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May 2, 2024
The Disability Community Deserves Inclusive and Accessible Doula Care
Alexis Robles-Fradet Disability, SRH Health Equity
On May 2, 1927, the Supreme Court decided that the state-sanctioned forced sterilization of people with disabilities in public institutions is constitutional. Ninety-seven years later, the horrific precedent set in Buck v. Bell remains the law of the land. Due to ableism, sexism, racism, and other mutually reinforcing systems…
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July 27, 2023
How the HEAL for Immigrant Families Act Could Foster Reproductive Health Equity and Justice
Madeline Morcelle Health Equity, Immigrant Health, SRH Health Equity
The United States (U.S.) has a long history of regulating and restricting immigrants’ self-determination over their health, bodies, reproduction, families, and futures. Moreover, Medicaid eligibility has always been shaped by white supremacist notions of which people are worthy of access to health care, a basic human right. In 1996,…
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April 21, 2023
Proposed Medicaid Work Requirements are Another Dangerous Attack on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Justice
Madeline Morcelle Abortion, Health Equity, Protect Medicaid 2023, SRH Health Equity
The year is 2023, and a growing movement of Republican lawmakers are attacking sexual and reproductive health care access on all fronts. Restrictions such as the Hyde amendment have been in place for decades, but have escalated since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization…
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January 4, 2023
NHeLP Welcomes the TGI Inclusive Care Act in California
Abigail Coursolle california, Health Equity, Homepage, SRH Health Equity
As of January 1, 2023, a new law protects the right of Transgender, Gender Diverse, and Intersex (TGI) Californians to access Gender-Affirming Care. Senate Bill 923, authored by California Senator Scott Weiner, is known as the TGI Inclusive Care Act, and was signed into law by Governor Newsom last…
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August 8, 2022
Doula Care Improves Health Outcomes, Reduces Racial Disparities and Cuts Cost
Alexis Robles-Fradet and Mara Greenwald* california, Health Equity, SRH Health Equity
For over three decades, the maternal mortality rate in the United States has steadily increased, with Black women and birthing people facing a disproportionate percentage of poor health outcomes. To address the crisis levels of maternal mortality, lawmakers and advocates are increasingly recognizing doula care as a promising, cost-effective…
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April 11, 2022
Fostering Maternal Health Equity Through Budget Reconciliation
Madeline Morcelle Health Equity, SRH Health Equity
Three Critical Opportunities for The Next PackageThe United States has the worst maternal mortality ratio among high-income countries. For over two decades, we have been one of only two countries to report a significant increase in maternal mortality rates. Most of these deaths are preventable. While this epidemic is…
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How the HEAL for Immigrant Families Act Could Foster Reproductive Health Equity and Justice

Proposed Medicaid Work Requirements are Another Dangerous Attack on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Justice

NHeLP Welcomes the TGI Inclusive Care Act in California

Doula Care Improves Health Outcomes, Reduces Racial Disparities and Cuts Cost

Fostering Maternal Health Equity Through Budget Reconciliation

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The Disability Community Deserves Inclusive and Accessible Doula Care

How the HEAL for Immigrant Families Act Could Foster Reproductive Health Equity and Justice

Proposed Medicaid Work Requirements are Another Dangerous Attack on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Justice

NHeLP Welcomes the TGI Inclusive Care Act in California

Doula Care Improves Health Outcomes, Reduces Racial Disparities and Cuts Cost

Fostering Maternal Health Equity Through Budget Reconciliation