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Ellen Marshall

Many women’s health and rights advocates in the United States and around the world are still feeling a post-election buzz. While we [...]

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The U.S. Senate has once again demonstrated its support for preventing the early and forced marriage of millions of girls by passing [...]

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Following on the heels of terrible House action against women’s health, the Senate is proving to be a safer place for women. [...]

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Leaving no stone unturned, women’s health opponents are working again to eliminate funding for international family planning and reproductive health programs, as [...]

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In a rare moment of a House Republican taking leadership in support of women’s health, Rep. Robert Dold (R-IL) introduced a bill [...]

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Obama’s Plan B Debacle

by Ellen Marshall on December 8, 2011

in Capital Critiques

The Obama Administration’s misstep in overturning the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recommendation on Plan B emergency contraception caught everyone off guard, [...]

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A partisan showdown over women’s health and rights on Wednesday, October 5 focused on UNFPA during a committee mark up of Rep. [...]

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After the House made another assault on  women and young people’s health and rights in July, the Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday stepped [...]

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Today’s release of guidelines for health services that need to be covered in health insurance plans at no additional cost took a [...]

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In the continuing assault on women’s health and rights, today the House of Representatives included significant cuts to reproductive health services, including [...]

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