Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project (WRRAP)

10/14/2026

10/14/2026

https://richmond.com/opinion/column/article_e650cf34-6189-41f9-b3d6-a8e3c423a07f.html?fbclid=PAdGRleAU7qfRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mAmZkaWQWUQSp0giWcEJrihVsQ5-Zs0dpkbLIr3NydGMGYXBwX2lkDzEyNDAyNDU3NDI4NzQxNAABp6vFjOiMzFsIVGHVzkr5bHshLVe50k6ICSzQFd1JkqLF3QASz0jil36amS6d_aem_EimJvn1aPGa9RtJEjGI40A

The Gen Z s*x recession isn’t driven by a lack of desire, but by widening political and gender divides, abortion bans, algorithm-fueled polarization, economic anxiety and a soaring cost of

10/11/2026

On this International Day of the Girl, consider this: Only 2.04% of U.S. charitable giving goes to organizations dedicated to women and girls. Yet the need has never been greater.

For 35 years, the Women’s Reproductive Rights Assistance Project (WRRAP) has helped thousands of women and girls overcome financial barriers to reproductive healthcare, protecting their dignity, their autonomy, and their right to decide their own futures.
But today, we face a heartbreaking reality.

The need for our assistance is growing faster than the resources available to meet it.

Clinics are closing. Abortion funds are reducing services or shutting their doors. Patients are traveling farther, facing greater financial hardship, and running out of options.

And WRRAP is being asked to do more with less.
Every day, we hear from providers whose patients cannot afford the care they desperately need. Every day, we make funding commitments that can change the course of someone’s life.

But we cannot help patients without the financial resources to do so.

After 35 years of care, our commitment has never wavered. But commitment alone cannot pay for someone’s healthcare.

We need you NOW.

If you believe girls and women deserve dignity, bodily autonomy, and the freedom to determine their own futures, please turn that belief into action.

Give today. Give generously. Help us say YES to the next patient who needs us.

Text WRRAP to 44321 to give.

Because 35 years of care must not become 35 years of progress at risk.

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10/01/2026

California colleges and universities will face new training and reporting requirements under one of several public safety bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Wednesday, as allegations stemming from a 2024 s*xual assault at Cornell University bring renewed attention to s*xual violence on campus.

Newsom’s office said the package was signed as “disturbing allegations of s*xual violence on college campuses” draw renewed national attention. One case has drawn particular attention: A woman filed a lawsuit Sept. 16 claiming seven men s*xually assaulted her at a Cornell University fraternity house in October 2024 after she was pressured to consume drugs and alcohol. None of the men were ever charged. This week, CBS published troubling excerpts of a group chat between the men involved on the night of the alleged attack, prompting students, celebrities and politicians to demand more protections for victims and accountability for rapists.
Beginning July 1, 2027, employees at public colleges will have to complete the training annually. It must address s*x and labor trafficking, warning signs, people who may be at heightened risk and procedures for reporting suspected trafficking.

The law also expands existing campus safety rules to include human trafficking. Colleges will have to update agreements with local law enforcement to establish responsibility for investigating trafficking cases and revise reporting procedures to include trafficking alongside certain violent crimes, s*xual assaults and hate crimes. The law includes protections intended to keep a victim’s identifying information confidential unless the victim agrees to its disclosure, with limited exceptions involving ongoing safety threats.

10/01/2026

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/30/governor-newsom-signs-bills-to-protect-s*xual-assault-survivors-and-increase-safety-on-college-campuses/

State of California

09/30/2026

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and the attorneys general in Arkansas and Alabama filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. Supreme Court, suing California, Massachusetts and New York to invalidate the so-called “shield laws” that have allowed providers in those states to send abortion medication to people in states with abortion bans.

The state officials, all Republicans, also filed a lawsuit in federal district court against individual abortion providers in the same three states.

The lawsuit filed in the Western District of Louisiana seeks to stop the individual providers named from being able to prescribe and send abortion medication to those states, while the Supreme Court complaint asks the justices to find the shield laws are a constitutional violation of state sovereignty..

The complaint compares the mailing of abortion medication to anthrax, mail bombs and chemical weapons, despite studies since 2000 showing that abortion medication is safe and effective to use.

Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in 2022 allowing states to ban abortion at any stage of pregnancy, 13 states now have near-total bans, while others have expanded abortion access.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowed the drug mifepristone, one of two commonly used to terminate a pregnancy in the first trimester or to treat miscarriages, to be dispensed without a visit to an in-person provider in 2023, after years of safety studies.

To protect providers, California, Massachusetts and New York were among the 22 states and the District of Columbia that passed shield laws to block out-of-state investigations and prosecutions against providers dispensing for abortion medications to patients in other states.

Murrill is also leading a lawsuit against the FDA to reverse the 2023 provision allowing telehealth access to mifepristone, and two other lawsuits of a similar nature are ongoing in Missouri and Texas. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in Louisiana’s case earlier this month and is expected to issue a decision in the coming weeks about the future of nationwide access to the drug.

09/26/2026

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09/24/2026

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09/17/2026

The Senate advanced the nomination of Judge Matthew R. Byrne, a longtime member of the Federalist Society and an anti-abortion advocate, by a vote of 47–46. The tie-breaking vote: Maine Senator Susan Collins.

Byrne’s track record on women’s reproductive health is concerning. The Indiana native has several affiliations with anti-abortion groups, including Ohio Right to Life, Cincinnati Right to Life, Warren County Right to Life, the Center for Christian Virtue, and the Federalist Society.

Byrne elaborated on his beliefs in a 2020 judicial candidate survey, noting that he opposed abortion for any reason other than to protect the life of the mother, without any exceptions for r**e or in**st. He also believed the phrase “life of the mother” should be “strictly defined so as to avoid creating loopholes.”