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National Reproductive Justice Expert Says Just-Passed Senate Budget Bill “Abandons the American Dream as We Know It,” Will Defund Planned Parenthood and Close Clinics Across the Country
Nourbese Flint, abortion rights expert and President of All* Above All, issued the following statement: “The Senate just pushed through a backdoor abortion ban. The bill they just passed will rip away health care from millions of Americans. In an already expensive country, it raises health care costs, abandons families who rely on SNAP, imposes … Continued
All* Above All Reacts to Supreme Court’s Decision in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic to Side with South Carolina, Undermine Medicaid Protections for Patients
The Supreme Court today rejected Planned Parenthood’s challenge to South Carolina’s attempt to bar the organization from participating in its Medicaid program, clearing the way for the state to strip the organization of Medicaid funds. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in the case of Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic to find that Planned Parenthood … Continued
All* Above All Slams Trump Administration for Revoking EMTALA Guidance to Hospitals Nationwide
The Trump administration announced this week that it would revoke guidance to the nation’s hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) for women when they are necessary to stabilize their medical condition. The guidance was issued to hospitals nationwide in 2022, as part of … Continued
All* Above All Calls Out Extremists in House Over Medicaid Cuts
Moments ago, the House of Representatives voted to advance legislation containing massive cuts to Medicaid and health care provisions to advance Trump’s tax package – namely the extension of tax breaks. The provisions would result in 10.3 million people losing Medicaid coverage by 2034 and 7.6 million people going uninsured, according to a partial analysis … Continued
All* Above All Applauds Governor Moore for Signing New Law to Create Grants to Fund Abortion Services
Maryland Governor Wes Moore will sign 170 bills into law today, including the Maryland Public Health Abortion Grant Fund Bill (HB930). The law gives the Maryland Department of Health access to $25 million for an abortion grant program to help providers pay costs for the uninsured and underinsured. The money comes from part of the … Continued
All* Above All Calls Out Extremists in Congress Over Medicaid Cuts, Says Latest House Markups are “Beyond Imagination”
In the latest news on the budget reconciliation bill moving through Congress, the Energy and Commerce Committee has announced it has come up with $912 billion in cuts, primarily targeting health care and Medicaid – with at least $715 billion coming from the health provisions. That means Medicaid is on the chopping block, despite Trump … Continued
All* Above All’s Statement on Medicaid Cuts
As House Republicans work to get a budget deal, far-right conservatives are pressing for hundreds of billions of dollars in additional spending cuts, especially for Medicaid, and Donald Trump has unveiled a budget blueprint asking Congress to slash the nation’s overall spending on non-defense programs by more than $163 billion. On top of that, late … Continued
All* Above All’s Updated Statement on the Freezing of Title X Funding
The Trump administration is freezing millions of dollars in Title X funding for Planned Parenthood affiliates, among other organizations that receive family planning grants, as it works to carry out its threat to enforce the Hyde Amendment and make drastic cuts to federal contractors to “defund” DEI initiatives. Our statement by Nourbese Flint, abortion rights … Continued
All* Above All’s Statement on Trump’s Freezing of Title X Funding
Reports have uncovered that the Trump administration will announce the freezing of millions of dollars in Title X funding for Planned Parenthood affiliates, among other organizations that receive family planning grants, as it works to carry out its threat to enforce the Hyde Amendment and make drastic cuts to federal contractors to “defund” DEI initiatives. … Continued
All* Above All’s Statement on the Criminalization of Abortion in TX, GA, PA
In just the last two weeks, two Texans were arrested and charged with performing abortions at a Houston-area reproductive health clinic, the first criminal charges brought under the state’s near-total abortion ban; a 24-year-old woman of color was arrested in Georgia after having a miscarriage; and a Pennsylvania teenager is being investigated for ‘abuse of … Continued