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Period positive truths to remember: Affordable access to period products is a human right. Menstrual blood is not dirty. It's okay to rest during your bleed! Periods are genderless and language matters! Period sex can be fun! Talking about periods is NOT shameful. How was your period this month?

When we talk openly about periods, advocate for access to menstrual products, and challenge harmful myths, we create a culture where menstruation is treated with care instead of shame. 🩸✨

🎨: kaikathleenn

#periodpositive #menstruation #menstrualcycle

Clinician’s Guide to Disability-Informed Care - National Coalition for Sexual Health Tools Clinician’s Guide to Disability-Informed Care The Clinician’s Guide to Disability-Informed Care is a resource for clinicians seeking to provide respectful, person-centered physical examinations…

Inclusive sexual health care means disability-informed care. This #DevelopmentalDisabilityAwarenessMonth, explore @thencsh.bsky.social's new disability-informed care guide, a framework for providing respectful, accessible, and person-centered care: bit.ly/DisabilityInformedCare
#Disability

You shouldn't have to be pregnant if you don't want to be. And that shouldn't be controversial.

D.C. federal judge signals urgency as trans service members push for Trump military ban trial Judge Ana Reyes gave the Department of Justice one week to respond to the plaintiff's scheduling request.

“These service members deserve their day in court, and the public deserves to know what is driving the ban." - NCLR Legal Director @shannonminter5.bsky.social

The DOJ Subpoenaed Patient Info From a Gender-Affirming Care Clinic. It Fought Back. A Washington judge quashed the Trump administration's attempt to subpoena patient information from the telehealth practice QueerDoc—but the fight may not be over.

Late last year I covered the case of QueerDoc, a small, telehealth gender-affirming care practice that received a subpoena from Trump's DOJ. The subpoena was blocked by a federal judge, but the DOJ appealed, and the 9th Circuit is hearing oral arguments today.

The political attacks on mifepristone do not disprove the SCIENCE. Medication abortion is safe, effective, and important for patient-centered abortion care.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

When it comes to fighting for your freedom to make your own decisions for you and your family’s future, we’ll never back down 🥊

Cuando se trata de luchar por la libertad de tomar tus propias decisiones, para ti y para el futuro de tu familia, nunca vamos a echarnos para atrás 🥊

Tomorrow, VP for Africa Programs, Dela Nai, will join MSI Reproductive Choices Ghana in a convening of leaders and partners to push for actions that truly protect and empower women and girls across Ghana.

PS: This event is strictly by invitation 📌

#IWD2026 #DrivingChange

This year, we’re joining the global call to demand equal rights and real justice for every woman and girl. No exceptions. No delays.

#IWD2026 #RightsJusticeAction #DrivingChange

Preparing for challenges and celebrating progress: Looking to 2026 This blog post was authored by Kelly Blanchard, President of Ibis Reproductive Health

Ibis President, Kelly Blanchard, reflects on the work that gives her purpose in chaotic & challenging moments and her gratitude for colleagues & partners whose research demonstrates how #IbisDrivesChange ⬇️ medium.com/@IbisRH/prep...

🔔New research from #FreeThePill: Lessons learned from the movement behind the first over-the-counter daily birth control pill in the United States and recommended strategies for implementing full insurance coverage ⬇️

www.ibisreproductivehealth.org/publications...

New research confirms what advocates and providers have long warned: abortion restrictions harm patient health far beyond abortion care. Read more: news.ohsu.edu/2026/01/09/s...

Trump administration to block aid from subsidizing DEI and trans rights overseas Decision marks dramatic expansion of ‘Mexico City policy’, which abortion rights supporters call ‘global gag rule’

BREAKING: The US government is expected to expand the global gag rule later today, blocking funding for organisations that promote diversity, equity and inclusion #DEI and #LGBTQ+ rights – in addition to #abortion.

It could affect $30bn in foreign aid.

ow.ly/mukO50Y1KMc @cartersherman.bsky.social

New Resource Alert!

BMMA’s New Infertility Fact Sheet: Black Maternal Health Statistical Insights examines how these barriers shape infertility care experiences and outcomes for Black women and birthing people.

Full fact sheet in our bio under “Literature”.

Unconscionable.
Trump's admin is expected to announce an unprecedented expansion of the Global Gag Rule, which blocks foreign orgs that receive U.S. funds from providing or referring abortion care in their countries—even if it's lawful & supported entirely with non-U.S. funds.

Sex trafficking survivors would get financial support under new Oakland proposal Councilmember Charlene Wang wants to create a Human Trafficking Survivor Support Fund, which would use fines levied against buyers and exploiters.

Dr. Aisha Mays of @dreamyouthclinic.bsky.social announced a new mobile clinic for sex trafficking victims that will offer free STI screenings, pregnancy tests, birth control, menstrual products, fentanyl test strips and more

A screenshot of an article in MedPage Today. The headline reads, "debunking the coercion argument in the abortion pill debate - restricting mifepristone access doesn't protect women from abuse." Below is a photo of Louisiana Attorney General speaking at a hearing.

Medication abortion is a crucial lifeline for millions navigating the hostile post-Roe abortion landscape. Limiting mifepristone access endangers IPV survivors by keeping them bound to abusers through pregnancy and forced parenthood. @medpagetoday.com bit.ly/4bak8e9 @darakass.com @spsaki.bsky.social

Navy and violet text on a white background features a statement on the new global gag rule from Guttmacher Director of Federal Policy Amy Friedrich-Karnik. The statement says, “The Trump administration just announced an extreme and far-reaching policy restricting foreign aid that amounts to a supercharged global gag rule. This policy exports harsh US abortion bans and ideologically driven mandates to countries around the world, interventions that also threaten a range of health services and equity initiatives.”

The Trump administration’s latest policy restricting foreign aid builds on harmful actions that deny almost 50 million women & girls contraceptive care each year & undermine years of bipartisan investment in global health & gender equality.

Our full statement: https://gu.tt/3M3rLZB

#GlobalGagRule

As Dr. Nisha Verma of @prh.org said, "Discomfort with abortion cannot be used as an excuse to distort facts."

#IbisDrivesChange with our rigorous research on sexual + repro health (SRH) care, in the US + around the world. Learn more about telehealth for SRH ⬇️
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For those who watched the US Senate HELP hearing today, the attacks on settled science & decades of data made one thing clear: the evidence that mife is safe & effective is irrefutable. Anti-abortion extremists can't compete with the robust research disproving their claims.

Another big day medication abortion policy: the Senate’s health panel is set to dive into the debate over the safety of mifepristone (spoiler: it is extremely safe!)

But because I simply *cannot* help myself, some quick facts...

❌ Don’t be fooled: Expect anti-abortion politicians at the hearing to stoke fear about women being forced to take mife against their will and cite these rare instances as a reason to ban it. But banning abortion pills won’t protect women or prevent coercion.

Fact check: Real, rigorous #ScienceSays that medication abortion care is highly safe and effective, in both telehealth and in-clinic care models. The evidence is overwhelming: societyfp.org/wp-content/u...

Here are the facts:

✅ Abortion pills have been FDA-approved for over 25 years and are backed by decades of scientific evidence

✅Medication abortion accounts for nearly two-thirds of all abortion care nationwide.

✅ 3 in 5 Americans support access to medication abortion

Woodhull Watchlist: Supreme Court Term 2025-2026 — Woodhull Freedom Foundation Last Updated: December 1, 2025 On Monday, October 6, 2025, the US Supreme Court began hearing cases scheduled for the 2025-2026 term. At Woodhull, we are closely watching several cases that impact…

Today, SCOTUS is hearing oral arguments in two cases about the rights of transgender athletes, Little v. Hecox & West Virginia v. B.P.J. We wrote about the basics of these cases for our blog, and we'll be listening to today's arguments. Get caught up and learn more:

Supreme Court battle over trans athletes is about so much more than sports "It's just one part of a plan to push transgender people like me out of the public life entirely."

The case before the Supreme Court this morning is about far more than just sports.

"It has the potential to produce sweeping consequences—either aiding or devastating trans people’s ability to fight back in court when state laws and school rules discriminate against them."

📺 Watch this documentary to learn more (IYWD Zimbabwe): bit.ly/4jvotuD

📖 Read Amnesty International’s breakdown of the 2025 Malawi victory: bit.ly/3YV76K2bit.ly...

#HumanRights #SRHR #AfricaRegion #DrivingChange

This shift mirrors the landmark October 2025 Malawi High Court ruling, which awarded damages to a survivor and affirmed that the Gender Equality Act guarantees safe access to abortion for survivors of sexual violence.

#SRHR #AfricaRegion

This move toward bodily autonomy was further bolstered by the High Court's November 2025 ruling that declared the exclusion of mental health from legal care as unconstitutional. ⚖️✨

#DrivingChange #AfricaRegion