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10/11/11

By: Amanda Dennis, Ruth Manski Seventeen million women in the US, most of whom are of reproductive age, are insured by Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income individuals and families. Because Medicaid is jointly administered by federal and state governments, policies at both levels...

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Amanda Dennis

Health Care

10/11/11

Massachusetts passed groundbreaking health care reform legislation in 2006, and national health care reform is largely based on the Massachusetts model. When it comes to women’s health, Massachusetts shows us reform is something to celebrate—and lessons from Massachusetts can help ensure that...

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Amanda Dennis

Health Care Blog Carnivals MomsVote

10/11/11

Contraception is a critical preventive health care tool for women and families. Contraception allows women (and their partners) to plan their pregnancies and avoid pregnancy when they don’t want to have a baby, and planned pregnancies are healthier for women and children. Women with planned...

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Kelly Blanchard

Blog Carnivals MomsVote

10/11/11

Some four years after the dawn of the Great Recession, all across this nation millions continue to struggle. And while women and families face a multitude of challenges, there is perhaps no challenge more pertinent to one's quality of life than the issue of health and access to care when you need...

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Avis Jones-DeWeever, Ph.D.

Childcare & Early Education Health Care Food!

10/10/11

On Wednesday morning, a faceoff between kids’ health and the food industry will reach a months-long culmination. CEOs from some of the biggest food companies in the world will show up to say they should not be held accountable—even by voluntary, science-based guidelines—for the foods they market to...

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Ann Whidden

Immigration

10/10/11

On October 8, in response to Governor Jerry Brown's signing of AB 131 (Cedillo), the second half of the California DREAM Act, the California Immigrant Policy Center issued the following statement: We heartily applaud Governor Brown's historic decision to sign AB 131. We agree with the Governor that...

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Shamasunder Reshma

Health Care

10/10/11

I have never recommended a film on the end of life before. But people deserve to see “Consider the Conversation” because it deepens our passion for life and enriches our lives. Michael Bernhagen and Terry Kaldhusdal put their hearts into this film, and it shows. Michael came to the hospice movement...

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Barbara Coombs Lee

10/10/11

Two sessions. Two bills passed unanimously by the Legislature, thanks to broad-based organizing campaigns. And now, two vetoes, from governors of two different political parties. According to The Sacramento Bee , California's Governor Brown vetoed the bill to protect pregnant women from shackling...

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Rachel Roth

10/08/11

Leymah Gbowee and the Liberian women's peace movement are featured in Women, War & Peace , a five-part PBS series that challenges the conventional wisdom that war and peace men's domain. Below, executive producer Abigail Disney describes her reaction to Leymah Gbowee's 2011 Nobel Peace Prize...

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Abigail Disney

Paid Family Leave Health Care

10/07/11

By Noreen Farrell, Equal Rights Advocates, and Beth McGovern, California Commission on the Status of Women California is often a national leader in legislation for working families and the Golden State did not disappoint Thursday with passage of Senate Bill 299. California women workers and their...

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