News: Sexual & Reproductive Health

NHeLP’s Sexual & Reproductive Health team collaborates with our Communications team to effectively message and promote sexual and reproductive health policies and issues to the media, ensuring broader awareness and support for these critical matters. Journalists looking to connect with our SRH team should contact [email protected].

September 22, 2021
On Heels of Texas Abortion Ban, California Reproductive Rights and Justice Organizations Announce Efforts to Protect & Expand Access to Abortion
Andy DiAntonio
Historic, Dangerous Attacks to Reproductive Freedom Reinforce California’s Role as Beacon of Hope for People Seeking Sexual and Reproductive…
September 1, 2021
Radical and Dangerous: NHeLP Condemns Texas’s Extreme Abortion Ban, Supreme Court’s Inaction
Andy DiAntonio
The National Health Law Program expresses its outrage that Texas’s radical and dangerous new law, SB 8, was allowed…
May 28, 2021
NHeLP Cheers President’s Budget, Calls on Congress to End Hyde Amendment
Andy DiAntonio
Washington, DC - "For nearly 45 years, the Hyde Amendment has denied Medicaid and other federal funding for abortions,…
May 17, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Direct Challenge to Roe
Andy DiAntonio
Washington, DC - This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court granted Mississippi’s request to hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health…
May 17, 2021
Supreme Court Dismisses Title X Gag Rule Cases
Andy DiAntonio
Washington, DC - The United States Supreme Court has dismissed cases challenging the Trump administration’s Title X "gag rule,"…
May 14, 2021
Major Pieces of SB 65 California Momnibus Bill included in Governor’s Budget Proposal
Andy DiAntonio
Sacramento, CA - Governor Gavin Newsom announced that three major pieces of the SB 65, California Momnibus, authored by…
April 28, 2021
Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice Advocates Celebrate the Advancement of the Contraceptive Equity Act of 2021 (SB 523) in the State Senate
Andy DiAntonio
SB 523 cosponsors, including NARAL Pro-Choice California, Essential Access Health, and National Health Law Program, release joint statement California —…
April 22, 2021
Breaking News: Medicaid Agencies Must Cover Medication Abortions as Permitted by the FDA
Alejandra Pavisich
On April 12, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the…
February 18, 2021
Contraceptive Equity Bill Introduced to Expand Birth Control Access in California
Andy DiAntonio
SACRAMENTO,CA – California State Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino) has introduced SB 523, the Contraceptive Equity Act of 2021 -…