by Jessica Mason Pieklo, Senior Legal Analyst, RH Reality Check

October 10, 2012 - 8:41 pm

An Alaska state court judge ruled a 2010 parental notification did not violate teenagers privacy rights or equal protection guarantees.

by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

October 10, 2012 - 3:09 am

The 2010 parental-notification law has been ruled constitutional, but it still may come up before the state Supreme Court.

by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

September 2, 2012 - 8:30 pm

When questioned, the Department of Health could not provide any resources supporting the constitutionality of their Medicaid coverage changes.

by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

August 2, 2012 - 10:59 pm

A state official claims the new paperwork for abortion coverage isn’t about redefining medically necessary abortions, just making sure the right entity pays for them.

by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

July 11, 2012 - 8:22 pm

The state says its only ensuring that doctors verify Medicaid patients are following federal abortion payment rules.  But mental health seems to have suspiciously been left off as an acceptable reason for an abortion.

by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

July 3, 2012 - 7:48 am

After nearly 20 years, the anti-choice members of the Alaska legislature has made it clear that they trust physicians willing to give abortions about as much as they trust women willing to get them.

by Jessica Mack

May 15, 2012 - 10:11 am

To say abortion is stigmatized in this country is to state the obvious. But we have a special brand of taboo that we foist atop even that stigma, which is the taboo of having someone else pay for a service you need – especially if it’s an abortion. Yet while abortion may be legal, but if you cannot afford it, it’s inaccessible.

by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

April 9, 2012 - 7:52 pm

Is the Alaskan senator trying to have it both ways?

by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

March 27, 2012 - 9:41 pm

A new proposal offers to expand income eligibilty for Denali care, but only for those too young to get pregnant.

by Robin Marty, Senior Political Reporter, RH Reality Check

March 26, 2012 - 9:44 am

It’s not that Rep. Dick thinks women having to get men to sign off on an abortion was a bad idea; he says he just didn’t “phrase it right.”