December, 2009

National Latina Institute Rallies for Real Health Care Reform on Capitol Hill

MetroLatinoUSA, 12/05/2009

Washington, DC--- The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH), Latina activists and reproductive health and rights groups rallied on Capitol Hill to demand Congress and the President eliminate the double standard in health care reform for women and immigrants. NLIRH and Latina activists traveled from New York City to Capitol Hill to protect the health and rights of Latinas and their families.

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Executive Director Silvia Henriquez in the NY Times on Health Care Reform

New York Times, 12/10/2009

A Letter to the Editor by Silvia Henriquez, Executive Director of NLIRH, was published in the New York Times this week.

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CNN.com Exclusive: Latinas Need Voice in Abortion Debate

CNN.com, 12/11/2009

CNN.com features opinion commentary from Silvia Henriquez, executive director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, on health care reform’s impact on women and immigrants.

In this exclusive Op-Ed for CNN.com/Opinion, read by 40 million people every month, Ms. Henriquez highlights the growing political power of Latinas and demands reproductive justice for the millions of women across the United States in danger of losing abortion coverage as a result of anti-choice politics in health care reform. Read more »

En las noticias

La salud reproductiva de las hispanas

El Diario La Prensa NY, 12/31/2009

Diversos estudios demuestran que —por razones muy diversas y complejas— las mujeres latinas están en una situación de enorme desventaja en materia de educación y derechos de salud reproductiva. Varias organizaciones comunitarias que forman parte de las casi 100 agencias de la Hispanic Federation cuentan con programas —o con componentes de programas, en algunos casos— que están orientados a remediar esa carencia que sufren las mujeres de nuestra comunidad. Read more »