Feds have a new teen pregnancy prevention plan: Fertility and ‘reproductive goals’

Some health advocates say a revised grant program could pave the way for anti-abortion pregnancy centers to receive funds.

By Kelcie Moseley-Morris
July 22, 2026

The Trump administration has a new plan for teenagers learning about pregnancy: Beginning this summer, it will steer millions of dollars toward organizations that focus on anatomy, fertility tracking, hormonal production and “reproductive goals counseling.”

The plan will also emphasize abstinence from sex and the importance of marriage.

In doing so, it will pivot away from programs that serve populations in areas with the greatest need and that use particular evidence-based programming to reduce teen pregnancies — and some say the new language puts a greater focus on planning for pregnancy rather than preventing it.

Continued: https://stateline.org/2026/07/22/feds-have-a-new-teen-pregnancy-prevention-plan-fertility-and-reproductive-goals/

The Dangerous Unraveling Of The United States’ Family Planning Safety Net

Since taking office, the Trump administration has inflicted chaos on Title X, the only federal program that supports the provision of comprehensive reproductive health care to low-income people.

Amy Friedrich-Karnik and Megan L. Kavanaugh
July 14, 2026

Every person, regardless of income or insurance status, deserves the chance to create the family they want on their own timeline. For more than 50 years, the Title X program—the only federal program that supports the provision of comprehensive reproductive health care to low-income people—has been dedicated to serving that mission. Title X was signed into law by a Republican president and has long received bipartisan support. However, today, the goal of ensuring that everyone has access to high-quality reproductive health care faces an unprecedented attack from the Trump administration.

While Title X has been underfunded in recent years—and took a massive hit under the first Trump presidency—it has shown resilience and continues to provide high-quality reproductive health care. In 2023 alone, Title X served 2.8 million people.

Continued: https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/dangerous-unraveling-united-states-family-planning-safety-net

Three arrests, one buried foetus: What a Lahore case reveals about abortion in Pakistan

It's not illegal entirely, yet it does not provide any safeguards: Pakistan's abortion law lives in a grey zone — and women in millions pay the price every year.

July 10, 2026
By Iqra Manzoor

A recent arrest of three people in Lahore over the termination of a woman’s six-month pregnancy has reignited debate around one of Pakistan’s most taboo subjects: abortion.

The Nawab Town police told Voicepk that on July 4 they foiled an attempt made by three men who were in the process of burying the six month old foetus. The police arrested the three men, along with a midwife who was involved in the abortion. According to the Investigating Officer, the pregnancy was the result of an ‘illicit affair’, which the family wanted to cover up.

Continued: https://voicepk.net/2026/07/three-arrests-one-buried-foetus-what-a-lahore-case-reveals-about-abortion-in-pakistan/

Locked Away and Left to Expire: The Trump Administration’s Destructive Denial of Contraceptive Care

Samira Damavandi, Jessica D. Rosenberg, Guttmacher Institute
June 22, 2026

The Trump administration has wasted $434,317 in taxpayer dollars since January 2025 to store contraceptives that it refuses to distribute to women and girls in low-income countries. A report from the Office of Inspector General of US Agency for International Development (USAID) reveals that the administration has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in storage and transportation costs for the $9.7 million worth of family planning supplies that it abandoned in Belgium rather than allowing them to be used. (The supplies were originally purchased by USAID.) With every additional month that passes after June 2026, the administration will spend over $24,000 to store these products, which include birth control pills, implants, injectable contraceptives and IUDs.

This wasteful misuse of US government resources is part of the fallout from the administration’s disastrous and chaotic dismantling of USAID last year, which has already denied tens of millions of people in low-income countries access to the family planning services on which they relied to improve their health and futures.

Continued: https://www.guttmacher.org/2026/06/locked-away-and-left-expire-trump-administrations-destructive-denial-contraceptive-care

22.06.2026

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New research shows pharmacies can help fill gaps in abortion care in Ethiopia

June 9, 2026
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Pharmacists in Ethiopia can develop the skills and knowledge to provide medication abortion and pharmacies have the potential to be essential hubs for safe and confidential abortion care, but most pharmacies and other drug sellers lack the stock of medications needed. These are among the key findings of new studies released Tuesday by the Guttmacher Institute, the St. Paul’s Institute for Reproductive Health and Rights (SPIRHR) and Ipas.

Continued: https://www.guttmacher.org/news-release/2026/new-research-shows-pharmacies-can-help-fill-gaps-abortion-care-ethiopia

09.06.2026

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A New Tool to Support Global Safe Abortion Advocacy

Floriane Borel, Jessica D. Rosenberg, Elizabeth A. Sully, Margaret Giorgio, Guttmacher Institute
April 27, 2026

Access to safe abortion care is an essential component of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Ensuring this access globally is vital to protecting the health, lives and well-being of millions of people, eliminating preventable maternal mortality and morbidity, and upholding the reproductive autonomy of individuals to make decisions about their own bodies, fertility and future. Abortion care is proven to be extremely safe and effective, yet it remains prohibited or restricted in many countries and severely underfunded, despite being clearly documented as a cost-effective health intervention. New data from the Guttmacher Institute illustrate how improved provision of safe abortion care can effectively reduce health system costs.

Guttmacher’s new Safe Abortion Calculator is a tool to help advocates, policymakers and program implementers better visualize the health and economic impacts of expanding access to safe abortion care within the health system and provide easily accessible evidence to support their advocacy and decision-making.

Continued: https://www.guttmacher.org/2026/04/new-tool-support-global-safe-abortion-advocacy

27.04.2026

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Just the Numbers: Australia’s Support for Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

New Evidence on Impacts of Investment in Family Planning, 2024

April 23, 2026
Meltem Odabaș, Chelsea Polis, Elizabeth A. Sully, Guttmacher Institute

Investments in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are among the most cost-effective development interventions available. Supporting SRHR improves health, prevents unintended pregnancies, reduces maternal and infant mortality, and expands educational and economic opportunities for women and girls. The evidence is clear: Funding for sexual and reproductive health is central to resilient health systems, human rights, gender equality and sustainable development.

In Asia and the Pacific,* the need for comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services remains substantial, driven by persistent gaps in health system capacity, geographic barriers to service delivery, and increasing vulnerability to humanitarian crises and climate-related disasters. These challenges contribute to significant gaps in access to essential services, including contraception, safe abortion care, and maternal and newborn health services.

Continued: https://www.guttmacher.org/2026/04/just-numbers-australia-global-srhr-investment-impact-2024

23.04.2026

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Harm Caused by Past Iterations of the Global Gag Rule

Guttmacher Institute
March 16, 2026

Also referred to as the Mexico City Policy, the global gag rule has been in effect under every Republican president since 1984. Past iterations of the policy deemed non-US nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) ineligible for US foreign assistance if they provided, referred people for or promoted abortion services—even if they used other funding to do so.

During his first administration, President Trump expanded the policy from applying solely to international family planning assistance to all global health funding and required recipients of US foreign aid to apply the rule’s restrictions to all of their subrecipients (even those that do not receive any US funding).

Continued: https://www.guttmacher.org/2026/03/weaponizing-us-foreign-aid-trumps-new-2026-global-gag-rule

16.03.2026

Promoting Human Flourishing in Foreign Assistance

USA – Abortion clinics are closing, even in states that have become key access points

There are about a dozen fewer brick-and-mortar abortion clinics in the US than there were two years ago, according to a new report

By Deidre McPhillips
Feb 18, 2026

Dozens of abortion clinics closed in the US after the Supreme Court Dobbs decision revoked the federal right to an abortion in June 2022 — mostly in states that enacted bans. But the churn has continued, leaving even states with some of the most protective abortion policies to do more with less.

There were 753 brick-and-mortar abortion clinics in the US at the end of 2025, according to a new report by the Guttmacher Institute — 54 fewer than in 2020, including a net loss of 12 abortion clinics since March 2024.

Continued: https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/18/health/abortion-clinic-closures-guttmacher

Foreign aid groups urge Canada to maintain funding for abortion, LGBTQ+ advocacy

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press
Feb 16, 2026

OTTAWA - Feminist and development groups are urging Canada not to turn its back on funding reproductive health and gender initiatives, as Canada focuses its foreign aid cuts on global health programming.

"A bold diplomatic voice is really crucial," Oxfam Canada executive director Lauren Ravon told a panel she hosted on Parliament Hill earlier this month.

Continued: https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/foreign-aid-groups-urge-canada-to-maintain-funding-for-abortion-lgbtq-advocacy/article_322b0c7b-beef-5035-87ec-405a44751a26.html