Blog Archive

From the desk of ... Debra L. Ness

Birth Control Under Attack

November 22, 2011 | Reproductive Health

Anti-choice extremists are trying to undermine women's right to birth control under the Affordable Care Act.

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Keely Monroe, Program Coordinator, Raising Women's Voices for the Health Care We Need

From the desk of ... Keely Monroe, Raising Women's Voices for the Health Care We Need

Keep Medicaid Safe to Keep Women Healthy!

November 18, 2011 | Health Care

With a little over a week for the Congressional super committee to complete its work, we must raise our voices to ensure Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are protected in the final deficit reduction package.

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Andi Friedman, Director of Reproductive Health Programs

From the desk of ... Andrea Friedman

Dear Supercommittee: There's Nothing "Super" about Cutting Medicaid

November 18, 2011 | Health Care

As a nation, our conversations often revolve around "family values." Yet when it comes to showing that we truly value families, politicians sometimes fall short.

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From the desk of ... Davida Silverman, NHeLP

Super Committee and Health Care: How Potential Cuts to Medicaid Could Harm Low-Income Women and Girls

November 18, 2011 | Health Care

"Shared sacrifices." "Tough decisions." "Everything is on the table." This is the rhetoric being used to describe the Super Committee's daunting task of reducing the national deficit by $1.2 trillion over the next ten years.

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From the desk of ... Andrea Friedman, Repro Health Watch

A Blog Rally to Protect Medicaid

November 18, 2011 | Reproductive Health

There's been a lot in the news lately about the so-called "supercommittee" in Congress, which has been tasked with trimming more than a trillion dollars from the federal deficit. It's the supercommittee's job to figure out which programs will get the budget axe.

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Danielle Garrett, Healthy Policy Analyst, National Women's Law Center

From the desk of ... Danielle Garrett, National Women's Law Center

Tell Congress That Preserving Medicaid is Critically Important to Women and Families

November 18, 2011 | Health Care

The deadline for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (The Super-Committee) to reach an agreement is fast approaching.

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From the desk of ... Anjela Jenkins, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health

How Washington's Budget Priorities Injure Immigrant Women

November 17, 2011 | Health Care

Many women in the United States take a huge step forward under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

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Natalie Camastra, Policy Intern, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health

From the desk of ... Natalie Camastra, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health

Why Now is the Time to Support, Not Undermine, Medicaid

November 17, 2011 | Health Care

The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH), as the only national organization advocating for reproductive justice and health for millions of Latinas, their families and their communities, strongly urges the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or "Supercommittee" to reexamine their logic when considering cuts or reforms to Medicaid in order to achieve deficit reduction.

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