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HHS slashes workforce across public health agencies
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Department of Government Efficiency instituted mass layoffs across critical agencies like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
HHS freezes Title X funding for reproductive healthcare providers
The Trump administration has frozen millions of dollars in funds earmarked for 16 Title X grant recipients.
HHS Rescinds Policy Known as “Richardson Waiver” to Eliminate Notice and Comment Rulemaking Process
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rescinded a long-standing policy titled “Public Participation in Rule Making,” also known as the Richardson Waiver.
HHS scrubs reproductive and maternal health information, HIPAA guidelines from webpages
NPR reported that the Trump administration had scrubbed the Department of Health and Human Services’ website of any mentions of abortion that discussed protections for abortion and reproductive health care services.
President Trump fires independent agency watchdogs
President Trump fired as many as 17 agency inspectors general (IGs), including at the Departments of State, Health and Human Services, Defense, Veterans Affairs, Education, Housing and Urban Development, and the Environmental Protection Agency, among others.
What does SCOTUS’s “Chevron Deference” ruling mean for the future of federal reproductive rights?
The U.S. Supreme Court overruled a decades-long legal test that gave deference to administrative actions. Find out about the implications of this ruling on reproductive rights going forward.
HHS Secretary Tours Clinic in Trip Organized by the Center
On January 30, 2023, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra visited the Whole Women’s Health (WWH) clinic in Alexandria, Virginia, for a tour and roundtable discussion organized by the Center’s Federal Policy and Advocacy team. The roundtable, which focused on abortion access after the overturning of Roe, featured Secretary Becerra; Amy Hagstrom […]
Comment: Proposed Rule on Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act
The Center for Reproductive Rights submitted this comment on October 3, 2022, to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in support of the proposed rule interpreting the non-discrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act, section 1557.
