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Women’s Health Policy
Potential Impacts of Delaying “Non-Essential” Reproductive Health Care
This brief analyzes how states, health systems and providers have been faced with deciding what health care is “essential” verses “elective” during the COVID-19 crisis, and what the possible consequences are to delays in “non-essential” reproductive health care.
Abortion Back at the Supreme Court: June Medical Services LLC v. Russo
This issue brief explains the legal and factual issues in dispute and the reviews the potential implications of different rulings in June Medical Services v. Russo, which could have significant implications for women’s access to abortion and eliminate the right of abortion providers to bring legal challenges to state and federal policies.
Round 3: Legal Challenges to Contraceptive Coverage at SCOTUS
This brief explains how the new regulations issued by the Trump Administration would change the contraceptive coverage requirement for employers and affect women’s coverage, the legal positions for challenging and defending these regulations, the potential rulings, and the broader ramifications.
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Litigation Challenging Title X Regulations
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.
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Is the Supplemental Title X Funding Awarded by HHS Filling in the Gaps in the Program?
This KFF analysis finds that the supplemental Title X funding that HHS awarded to grantees to “prioritize filling service gaps” in the federal family planning program still leaves significant gaps in many parts of the country.
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The Status of Participation in the Title X Federal Family Planning Program
This interactive map and table show the status of Title X sites by state. This analysis is based the June 2019 listing of Title X sites available from the HHS Office of Population Affairs and public statements and news coverage regarding clinic and grantee participation in Title X.
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Women’s Health Insurance Coverage
This factsheet reviews major sources of coverage for women residing in the U.S., discusses the impact of the ACA on women’s coverage, and the coverage challenges that many women continue to face. - abortion
Coverage for Abortion Services
Reviews federal & state policies on coverage for abortion and estimates the availability of abortion coverage for women enrolled in private plans, ACA Marketplace plans, and Medicaid. - medicaid
Medicaid’s Role for Women
A presentation of key data points describing the current state of the Medicaid program as it affects low-income women’s access to coverage and care. - State health facts
Women’s Health Indicators
Information on women’s health status, utilization of services, health insurance coverage, family planning and childbirth, and abortion statistics and policies. - interactive
State Profiles for Women’s Health
This interactive tool provides state profiles on women’s health and access to care. Browse the map and click on a state to view a women’s health data dashboard in each of four categories.
