Portrait of Injustice: Abortion Coverage under the Medicaid Program
, State Coverage of Medically Necessary Abortions When abortion was first legalized in 1973, federal funds were available to low-income women seeking medically necessary abortions. But four years later, Representative Henry Hyde (Rep-IL) sponsored a [...]
Yet Another Anti-Abortion Scare Tactic: False Claims of Breast Cancer Risk
Some anti-abortion activists rely upon phony medical claims as a way to deter women from choosing abortion. Motivated by their desire to overturn the United State Supreme Court’s decision [...]
Title X Family Planning
America Must Continue Its Commitment to Reproductive Health Family planning clinics are vital to the provision of reproductive health care and often serve as an entry point into the health-care system for young women and [...]
Forced Parental Involvement Defeats the Goals of the Title X Program
Adolescents in America must continue to have access to affordable and confidential family planning services. Although there have been declines in teen pregnancy rates, due in part to contraceptive use, the United States still has [...]
CEDAW Advances Women’s Human Rights
The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is the only comprehensive international treaty guaranteeing women’s human rights and the prevention of discrimination against women. CEDAW provides a [...]
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