Reproductive Health

A refreshingly nuanced discussion of how health care reform will affect abortion access. Points out that 1) more poor women will have access to reproductive health care, likely resulting in fewer unwanted pregnancies, yay!, 2) those most affected by the Stupak amendment are those who currently have the fewest (financial, social, geographic) barriers to reproductive health services. 3) All that said, the precedent is not attractive: "The Stupak...  

Kate Raphael of Women's Magazine discusses the battle for the health care reform bills with reproductive justice advocates Lupe Rodriguez of ACCESS-Women's Health Rights Coalition, Serena Garcia of Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective, and Maurit Knutson of the Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights. Audio, 37:09  

Check out this fantastic piece over at MomsRising.org: Jenn Rogers of RHTP breaks down the connections between healthcare reform, toxic chemicals, and reproductive health in her blog entry "What Health Reform Won't Heal: The Effect of Toxic Chemicals on Sex...  

As an OB nurse I find it troubling that two very large facilities in the region are not providing these services to women. I also believe that is is mainly our fault as clinicians for allowing the Catholic Church to frame our medical premise instead of us taking the reigns and defining 'reproductive health services' ourselves. Reproductive health services isn't just the scary stuff that nobody will come to a concensus on (such as termination...  

Reproductive health important in reformRiver Falls Student VoiceWe need to stand up and make sure what we deserve, access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care and information, is included in the Senate ...Abortion Fight Moves to Mikulski AmendmentU.S. News & World ReportA Day of Action!The HillOtego man lobbies to keep abortion accessOneonta Daily StarWBUR -RH Reality Check (blog) -EmpireStateNews.netall 560 news articles »  

A Health Care Battle on Many FrontsNew York Times... deny reproductive health care for millions of women. Over half of all immigrants are women. The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health knows ...Democrats Liken Federally Funded Viagra to Federally Funded AbortionCNSNews.comJackson Wants Health Care To Help WomenSouthwest News-HeraldAbortion coverage a must for reform | Philadelphia Daily News | 12/09/2009Philadelphia Daily...  

Editor's note: Silvia Henriquez is the executive director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, a nonprofit policy and advocacy organization based in New York and Washington that works on behalf of reproductive health interests of the nation's 15 million Latina women. When Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered her oath last summer, many women -- and especially Latinas -- felt renewed hope as a champion of women's rights took...  

New York TimesCapps Statement on the Senate Abortion CompromiseBigNews.biz (press release)“I am pleased the Senate appears to be moving forward on health reform, however, I am disappointed that women's access to full reproductive health care is ...Separate Checks, Separate 'Equality': Women Are Second-Class Citizens in ...BuzzFlash (blog)Catholic Hospital Groups Support Senate Health Care BillLez Get RealAborting Health Care ReformAmerican...  

Newsweek (blog)Fate of a pregnancy is a woman's decisionAlbany Times UnionRabbi Dennis S. Ross directs Concerned Clergy for Choice, a multifaith statewide network of 1000 religious leaders supporting access to reproductive health ...California senators back health care bill despite abortion limitsMcClatchy Washington BureauHealth policies with separate abortion premiums unacceptableThe Journal News | LoHud.comConstitutional Peril?PubliCola...  

Kansas City StarJewish groups still angling for health care bill fixesJewish Telegraphic AgencyWe are also concerned about severe limitations to women's access to reproductive health services.” Rachel Goldberg, the director of aging policy for B'nai ...The Nation: Reid's Reform Passes; The Fight Goes OnNPRHospital exec: Winners, losers as health care bills advance [The Ottawa Herald ...Behavioral Health Central (blog)Healthcare Bill a...  

Washington PostJackson Wants Health Care To Help WomenSouthwest News-HeraldThe amendment also prohibits the use of tax credits to secure reproductive health services. “We must pass meaningful health reform with a strong public ...What Health Reform Won't Heal: The Effect of Environmental Toxins on Sex and ...RH Reality Check (blog)If We Need Abortion Riders, Why Not Viagra Policies, Too? »New York Daily NewsStudents must spread awareness about...  

Times OnlineFive Critical Flaws in the Senate Health Care BillLas Vegas TSG (blog)#3—Impose dangerous restrictions on women's reproductive health care. NOT – no way – no how. All both bills do is close the loop holes and ambiguous wording ...Five critical flaws in the Senate health care billExaminer.comSenate passes health care bill, but there's plenty of more work aheadMinnPost.comThe Senate Has a BillCentury FoundationMiamiHerald.comall 10...  

New York TimesAbortion amendment derails interest in Demcratic PartyHillsboro Argus - OregonLive.comSince then, they have wavered on a public option and if they now cave in on the right to comprehensive reproductive health care, they will not be ...Robyn Blumner: Stupak amendment a terrible insult to womenPocono RecordStupak amendment should be stripped from billDesert DispatchAbortion and the health care debate: Where they standMPNnow...  

Los Angeles TimesAbortion add-on: Congressional game or strike against rights?OregonLive.comIf women do not have the right to a full range of sexual and reproductive health care services, then sexual and reproductive services should be denied to ...mcgurn: The Man Who Made Pelosi Cry 'Uncle'Wall Street JournalSF activists to send coat-hangers to Dems who supported abortion restrictions ...San Francisco ChronicleSend A Coat Hanger To An Anti...  

Real Reproductive ChoiceNational Catholic RegisterIn a country where women supposedly have won the right to reproductive health care, women are losing the right to natural childbirth ...