Litigation Challenging Title X Regulations November 21, 2019 Issue Brief This brief provides an overview of the legal challenges to the Trump Administration final Title X regulations and summarizes the key positions of the plaintiffs and HHS.
KFF Poll: Majority of Americans Say Recent State Abortion Regulations Are Intended to Reduce Access January 22, 2020 News Release The latest KFF poll finds most Americans (67%) think recent state-level abortion restrictions are designed to make access to abortion more difficult, rather than protect women’s health and safety. These state-level abortion restrictions have become more common in the last several years – with lawmakers arguing that these laws are…
Abortion Knowledge and Attitudes: KFF Polling and Policy Insights January 22, 2020 Poll Finding This poll examines the public’s knowledge and attitudes about abortion. This poll finds a majority of the public do not want to see the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, and think recent state-level abortion restrictions are designed to make abortion access more difficult, rather than protect women’s health and safety.
Testimony: The U.S. Government Role in Women’s Global Health and Key Challenges February 5, 2020 Issue Brief Jennifer Kates, Senior Vice President and Director of KFF’s Global Health & HIV Policy program, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Foreign Affairs as part of a hearing on Unique Challenges Women Face in Global Health. Her testimony describes the role of the U.S. government in women’s global health and highlights challenges and opportunities to strengthen these efforts.
Men And Women Of All Ages Largely Unaware Of When Most Abortions Occur January 24, 2020 Slide A majority of Americans incorrectly think most abortions occur 8 weeks or more into a pregnancy and few are aware that less than 5% of abortions occur more than 20 weeks into a pregnancy. Learn more in this Chart of the Week.
2022 State Ballot Initiatives on Abortion Rights September 20, 2022 Blog Four states (CA, MI, VT, and KY) will vote on ballot measures related to abortion rights in the November 2022 elections. This policy watch summarizes each of these ballot measures and their implications.
Abortion Access Rises as a Voting Issue and Motivator, Especially Among Democrats and Reproductive-Age Women, But Inflation Continues to Dominate as Americans Worry About Bills August 2, 2022 News Release Following the Supreme Court’s decision to end the constitutional right to an abortion, most voters (55%) now say access to abortion is “very important” to their vote in November’s midterm elections, up 9 percentage points since February prior to the decision, a new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds. This heightened…
KFF Health Tracking Poll July 2022: Inflation Tops Voters’ Priorities, But Abortion Access Resonates For Key Voting Blocs August 2, 2022 Poll Finding This poll finds most voters (55%) now say access to abortion is “very important” to their vote in November’s midterm elections, up since the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. This heightened interest is greatest among voter groups who largely want to guarantee access to abortion, including Democratic voters and women voters under 50 years old.
Medicaid’s New Option to Extend Postpartum Coverage for 12 Months Could Prevent Hundreds of Thousands of Enrollees from Losing Coverage in the Months After Delivery July 14, 2022 News Release A new KFF analysis finds that hundreds of thousands of people are disenrolled from Medicaid each year after giving birth, which could be prevented if all states were to take up a new option to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage to 12 months. The estimate – based on analysis of Medicaid…
After Roe: Options to Address Medicaid Coverage Policy Related to Maternal and Child Health July 15, 2022 Blog This policy watch examines the intersection of Medicaid coverage policies with state actions to ban abortion.
