News and Updates
Episode 9: Will Insurance Pay for My Abortion?
Spoiler alert: probably not. How the Hyde Amendment paved the way for other restrictions on public and private insurance coverage of abortion, and how people pay for their abortions when insurance doesn’t help. Guests: Abby…
Will the Biden Administration Get Bolder on Improving Abortion Access?
The Biden administration’s announcement this month that it would allow mifepristone to be sent by mail revolutionized access to abortion—in about half the country. Elsewhere, state laws requiring patients to meet with a provider in person preempt the…
FDA Allows Telemedicine Abortion During Pandemic
Advocates celebrated the FDA decision for increasing equitable access to safe abortion health care. “This safe, effective option helps close the gaps in abortion access that mostly harm people of color working to make ends…
Trump’s budget didn’t mention race. Biden’s budget aims to undo systemic racism
President Joe Biden signaled his commitment to addressing racial disparities Friday, putting equity front and center in his fiscal 2022 discretionary budget request. “The moment has come for the nation to deal with systemic racism…
Getting Rid Of This One Piece Of Legislation Could Transform Abortion Access. But, Will It Happen?
In 1976, House Republicans proposed the Hyde Amendment, which bans the use of federal funds from covering the cost of abortion care for poor and low-income people. At the time, Representative Henry Hyde (R-IL), the namesake…
Biden pledged to end an abortion funding ban. Will he start with his budget?
WASHINGTON — “During the campaign, candidate Biden pledged to end the Hyde amendment, Vice President Harris was an original cosponsor of [a bill to end the ban] in the Senate,” said Kelsey Ryland of All* Above…
