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House Republicans' Attack on Women's Health
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, writing at CNN, puts the spotlight on a little-noticed amendment that far-right House Republicans passed amid the government-shutdown fracas that would essentially allow employers and insurers to refuse to cover women’s preventive health care because of personal and “moral” objections. This would include birth control, HPV testing, breast-feeding services and…
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Texas Lawmakers Reconvene for Round 2 on Abortion Fight
Contending that too many voters stand against a GOP measure that would ban most abortion clinics in Texas, Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood’s president, writes at the Huffington Post that Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s last-ditch effort to revive the measure in special session will not work, especially after state Sen. Wendy Davis’ famous filibuster. The Texas…