IOM RH Report 2011
Access to Contraception is Basic Health Care. Don't Let Religious Organizations Limit Access
by Douglas Laube, Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health
November 3, 2011 - 4:55pm (Print)
PRCH supports the recent recommendation of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to include contraception in the preventive health benefits for women under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). As physicians, we know that access to contraception is essential to the health and well-being of our patients.
More Lessons on Birth Control from Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly is AWOL on national television again. This time, he's yelling about birth control causing....unemployment? Talk about trying to keep women barefoot and pregnant. The good news is that he's recognizing that perhaps women are NOT too blasted to use their birth control, after all. The bad news is that he's still Bill O'Reilly, and as Thomas, a blogger for NARAL, put it: "Watch it to believe it."
Fox Contributor Sandy Rios Compares Coverage Of Birth Control To "Red China," Among Other Blatant Displays of Ignorance
From the August 2 edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom, in response to the recent recommendations re: women's healthcare made by the IOM and adhered to by the HHS. John Stewart made thorough fun of this particular newsclip on his show, which you can view right here on our site.
The Anti-Choice Class War
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
August 7, 2011 - 9:59pm (Print)
Anti-choice arguments have grown meaner in the past couple of years. The feigned concern for women is slipping away and being replaced by a searing hatred for the very notion that women living in poverty have rights.
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!Si, se puede!? For Latinas and Other Uninsured Women, Gaps Remain in Access to Birth Control
August 5, 2011 - 9:16am (Print)
Nearly four in ten Latinos are uninsured. "Si se puede…" can mean "IF she can…" and this conditional statement hints at the obstacles that remain after the HHS decision. IF a Latina can get health insurance, IF she can make it to a provider's office who can provide culturally-competent care in her language, and IF she can obtain and fill her prescription, THEN she will be able to fully enjoy the benefits of no-copay birth control.
Colbert Report: Women's Health-Nazi Plan
Colbert discusses the hypocrisy of right-wing arguments against granting free birth control to American women, given that government spending goes towards much more peculiar and nonsensical aspects of (male) American life.
HHS Adopts IOM Recommendations on Reproductive Health Care; Exempts "Religious Employers" From Birth Control Coverage
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
August 1, 2011 - 9:42am (Print)
The Department of Health and Human Services has adopted guidelines for insurance coverage on women's preventive health services that include all the recommendations recently made by the Institute of Medicine and require new health insurance plans to cover women’s preventive services such as well-woman visits, breastfeeding support, domestic violence screening, and contraception without charging a co-payment, co-insurance or a deductible.
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What's At Stake in How HHS Handles the IOM Report?
by Carole Joffe, University of California
July 28, 2011 - 8:26pm (Print)
What’s at stake in the HHS decision around the IOM recommendations on contraception? First, the health and rights of women who will benefit from easier access to contraception. And second, the IOM’s action draws attention to the extent to which contraception has become yet another front in the nation’s unending culture war.
Promise Rings and Nuvarings: Why I Needed Contraception Without Co-Pays
by Justyn Hintze, Choice USA
July 28, 2011 - 2:47pm (Print)
When my mom knew my birth control was not only preventing "changes in my mood" but also the chance that I could get pregnant, she stopped paying for my birth control; she said, “I am not supporting your habit.”
As Two Deadlines Near, Concern Rises About HHS Adoption of IOM Recommendations on Preventive Care for Women
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
July 28, 2011 - 10:13am (Print)
Over the past 10 days, the White House has postponed two scheduled conference calls on the IOM recommendations regarding preventive care for women. The deadline originally set by HHS for releasing its final recommendations is the same as the deadline for an agreement on the debt ceiling. Are the two connected?
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