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  • The Guardian: States Look to Naloxone to Cure America’s Overdoes Epidemic

    The case for expanding access to the anti-overdose drug is gaining steam around the country. Here's how it works, where it's available and what comes nextBy Nadja Popovich and Ruth SpencerThe death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman from a heroin overdose in February cast a spotlight on America's steadily…

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  • RH Reality Check: Reproductive Justice Advocates—Don’t Roll Back Sterilization Consent Rules

    By Deborah ReidWomen of color created and defined the concept of reproductive justice, which is firmly rooted in a human rights framework that supports the ability of all women to make and direct their own reproductive decisions. These decisions could include obtaining contraception, abortion, sterilization, and/or maternity care. Accompanying…

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  • Birth Control Arguments before Supreme Court “Out of Touch”

    WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court today heard oral arguments in two cases brought by for-profit businesses challenging the Affordable Care Act’s birth control benefit. Hobby Lobby, an arts-and-crafts store, and Conestoga Wood Specialties, a cabinetmaker, are suing the federal government over the law’s requirement that insurance plans cover all FDA-approved contraceptives— a…

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  • Public Health Newswire: Supreme Court to Hear Reproductive Rights Arguments Tuesday

    By DanOn Tuesday, March 25, the U.S. Supreme Court will review two cases on coverage of reproductive health care services under the Affordable Care Act. The plaintiffs in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius, seek to deny its employees contraceptive health coverage…

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  • Bill Introduced to Promote Coverage for Immigrant Women and Families

    WASHINGTON—The National Health Law Program welcomed yesterday’s introduction of the Health Equity and Access under the Law (HEAL) for Immigrant Women and Families Act. The bill, introduced by Rep. Lujan Grisham, would undo harmful restrictions and restore access to health care for lawfully present immigrants who are otherwise eligible. “Equity…

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  • Nation’s Top Experts Discuss the Stakes in the Supreme Court Birth Control Cases

    WASHINGTON—Days before the Supreme Court again takes up the Affordable Care Act, the nation's top legal minds, physicians and policy experts held a briefing on where the law's contraceptive coverage requirement fits in federal law and policy and potential ramifications.Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood, both for-profit businesses, are challenging…

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