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Trump Moves to Repeal Ivankacare
By Erin Gloria Ryan Ivanka Trump has long been touted as a moderating force on her father, a trusted White House advisor whose woman-helping fingerprints are supposedly all over Trump’s policies. But, as many have pointed out, none of Trump’s policies actually appear to help women. Read more.
The Connection Between Poor Medicaid Policies & Anti-Abortion Laws Is Shameful
By Keiko Zoll While Roe v. Wade is the law of the land in the United States, all 50 states and the District of Columbia have at least one law restricting abortion access in some manner, whether through gestational limits, waiting periods, or even through prohibiting the use of public funding, according to the Guttmacher […]
5 Ways the Republican ACA Repeal Bill Would Roll Back Progress on Health Insurance Coverage for Low-Income Women
By Jamila Taylor Last week, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, or CBO, issued a cost estimate on the Republican repeal bill for the Affordable Care Act, or ACA. The House bill—the American Health Care Act, or AHCA—would reduce the federal budget deficit by $337 billion over the next 10 years. Significantly, however, it would also […]
2016 Battleground Poll Shows Support for Lifting Hyde Amendment
From August 25 to 31, 2016, Hart Research Associates conducted a telephone survey among registered voters in 11 battleground states, including oversamples of voters age 18 to 34, African Americans, and Hispanics. This memo presents the key findings from the research, which include: The underlying tenets of the Hyde Amendment run counter to the beliefs […]
Letter: Really want to reduce abortions?
- Lafayette Journal & Courier
Letter: Poor shouldn’t be denied abortion coverage
- Inforum
Democrats seek repeal of ban on federal funding of abortion
- Associated Press
Access to Abortion Clinics Particularly Difficult for West Texas Women
- Midland Reporter-Telegram
Polling: Abortion Coverage and the Hyde Amendment
A majority of voters support a bill that would require Medicaid to cover all pregnancy-related care, including abortion.
Congressional Letter to OMB – January 2015
On January 22, 2015, twenty bold members of Congress sent a letter to OMB Director Shaun Donovan asking that the Administration remove abortion coverage restrictions from President Obama’s FY 2016 Budget request.