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BEYOND STUPAK II : Why The Language in the Nurse Home Visitation Provision in Health Care Legislation Must be Fixed
January 11, 2010
As health care legislation enters its final stages, it appears that the federal government is poised to authorize Medicaid spending for an ambitious, mostly privately-run program that enters and touches the most intimate domains of poor women – without any explicitly stipulated protections of their rights. More
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BEYOND STUPAK - the shocking fertility control provisions in health care reform legislation
November 23, 2009
Although government research shows that poverty is not correlated with family size -- and that childbearing does not cause poverty -- current health care legislation seeks to tell low-income women how many children to have and when to have them. Contact your legislators to urge them to reject these misguided provisions. Take Action Now!
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Social Security Domestic Violence Identity Change Petition
October 1, 2009
In 1998 the Social Security Administration announced a program to aid domestic violence survivors by allowing them to obtain new social security numbers. No doubt thousands of lives have been saved since this program has been developed. But problems with the program are beginning to surface and must be addressed so that survivors who depend on this last resort option can remain safe. Take Action Now!
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