reproductive rights

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Much has been made of Obama’s “team of rivals” selection of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. But little has been said so far about what impact this prominent feminist and health care expert could have on the lives of women in other countries. But women’s rights activists say they’re extremely [...]

As NMI noted earlier this week (and earlier this year), the Bush administration is considering enacting a last-minute rule that could make it much more difficult for women to get information about and access to birth control, abortion and sterilization. The rule is opposed by major health care organizations, Democratic legislators and many state government [...]

The Bush administration has been trying for months to enact a rule that could severely limit access to birth control, emergency contraception and other reproductive health services. Now, despite fierce protests from doctors, pharmacy groups, women’s rights groups and congressional leaders, the Department of Health and Human Services has exhumed the rule—which some thought dead [...]