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Women's Reproductive Health

League Asks Congress to Restore Title X and Reject Gag Rule Through Appropriations Processes (Legal Document)

With 136 organizations, we wrote to Congressional leadership to ask that provisions that promote health care access for millions of people in the U.S. and globally be included in the final budget.

League sends Memo to U.S. Senate Regarding Healthcare (Legal Document)

The League sent a memo to members of the U.S. Senate regarding essential elements that need to be provided for any forthcoming legislation on healthcare.

League Joins Letter in Opposition of ACA Repeal and Defunding of Planned Parenthood (Legal Document)

The League joined women's groups on a letter opposing the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and defunding Planned Parenthood.

League Sends Letter of Support on Title X to House and Senate (Legal Document)

The League joined with 61 other health care and reproductive rights organizations in support of $327 million in funding for the Title X Family Planning program in a letter to House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Chairs and Ranking Minority members.

On the Affordable Care Act’s Anniversary, Another Supreme Court Challenge (Blog)

On the sixth anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act, the U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing arguments in the case of Zubik v. Burwell, which challenges the health care law's contraceptive coverage provision.

League Joins Amicus in Zubik v. Burwell (Article)

The League of Women Voters joined an amicus brief in the case of Zubik v. Burwell, a challenge to the contraception accommodation in the Affordable Care Act.

Supreme Court Upholds Key Provisions of Affordable Care Act (Press Release)

The Affordable Care Act has brought us closer to what we should be: a nation that ensures affordable, quality healthcare for all. Today's decision reinforces the bedrock of our healthcare system.

LWVMA Continues Fight to Preserve Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Facilities (Blog)

The League of Women Voters of Massachusetts guest blogs on their new buffer zone law for the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Massachusetts Abortion Clinic Buffer Zone Law (Blog)

The League of Women Voters of Massachusetts is disappointed with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in McCullen v. Coakley that the Massachusetts buffer zone law, as written, is unconstitutional.

Hobby Lobby Decision Jeopardizes Women's Right to Equal Health Care (Press Release)

Today's Supreme Court decision on contraceptive coverage dealt a serious blow to women’s right to equal health care in America.