New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signs bill expanding access to contraceptives
The law makes New York the third state to make it possible for residents to access contraception without going to a doctor.
By Associated Press - May 07, 2023The law makes New York the third state to make it possible for residents to access contraception without going to a doctor.
By Associated Press - May 07, 2023After their success with Dobbs, anti-abortion activists have a new target: contraception.
By Lisa Needham - September 26, 2022Matt DePerno, the Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general, pushes the lie that Plan B is used to terminate pregnancy.
By Kaishi Chhabra - September 23, 2022Lieutenant governor candidate Matt Birk’s 2018 comments opposing sexual ‘freedom’ are not the only controversial remarks he’s made about women or abortion.
By Emily Singer - August 24, 2022‘Our access to essential health care is in very real peril,’ one reproductive rights advocate said.
By Kaishi Chhabra - May 20, 2022The case puts access to health care at risk — but that’s not all.
By Lisa Needham - February 23, 2021Senate Republicans are mad that Xavier Becerra supports abortion rights and contraception access.
By Josh Israel - January 27, 2021He’ll be well-positioned to roll back some of the Trump administration’s worst attacks.
By Lisa Needham - December 13, 2020There’s a lot that Joe Biden can do right away to counteract Trump’s damaging policies.
By Lisa Needham - November 23, 2020The American Medical Association says the Trump rule ‘warps and decimates’ a program that provides health care to millions.
By Associated Press - October 03, 2020Obamacare requires employers to cover birth control at no charge to the insured in their health insurance plans.
By Associated Press - May 06, 2020Tuesday, an appellate court blocked the overreaching religious exemption rules the administration created to drastically limit access to contraception.
By Lisa Needham - October 23, 2019Baseball fans can register to vote at Baltimore Orioles games, and Oregon has a new law to make cars more environmentally friendly.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 19, 2019Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL) exposed how little Labor Secretary Alex Acosta knows or cares about why women need contraception.
By Emily Singer - May 02, 2019Citing Brett Kavanaugh’s potential involvement in human rights violations, Amnesty International has taken the exceptionally rare step of calling to delay the confirmation vote on Trump’s Supreme Court nominee.
By Caroline Orr - September 25, 2018By incorrectly referring to birth control as ‘abortion-causing drugs,’ Kavanaugh aligned himself with right-wing extremists who want to ban both abortion and contraception.
By Emily Crockett - September 06, 2018Apparently, Republican Scott Wagner needs his wife to tell him what to think about basic health care used by almost all women.
By Kaili Joy Gray - April 04, 2018