Abortion

Since 1973, women have had the legal right to decide whether or not to have an abortion  yet, even today, numerous barriers threaten women’s ability to exercise this central right.. We’re working to ensure that women have access to abortion care by protecting and advancing this fundamental right.

Highlights

Fact Sheet | State Bans on Insurance Coverage of Abortion Are Sweeping the Nation, Endangering Women’s Health and Taking Health Benefits Away from Women

January 24, 2012

During the health care reform debates in Congress, insurance coverage of abortion came under unprecedented attack. Fortunately, attempts at the federal level to effectively ban insurance coverage of abortion in private plans failed. However, the new health care law explicitly allows states to pass laws banning private insurance coverage of abortion in any exchange set up in their state.  Unfortunately, states have wasted no time taking up this opportunity to attack women’s health.

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Fact Sheet | The Rehberg Draft Abuses the Appropriations Process to Undermine Women’s Access to Preventive Health Care and Harm Women’s Health

November 30, 2011

The Rehberg Draft includes dangerous provisions that could threaten women’s ability to purchase health insurance that includes abortion coverage, aims to eliminate millions of women’s access to basic, preventive healthcare, and expands existing refusal laws that would harm women’s health.

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Fact Sheet, Webinars & Presentations | Resources for "If You Care About..., Then You Should Care About Reproductive Justice" Series

November 2, 2011

The National Women’s Law Center and Law Students for Reproductive Justice have developed a series of webinars for law students that look at the intersection of reproductive justice with other progressive advocacy issues. We hope that through this series, students will start thinking of the social justice and human rights underpinnings of progressive work, and how we can all work together toward our common goals.

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Fact Sheet | The Pitts Bill (H.R. 358): A Dangerous Bill that Threatens Women’s Health and Lives

October 11, 2011

H.R. 358, authored by Representative Joe Pitts (R-PA), is a dangerous bill that threatens women’s ability to purchase health insurance that includes abortion coverage and creates dangerous new rules that will harm women’s health—and even risk women’s lives.

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More Resources

Fact Sheet | State Bans on Insurance Coverage of Abortion Are Sweeping the Nation, Endangering Women’s Health and Taking Health Benefits Away from Women

January 24, 2012

During the health care reform debates in Congress, insurance coverage of abortion came under unprecedented attack. Fortunately, attempts at the federal level to effectively ban insurance coverage of abortion in private plans failed. However, the new health care law explicitly allows states to pass laws banning private insurance coverage of abortion in any exchange set up in their state.  Unfortunately, states have wasted no time taking up this opportunity to attack women’s health.

 Read more...

Fact Sheet | The Rehberg Draft Abuses the Appropriations Process to Undermine Women’s Access to Preventive Health Care and Harm Women’s Health

November 30, 2011

The Rehberg Draft includes dangerous provisions that could threaten women’s ability to purchase health insurance that includes abortion coverage, aims to eliminate millions of women’s access to basic, preventive healthcare, and expands existing refusal laws that would harm women’s health.

 Read more...

Fact Sheet | Give Military Women the Health Care Coverage They Deserve

November 28, 2011

Under current law, women in the military who are survivors of rape and incest are denied coverage for abortion care.  This coverage is less than the coverage provided to other women who rely on the federal government for health insurance.  Military women sacrifice for our country every day -- we should not thank them by giving them less health care coverage than their civilian counterparts.  The ban on health care coverage for abortion care in case of rape and incest should be lifted immediately.

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Fact Sheet | The D.C. Abortion Ban Threatens Women's Health

November 15, 2011

The District of Columbia—unlike any other state—is currently barred from using its local funds to provide abortion services for low-income women.  This ban prohibits D.C. from deciding how to spend its own revenue and threatens the health of its residents.

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Fact Sheet, Webinars & Presentations | Resources for "If You Care About..., Then You Should Care About Reproductive Justice" Series

November 02, 2011

The National Women’s Law Center and Law Students for Reproductive Justice have developed a series of webinars for law students that look at the intersection of reproductive justice with other progressive advocacy issues. We hope that through this series, students will start thinking of the social justice and human rights underpinnings of progressive work, and how we can all work together toward our common goals.

 Read more...