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This report maps the network of international assistance to support family planning and reproductive health in countries around the globe. The report is part of a series that examines the donor nations and multilateral organizations involved in addressing different global health challenges in recipient countries worldwide.
This issue brief dissects the issues raised by the legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that private insurance plans include contraception as part of their coverage of preventive services for women. Over 40 for-profit corporations and over 40 nonprofit corporations have filed lawsuits claiming that the requirement to provide their employees with contraceptives violates their religious rights. On November 26, 2013, the Supreme Court agreed to hear two cases filed by for-profit corporations, Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties, that claim that this requirement violates their religious rights. At the crux of these cases is a question that the Supreme Court has not previously addressed: Do for-profit corporations have religious protections under the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the First Amendment? The brief provides background on how the ACA’s contraceptive requirement works, summarizes some of the legal challenges brought by for-profit and non-profit organizations and discusses the implications of potential rulings by the Supreme Court.
States Routinely Cover Births, but Related Services are Varied Download…
States Routinely Cover Most Contraceptives, but More Variation for Other Family Planning Services Download…
Medicaid Expansion Could Cover Many Young Women Download…
Maternal Mortality Rates in the
Medicare and Medicaid provide health coverage for three in ten women.
Utilization of Pap Tests, 2008 Download Source Health, United States, 2011…
There is Wide Variation in Medicaid Coverage of Prenatal Services Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation, State Medicaid Coverage of Perinatal Services: Summary of State Survey Findings, 2009…
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cervical Cancer Download Source CDC, United States Cancer Center: 2009 Cancer Types Grouped by Race …
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