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News Archive: November 2011

Latino Groups Affirm Baseline Coverage for Women

November 18, 2011

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Dear President Obama,

As national leaders in the movement for Latino rights and equality, we support full reproductive rights, including access to birth control for all women, and reject efforts that put the preferences of insurance companies and employers over the right of women to make their own contraceptive health decisions in consultation with their doctors. Read more »

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Welcome to new Executive Director Jessica González-Rojas!

November 14, 2011

This fall, Jessica González-Rojas stepped into her new role as Executive Director of NLIRH. Below is her letter to the NLIRH community, introducing herself and her vision for change, in addition to a slideshow of photos from her fifteen year involvement in social justice. 

Jessica in front of Columbia with certificate

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Latinas Won Important Victories on Election Day

November 9, 2011

Mississippi voters rejected the draconian "Personhood" initiative that would ban common forms of birth control, criminalize abortion even in the case of rape, incest, or life endangerment of the mother, and outlaw common IVF procedures.   Voters that hold a range of personal views about reproductive health issues including abortion agreed that this was an extreme intrusion on medical privacy. Read more »

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House Lawmakers Launch Latest Attack on Basic Women’s Health: Latinas’ Health Caught in the Crossfire

November 4, 2011

Washington, DC---- Anti-choice House lawmakers launched the latest attack on women’s health and family planning on Wednesday. In a House subcommittee hearing entitled "Do New Health Law Mandates Threaten Conscience Rights and Access to Care?," several lawmakers showed their true colors, arguing for the preferences of employers over the right of women to make their own contraceptive health decisions in consultation with their doctors. Read more »

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