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  • Hyde Amendment and Abortion
    • Adolescent Medicaid Enrollees Seeking Reproductive Health Care More Likely to be Abuse Victims (Jan '07)
    • Flyer - The Hyde Amendment: a Violation of Human Rights (Sept. '06)
    • Flyer - The Hyde Amendment: A Violation of Human Rights -- Spanish Version (Sept. '06)
    • 30 Years Is Enough! Hyde Campaign Website
    • 30 Years is Enough! Hyde Campaign Fact Sheet
    • Abortion, Judicial Bypass, and Recusal (Dec. '05)
    • The “Parent’s Right to Know Act” Threatens Adolescent Health (Sept. '05)
    • President Bush issues Administrative Order Restoring Mexico City Policy on Family Planning (Mar. '01)
    • New Mexico Supreme Court Requires Medicaid to Cover All Medically Necessary Abortions (Jan. '99)
  • Provider Refusal
    • How Catholic Hospitals Can Help Prevent Unintended Pregnancy [MP3 Audio] (Apr. '06)
    • Access to Reproductive Health Services: A Checklist for Consumers and Advocates (June '00)
    • Reproductive Health Services and Expansion of Religious Health Entities: Bill Introduced in CA to Ensure Access (May '99)
    • Catholic Health Systems Getting Bigger (April '99)
    • NHeLP Comments: Medicare + Choice Interim Final Regulations Pertaining to Reproductive Health and Advance Directives (Sept. '98)
  • Emergency Contraception
    • Adolescent Medicaid Enrollees Seeking Reproductive Health Care More Likely to be Abuse Victims (Jan '07)
    • Expanding Medicaid Coverage for EC on the State Level (National Institute for Reproductive Health)
    • Over the Counter or Out of Reach? A Report on Evolving State Medicaid Policies for Covering Emergency Contraception (June '07)
    • Chart: State Medicaid Coverage of Emergency Contraception as an Over-the-Counter Drug (June '07)
    • NY Eliminates Prescription Barrier for Emergency Contraception Access for Medicaid Beneficiaries (Jan. '07)
    • APHA Policy Ensuring that Individuals are Able to Obtain Contraceptives at Pharmacies (Nov. '06)
    • FDA’s Approval of Plan B: Women Still Have No Sure Access to Over-the-Counter Emergency Contraception (Nov. '06)
    • Complying with the Law? How Catholic Hospitals Respond to State Laws Mandating the Provision of Emergency Contraception to Sexual Assault Patients (2006)
    • APHA Adopts Policies on Reproductive Health, Immigrant Health (Dec. '05)
    • How Can Advocates Help Women on Medicaid Access Emergency Contraception? (Apr. '05)
    • Emergency Contraception and Medicaid: A State-by-State Analysis and Advocate’s Toolkit (Nov. '05)
    • Pharmacy Access Action Kit
    • Letter from Women’s Health Organizations Re: Federal Failure to Include Pregnancy Prevention Information (Jan. '04)
  • HPV
    • New Report Examines Laws that Would Mandate HPV Vaccine for Young Women (Jan. '07)
    • CDC Adds Gardasil to Children’s Immunization Program (Nov. '06)
    • CDC Recommends HPV Vaccine for Girls Between the Ages of 11 and 12: How Advocates Can Build Upon This Positive Momentum (Aug. '06)
  • Pregnancy and Prenatal
    • Q & A: Non-Emergency Medical Transportation for Pregnant Women (May '08)
    • GAO Study of Abstinence Education Programs
    • Q & A: My client went to her physician for her prenatal examination. She was told that she is required to take a test for HIV. Can a doctor require her as an expectant mother to take the HIV test? (June '00)
  • Language Access
    • Summary of State Law Requirements Addressing Language Needs in Reproductive Health Care Services (March '06)