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September 29, 2021
2021 State Abortion Coverage Legislative Roundup
Madeline Morcelle Abortion, california
*This post was written by Darian Diepholz & Madeline T. Morcelle. Darian Diepholz, MPH, CHES, was a Spitzer intern at the National Health Law Program over the Summer of 2021. She is a JD Candidate at Saint Louis University School of Law.Comprehensive health care access cannot be achieved without…
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April 22, 2021
Medicaid Agencies Must Cover Medication Abortions as Permitted by the FDA
Madeline Morcelle and Fabiola De Liban Abortion, Best of 2021 Blogs, Coronavirus
On April 12, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine that the FDA will not enforce the in-person dispensing requirements for mifepristone, one of two drugs used to provide medication abortions, for the…
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March 25, 2021
Ensuring Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance: Introducing the EACH Act of 2021
Madeline Morcelle Abortion, Health Equity, Immigrant Health
The future of access to abortion services is at a crossroads. The Biden-Harris administration and 117th Congress could commit to dismantling the injustices of the Trump-Pence years and long-standing systems of oppression, or they could retreat and maintain the status quo that so harms low-income and underserved communities.The Trump-Pence…
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August 18, 2020
On the Centennial of (White) Women’s Suffrage, Reproductive Health Injustice Persists
Madeline Morcelle Abortion, Health Equity
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment and with it, White women’s suffrage. This day arrives amid a raging pandemic, global protests against White supremacy, and rampant reproductive health inequities. As a reproductive health attorney by day and voter protection volunteer by night, I…
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July 24, 2020
Win for Abortion Access during COVID19 (And hopefully beyond?)
Fabiola De Liban and Madeline Morcelle Abortion, Coronavirus
Access to abortion care will improve thanks to a nationwide injunction lifting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirement that medications for abortion may only be dispensed in person. On July 13th, a federal judge ruled that this requirement imposes a heavy burden on patients, their families, and…
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May 18, 2020
Fighting for Abortion Coverage for Low-Income Pennsylvanians
Catherine McKee and Sarah Somers Abortion, Amicus Blogs, Uncategorized
Since 1976, Congress has restricted the use of federal Medicaid funding for abortion care. Under the current version of the restriction, commonly known as the Hyde Amendment, federal funding is only available for abortions when a pregnancy is the result of rape or incest or threatens the life of…
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2021 State Abortion Coverage Legislative Roundup

Medicaid Agencies Must Cover Medication Abortions as Permitted by the FDA

Ensuring Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance: Introducing the EACH Act of 2021

On the Centennial of (White) Women’s Suffrage, Reproductive Health Injustice Persists

Win for Abortion Access during COVID19 (And hopefully beyond?)

Fighting for Abortion Coverage for Low-Income Pennsylvanians