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(UPDATED) Federal Judge Rules Against Health Reform Law

December 13, 2010 - 4:02pm (Print)

A federal judge in Virginia has ruled in favor of Virginia's Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli's lawsuit. Judge Hudson, a Republican favorite, determined that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's central provision - that all Americans must purchase health care - is unconstitutional. What happens next?

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Federal Provision: Breastfeeding Protected in the Federal Workplace

reader diary by GWMCHstudents, gwmchstudents@gmail.com

February 26, 2010 - 6:49pm (Print)

What does the law providing protection for women who choose to breastfeed in federal buildings really mean?

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Human Beings are Moral Actors

by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

May 20, 2009 - 9:29am (Print)

Personal choices always involve morality.

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The Agony and (Not Quite) Ecstasy – Reproductive Health in the President’s 2010 Budget

by Marilyn Keefe, National Partnership for Women & Families

May 8, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

Obama's 2010 budget contains some recommendations that should buoy those of us working to improve women's reproductive health, but it also contains a dose of heartache.

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HHS Moves to Define Contraception as Abortion

by Cristina Page, Moderator, OnCommonGround

July 15, 2008 - 2:02pm (Print)

The Department of Health and Human Services Monday released a proposal that allows any federal grant recipient to obstruct a woman's access to contraception. In order to do this, the Department is attempting to redefine many forms of contraception as abortion.

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