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The GOP Obamacare replacement defunds Planned Parenthood and restricts abortion coverage
It would keep poor women on Medicaid from getting health care at Planned Parenthood, and cut off affordable abortion coverage for many privately insured women. Updated by Emily Crockett Republicans released a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act on Monday evening. And as promised by House Speaker Paul Ryan, the bill also […]
The GOP Health-Care Plan Would Effectively Dismantle Insurance Coverage for Abortion
By Christina Cauterucci On Monday, House Republicans revealed the plan they want to replace the Affordable Care Act. There are a few things to celebrate: The GOP decided to drop a segment of an earlier draft that would have allowed insurers to sell policies that didn’t cover prescription drugs and maternity care, which the ACA […]
States and Cities Push Back on Reproductive Health Attacks
By Katie Klabusich, Truthout | Report The lesson to take from the loss of 1,000 state legislative seats and 27 legislative chambers since 2010 is that it’s time to do things differently: to end the practice of simply opposing harmful legislation and to go on offense. In the face of promises from the new administration […]
Why You Might See Fewer Women on Wednesday
By Kyle Fitzpatrick Although some men in America believe it’s easier to be a woman, that simply isn’t the case — and women are planning to remind men of that. Read more.
Wearing White is Not Enough: A Conversation With Cherisse Scott of SisterReach
By Anita Little Last night during President Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress, all of the women Democrats dressed in white to signify the suffrage movement and to signal to the president that they’ll be watching how he navigates gender equality. Without getting into the whole mess of how wearing white actually hearkens […]
Abortion Restrictions Negatively Impact The Most Vulnerable People In The United States The Most, Shows Yet Another Study, & It’s Proof Of How Much Safe, Legal Abortion Access Is Needed
By MEGAN GRANT The fight for reproductive rights, control over our bodies, and access to safe and affordable healthcare is an ongoing one. While we’ve enjoyed certain victories, there are still many unsettling truths that remain — one of which is the fact that abortion restrictions affect the most vulnerable people people in the United […]
Progressive Voices Respond to the President’s Speech
The Wisconsin Gazette President Donald Trump delivered on Feb. 28 a speech to Congress. Here’s reaction to Trump’s remarks from progressive voices: “The theme of tonight’s joint address to Congress — the ‘renewal of American spirit’ — felt painfully hollow as the only renewal I’ve seen since President Trump took office is a pernicious wave […]
Texas Seeks to Ban Insurance Policies From Covering Abortion
Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An effort to prohibit coverage of abortion by many health insurance plans in Texas is back, despite stalling in previous years. Read more.
‘Dirty Dancing’ Led the Way in Depicting Abortion—If Only Other Media Would Follow
By Steph Herold A new study shows how today’s TV doesn’t measure up to past depictions, often exaggerating abortion risk and how easy it is to get care. Read more.
Call Your Girlfriend Episode 79: She Persisted
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