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Court rules in favor of EC access for young women

March 22, 2009

On March 22nd, a federal district court in Brooklyn ruled that politics had intervened in the FDA decision to bar young women from over-the-counter access to emergency birth control. The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) is a plantiff in this case. Read more »

Take Action: Obama Administration Moves to Rescind Bush-Administration HHS Regulation

March 9, 2009

Just before its end, the Bush Administration put in place a set of regulations that would allow any employee of a health care provider to refuse to treat any individual receiving any services that would violate the employee’s moral beliefs, dramatically and unnecessarily expanding conscientious refusal protections and undermining the importance of reproductive health.

Now is the time to make your voice heard. Let Charles E. Johnson, Acting Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services know that we will not stand for scientifically inaccurate policies meant to undermine reproductive justice!

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A Wave of Abortion Bans Introduced in State Legislatures

January 17, 2009

Bills to ban abortions have been introduced in state Congress’ in Georgia, Mississippi, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and Virginia.

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Texas Executive Order Mandating HPV Vaccine Rescinded

May 7, 2007

In February Texas Governor Rick Perry issued an executive order mandating that all girls entering the sixth grade in 2008 get an HPV vaccine. In April, the state House voted 135-2, and the Senate voted 30-1 to pass HB 1098, a bill that would prevent mandatory HPV vaccines to be administered to sixth grade girls in Texas until 2011. On May 8, 2007 Gov. Perry announced that he would not veto that bill, therefore, the bill will become law.

Budget Cut for the Office of Women’s Health

February 27, 2007

After a long struggle to get emergency contraception over the counter, the Office of Women’s Health has had its budget cut, potentially stalling future research. The Office of Women’s Health Office within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested a budget of 4 million, but may only receive 2.8 million. However, that $2.8 million has been spent or appropriated for salaries and initiated projects, therefore the office must effectively halt further operations for the rest of the year.

Why is this important to Latinas? Read more »