by Sarah Audelo, Advocates for Youth This week is the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act and next week the Supreme Court will hear arguments from some states who are essentially trying to overturn the law for a variety of reasons. While the Affordable Care Act is nowhere near perfect and in fact does some [...]
A coalition of over 50 women’s organizations came together this morning to hold a press conference on the launching of a nationwide effort to mobilize women voters around the issues most affecting women in the upcoming election. HERvotes, working toward Health, Economic Security and Rights, are calling out to women to use their voices and [...]
Despite enormous pressure from the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Obama Administration recently decided not to broaden the religious exemption for contraceptive coverage under the Preventive Care package of the Affordable Care Act. This demand for additional exemptions, would have denied millions of American women contraceptive coverage, including students, teachers, nurses, social workers, and [...]
by Jen Wang, Policy Associate, NARAL Pro-Choice America President Obama’s decision to make sure health plans cover birth control without a copay was one of the most significant advances for women’s health in decades. Now, most American women will have health insurance that covers contraception, regardless of where they work. The new policy is long [...]
by Jean Silver-Isenstadt, MD, PhD, National Physicians Alliance I attended a health policy conference last week where the buzz was women. The question on everyone’s mind was: Why aren’t American women angrier that every last one of the Republican candidates for president has threatened to repeal a law that has brought the greatest advance for [...]
by Emily Alfano, National Council of Jewish Women For the eighth #HERvotes blog carnival, our coalition of women’s groups is joining forces for the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey found alarming rates of sexual violence, stalking, and domestic [...]
By Melissa Siegel, loveisrespect.org National Youth Advisory Board I am very passionate about issues of social justice. One issue in particular that I am very passionate about is ending teen dating violence and other forms of interpersonal violence. I currently work as a coordinator for a Teen Dating Violence Prevention Speaker’s Bureau where I get [...]
Congress reconvened yesterday, just as many students headed back to school after their winter break. It’s the beginning of a very important election year and now more than ever, women’s voices need to be heard. Feminist Majority Foundation’s “Get Out Her Vote” campaign and your Campus Organizers can help your campus prepare for November 2012 [...]
by Hannah Gordon, Feminist Majority Foundation Welcome to the seventh #HERvotes blog carnival on the need to protect women and employment during these tough economic times, with a focus on the importance of extending Unemployment Insurance (UI) before the December 31st deadline. It is critical that Congress acts before the end of this calendar year [...]
by Anna McClure, Fellow, National Women’s Law Center The deadline to extend federal unemployment benefits (UI) is rapidly approaching, but it is still not clear when Congress will get around to addressing this extremely critical issue. Meanwhile, some Members of Congress have indicated that they would vote against a bill to extend UI unless it [...]
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