Threats to Birth Control Access

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.

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.