Sentences with phrase «for abortion providers»

SB 1722 / HB 1411 significantly impacts women's access to abortion care with over 10 changes to current regulations by requiring medically unnecessary admitting privileges or transfer agreements for abortion providers.

Stricter regulations for abortion providers also made a capital campaign necessary.

New requirements in Kansas, Pennsylvania and Utah direct the health agency to develop standards for abortion providers, including requirements for staffing, physical plant, equipment and emergency supplies; supporters of the measures made it clear that the goal was to set standards that would be difficult, if not impossible, for abortion providers to meet.

Trump has appointed a pro-life Supreme Court justice, banned federal dollars from funding abortion overseas, and signed a law allowing states to withhold funding for abortion providers.

Not exact matches

Obama rescinded the ban on federal funds for overseas abortion providers and signed a healthcare law that many conservatives say subsidizes abortion, though the law's supporters say it respects the federal ban on abortion funding.

A recent law prohibits federal funds from paying for most abortions, but Planned Parenthood — which, among other services, is a major abortion provider (3 percent of their services are abortions)-- has received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding — legally, much of that can not be used on abortions.

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.

«I'm thankful for this reversal and pray for the day soon when abortion providers would not operate on any cent of public money,» Moore said in written comments for Baptist Press.

The ERLC has offered six pro-life priorities for action by President - elect Trump and Congress in 2017, including the nomination and confirmation of a pro-life successor to the late Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, a permanent ban on all federal funding of abortion and the defunding of Planned Parenthood, the country's No. 1 abortion provider.

It recommended that the state clarify «the responsibilities of public health service providers,» which read in light the Committee's long - standing disgust at conscientious objection to abortion means something like «force your doctors to perform and refer for abortions.»

Who provides care: lay health workers for caring for people with hypertension, lay health workers to deliver care for mothers and children or infectious diseases, lay health workers to deliver community - based neonatal care packages, midlevel health professionals for abortion care, social support to pregnant women at risk, midwife - led care for childbearing women, non-specialist providers in mental health and neurology, and physician - nurse substitution.

So here's a similar question for you, d.tiersma: Can a person who believes abortion should be legal also believe that an obstetrician (or other maternity care provider) should be held responsible for providing negligent care that leads to a preventable stillbirth?

New York is likely to sue the Trump administration over a proposed rule intended to allow health care providers to decline to provide medical care — like abortion or sex reassignment surgery — for «religious, moral, ethical,» or other reasons.

Under the legislation, passed by the Council in March, the centers would have been forced to explicitly advertise that they do not perform abortions and disclose whether they have a licensed medical provider on site, provide referrals for prenatal care and abortions and provide emergency contraception.

The FBI had offered $ 50,000 in reward money for the capture of James C. Kopp, who fled to Europe after assassinating Dr. Barnett Slepian, the Amherst abortion provider.

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

Cuomo's proposal also includes protections for health care providers who don't want to perform abortions for moral or religious reasons.

The 2011 law requires providers to stick to US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines for abortion by medication.

But some worry that Price's appointment bodes ill for public health programs, pointing to his deep opposition to the ACA and his record of votes to defund women's health provider Planned Parenthood, much of whose clientele is poor, and 3 % of whose services consist of providing abortions.

Another, apparently directed at a UNM - affiliated clinician, calls for documentation of patients referred to SWO or other abortion providers.

The committee also reviewed the evidence on what clinical skills are necessary for health care providers to safely perform the various components of abortion care, including pregnancy determination, counseling, gestational age assessment, medication dispensing, procedure performance, patient monitoring, and follow - up assessment and care.

Second, President Obama signaled his intention to repeal a rule promulgated in the last days of the Bush administration that codified previous law ensuring that no health care providers at institutions receiving federal funds should be discriminated against for refusing to participate in abortion or sterilization procedures.

This year's schedule included a troubling look at the invasion of Uganda by American evangelicals (God Loves Uganda), profiles of reliable boogeymen like Dick Cheney (The World According to Dick Cheney) and the Koch Brothers (Citizen Koch), celebrations of Robert Reich (Inequality for All), Occupy (99 %: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film) and WikiLeaks (We Steal Secrets), and After Tiller, a remarkable all - access look at the four remaining third - trimester abortion providers, and the tough choices made every day within their walls.

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.

These bills provide a roadmap for state policymakers seeking to fight government interference within the patient - provider relationship, promote women - centered approaches in the provision of abortion and other reproductive health care services, and enact legislation that emphasizes the need to expand access to abortion.

This Saturday night, Sexy Beast, A Benefit for Planned Parenthood will honor Emmy - nominated director Dawn Porter, whose feature new documentary Trapped follows reproductive health clinics struggling to stay open in the face of nearly 300 TRAP laws (Targeted Regulations of Abortion Providers).

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.»

Marino's statement came just after it was revealed in the United States that the nation's largest abortion provider Planned Parenthood has been harvesting organs from aborted babies and offering them for sale.

Such government restrictions, combined with clinic violence and harassment, have drastically reduced the number of abortion providers around the country and have made access to the remaining providers exceedingly difficult for growing numbers of women...» More.

Following a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that allowed the immediate enforcement of a state law blocking women from getting services from one - third of abortion providers in the state, reproductive health care providers have taken their case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Conservative policymakers have sought to undermine these protections, most notably by trying to deny Medicaid reimbursement for family planning and related services to Planned Parenthood health centers and other providers that either offer abortion - related services or are affiliated with a provider that does so.10

Proponents of such restrictions are ultimately seeking to make abortion inaccessible for U.S. women, and so are seeking to shutter Planned Parenthood health centers and any safety - net health center providing publicly funded family planning services that additionally offers abortions (using other funds), or is affiliated with an abortion provider.

Planned Parenthood had served Shelby County, Tennessee's Title X clients for 30 years, but in 2011 the county decided to give the contract to Christ Community Health Services, a religious organization that will not provide abortions or contraception, and will not refer patients to any provider who will offer abortions.

All the information presented was thoroughly reviewed by members of the Planned Parenthood Education Division and our Consortium of Abortion Providers to check for both medical accuracy and health literacy.

Cruz has been nearly monomaniacal in his fervor against abortion — even attempting to shut the government down again in 2015 over federal funding for Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest provider of reproductive health care.

An attempt to adopt stringent regulations for abortion clinics in Minnesota failed when Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed a measure that would have imposed requirements on abortion providers» facilities, but not other similar outpatient health care facilities.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America sharply denounced Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell for signing medically unnecessary and politically motivated regulations intended to shut down all abortion providers, which could undermine women's access to reproductive health care providers in Virginia.

«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.

Planned Parenthood announced on Jan. 14 it is suing the Center for Medical Progress, the group responsible for heavily edited and secretly filmed videos claiming the abortion provider illegally sells fetal tissue.

Arizona, for example, passed a law in 2016 that allows the state's Medicaid program to exclude any provider that receives any type of public funding and also provides abortion, or is affiliated with a provider that does so.

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.

Furthermore, the Obama administration has vehemently rejected states» attempts to deny Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood and other providers associated with abortion, most prominently in an April 2016 letter to state officials.5, 6 The letter made clear that such efforts are in violation of federal law, which guarantees enrollees a free choice of qualified providers for family planning care.

The Lege is renewing its efforts to punish the abortion provider this session by threatening to create tiers for breast and cervical cancer funding in a way that leaves Planned Parenthood last in line — the consequences of which are predicted to be dire.

Under governor Rick Perry, the state forfeited the $ 9 - to - $ 1 match in federal Medicaid dollars for women's health with the sole purpose of excluding abortion providers from the state women's health program.

«Planned Parenthood is the largest provider of family planning and birth control in America, and we do more than any organization to prevent unintended pregnancy and reduce the need for abortion.

Legislation to require abortion providers to have hospital admitting privileges was introduced in five states and enacted in three; this provision is not mandated for other outpatient surgical and medical providers.

In response to a pair of related inquiries made last year by Deuell and HHSC Commissioner Tom Suehs, Attorney General Greg Abbott opined that the state could keep Planned Parenthood from providing any WHP services — by blocking Medicaid funds for any health care provider that's «affiliated» with an abortion care provider, even if it doesn't provide abortion services itself (see «Women's Health: Ideology First!

The landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt centered on two TRAP provisions: a mandate that all abortion providers comply with onerous and medically unnecessary building requirements for ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), and an unfair, also medically unnecessary requirement that doctors who provide abortions obtain hospital admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.

«In order to launch his smear campaign, Daleiden engaged in a long - running illegal conspiracy and he should be held accountable for his actions, which have put abortion providers at risk.»

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).