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Statement on the Passage of H.R. 1
Statement from Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: “With the passage of this legislation, the federal government has failed the American people. One-third of Planned Parenthood clinics will likely be forced to close, including in states where abortion is legal. Roughly half of the patients at Maine Family Planning, a […]
Statement on the Sweeping Senate Attempt to Defund Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning
Statement from Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights: “This bill’s attack on Planned Parenthood is unacceptable and sweeps in other trusted healthcare providers like our client Maine Family Planning, whose 18 clinics across the state provide a broad array of preventative and primary care services in communities in need. Patients […]
Congress Wants to Exclude Planned Parenthood from Medicaid. Here’s What’s at Stake.
Excluding Planned Parenthood from Medicaid will impact patients nationwide—and that’s the point.