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April 21, 2023 | Post

After a year that’s seen endless assaults on reproductive rights here in the United States, we gathered (online) for our annual Capitol Hill Days advocacy event from April 5–7 to learn about what’s happening with reproductive health and rights around the world. We were joined for a trivia-game-style opening session…...

June 24, 2022 | Post

We knew this day would come. The Republican Party has been laying the groundwork for years to reverse Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that guaranteed abortion rights (if not actual access) to all Americans. That six Supreme Court justices—three of whom were nominated by a twice-impeached, two-time-popular-vote…...

March 31, 2022 | Post

Population Connection and Population Connection Action Fund hosted Capitol Hill Days, our annual advocacy conference, from March 16– 21. It was an incredible six days! At a time when reproductive rights are increasingly under attack, our guest speakers gave us the hope and the fire to continue fighting. Over the…...

January 21, 2022 | Post

A new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) reveals just how broad the impact of the Helms Amendment really is. Since it became law as part of the Foreign Assistance Act nearly 50 years ago, the Helms Amendment has prohibited American foreign aid funds from being used for “abortion…...

December 2, 2021 | Post

So it really feels like the Supreme Court is going to overturn Roe v. Wade, and before I do anything else, I need to get something off my chest. There. I can’t say I really feel all that much better, but we all have to take our comforts where we…...

November 16, 2021 | Post

With so much happening in the U.S. and around the globe, it can be hard to take a minute for yourself to regroup. As the holidays approach, it can become even harder, running around doing a million chores and errands and possibly having to share meals with people whose views…...

October 22, 2021 | Post

Early Friday, the Biden administration’s Gender Policy Council released a draft of a broad gender policy intended to guide its work throughout President Biden’s term in office. The strategy document (available in full here) is wide-ranging, highlighting how the administration plans to incorporate gender into every aspect of its work,…...

October 7, 2021 | Post

Late yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pitman issued an order temporarily blocking enforcement of Texas’s new abortion “bounty” law. The law, which the United States Supreme Court allowed to go into effect on September 1, bans abortion after the point at which cardiac activity can be detected—typically about six…...

September 28, 2021 | Post

On Friday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3755, the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA). Sponsored by Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA), the bill would overrule most of the state-level abortion restrictions that have passed over the last few years and would prevent new ones from being imposed. The bill passed…...

September 15, 2021 | Post

Last week, Mexico’s Supreme Court issued a historic ruling: having an abortion is not a crime. This ruling is a dramatic shift for the majority-Catholic country. While abortion through the first 12 weeks of pregnancy was already legal and widely available in Mexico City, as well as in the states…...