Abortion Rights/Reproductive Issues - National Organization for Women

ISSUE ADVISORY: Women Benefit by Supreme Court Ruling on ACA Subsidies

Posted on July 1, 2015 By Bonnie Grabenhoffer

Affordable Care Act Subsidies Available in All States – As millions of recently insured persons anxiously awaited, the decision in the King v. Burwell case where conservatives made another desperate attempt to take down the Affordable Care Act (ACA) came as welcome and comforting news. Women, as the majority of persons enrolled in health insurance plans under the ACA, can rest easy now that the Court has said subsidies offered in the federally-facilitated health insurance marketplaces were certainly intended by Congressional lawmakers.

ISSUE ADVISORY- Violated: A Working Mother’s Right to Breastfeed

Posted on June 26, 2015 By Bonnie Grabenhoffer

The Fight for Coverage Continues- Many mothers choose to breastfeed their children and return to work. However, some women are facing discrimination because they need adequate time to express milk during permitted breaks at work. Some women have seen hours reduced, coverage denied, and some have even been fired for exercising their legal right to breastfeed.

NOW Testifies before FDA Committee

Posted on June 11, 2015 By Bonnie Grabenhoffer

NOW advocates for safe and effective treatment for hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD). The FDA Advisory Committee backs approval of women’s sexual dysfunction drug.

Lindsay Graham’s Anti-Woman, Anti-Life Agenda

Posted on June 11, 2015 By Emily Imhoff

By forcing clinics to close and denying urgent abortion care to women, the court ruling and Senator Graham’s grandstanding amount to an unprecedented promotion of an anti-woman, anti-life agenda. Shame on Senator Graham for adding an abortion-ban primary to the election calendar.

ISSUE ADVISORY- Privacy and Contraceptive Access: 50 Years after Griswold v. Connecticut

Posted on June 4, 2015 By Bonnie Grabenhoffer

In 1965, the U.S. Supreme Court in Griswold v. Connecticut ruled that the Constitution protected the right to privacy for married couples using contraceptives. This decision was a watershed event that set a precedent for later Supreme Court decisions.

issue: Abortion Rights/Reproductive Issues