Fact Sheets

Health Care Refusals Harm Patients: The Threat to LGBT People and Individuals Living with HIV/AIDS

August 06, 2013

Refusals to provide medically appropriate care to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and people living with HIV/AIDS can have serious emotional, physical, and financial consequences for patients. Refusals to provide care exacerbate stigma and discrimination already faced by LGBT people and individuals living with HIV/AIDS.  Refusals are especially harmful in emergency situations, rural areas, or long-term care facilities, where a refusal can simply leave a patient without access to necessary care.

LGBT Americans and the Affordable Care Act

August 06, 2013

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals have long faced barriers to obtaining necessary health care. Thankfully, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) contains many provisions to help LGBT individuals obtain the health care they need and begin to address the profound health disparities faced by this community. This fact sheet explains some of the ways in which the ACA will benefit LGBT individuals.

State Bans on Insurance Coverage of Abortion Endanger Women’s Health and Take Health Benefits Away from Women

August 05, 2013

The health care law goes a long way toward improving women’s health and addressing the discrimination women have faced in the health insurance market. Unfortunately however, the health care law explicitly allows states to pass laws banning private insurance coverage of abortion in any exchange set up in their state.  State politicians who want abortion to be illegal have wasted no time pushing bans on insurance coverage of abortion, making abortion unaffordable and interfering with a woman’s ability to make her own health care decisions.

The Vacancy Crisis in the Federal Judiciary: What's at Stake for Women

August 02, 2013

There are currently 86 vacancies on the federal district and appellate courts, a ten percent vacancy rate. This alarmingly high vacancy rate forces people around the country to wait for justice. 

Women in the Federal Judiciary: Still A Long Way to Go

August 02, 2013

Over the past three decades, an increasing number of women have joined the legal profession.  Since 1992, women’s representation in law school classes has approached 50%. Despite record numbers of female judicial nominees, the percentage of female federal judges, however, is far lower. It is of critical importance to increase the representation of women on the federal bench.

Women Sharing in Slow Job Growth, but Full Recovery Is a Long Way Off

August 02, 2013

This resource, updated monthly as new data on jobs and unemployment is released, shows how women are faring in the recovery that officially started in June 2009. 

60 Percent of Women’s Job Gains in the Recovery Are in the 10 Largest Low-Wage Jobs

July 23, 2013

Women have regained a large number of the jobs they lost during the recession, but their gains are highly concentrated in low-wage occupations. Sixty percent of the increase in employment for women between 2009 and 2012 was in the 10 largest occupations that typically pay less than $10.10 per hour. In contrast, these 10 low-wage occupations accounted for only 20 percent of men’s employment growth over the same period.

The FY14 State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill Corrects a Health Care Coverage Inequity for Peace Corps Volunteers

July 23, 2013

Peace Corps volunteers are provided NO coverage for abortion, even in the case of life endangerment to the woman or if she is a survivor of rape or incest.  The FY14 State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill would ensure that Peace Corps Volunteers are treated the same as other women with federal health insurance.

Proposed Statutory & Regulatory Changes to CCDBG

July 22, 2013

This chart compares current law governing the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) with provisions of the reauthorization bill and proposed regulations.

The D.C. Abortion Coverage Ban Threatens Women's Health

July 16, 2013

The District of Columbia—unlike any of the fifty states—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.