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ACA Qué (What)? A Policy Wonk’s Mother Still Wonders How it Affects Her and Latin@ Families

Overall, California Latinas/os stand to gain the most with the ACA, whether currently insured or uninsured. 

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One Down and 23 to Go: Judge Tosses Baseless Challenge to Birth Control Coverage

Real religious freedom gives everyone the right to make personal decisions – including whether and when to use birth control – based on our own beliefs. It doesn’t give one group the right to impose its beliefs on others by denying employees access to critical health services.

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It’s Time to Recommit to Family Planning in the United States

It’s time to set aside politics and recommit ourselves – as a city, a state and a nation – to family planning and sexual health. As recently as the 1980s, these were civic ideals that united us. If the global community can revive them in 2012, so can we.

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Battle Over Planned Parenthood Funding in Indiana May Be First Test of Coercion Theory from ACA Decision

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The federal government squares off with Indiana over Planned Parenthood funding as conservatives feel emboldened thanks to the health care reform ruling.

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SCOTUS, the ACA, and DOMA: The Parallels Between Same-Sex Constituitonal Challenges And Reproductive Rights

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Thanks to the ruling in the Affordable Care Act, the battle over same-sex marriage may start to look more like the battle over reproductive rights.

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Anti-Choice House Members Propose “Religious Freedom Tax Appeal Act”

Is this the House’s answer to the Senate’s Blunt Amendment?

 

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House Votes Yet Again To Repeal The Affordable Care Act

Even as the bill becomes more popular, Republicans still keep trying to get rid of it.

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Rick Perry Says “No Way” To Medicaid Expansion

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The Texas governor claims he’s not letting his state expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

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A Rabbi Responds to Mitch McConnell: Sorry Senator, Health Care IS the Issue!

As a religious advocate for reproductive care, I was taken aback by U. S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) recent comment, “That is not the issue,” when asked about extending health coverage to 30 million American uninsured.

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Now That The Dust Has Settled On The ACA, People Kind of Like It

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The Supreme Court ruling that the Affordable Care Act will not be struck down has managed to bump up the popularity of the legislation.

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