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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 29, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT Sarah Garfinkel, sgarfinkel@westendstrategy.com; 202-765-4290 National Council of Jewish Women Applauds House Vote to End Restrictions on Medicaid Abortion Access WASHINGTON – National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) celebrates today’s passage of a Fiscal Year 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and…
Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice House to consider funding bills Next week, the full House of Representatives will consider seven appropriations bills on the floor, including those funding Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H) as well as Financial Services and General Government (FSGG). As a reminder,…
Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice Funding bills eliminate abortion coverage bans On July 12, the House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H) appropriations bill for fiscal year 2022 was released and did not contain the discriminatory Hyde Amendment. This means that the ban on abortion coverage…
Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice First appropriations bill introduced without Hyde On June 23, the House Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill for fiscal year 2022 was released and did not contain any abortion coverage restrictions. This means that the ban on the District of Columbia using its…
Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice Senate Committee considers Women’s Health Protection Act On June 16, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing on the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA, HR 3755/S 1975). During the hearing — “Protecting Roe: Why We Need the Women’s Health Protection Act,”…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 16, 2021 Media Contact: Alyson Malinger, West End Strategy Team amalinger@westendstrategy.com; 917-935-7311 National Council of Jewish Women supports the more than 30 Black women’s organizations that helped produce this agenda that, if enacted, would ensure equitable access to health care for all WASHINGTON — Following the…
