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Why The Kansas Abortion Case Matters

by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

August 17, 2011 - 10:34am (Print)

The law blocking the state's attempt to refuse to let insurance providers cover abortion could effect everyone.

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Budget Showdown Casualties: D.C. Women as Bargaining Chips

by Antoinette Bonsignore

April 11, 2011 - 2:27pm (Print)

How D.C.'s women were sacrificed and the implications for future policy.

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Why Insurance Coverage for Abortion Matters

by Katherine Greenier, ACLU-VA

April 4, 2011 - 3:25pm (Print)

Virginia’s Governor continues to play politics with women’s health by amending HB 2434 to prohibit all insurance plans sold in Virginia under health reform from covering the cost of abortions.

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One Year Later: Protecting the Gains, Correcting the Flaws of Health Care Reform

by Adam Sonfield, Guttmacher Institute

March 23, 2011 - 9:14am (Print)

Reproductive health advocates must fend off repeated attacks on health reform, work on implementation and fix the flaws.

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WellPoint Responds To Criticism on Rescissions

by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

April 26, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

Insurance giant Wellpoint responded to charges levied last week by a Reuters article that the insurance giant was discriminating against breast cancer patients.

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Bishops: "Deplore Defeat of Nelson Amendment, Working To Maintain Stupak"

by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

December 11, 2009 - 9:33am (Print)

On Wednesday, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement calling defeat of the Nelson-Hatch-Casey amendment a "grave mistake," and underscoring that they continue to work toward maintainingg Stupak Amendment language in the final bill.

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Colorado Lawmaker Pushes Bill to Require Insurance Coverage of Birth Control and Maternity Care

by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

December 11, 2009 - 8:46am (Print)

A Colorado lawmaker is pushing a bill to require insurance coverage of both birth control and maternity care--not now widely available in the state--calling his bill a "no-brainer."

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Sherrod Brown Optimistic About Public Option

by Mike Lillis, New Journalist Fellow

November 24, 2009 - 10:52am (Print)

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is optimistic that the drama over the public option will end, telling CNN this week that the historical significance of the reform vote will ultimately be enough to sway the four moderates now opposing the public option to vote in favor of the bill.

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Roundup: Senate Bill Maintains Abortion Coverage, DC Insurance Commissioner Says No to Birth Control

by Amie Newman

November 19, 2009 - 1:02pm (Print)

The Senate health care reform bill was released last night and maintains the status quo on abortion access, throwing out any abortion coverage bans a la the Stupak Amendment; Catholics argue against the idea that banning private insurance coverage for abortion in the House bill was some kind of common ground effort; and DC disses birth control coverage.

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Initial Reports Indicate No Stupak Amendment in Reid's Senate Bill

by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

November 18, 2009 - 8:49pm (Print)

Early indications are that the Senate health reform bill introduced by Majority Leader Harry Reid preserves the "status quo" and does not include a version of the Stupak amendment.

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