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Raw Milk Myths, Vaccine Falsehoods, and Reproductive Health Narratives – The Monitor

Jun 13, 2024

Feature

This first edition of the Health Misinformation Monitor explores misinformation about raw milk amid bird flu outbreaks on dairy farms, false vaccine narratives that continue to spread, and legal challenges against abortion pill reversal claims. Additionally, a growing number of states have required public schools to show fetal development videos that some have called biased and inaccurate. This Monitor report also provides a snapshot of new KFF misinformation polling on TikTok and discusses the early challenges faced by The World Health Organization’s new AI tool SARAH in providing accurate answers to health questions.

A Review of Exceptions in State Abortion Bans: Implications for the Provision of Abortion Services

Jun 6, 2024

Issue Brief

This issue brief examines the varying exceptions (for life, health, rape/incest, and fatal fetal anomalies) in state abortion bans and restrictions and the complications that arise when pregnant people attempt to access abortion care under these exceptions.

What the Election Could Mean for the Mexico City Policy and U.S. Foreign Aid

May 30, 2024

Issue Brief

This analysis outlines the potential reach of a prominent conservative proposal — widely seen as a blueprint for another Trump administration — that recommends expanding the Mexico City Policy to include virtually all U.S. foreign assistance. It looks at the amount of funding, the number of organizations, the range of foreign assistance sectors, and other variables that could be affected should the proposal be implemented.

The Right to Contraception: State and Federal Actions, Misinformation, and the Courts

May 23, 2024

Issue Brief

This issue brief explains how misinformation about contraceptives and how pregnancy is defined in state abortion bans may impact contraceptive access, and outlines the legal protections some states have established to affirm the right to obtain contraceptives.

KFF Examines New Rule Giving LGBTQ+ People More Protections Against Discrimination in Health Care

May 15, 2024

News Release

A long-awaited new rule recently finalized by the Biden Administration gives LGBTQ+ people more protections against discrimination when seeking health care and coverage from a range of programs and organizations, including Medicaid, Medicare, Health Insurance Marketplaces, many health insurance plans, and most hospitals and providers.

The Biden Administration’s Final Rule on Section 1557 Non-Discrimination Regulations Under the ACA

May 15, 2024

Issue Brief

This brief overviews the Biden Administration’s 2024 final rule implementing Section 1557 of the ACA, which is home to the law’s major nondiscrimination provisions. It provides a brief background on 1557 rulemaking and identifies key differences between this rule and the 2020 rule from the Trump Administration. It highlights two areas of growing interest impacted by the rule – nondiscrimination protections related to pregnancy and nondiscrimination protections for transgender people. Table 2 summarizes the major provisions of the new final rule with side-by-side comparison to the Obama (2016) and Trump (2020) administration rules.

KFF Examines Implications of Dobbs-era Abortion Bans and Restrictions for Miscarriage or Stillbirth

May 2, 2024

News Release

In a new brief, KFF explores how abortion bans and restrictions in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision can further complicate pregnancy loss. Pregnancy loss, which includes miscarriage and stillbirth, is common, and for many people, it is a physically, mentally, and emotionally taxing experience.

Dobbs-era Abortion Bans and Restrictions: Early Insights about Implications for Pregnancy Loss

May 2, 2024

Issue Brief

This brief examines pregnancy loss management in the Dobbs era and explores how limiting or banning abortion may have negative consequences on people experiencing miscarriage or stillbirth.

Ballot Tracker: Abortion-Related State Constitutional Amendment Measures Confirmed for the 2024 Election in 10 States

Apr 26, 2024

Tracker

This tracker shows which states abortion-related constitutional amendment measures are confirmed or under consideration for the 2024 election.

Policy Tracker: Exceptions to State Abortion Bans and Early Gestational Limits

Apr 24, 2024

Tracker

This policy tracker documents
exceptions in each state’s most restrictive gestational limit or total ban.

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