Health - National Organization for Women

Senate Confirms Wilson, Continuing Attack on Reproductive Rights

Posted on June 24, 2020 By Kim

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Moments ago, the Senate voted to confirm Judge Cory Wilson to the already conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. This court has jurisdiction over courts across Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas – three states with severely limited abortion access. By adding Wilson to the bench, the Trump administration and Senate Republicans have made this court a monumental threat to women’s rights and reproductive freedom in these states. Cory Read more …

The Reversal of Health Protections for Transgender Patients Is Hateful and Cruel

Posted on June 16, 2020 By Kim

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, the four-year anniversary of the 2016 PULSE nightclub shooting and during Pride month, the Trump administration announced its final rule – a slap in the face erasing health care protections for transgender Americans. During a global pandemic when health disparities are revealing deep inequities in our system, this rule perpetuates continued discrimination, structural racism, transphobia, and homophobia. This action makes it easier for doctors, hospitals, and insurance companies to deny Read more …

Betsy DeVos’ New Rule on Campus Sexual Assault Continues the All-out Attack on the Safety and Rights of Women and Girls

Posted on May 7, 2020 By Kim

“We don’t see you. We don’t hear you. We don’t believe you.” That’s the message Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is sending with the sweeping new changes to Title IX.

After 60 Years of Unsatisfactory Birth Control Options, Hope Emerges

Posted on April 20, 2020 By Kim

I distinctly remember the feeling of waking up after the morning after the 2016 election — confused, disappointed, angry and panicked. In my high school that day, one of the most common topics of conversation amongst my group of peers was what long-lasting contraceptive we should get that we could rely on to last us Read more …

We Must End the Criminalization of Girls of Color

Posted on April 9, 2020 By Kim

The criminalization of children of color is a growing and intensely disturbing phenomenon. We’re seeing it at the border where families are separated and children placed in cages, and we’re increasingly seeing it in schools, where police are arresting children as young as six for behavioral, not criminal, issues. That’s what happened in Florida earlier this year, when Read more …

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