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The Department of Health and Human Services is canceling millions of dollars in teen pregnancy prevention grants as it restructures priorities for the reproductive health program. The Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, housed under HHS’ Office of Population Affairs, funds local grants to reduce unintended pregnancies among tweens, teens, and young adults. (Raman, 6/24)

Ten Democratic senators, along with one independent, on Wednesday flagged “profound concerns” with the Trump administration’s website for new and expecting mothers, with the lawmakers saying the site drives families toward crisis pregnancy centers (CPC) for treatment. Moms.gov, launched on Mother’s Day, features resources from 2,750 pregnancy centers, which Planned Parenthood calls “crisis pregnancy centers” that it says are traditionally run by anti-abortion advocates. (Fields, 6/24)

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a measure into law Wednesday shielding patients from having electronic medical records related to abortion and other reproductive health services received in Illinois disclosed without their consent to out-of-state providers. (Petrella, 6/24)

In its quest to outlaw abortion across the country, the antiabortion movement has been largely unified around a core idea: Women who get the procedure should be spared punishment, while doctors and others who make it available should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. But a growing number of conservative leaders are starting to argue that the only way to stop women from ending their pregnancies could be to arrest them. (Kitchener, 6/24)

A major reproductive rights group is launching a multimillion-dollar midterm election campaign to mobilize voters and flip key battleground districts by electing Democrats who support abortion rights. Reproductive Freedom For All (RFFA) is investing $23.5 million this year, the most it has ever spent on a midterm election. (Weixel, 6/24)

Mylissa McNeill never expected to be a mother. But when she learned she was pregnant in the spring of 2022, at age 41, she and her partner were happy and excited at the prospect of parenting a little girl they planned to name Maeve. (Resnick, 6/24)

Carsen Rhys Beckwith has had a complicated relationship with their body. As a teenager, they were horrified when they developed the curves typically associated with a female body. Beckwith didn’t want to be perceived as a woman; they wanted to present themself as masculine. The anxiety caused Beckwith, who identifies as transmasculine and nonbinary, to develop a serious eating disorder that threatened their health. (Szabo, 6/24)

Angel Carter had breastfed her baby, Ashaan, exclusively from the day he was born. But last November, when Ashaan was 9 months old, it was time for Carter to transition her son to a sippy cup. (Edwards, 6/24)