Anti-Abortion Politicians Use COVID-19 Crisis to Attempt to Stop Access to Safe, Legal Abortion
Five states have sought to block access to abortion by deeming it not “necessary” during the pandemic — sending patients scrambling to get care.
The Layered, Complex History of Margaret Sanger — Planned Parenthood Founder and Reproductive Rights Trailblazer
Margaret Sanger's life story provides a portrait that is bold, fascinating, formidable, human, complicated, and flawed.
Oct. 13, 2016
The Obama Administration Needs to Hear from YOU on Birth Control
A number of faith-based organizations, if they get their way, will prevent their employees from accessing birth control without copay. Tell the Obama administration: No changes to no-copay birth control access!
Sept. 19, 2016
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Planned Parenthood Releases New Videos Highlighting Patient And Provider Voices
We are lifting up the strong voices of real people, patients and providers, staff and volunteers, showcasing the importance of access to sexual and reproductive health care.
July 13, 2016
Despicable: Anti-Women's Health Politicians in Congress Just Passed a Bill that Would End Funding for Family Planning
Talk about misplaced priorities: In the midst of the Zika Crisis, Republican leadership in a House committee passed a budget bill that eliminates federal funding for the nation's decades-old family planning program.
July 8, 2016
The Bosses Who Want to Deny Your Birth Control Coverage
Right now, more than 40 for-profit companies (almost all owned exclusively by men) are suing the federal government because they don’t want to allow their employees to have the no-copay birth control insurance coverage required by the Affordable Care Act.
June 30, 2016
With No Final Supreme Court Ruling, Employees Maintain Access to Birth Control Coverage — For Now
The Supreme Court today decided not to rule on Zubik v. Burwell, which leaves nonprofit employees able to access no-copay birth control coverage while the lower courts reconsider the case.
May 16, 2016
You Won't Believe the Hoops These Bosses Want You to Jump Through So They Aren't 'Burdened' With Your Birth Control Coverage
Bosses say that having to complete a simple form certifying their religious objection to birth control "substantially burdens" them. So, instead they propose something that totally burdens everybody else.
April 25, 2016
Unicorn Birth Control Coverage: The Myth Behind Zubik v. Burwell
Unicorn birth control?! Is that a thing? No, but it is the perfect term to describe the latest ideas that opponents of the birth control benefit have proposed to the Supreme Court.
April 21, 2016
Zubik v. Burwell: The Birth Control Case That Continues What Hobby Lobby Started
On March 23 — the Affordable Care Act’s sixth anniversary — the Supreme Court is hearing an oral argument from bosses trying to block women from the very promise the ACA made to them: birth control coverage without a copay.
March 22, 2016