Hi John,

It’s a scary time in our country, but, thanks to the hard work of advocates and people like you, states are stepping up to protect patients and providers and make sure more people can access abortion care when they need it: 

• In Colorado, a policy was signed into law in April 2025 that allows prescription labels for abortion pills to display the name of the prescribing health care practice instead of the individual provider’s name, further protecting providers and patients from out of state attacks. 
• This year, Illinois became the first state to sign a law that requires public universities to provide students with access to contraception and medication abortion, a critical step for youth access.  
• A new Tennessee policy that protects access to fertility treatment and contraception took effect on July 1, 2025. This law also defines contraception broadly to include medications, devices, sterilization, and fertility care. 

These examples show what’s possible when advocates refuse to back down.

At NIRH, we help turn policies like these into a blueprint for broader change — giving state and local leaders the tools, resources, and strategy they need to advance reproductive freedom in their own communities.  

We work locally, and then use our learnings to scale impact across the country. Your support fuels that work, ensuring these victories don’t remain isolated but become part of a growing wave of progress across the country. 

Will you join us to help this work continue? 

In solidarity,

Christian LoBue

President

NIRH and NIRH Action Fund

NIRH Updates 

NIRH announced our new partnerships earlier this month! This year, our partnership work is focused on three new strategic Policy Labs that will build power, share resources, and explore policy solutions related to abortion coverage, birth justice, and data privacy. The insights from these labs will help advocates across the country advance proactive reproductive health policies.  

Reproductive Health Care Updates 

Unfortunately, while many states are taking action to protect or expand reproductive freedom, attacks on reproductive health care persist. 

In Texas, anti-abortion legislators approved a bill that allows Texans to sue anyone – including medical providers, manufacturers, and transporters – that played a role in abortion pills coming to Texas. Any Texan who finds out someone helped a pregnant person access medication abortion can sue. 

Nationally, a U.S. appeals court has ruled that the Trump Administration can block all Medicaid funds from going to Planned Parenthood. Nearly half of Planned Parenthood patients use Medicaid. The Hyde Amendment already restricts nearly all abortion coverage for people on public insurance, so this move really obstructs patients with low incomes from being able to afford STI testing, contraception, pregnancy tests, and other reproductive health care services. Thankfully, states like Washington and Colorado are already stepping up to replace these lost funds. 

September is also full of dates marking advancements in or barriers to reproductive freedom: 

• Friday, September 26 is World Contraception Day 🥳  
• Sunday, September 28 is both International Safe Abortion Day and marks 25 years since mifepristone, a medication used to safely and effectively end early pregnancies, received FDA approval 🥳 
• Tuesday, September 30 marks a darker day in the history of reproductive freedom: the anniversary of the passage of the Hyde Amendment 👎🏾

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