
Medicare Barely Covers Contraception, Making Birth Control Unaffordable for Many Disabled Women: New Study
By Meghan Bellerose and Robyn Powell, Rewire News
The federal health insurance program for older adults also covers more than 1.3 million reproductive-aged women.
The US fertility rate reached a new low in 2024, CDC data shows
By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press
The fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman, new federal data released Thursday shows.