"There is no evidence that simply changing the Medicaid reimbursement threshold would sweep in any new providers, and it doesn’t change the fact that the provision itself is rooted in advancing a politically motivated social agenda."
Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) voted against his own amendment to provide comprehensive health insurance coverage for everyone in the United States.
“His goal is not to use religion as a way to expand freedom, but to use a narrow, bigoted interpretation of religion to deny freedom to his fellow citizens.”
Ten Democratic and Republican governors sent a letter Wednesday urging U.S. Senate leadership to reject the GOP's so-called skinny repeal of Obamacare.
Pence signed sweeping anti-choice laws as governor of Indiana that continue to erode abortion access today.
The ADA's passage marked an important milestone for people with disabilities. Many say it was the first time they felt like they actually had rights.
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Last week, the American Civil Liberties Union—which originally sued over HB 2—continued its fight alongside Lambda Legal against the state's discriminatory laws by seeking to have HB 142 struck down as well.
Imagine a world where making your own reproductive choices—or helping others exercise their autonomy—can get you executed.
The Center for Medical Progress fought all the way to the Supreme Court in late 2015 to try to avoid handing over information containing the identity of “supporters."
In particular, Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price is connected to the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, an extreme libertarian doctors group that espouses many of the lies about abortion safety long rejected by the medical and scientific communities.
Price may hope the divestitures will bring an end to the questions over his judgment when it came to investing in companies whose futures he could help determine. Yet, there is enough information on the public record to continue to cast the specter of doubt.
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Evangelicals crave narratives of redemption—of men finding God and forsaking all other paths—and a spiritual biography of Trump is sure to give them exactly what they need.
Imagine a world where making your own reproductive choices—or helping others exercise their autonomy—can get you executed.
We need documentaries that go further, by challenging the notion that women are just victims of the state, that abortions are primarily a sad and tragic affair, and that the only reason to care about abortion restrictions is because they affect “respectable” women who want to pursue motherhood.
Evangelicals crave narratives of redemption—of men finding God and forsaking all other paths—and a spiritual biography of Trump is sure to give them exactly what they need.
Given today's testimony, it is clear Kris Kobach is trying to steer the commission toward legislative recommendations that could suppress the vote in the 2018 election.
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Two governors, a Democrat and a Republican, have signed ill-conceived laws mandating parental consent for abortion.
In addition to helping pass abortion restrictions at the state level, anti-choice activists are challenging those laws that do protect clinics and patients.
