In the News
2025
- 4.17.25 – Hawaiʻi Public Radio: Loss of $2.1M in federal funds for reproductive care impacts young people, isolated communities
 - 4.8.25 – Hawaiʻi Public Radio: The Conversation: U.S. Dept. of Education cuts; Whales in Lahaina
 - 4.3.25 – Time: Exclusive: More than 150 House Democrats Urge HHS to Restore Title X Funds
 - 4.2.25 – Time: Trump Administration Freezes Title X Funding to 16 Groups
 - 4.1.25 – Ms. Magazine: Trump Administration Slashes Reproductive Healthcare Funding for Millions
 - 3.31.25 – Abortion, Every Day: The Trump Administration Freezes $35 Million in Title X Funding
 - 3.31.25 – POLITICO: Trump admin cuts tens of millions from Planned Parenthood
 - 2.27.25 – Bay Area Reporter: Health matters dominate CA LGBTQ bill focus
 
2024
- 12.4.24 – Los Angeles Times: Ahead of second Trump term, California vows ‘ironclad’ abortion access
 - 12.2.24 – San Francisco Chronicle: California AG unveils bills to protect mifepristone access and penalize abortion NIMBYs
 - 11.19.24 – San Francisco Examiner: SF advocates say Prop. O win bittersweet amid federal election results
 - 11.18.24 – CalMatters: How will Trump change health care? California braces for fights over insurance and abortion
 - 10.30.24 – San Francisco Chronicle: Public support for abortion funds surged after Roe. What happens when the money runs out?
 - 7.28.24 – San Francisco Examiner: Abortion advocates have unfamiliar feeling with Harris running: Hope
 - 4.12.24 – The Bridgespan Group: What Drives a Nonprofit to Choose Co-Leadership? A Desire for a More Humane Way to Lead
 - 4.3.24 – San Francisco Chronicle: Women are getting more help from these Bay Area services since the end of Roe
 - 3.21.24 – The Bridgespan Group: What Drives a Nonprofit to Choose Co-Leadership? Trust.
 - 2.14.24 – Politico: California to consider free condoms in high schools again, this time with funding request
 
2023
- 9.14.23 – The Sacramento Bee: California bill to mandate free condoms at high schools sent to Gavin Newsom’s desk
 - 9.12.23 – Prism Reports: 2 years after Texas’ SB 8, advocates reflect on its impact across the US
 - 7.11.23 – USA Today: Arizona becomes latest state to adopt over-the-counter birth control without prescription
 - 6.24.23 – Politico: Abortions increased in Florida more than in California and New York post-Dobbs. Here’s why.
 - 5.25.23 – Los Angeles Sentinel: Adolescent Health: Five Ways Parents and Adults Can Make a Difference
 - 5.23.23 – ValiantCEO: The Co-CEO Model: A Blueprint for Impactful + Transformative Leadership
 - 5.18.23 – EdSource: Let's break the stigma around sexual health for young people
 - 4.24.23 – The IE Voice Op-Ed: Unpacking Sexual Health: Demanding Change for Our Communities
 - 1.25.23 – Politico: California enacts new abortion laws, expecting copycats
 - 1.24.23 – Inside Higher Ed: Abortions on Campus
 
2022
- 9.1.22 – California Globe: Bill To Make Vasectomies, Contraceptives More Accessible Passes Senate
 - 8.24.22 – Upworthy: California deliberating bill to make vasectomies free: a 'game-changer' for contraception legislation
 - 8.19.22 – Los Angeles Times: Want a free vasectomy? California could soon have you covered
 - 7.25.22 – Los Angeles Times: UC and CSU campuses to provide cheap abortion pills amid California’s post-Roe push
 - 7.18.22 – Bloomberg: The Next Generation of Abortion Doctors Train in California
 - 7.13.22 – CalMatters: Abortion pills will soon be available on California campuses
 - 7.1.22 – San Francisco Chronicle: The repeal of abortion rights sparked an online run on contraception.
 - 6.8.22– Bay Area Reporter: With skyrocketing STI rates, LGBTQ+ Californians need a pathway to equitable health care
 - 5.6.22– Bay Area Reporter: Millions sought from CA, SF for sexual health services
 - 3.29.22 – New York Times: California Hopes to Balance Legislation From Conservative States
 - 3.22.22 – LA Times: Gov. Newsom signs law that makes abortions cheaper
 
2021
- 12.8.21 – Sacramento Bee: California abortion council pushes policy after Supreme Court case
 - 10.15.21 – The Hill: The US has reached a critical moment for birth control access
 - 10.5.21 – Bay Area Reporter: Newsom signs bills to broaden STD testing, hepatitis screenings
 - 6.1.21 – ReliasMedia: FDA Makes Medication Abortion Available Via Telehealth
 - 4.30.21 – Bakersfield Californian: California’s STI crisis is an equity issue
 - 2.22.21 – San Francisco Chronicle: Supreme Court OKs Review of Trump Rules on Abortion Referrals
 - 2.22.21 – NPR: Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To Trump-Era Abortion Rules
 - 2.22.21 – The Hill: Supreme Court to Hear Challenge on Family Planning Program
 
2020
- 5.1.20 – Contraceptive Technology Update: COVID-19 Shuts Down Nation; Family Planning Need Not Stop
 - 4.30.20 – CalMatters: With the most STD cases in the nation, California needs to expand access to prevention and treatment
 - 4.29.20 – Contraceptive Technology Update: Essential Access Health Asks Judges for Full Court Reconsideration
 - 3.27.20 – Contraceptive Technology Update: Title X Final Rule Is Troubling for Providers
 - 3.13.20 – California Healthline: The High Cost Of Being Trump’s Enemy
 - 2.25.20 – SF Gate: Abortion Rule Decision Praised By U.S. Agency, Decried By Health Providers
 - 2.24.20 – The Hill: Federal appeals court sides with Trump administration in family planning case
 - 2.24.20 – San Francisco Chronicle: Appeals court rules that Trump’s restrictions on family planning funds are OK
 - 2.24.20 – Los Angeles Times: U.S. court upholds Trump’s rule involving abortion cases
 - 2.24.20 – Associated Press: US appeals court upholds Trump rules involving abortions
 - 2.24.20 – Bay City News Service (SF Gate): 9Th Circuit Upholds Ban On Abortion Referrals At Federally Funded Family Planning Clinics
 - 2.24.20 – United Press International: Federal appeals court upholds abortion referral ban at federally funded clinics
 - 2.24.20 – Rewire: ‘Devastating’: Ninth Circuit Court Greenlights Trump’s ‘Gag Rule’
 - 2.24.20 – CBS San Francisco: San Francisco Appeals Court Upholds Trump Administration Ban On Abortion Referrals At Federally-Funded Clinics
 - 2.24.20 – Courthouse News: En Banc Ninth Circuit Lifts Blocks on Trump Abortion Gag Rule
 - 2.24.20 – Kaiser Heath News (Roundup): Appeals Court Upholds Trump Administration’s Abortion Referral Ban For Clinics Receiving Family-Planning Funding
 - 2.21.20 – Courthouse News: California Asks Federal Judge to Block New Abortion Funding Rule
 - 1.28.20 – Rewire: Documents Show Government Funding of Anti-Choice Clinics a ‘Futile Project’
 - 1.24.20 – Davis Enterprise: Aguiar-Curry pushes bill to expand cancer prevention
 - 1.22.20 – Lake County News: Aguiar-Curry pushes bill to expand cancer prevention and add HPV treatment to state family planning program
 - 1.16.20 – The Advocate: California Senator Launches Bold Plan to End HIV, STIs
 - 1.16.20 – Los Angeles Blade: Wiener introduces bill requiring master plan to end HIV, HCV, STDs
 - 1.15.20 – Bay Area Reporter: Wiener to push bill to end HIV, hep C, STIs
 
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