Taxonomy term In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH: Medicaid Work Requirements Are An Attack Against Women of Color Washington, D.C. — The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) announced Thursday that states may impose work requirements as a condition of Medicaid eligibility for many adults, threatening coverage for millions of individuals and families with low-incomes. This unprecedented attack on the over fifty-year program will disproportionately impact women and communities of color. Almost two-thirds (62 percent) of those who would lose Medicaid coverage due to work requirements are women. In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH condena la decisión de poner fin al estatus de protección temporal para 200.000 Salvadoreños Washington, D.C. — Hoy, el Secretario de Seguridad Nacional anunció la decisión de poner fin al Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS) para 200.000 salvadoreños. La designación de TPS terminará para El Salvador el 9 de septiembre de 2019. En los últimos cuatro meses, la Administración de Trump también puso fin a las protecciones de TPS para los hondureños, los nicaragüenses y los haitianos. Margie Del Castillo, directora de campo y defensa del Instituto Nacional de Latinas para la Salud Reproductiva, emitió la siguiente declaración: In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH Condemns Decision to End Temporary Protected Status for 200,000 Salvadorans Washington, D.C. — Today, the Secretary of Homeland Security announced the decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 200,000 Salvadorans. TPS designation will end for El Salvador on Sept. 9, 2019. In the past four months the Trump Administration also ended TPS protections for Hondurans, Nicaraguans, and Haitians. Margie Del Castillo, Director of Field and Advocacy for the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, issued the following statement: In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH Applauds Judge's Decision to Temporarily Block Attack on Birth Control For Immediate Release Friday, December 22, 2017 In the News HomeFor Media House and Senate Pass Life-Threatening Tax Bill Into Law, Sealing the Fate of Millions WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the House and Senate passed a tax bill that provides tax cuts for the wealthy on the backs of families with low-incomes and communities of color, who will be the most affected by the upcoming changes. Additionally, the tax bill’s repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate threatens 13 million people to lose insurance coverage by 2025. This mandate repeal will cause the cost of insurance to rise approximately 10 percent in 2019, creating an average monthly premium for consumers of $1,990. In the News HomeFor Media Jane Poe & Jane Roe Released From ORR Custody, Free to Access Abortion Care WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earlier this week, a federal judge granted the American Civil Liberties Union's request for a temporary restraining order to prevent the Trump administration from blocking two young immigrant women from obtaining abortions. The stay was lifted for Jane Poe, one of the women, allowing her to proceed with her abortion care. In the case of Garza v. Hargan, the U.S. government announced Tuesday it would also release Jane Roe to access her abortion. In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH and Reproductive Justice Partners Deliver Over 100 Signatures Demanding Congress Pass A Clean Dream Act WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH), National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF), Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity (URGE), and In Our Own Voice (IOOV) delivered a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi demanding Congress to pass a clean Dream Act by the end of this year to guarantee the reproductive freedom of over 800,000 undocumented young people. In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH Condemns Congress For Passing Life-Threatening Tax Bill For Immediate Release Saturday, December 2, 2017 Elianne Ramos Phone: (646) 795-6284 Email: Elianne@latinainstitute.org In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH Condemns House Vote on Tax Bill, Urges Senators to Vote No WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thursday afternoon, House Republicans voted on a tax bill that will decimate Medicare, Medicaid, and programs that help millions of children with low-incomes without any hearings or a score from the Congressional Budget Office. Late Thursday night, the Senate Finance Committee passed their own version of the tax bill and the full Senate is set to vote on it after Thanksgiving recess. In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH Delivers Over 100 Signatures to Office of Refugee Resettlement in Support of Jane Doe and All Individuals Like Her WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) and Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) delivered a letter to the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and the Director of its Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) demanding that the ORR immediately restore access to reproductive healthcare services and information, including abortion, for the thousands of young people in its custody.
In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH: Medicaid Work Requirements Are An Attack Against Women of Color Washington, D.C. — The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) announced Thursday that states may impose work requirements as a condition of Medicaid eligibility for many adults, threatening coverage for millions of individuals and families with low-incomes. This unprecedented attack on the over fifty-year program will disproportionately impact women and communities of color. Almost two-thirds (62 percent) of those who would lose Medicaid coverage due to work requirements are women.
NLIRH: Medicaid Work Requirements Are An Attack Against Women of Color Washington, D.C. — The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) announced Thursday that states may impose work requirements as a condition of Medicaid eligibility for many adults, threatening coverage for millions of individuals and families with low-incomes. This unprecedented attack on the over fifty-year program will disproportionately impact women and communities of color. Almost two-thirds (62 percent) of those who would lose Medicaid coverage due to work requirements are women.
In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH condena la decisión de poner fin al estatus de protección temporal para 200.000 Salvadoreños Washington, D.C. — Hoy, el Secretario de Seguridad Nacional anunció la decisión de poner fin al Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS) para 200.000 salvadoreños. La designación de TPS terminará para El Salvador el 9 de septiembre de 2019. En los últimos cuatro meses, la Administración de Trump también puso fin a las protecciones de TPS para los hondureños, los nicaragüenses y los haitianos. Margie Del Castillo, directora de campo y defensa del Instituto Nacional de Latinas para la Salud Reproductiva, emitió la siguiente declaración:
NLIRH condena la decisión de poner fin al estatus de protección temporal para 200.000 Salvadoreños Washington, D.C. — Hoy, el Secretario de Seguridad Nacional anunció la decisión de poner fin al Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS) para 200.000 salvadoreños. La designación de TPS terminará para El Salvador el 9 de septiembre de 2019. En los últimos cuatro meses, la Administración de Trump también puso fin a las protecciones de TPS para los hondureños, los nicaragüenses y los haitianos. Margie Del Castillo, directora de campo y defensa del Instituto Nacional de Latinas para la Salud Reproductiva, emitió la siguiente declaración:
In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH Condemns Decision to End Temporary Protected Status for 200,000 Salvadorans Washington, D.C. — Today, the Secretary of Homeland Security announced the decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 200,000 Salvadorans. TPS designation will end for El Salvador on Sept. 9, 2019. In the past four months the Trump Administration also ended TPS protections for Hondurans, Nicaraguans, and Haitians. Margie Del Castillo, Director of Field and Advocacy for the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, issued the following statement:
NLIRH Condemns Decision to End Temporary Protected Status for 200,000 Salvadorans Washington, D.C. — Today, the Secretary of Homeland Security announced the decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 200,000 Salvadorans. TPS designation will end for El Salvador on Sept. 9, 2019. In the past four months the Trump Administration also ended TPS protections for Hondurans, Nicaraguans, and Haitians. Margie Del Castillo, Director of Field and Advocacy for the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, issued the following statement:
In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH Applauds Judge's Decision to Temporarily Block Attack on Birth Control For Immediate Release Friday, December 22, 2017
NLIRH Applauds Judge's Decision to Temporarily Block Attack on Birth Control For Immediate Release Friday, December 22, 2017
In the News HomeFor Media House and Senate Pass Life-Threatening Tax Bill Into Law, Sealing the Fate of Millions WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the House and Senate passed a tax bill that provides tax cuts for the wealthy on the backs of families with low-incomes and communities of color, who will be the most affected by the upcoming changes. Additionally, the tax bill’s repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate threatens 13 million people to lose insurance coverage by 2025. This mandate repeal will cause the cost of insurance to rise approximately 10 percent in 2019, creating an average monthly premium for consumers of $1,990.
House and Senate Pass Life-Threatening Tax Bill Into Law, Sealing the Fate of Millions WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the House and Senate passed a tax bill that provides tax cuts for the wealthy on the backs of families with low-incomes and communities of color, who will be the most affected by the upcoming changes. Additionally, the tax bill’s repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate threatens 13 million people to lose insurance coverage by 2025. This mandate repeal will cause the cost of insurance to rise approximately 10 percent in 2019, creating an average monthly premium for consumers of $1,990.
In the News HomeFor Media Jane Poe & Jane Roe Released From ORR Custody, Free to Access Abortion Care WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earlier this week, a federal judge granted the American Civil Liberties Union's request for a temporary restraining order to prevent the Trump administration from blocking two young immigrant women from obtaining abortions. The stay was lifted for Jane Poe, one of the women, allowing her to proceed with her abortion care. In the case of Garza v. Hargan, the U.S. government announced Tuesday it would also release Jane Roe to access her abortion.
Jane Poe & Jane Roe Released From ORR Custody, Free to Access Abortion Care WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earlier this week, a federal judge granted the American Civil Liberties Union's request for a temporary restraining order to prevent the Trump administration from blocking two young immigrant women from obtaining abortions. The stay was lifted for Jane Poe, one of the women, allowing her to proceed with her abortion care. In the case of Garza v. Hargan, the U.S. government announced Tuesday it would also release Jane Roe to access her abortion.
In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH and Reproductive Justice Partners Deliver Over 100 Signatures Demanding Congress Pass A Clean Dream Act WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH), National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF), Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity (URGE), and In Our Own Voice (IOOV) delivered a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi demanding Congress to pass a clean Dream Act by the end of this year to guarantee the reproductive freedom of over 800,000 undocumented young people.
NLIRH and Reproductive Justice Partners Deliver Over 100 Signatures Demanding Congress Pass A Clean Dream Act WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH), National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF), Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity (URGE), and In Our Own Voice (IOOV) delivered a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi demanding Congress to pass a clean Dream Act by the end of this year to guarantee the reproductive freedom of over 800,000 undocumented young people.
In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH Condemns Congress For Passing Life-Threatening Tax Bill For Immediate Release Saturday, December 2, 2017 Elianne Ramos Phone: (646) 795-6284 Email: Elianne@latinainstitute.org
NLIRH Condemns Congress For Passing Life-Threatening Tax Bill For Immediate Release Saturday, December 2, 2017 Elianne Ramos Phone: (646) 795-6284 Email: Elianne@latinainstitute.org
In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH Condemns House Vote on Tax Bill, Urges Senators to Vote No WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thursday afternoon, House Republicans voted on a tax bill that will decimate Medicare, Medicaid, and programs that help millions of children with low-incomes without any hearings or a score from the Congressional Budget Office. Late Thursday night, the Senate Finance Committee passed their own version of the tax bill and the full Senate is set to vote on it after Thanksgiving recess.
NLIRH Condemns House Vote on Tax Bill, Urges Senators to Vote No WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thursday afternoon, House Republicans voted on a tax bill that will decimate Medicare, Medicaid, and programs that help millions of children with low-incomes without any hearings or a score from the Congressional Budget Office. Late Thursday night, the Senate Finance Committee passed their own version of the tax bill and the full Senate is set to vote on it after Thanksgiving recess.
In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH Delivers Over 100 Signatures to Office of Refugee Resettlement in Support of Jane Doe and All Individuals Like Her WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) and Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) delivered a letter to the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and the Director of its Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) demanding that the ORR immediately restore access to reproductive healthcare services and information, including abortion, for the thousands of young people in its custody.
NLIRH Delivers Over 100 Signatures to Office of Refugee Resettlement in Support of Jane Doe and All Individuals Like Her WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) and Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) delivered a letter to the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and the Director of its Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) demanding that the ORR immediately restore access to reproductive healthcare services and information, including abortion, for the thousands of young people in its custody.
