A U.S. judge on Wednesday struck down rules adopted during President Donald Trump's first term that exempt employers with religious or moral objections from having to provide workers with insurance coverage for birth control. The post NEWS: U.S. judge blocks Trump religious exemption to birth control coverage appeared first on National Partnership for Women & Families.| National Partnership for Women & Families
The latest federal attacks on health equity will exacerbate longstanding barriers to contraceptive care, including costs and gaps in health insurance coverage, health care provider shortages, and discrimination in health care. The post Contraceptive Access Under Mounting Threats appeared first on National Partnership for Women & Families.| National Partnership for Women & Families
Repro Health Watch is a free email digest of the most important reproductive health news of the week. Sign up to get the Repro Health Watch directly in your inbox each week. You can unsubscribe at any time.| National Partnership for Women & Families
Since being diagnosed, Medicaid has been my lifeline, providing the infusion treatments that allow me to function daily. Without this support, my quality of life would drastically decline, and I could face premature death. That’s why I am deeply concerned about the devastating impacts Republicans’ proposed Medicaid cuts would have on me, and countless other North Carolinians in our state’s small towns and rural communities. The post Medicaid is my lifeline. If Republicans cut it, I coul...| Welcome to Down Home!
I should have drowned when I was 9 years old in 1966... I remember the current. I remember sinking and never hitting any bottom. I remember gulping the murky brownish greenish water. I remember fighting with my arms in the wet darkness... If in your heart you do not understand the role of healing which public pools can play in our county, then I fear you my friends are continuing to be victimized by our collective historical trauma of racism. The post “I should have drowned” — Public sp...| Welcome to Down Home!
The first 100 days of any new administration are always considered crucial. This is the period when the incoming president looks to make a lasting impression and set the tone for what is to come. The one we are in right now has been a whirlwind unlike any other. The post Building Long-Lasting Change for Our People: Recapping the 2025 Issue Campaign Bootcamp appeared first on Welcome to Down Home!.| Welcome to Down Home!
The first 100 days of any new administration are always considered crucial. This is the period when the incoming president looks to make a lasting impression and set the tone for what is to come. The one we are in right now has been a whirlwind unlike any other. The post The First 100 Days of the New Administration: Fighting for North Carolina’s Working Families appeared first on Welcome to Down Home!.| Welcome to Down Home!
The Supreme Court's last term supported extremist ideology over evidence and expertise, and personal interests over the health, wellbeing and safety of others. The post 2025 Supreme Court Term: Trump Wins, Women Lose appeared first on National Partnership for Women & Families.| National Partnership for Women & Families
A federal judge on Monday indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a policy that would prevent many Planned Parenthood clinics from receiving federal Medicaid reimbursements if they continue to offer abortion services. The post NEWS: Judge indefinitely blocks withholding of Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood appeared first on National Partnership for Women & Families.| National Partnership for Women & Families
Repro Health Watch is a free email digest of the most important reproductive health news of the week. Sign up to get the Repro Health Watch directly in your inbox each week. You can unsubscribe at any time.| National Partnership for Women & Families
This form of care can be hard to access for those who have a uterus in a medical system built for cis women having babies.| YES! Magazine
After a failed War on Drugs, Échele Cabeza is working to protect drug consumers rather than penalize them.| YES! Magazine
A budget proposal from House Republicans could gut Medi-Cal. Families and advocates want to preserve a more certain future for their children’s care.| YES! Magazine
The post Georgians could see hospital closures and reduced health coverage due to Medicaid changes in New Federal Law appeared first on Georgia Budget and Policy Institute.| Georgia Budget and Policy Institute
The role of government in society is to enact policies that are needed to advance towards economic justice. Those policies include supporting Georgians’ basic needs (food shelter, healthcare, education), improving their household financial stability (living wages/stable resources to pay bills) and promoting their long-term economic security (ability to absorb shocks and plan for the future). […] The post Historic Federal Tax Shift Benefits Wealthiest, Grows Deficit and Exacerbates Georgia...| Georgia Budget and Policy Institute
Repro Health Watch is a free email digest of the most important reproductive health news of the week. Sign up to get the Repro Health Watch directly in your inbox each week. You can unsubscribe at any time.| National Partnership for Women & Families
In a country where social stigma and fear often delay diagnosis, an app that teaches women to perform self-exams is revolutionizing health care.| Reasons to be Cheerful
From floods to droughts and heat waves, the climate crisis is changing summer camp. Can we still send our kids there?| Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
As the temperature continues to rise across the country, there is growing attention being paid to how data centers are putting pressure on the electric grid and impacting communities that are already vulnerable.| Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
The Republican budget bill cut Medicaid by over $1 trillion over 10 years. Latines are disproportionately affected—and they are fighting back.| Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Repro Health Watch is a free email digest of the most important reproductive health news of the week. Sign up to get the Repro Health Watch directly in your inbox each week. You can unsubscribe at any time.| National Partnership for Women & Families
Repro Health Watch is a free email digest of the most important reproductive health news of the week. Sign up to get the Repro Health Watch directly in your inbox each week. You can unsubscribe at any time.| National Partnership for Women & Families
The Biden Administration reached a historic settlement agreement between HHS OCR and Cedars-Sinai in the Kira Johnson case. Despite pushback from the current Administration, Cedars-Sinai has a vital opportunity to improve maternity care for Black birthing people.| National Partnership for Women & Families
This week is Air Quality Awareness Week. In alignment, we are highlighting the impact of plastic bottle production on air quality. In 2019, The World Health Organization found that 99% of the world’s population lived where the WHO air quality guidelines were unmet. They also estimated that 4.2 million premature deaths were caused by outdoor…| Defend Our Health Action
PFAS is a toxic chemical that can contaminate the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the soil we use to grow our crops. Stories of PFAS found in farm animals have also increased. One area of contamination you may have seen in the news recently is the toxic chemicals found in fish! How…| Defend Our Health Action
Diane Wilson is an award-winning environmental activist and author. She has won numerous awards for her work in environmentalism, but initially, this was something she never envisioned herself doing. In 1989, Diane Wilson was a shrimp boat captain at a fish house in Calhoun County, Texas, when a co-worker approached her with an article in…| Defend Our Health Action
Today, we focus our sights on Tennessee in our ongoing series highlighting PFAS contamination issues nationwide. In 2019, the company 3M admitted that it had illegally released toxic chemicals into the Tennessee River from its Decatur, AL manufacturing plant. 3M did this, although it had been barred from doing so under the US Toxic Substances…| Defend Our Health Action
As we inch closer to the fourth session of the Global Plastic Treaty negotiations, it is important to understand our current relationship with plastic, how we got here, and how the Global Plastics Treaty can improve our relationship with plastic. Our dependence on plastic production from fossil fuels began in the 1960s, and for the past 65… The post How the Global Plastics Treaty Can Change Our Relationship With Plastic For The Better appeared first on Defend Our Health Action.| Defend Our Health Action
In Defend Our Health’s scathing report titled Hidden Hazards: The Chemical Footprint of a Plastic Bottle we found that 64% of residents who face serious cancer risks from ethylene oxide omissions (a toxic chemical used in the production of plastic) are people of color. Many of these communities are located along the Gulf Coast, infamously…| Defend Our Health Action
Recently, Defend Our Health hosted a community meeting in Lewiston to raise awareness around common health issues that are prevalent in older rental housing such as lead, mold, carbon monoxide, and radon. These health issues impact New Mainers unequally, with the impact falling mostly on tenants of color. This meeting was organized in partnership with… The post Healthy Housing Community Meeting in Lewiston, Maine appeared first on Defend Our Health Action.| Defend Our Health Action
Over the past five years, Defend Our Health has lived up to its name by consistently advocating for the right to equal access to safe food and drinking water. Defend has led the nation in effectively protecting public health and ensuring justice for people harmed by ‘forever chemicals’ known as PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl) for…| Defend Our Health Action
PFAS contamination is an issue that is impacting farmlands all across the nation. From Maine to New Mexico, the rise in PFAS contamination has reached a crisis level and is impacting U.S. citizens from all backgrounds of life. Today, we are focusing our sights on South Carolina. According to The State, recent testing in South…| Defend Our Health Action
We are wading through hell and high water, tasked with dreaming new worlds into being while the worlds we have known fall down around us. Here, on the edge of everything, the work of cultivating hope and purpose, of anchoring people to one another, is as important now as it has ever been, at any time in human history—because without those efforts, we would be lost in the dark.| Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly