Stories tagged: "reproductive health care"

Healthcare Incoming GOP congresswomen pose for a portrait outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, District of Columbia, on December 3, 2020. From left, front line (six women): Nicole Malliotakis, Yvette Herrell, Kat Cammack, Stephanie Bice, Victoria Spartz and Michelle Park Steel. Rear row: Young Kim, Claudia Tenny, Maria Elvira Salazar, Ashley Hinson and Beth Van Duyne. (Photo by Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Healthcare A Record Number of Women in the Next Congress Doesn’t Actually Mean Reproductive Rights Are Safe

A surge of anti-abortion candidates won seats in the House, doubling the number of women lawmakers who oppose the right to choose from 13 to 30.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright December 22, 2020 1:37 pm EST
Georgia women holding protest signs in front of Georgia capital; one is a drawing of a uterus that says mine
Georgia Reproductive Justice Is on the Ballot in Georgia

Georgia voters will determine if Biden has a cooperative Senate to help reverse the tragic course of the state's maternal and reproductive health care.

Nadya Okamoto Nadya Okamoto December 10, 2020 5:33 pm EST
Health In this Nov. 7, 2020, file photo Vice President-elect Kamala Harris holds hands with President-elect Joe Biden and her husband Doug Emhoff as they celebrate in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Health How the Biden-Harris Administration Could Improve Reproductive Health on Day One

Advocates hope Title X funding could be restored to nearly 1,000 providers who had to shut down under Trump administration rules.

Elle Meyers Elle Meyers November 16, 2020 12:55 pm EST
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Health Tennessee, Iowa GOPers Push Abortion Restrictions in Middle of the Night

One June night after 12:30 a.m., Iowa lawmakers mandated a 24-hour waiting period for patients seeking abortion care. A week later at 5:30 a.m., Tennessee lawmakers banned the procedure once a fetal heartbeat is detected.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil June 23, 2020 2:00 pm EDT
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Courts Senate Republicans Snub Coronavirus Relief Bill in Favor of Another Conservative Judge Hearing

On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell led a confirmation hearing for Cory Wilson, a staunch opponent to reproductive healthcare and the Affordable Care Act.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright May 21, 2020 4:25 pm EDT

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A photo of the Fall Creek School District building in Eau Claire County. Gina Kildahl, a parent whose 7-year-old son contracted COVID-19 while attending the school, recently filed a lawsuit against the district for failing to implement masking requirements and other precautions aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus. (Photo courtesy of the Fall Creek School District) Coronavirus Mom Who Sued Over Lack of COVID Protections in National Spotlight
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Health The Battle to Ban Abortion Could Accelerate in 2020. Here’s Why.

The Supreme Court will hear its first big abortion case on Wednesday. Should the law at the heart of the matter go into effect, it is expected to force the closure of two of the three remaining abortion clinics in Louisiana.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil March 4, 2020 6:16 am EST
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Health How the Title X ‘gag order’ is putting your birth control at risk

Reproductive health advocates call the new rule "coercive and a clear violation of patients’ rights."

Kimberly Lawson Kimberly Lawson December 17, 2019 11:11 am EST