Stop Telling Black Women What to Do With Our Bodies
Black women’s decisions about our reproductive health too often boil down to damned if we do, damned if we don’t.
Poll: 57% of Trump Voters Oppose Defunding Planned Parenthood
This poll also follows 20 other national polls that all show overwhelming support for Planned Parenthood.
March 22, 2017
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
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Paul Ryan’s 'Better Way' Makes Things Way Worse for Women
House Speaker Paul Ryan introduced a health care plan on June 23 that would have devastating effects on women.
June 24, 2016
Hobby Lobby Déjà Vu: Bosses Trying to Block Birth Control Coverage in New Supreme Court Cases
Once again, bosses are trying to block women’s access to birth control coverage. Next stop: the Supreme Court.
Nov. 16, 2015
Pregnant and uninsured? For women who become pregnant outside of Obamacare's open enrollment window, that's the harsh reality.
No pregnant woman should have to worry about enrollment dates and blackout periods to get the care she needs. Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) can fix this with a stroke of her pen — so let's push her to do the right thing.
March 19, 2015
Four Fun Facts: Why Recent Over-the-Counter Birth Control Proposals are Really Underhanded
Politicians’ plan would replace current benefits — full insurance coverage for all FDA-approved prescription birth control methods — with over-the-counter access to the pill only.
Sept. 8, 2014
Government Reopens, But the Fight for Health Care Is Far From Over
A fight that started over Obamacare, expanded to directly target women’s access to birth control, and kept the government shut down for 16 days, is over….for now.
Oct. 17, 2013