Media outlets and key stakeholders in women's health call on the Supreme
Court to uphold the federal contraceptive coverages rules'
accommodation, condemn violence against abortion providers and more. More »
The Supreme Court on Friday announced that it will hear several cases
challenging an accommodation to federal contraceptive rules for
not-for-profits that hold themselves out as religious and oppose
contraception, the New York Times reports. More »
"It's vital that the [Supreme Court] reject the ... extravagant
interpretation" of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (PL 103-141)
used by organizations challenging the federal contraceptive coverage
rules' accommodation for not-for-profits that hold themselves out as
religious and oppose contraception, a Los Angeles Times editorial states. More »
U.S. women on birth control increasingly are opting to use long-acting
reversible contraception, although oral contraception remains the most
popular form of birth control, according to a report released Tuesday from the National Center for Health Statistics, the New York Times reports. More »
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) last week announced the
six legislators she has selected to join a special House subcommittee
investigating abortion providers, The Hill reports. More »
Across the country, Asian American women's reproductive rights are being
challenged and their family-planning decisions are being policed based
on racial stereotypes held by anti-choice activists and officials,"
Miriam Yeung, executive director of the National Asian Pacific American
Women's Forum, writes in a Washington Post opinion piece. More »
Read some of the best commentary from bloggers at the Women's Law Project blog, RH Reality Check and more. More »
NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin has launched a pilot program that provides
women who are traveling long distances to access abortion services in
the state with free housing and food, the Madison Capital Times reports. More »
Many Rhode Island residents who have health plans through the state's
insurance marketplace could lose their existing abortion care coverage
and be enrolled automatically in a plan with less comprehensive abortion
care benefits for 2016, the Providence Journal reports. More »
Abortion-rights supporters in Ireland are tweeting about their menstrual
cycles to Prime Minister Enda Kenny as part of a viral campaign to
repeal restrictive abortion laws there, Reuters reports. More »
Read some of the best commentaries from bloggers at the Center for
American Progress' "ThinkProgress," RH Reality Check and more. More »
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EDITORS
Debra Ness, publisher & president, National Partnership
Sarah Lipton-Lubet, associate editor & director of reproductive health programs, National Partnership
Jessi Leigh Swenson, associate editor & senor policy counsel, National Partnership
Freya Riedlin, associate editor & reproductive health law fellow, National Partnership
Lauren Sogor, assistant editor & health communications manager, National Partnership
Cindy Romero, assistant editor & communications associate, National Partnership
Marcelle Maginnis, associate editor
Justyn Ware, senior editor
Amanda Wolfe, senior director
Joe Infantino, Rachel Schulze, staff writers
Tucker Ball, chief digital officer, National Partnership
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