September 30th marked the 38th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment, and if you don’t know what that is, you should.
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Enough is Enough: Repeal Hyde Now
September 30 marks the 38th year since Congress passed the original Hyde Amendment—the measure that bans the use of federal money for abortion, with exceptions for rape and incest, primarily affecting Medicaid recipients.
The Danger of Parental Notification of Abortion Laws
August 15th marks the one-year anniversary of Illinois’ enforcement of the Parental Notification of Abortion Law of 1995
How the Hobby Lobby Decision Impacts Black Women
The court’s decision to allow corporations to deny insurance coverage of contraception has major implications for Black women across the United States.
Listen to Youth: Adult Allies Must Support the Repeal of Illinois’ Forced Parental Notification Law
The issues of young people, sex, pregnancy, parenting, and abortion have been heating up in recent years due to a fight around the implementation of the forced parental notification law.
Beyond the Politics of Voting
We do a severe injustice to ourselves, and especially young people, when we insist that to be political, we must be limited to engaging with politicians in someway.
Black Women’s Health Care Crisis
We know that the unjust policies within our health care system disproportionately impact low-income women of color.
The Fight to Cover Georgia
Low-income families, people of color, and youth are disproportionately affected by the decision not to expand Medicaid.
Improving health equity in Georgia
Expanding Medicaid to more Georgians at or near the poverty line is not just the right thing to do – it’s what our state and the rest of the deep south wants to do.
Women’s Equality Day 2013: Celebrating the nostalgia of past successes while remaining rooted in the dangers of the future
I would be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge that Black women did not have access to the vote until our gender caught up with our race with the Voting Rights Act of 1965.