Steel Valley Reproductive Freedom Coalition

05/05/2026

On Friday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling ordering the FDA to temporarily impose medically unnecessary in-person dispensing requirements on mifepristone. The ruling effectively blocked access to abortion medication by mail for patients across the country.

On Monday, the US Supreme Court temporarily blocked the ruling until May 11, allowing telehealth and mailing of mifepristone to resume, as it has since the FDA permanently removed the in-person dispensing requirement in 2023.

What does this mean for Ohioans?

First, our most important message was to let patients know that Ohio abortion clinics are open for service. When headlines talk about banning abortion, many people can get confused and believe that their ability to access care is blocked.

Second, Ohioans who want to obtain abortion medication by mail are impacted by orders on the FDA from the Fifth Circuit, even though that court's jurisdiction is in Louisiana.

Ohioans can still get mifepristone by mail through May 11, but a new court fight leaves the future of abortion pill access uncertain.

05/01/2026

This weekend!

04/28/2026

We are excited and proud to announce the long awaited launch of our awesome Youngstown Solidarity Lending Library this Friday May 1 at 7pm as part of the sixth annual Youngstown May Day Fest 2026 at the Calvin Center for the Arts (755 Mahoning Ave). Our ribbon cutter will be the legendary civil rights and labor activist Alice Lynd, who has been a huge support of this project since day one. We can't wait to have you be part of this amazing new project. Please follow our page and check our links on how to donate books, become a member, and maybe even become a librarian! Let's build solidarity, forever!

04/25/2026

The sixth annual Youngstown May Day Festival has announced is featured panelists and musicians for the three-day event.

04/02/2026

Reproductive health is always on the ballot. Check your registration, Ohio doesn’t make it easy for us to vote.

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04/02/2026

Our government will fund just about anything except abortion care. Since 1976, the Hyde Amendment has kept federal dollars from paying for abortion care. The kicker is that Hyde isn't even federal law—it's a provision added to the budget each & every year.

Until we , we as a community have even more responsibility to fund abortion care. Plan to set aside a portion of your tax return for abortion care in 2026!

03/31/2026

We are excited to be part of the Youngstown May Day Fest 2026 at the Calvin Center for the Arts once again this year. Please follow them and check out the great work they're doing in our community.

03/27/2026

03/25/2026

They just won’t stop trying to mess with our rights and medically sound knowledge of reproductive care.

Republican legislators announced another bill to regulate abortion providers on Tuesday, once again mandating specific language providers would be required to read before an abortion takes place, language that us not accepted by the overall medical community.