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Two authors of the Reproductive Health Bill appealed to their colleagues to remove provisions regarding population and development in the consolidated bill. Reps. Emerciana de Jesus and Luzviminda Ilagan wanted to delete three provisions that state that "gender equality and women empowerment are central elements of reproductive health and ...
The Reproductive Health Act and similar bills were proposed in the New York State Legislature beginning in 2007, [6] [7] [8] but such legislation was blocked by Senate Republicans for years. [9] After Senate Democrats gained a majority in the State Senate in the 2018 elections, [10] they vowed to make the passage of the Reproductive Health Act ...
Reproductive rights are a sub-set of human rights [1] pertaining to issues of reproduction and reproductive health. [2] These rights may include some or all of the following: the right to legal or safe abortion , the right to birth control , the right to access quality reproductive healthcare , and the right to education and access in order to ...
Health care providers typically are only protected when in their home states, and while abortion bans don't criminalize patients, those who receive medication can risk prosecution under other ...
(The Center Square) – A bill introduced in the Washington State Legislature this session would bolster an existing law that seeks to shield individuals receiving or providing “protected health ...
The Reproductive Empowerment and Support through Optimal Restoration Act, or RESTORE Act, was announced Thursday and co-sponsored by GOP Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith (Miss.) and James Lankford (Okla.).…
This might mean that a Massachusetts provider, licensed and located in Massachusetts, can take advantage of the protections of the state's shield law no matter where the patient receives the care. Currently a one-of-a-kind provision, this provision poses several open questions regarding how it would work in practice.
The fight over reproductive rights is a flashpoint in U.S. politics, especially since the Supreme Court's 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the decision that had recognized a national right ...