Religious Restrictions

Religious restrictions are increasingly limiting women's access to reproductive health care, as institutions such as hospitals, HMOs, and employers and individuals impose their beliefs on women. We’re working to end these restrictions and to protect women’s vital health services.

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Fact Sheet | The Bush Administration's Recent Attack on Women's Health: Frequently Asked Questions

June 09, 2008

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed a damaging new rule— which follows an earlier draft made public several weeks ago—which would significantly undermine patient’s access to vital health services and information by greatly expanding existing laws intended to govern the right to refuse to provide abortion care.

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Fact Sheet | The HHS Rule on Providers' Right to Refuse to Provide Health Care: Reaching Even Further Than Family Planning and Abortion Services

June 09, 2008

While attention has been given to the proposed HHS rule’s possible damage to family planning and abortion, the proposed rule has an even broader reach. It has the potential to limit information on and access to the entire range of health care services – including treatment of infertility, depression, drug addiction, HIV, and more.

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Fact Sheet | What Are Some Key Organizations Saying About the Proposed HHS Rule?

June 09, 2008
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Reports & Toolkits | Hospital Mergers and the Threat to Women's Reproductive Health Services: Using the Establishment Clause of the Constitution to Fight Back

June 09, 2006

This report explains how constitutional provisions requiring the separation of church and state may be used in efforts to protect access to reproductive health services.

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Fact Sheet | Attack on Women's Health: The Health Care Refusal Regulation

January 05, 2006

During the final days of the Bush Administration, a harmful regulation was passed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that undermines patients' access to vital health services and information. By greatly expanding existing laws intended to govern the right to refuse to provide abortion care, this HHS regulation poses a serious threat to women's health.

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