According to new information, a provision in the Affordable Care Act has helped 2.5 million young adults gain health insurance since the law took effect.
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Women’s health advocates all over the country were stunned yesterday when Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius reversed an FDA request to expand access to over-the-counter emergency contraception for teenagers under the age of 17. In press releases denouncing the decision, a common theme has emerged: President Obama has followed in
The National Organization for Women (NOW), the largest organization of feminist activists in the U.S., has joined reproductive rights advocates in asking President Obama not to cave in to pressure from the Catholic leaders asking that he strike a recent decision that increases access to birth control for women.
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The Department of Health
This week Congress will hold yet another hearing addressing a grievance from Catholic bishops, this time about a recent loss of federal funds.
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a hearing on Thursday titled, “HHS and the Catholic Church: Examining the Politicization of Grants,” More…
The Institute of Medicine’s recent recommendation to the U.S. Department of Health to include birth control services in a list of preventive services for women has incited controversy among anti-abortion rights advocates where there should not be, members of the IOM panel said at a National Press Club briefing Wednesday. More…
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