Contraceptive Technology Update – February 1, 2024

Ever-Changing Legal Landscape Leaves Providers, Women, and Lawyers on Edge

Reproductive health lawyers nationwide are trying to help women maintain access to abortion and contraception, but the appeals and lawsuits are unending. Lawyers committed to reproductive health causes have filed lawsuits to maintain people’s access to contraception, reproductive healthcare, and abortion care.

A Partial List of 2023 Lawsuits on Abortion and Reproductive Rights

Reproductive rights attorneys were busy in 2023 and are continuing the legal fight in 2024.

Lawsuits Filed to Restore Women’s Reproductive Rights

South Carolina, Texas, and other states have consistently targeted Planned Parenthood clinics with lawsuits that fail and then are appealed repeatedly.

Fetal Personhood Laws Give Zygotes the Same Rights as Pregnant Women

Laws based on the concept of fetal personhood are creating a catch-22 for women who experience pregnancy crises or whom health system staff suspect of having engaged in wrongdoing.

Patients with Kidney Disease Need Better Contraception Access, Information

People with chronic kidney disease often lack adequate contraception counseling, care coordination, and access to a full range of contraceptives, new research suggests. Patients also report emotional challenges surrounding reproductive health.

Patients with HIV Support Clinic-Based Contraceptive Care by Pharmacists

New research shows that women with HIV infection and who happen to be high users of contraception support receiving contraception prescriptions from pharmacists.