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by Christopher Vasquez | May 12, 2021 | Uncategorized | Domestic Gag Rule, Reproductive Justice
On May 17, 2021, NCLR submitted comments on behalf of 14 LGBTQ and sexual health advocacy organizations encouraging the Biden Administration to adopt new regulations for the Title X family planning program. This critical federal program provides funding for health centers around the country that provide contraception, STI testing and other important health services to primarily low-income people, including many who are LGBTQ. The Trump administration had imposed harsh rules that drove Planned...
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by Laura Nixon | Dec 6, 2012 | Uncategorized | Laura Nixon, emergency contraception, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Reproductive Justice
This week, the National Center for LGBTQ Rights (NCLR) joins our allies in the reproductive justice movement urging Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to remove harmful restrictions on emergency contraception (EC). The LGBTQ community – especially our young people – need access to emergency contraception without political roadblocks. Please lend your voice to this campaign! In the United States, the sale of non-prescription emergency contraception (EC) to females under...
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by Laura Nixon | Sep 28, 2012 | Uncategorized | Birth control, Laura Nixon, Reproductive Justice
On Friday September 21, the National Center for LGBTQ Rights attended a symposium at the Georgetown University Law Center on “Contraception and Conscience: A Symposium on Religious Liberty, Women’s Health, and the HHS Rule on Provision of Birth Control Coverage for Employees.” Anti-choice politicians and groups have tried to generate controversy around the contraception provisions in the preventative care regulations related to the Affordable Care Act. The regulations required that employers...
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