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May 2025 Repro in the News

June 4, 2025
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Our lives are busy, and staying up to date on the latest news—especially in reproductive and sexual health—can overwhelm the best of us. That’s why, each month, we curate the top five media stories you need to know, making it easier to stay informed and empowered around all things related to reproductive well-being.

The morning-after pill is coming to a convenience store near you (NBC News)

A recent article from NBC News highlights a California-based company, Cadence, that manufactures the “Morning After Pill” brand emergency contraception (EC) and is stocking it in convenience stores and gas stations such as Circle K and 7-Eleven. The company is looking to make EC as ubiquitous as condoms in these locations, thereby expanding access to as many people as possible. 

Medicaid Cuts Will Raise Costs for Millions of Women (Ms.)

Medicaid is under attack, threatening access to essential health care services for those who need it the most. Ms. discusses the greater impact of proposed cuts to this vital program, which covers a variety of services, including birth control, annual wellness exams, cancer screenings, prenatal and postpartum care, and STI screenings. Reducing or eliminating Medicaid funding for these services will impact millions of Americans but will be especially hurt women with low incomes, women of color, and those from other vulnerable communities. 

Abortion Bans Are Disproportionately Hurting LGBTQ+ People (HuffPost)

In this article, HuffPost reports on a new survey released by the Center for American Progress that found that abortion restrictions are having a disproportionate impact on LGBTQ+ people — making it harder for them to access a wide range of health care services.

Netflix’s New Show ‘Forever’ Inspires Honest Conversation About Teen Sexuality (Parents)

A new Netflix series, Forever, does an incredible job of conveying complex relationship dynamics, and inspiring honest conversations about love and sexuality. Parents covers what the show is about and interviews one of the leads, Karen Pittman, to learn what she loves about its messages of vulnerability and compassion and how she connected with her character, the mother of a Black, teenage boy. 

The Data We Don’t Collect Is Killing Women (Ms.)

In a Ms. piece about the importance of data for public health, Sydney Saubestre of New America’s Open Technology Institute writes about how the absence of any national tracking of reproductive health care data makes it impossible to comprehensively measure the impact of abortion bans across the country. 

Knowledge is power, and staying informed is an important step to effect change on a larger scale. Visit our action page, follow us on social (@PowerToDecide on X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook), and sign up for our federal and state policy newsletters to stay up-to-date on everything happening around sexual and reproductive care.