Sentences with phrase «as abortion providers»

The National Abortion Federation estimates that as many as 4,000 CPCs operate in the United States, often using deceptive tactics like posing as abortion providers and showing women graphic antiabortion films.

In part, of course, because of Planned Parenthood's reputation as an abortion provider.

Not exact matches

The fact that the murder of Kansas abortion provider Dr. George Tiller is still making headlines nearly two weeks after his death has led some to accuse the media of exploiting the situation to paint all pro-life advocates as violent extremists.

Abortion pills are fine with me but I don't automatically equate my employer with the «provider of all my medications» as some of you apparently do.

If you really loved children as much as you claim then do something about the real problem which isn't Planned Parenthood or abortion providers.

If abortion is the absolute constitutional right that some claim, churches that censure abortion providers and advocates will eventually be perceived as fundamentally treasonous.

Nucatola admits that abortion providers will sometimes move the fetus into breech orientation so as to preserve more intact body parts, which is a mark of illegal partial - birth abortion.

There are links to other «helpful» websites such as the BPAS (British Pregnancy Advisory Service — which describes itself as «the leading provider of abortion services in the UK»), Childline (which advises a girl named Chantelle, aged 14, that if she is afraid that she might be pregnant she can still prevent pregnancy by using emergency contraception up to three days after intercourse),)

One possible step forward is that abortion providers — as long as they are legally allowed in this country — should have to be independent corporations that only perform abortions and receive no federal funding, with regular inspections and investigations both financial and health - related, and the passing of new laws which more strictly regulate their practice.

HHS positioned the shift as part of its «major actions to protect conscience rights and life,» including a new proposed rule to better enforce 25 federal protections for health care providers who decline to perform abortions and other services, as well as yesterday's announcement of a new division dedicated to fielding such complaints.

Planned Parenthood has also faced ongoing efforts by some states to limit the government funding the abortion provider receives through Title X and Medicaid, as well as state laws restricting abortion.

Field believes in reducing the time - limit within which women can have an abortion, [36] and in stripping abortion providers such as Marie Stopes of their counselling role and handing it to organisations not linked to abortion clinics.

State officials maintain it will function primarily as a means to protect abortion providers from prosecution for federally permissible activities.

She says there's a documented «deeply troubling history» of violence against groups that defend a women's right to choose abortion, including murders of abortion providers, like Buffalo obstetrician Bernard Slepian, as well as clinic bombings and arsons.

The film's nationwide release, timed for social impact, comes just as the U.S. Supreme Court takes on Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, the landmark case that will determine the constitutionality of «TRAP» (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) laws.

He also supports federal funding of Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers, leading Planned Parenthood to refer to him as «the REAL pro-choice candidate for governor.»

This policy requires doctors who object to providing medical care on the basis of religious or conscientious grounds (such as medical assistance in dying, abortion, birth control and gender confirmation surgery) to connect the patient with a person or agency who will either provide care or connect the patient with a willing provider of the service requested.

This policy requires doctors who object to providing medical care on the basis of religious or conscientious grounds (such as medical assistance in dying — «MAID» — but also abortion, birth control and gender confirmation surgery) to connect the patient with a person or agency who will either provide care or connect the patient with a willing provider of the service requested.

First, the state moved to ban Planned Parenthood health centers from participating in the Women's Health Program, based solely on the fact that these centers were associated with other sites where abortions were provided; Planned Parenthood health centers had been serving about four in 10 women in the program statewide, and some sites served as many as eight in 10 women within their service areas.22 The Obama administration made clear that Texas» action violated federal law by discriminating against qualified providers.

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As a final example, in 2016, the Wisconsin legislature implemented yet another, relatively new type of restriction on safety - net family planning providers that also offer abortion: limiting these providers» drug reimbursement rates under Medicaid.

«As the nation's leading women's health care provider and advocate, Planned Parenthood understands that abortion is a deeply personal and often complex decision for a woman to consider, if and when she needs it,» said Cecile Richards, president, Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Last week, over protests from thousands of Ohioans statewide, Governor John Kasich signed a budget into law without exercising his line - item veto to strike a Targeted Restriction of Abortion Providers (TRAP) provision prohibiting transfer agreements with public hospitals, a mandatory ultrasound provision, as well as a measure designed to block funds for preventive health care at Planned Parenthood health centers in Ohio.

Ted Cruz supported the Texas bill HB2, the Texas anti-abortion law that has already shut down more than half of the abortion providers in the state and has forced some women to wait as long as 20 days, drive hundreds of miles, and make multiple trips to access safe, legal abortion.

As the nation's leading women's health care provider and advocate, Planned Parenthood knows firsthand why it's so critical that everyone have access to a comprehensive range of reproductive health care services, including abortion.

PPGMR is the leading provider of comprehensive reproductive health services, including family planning services, STD and HIV testing and prevention counseling, cancer screenings, pregnancy testing and options counseling, as well as safe and confidential abortion services.

As a trusted abortion provider, we have over 90 years of reproductive health experience in Illinois and our health centers are conveniently located near you.

Providers that offer abortion services or are affiliated with a provider that does so would be ineligible, as would any entity that makes abortion referrals — a direct violation of the federal regulations governing the Title X program, which require Title X — funded sites to offer nondirective pregnancy - options counseling and referral.

As a leading health care provider, Planned Parenthood health centers see firsthand what it means for people who are forced to cross state lines, travel hundreds of miles, or wait weeks to get an abortion (if they can at all).

«As the County Board of Health pointed out, there is no public health value, nor support from the medical community, including the medical professionals on that Board, for a county ordinance requiring abortion providers to have hospital admitting privileges.»

All abortions are very safe, but it may be harder to find a health care provider who will do an abortion after the 12th week of pregnancy, so it's best to try to have your abortion as soon as possible.

«Planned Parenthood is the nation's largest and most trusted voluntary provider of reproductive health services because we provide our patients with unbiased, medically accurate information about the full range of pregnancy options: parenting, adoption and abortion — as well as access to birth control to prevent future unintended pregnancies,» added Foster.

Washington, DC — As one of the nation's leading providers and advocates of women's health care, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) applauds the introduction of the «Preventing Unintended Pregnancies, Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act» (PUPRNASPA) by Reps. Tim Ryan (D - OH) and Rosa DeLauro (D - CT).

Then, as now, some of the biggest providers of reproductive healthcare around the world — groups such as the International Planned Parenthood Federation and Marie Stopes International — decided to forego U.S. funding rather than limit the services they provide and risk exposing more women to unsafe abortions.

It may be harder to find a health care provider who will do an abortion after the 12th week of pregnancy, so it's best to try to have your abortion as soon as possible.

According to Guttmacher, Planned Parenthood represents about 22 % of all providers that offer abortion as a part of broader reproductive health care.

These burdensome and medically unnecessary regulations that single out abortion providers need to be recognized as part of an effort to drastically reduce access to safe and legal abortion.

Medically unnecessary, burdensome regulations that single out abortion providers must be recognized as part of an effort to drastically reduce access to safe and legal abortion.

Moreover, some states have built on the federal guarantee by taking steps such as ensuring that patients can receive insurance coverage for a full year's supply of contraceptives at one time (rather than for either one or three months at a time, as is typical).10 This development is especially important for abortion patients who are not interested in LARCs but may need time to find another type of provider for ongoing contraceptive care — if, for example, they do not live near the abortion clinic.

They provide 59 % of all U.S. abortions2 and focus primarily on abortion care, and therefore do not typically offer a broad range of reproductive health services.3 Because specialized providers are not designed or often seen as sources of comprehensive or ongoing care — whether for contraception or anything else — it can be all the more challenging for them to devote limited resources to offering more integrated care.

(In fact, PPRM asserts that it was charging the abortion provider the maximum amount it could without jeopardizing its property tax exemption as a nonprofit agency.)

Until 1987, when the Reagan administration issued the so - called gag rule, that provision consistently had been interpreted as a ban on the use of Title X funds to pay for abortions, and the federal regulations governing Title X did not otherwise reflect an antiabortion animus toward providers.

When Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (the only provider of safe and legal abortions in the state of South Dakota) announced that they would begin implementation of a previously enacted 72 - hour waiting period, the South Dakota state legislature passed a bill that exempts weekends and holidays from the 72 hours, which means that a woman could be forced to wait as long as 5 or 6 days for an abortion.

Planned Parenthood clinics in Birmingham and Mobile, as well as providers at Reproductive Health Services in Montgomery, would have been unable to obtain hospital staff privileges for various reasons, including a hospital board's opposition to abortion, requirements that doctors admit between 12 and 48 patients a year to retain staff privileges, and stipulations that the physicians live within a certain radius of the hospital.

First, millions of people have gained health insurance coverage as a result of the ACA, and the uninsured rate among women of reproductive age fell by more than one - third over the first two full years of the law's implementation.7 With increasing numbers of their clients obtaining health insurance, abortion providers — and specialized providers in particular — may have new incentives to establish relationships with insurers.

When the gag rule case came before the U.S. Supreme Court, family planning providers argued that in crafting the statute, Congress expected that Title X family planning projects might be housed within larger entities, such as hospitals or local health departments, that provide a wide range of other services, including abortion services.

Require providers to inform a woman seeking an abortion whether the abortion provider has admitting privileges at a nearby hospital as well as medical malpractice insurance (Kansas)