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​The Biden administration finalized a new rule to add protections for reproductive healthcare information for patients. The Office of Civil Rights through the U.S. Health and Human Services Department issued the rule, which uses the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 to provide additional protections to reproductive healthcare information. The Biden administration said

The U.S. Supreme Court heard the case about the regulations around mifepristone, one of a two-step regime for abortion medication, on Tuesday. FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine initially questioned last year whether mifepristone could be on the market. The Alliance, with known ties to anti-abortion groups, claimed the FDA erred in its administrative regulations

Two upcoming U.S. Supreme Court cases  this term could impact abortion rights and victims of domestic violence. The high court has not set a date yet to hear oral argument for Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. Food and Drug Administration but the question around gun rights for individuals with domestic violence restraining orders will be […]

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico and Bold Futures sent a letter to Jim Heckert, chief executive officer of Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center, expressing concern about the proposed merger of the Alamogordo-based hospital with Catholic-based Christus Health. The ACLU-NM and Bold Futures outline several concerns regarding the proposed merger which, according to […]

Despite abortion in New Mexico remaining legal and recent legislation to further protect care, municipalities and counties have passed more anti-abortion ordinances than other states. Andrea Miller, president of the National Institute for Reproductive Health, told NM Political Report that attempts to pass similar ordinances have occurred in other states but no other state has […]

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez speaks during a January news conference announcing the filing of a Supreme Court petition seeking to block some New Mexico cities and counties from

<p>Historian Lauren MacIvor Thompson explains how the law, which hasn't been enforced in 50 years, is being considered as a tool to secure a nationwide abortion ban by a group of Republican Attorneys General. </p>

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a temporary stay on the appellate decision about the abortion medication drug mifepristone on Friday, but one abortion provider in New Mexico said her staff are already seeing fewer people request abortion medication when making appointments. Whole Women’s Health, formerly known for its work as an abortion provider in Texas, […]

Two separate lawsuits and decisions issued on the same day last week regarding the Federal Drug Administration and its approval and rules around the abortion medication mifepristone has caused confusion over the drug’s legality in the day since then, but a federal district judge in Washington state clarified the drug’s status as legal in New […]

Two conflicting rulings on Friday leave the future use of the abortion medication mifepristone uncertain, though because of one of the rulings, it could remain legal in New Mexico. There are two rulings in separate states that conflict with one another on the use of the abortion medication mifepristone and the judicial decisions both order […]