Health Care

Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy

July 11, 2014

What’s going on in Texas? Jails in the state are endangering pregnant women and their fetuses, despite the state’s professed interest in “unborn babies.” In May, a woman named Nicole Guerrero filed a lawsuit against the Wichita County Jail for ignoring her when she was in labor. Locked alone in a...

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Rachel Roth

Health Care

July 9, 2014

You were heard! U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Mark Udall have dropped a bill in Congress to fix the Supreme Court's wrong Hobby Lobby decision, the Protect Women's Health from Corporate Interference Act.

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care

July 8, 2014

I recently had the opportunity to attend the Southern HR Managers Conference. And I left there feeling positive about what employers were taking back to their organizations on the importance of four walls, a chair and a lock. And how these things help moms out when they return to work.

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Sili Recio

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Health Care

July 8, 2014

Nationwide, the rate of uninsured Americans is dropping at a record pace. The reason is clear - new coverage options under the Affordable Care Act has made health coverage affordable and accessible to millions of adults and children. Additionally, the rates of uninsured adults is dropping most...

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Felicia Burnett

Health Care Politics & Policy

July 7, 2014

On July 3, 2014 Governor Tom Corbett signed HB 1420 into law creating Act 94 of 2014. In layman's terms: In October 2014, all babies born in Pennsylvania birthing facilities will be required to be screened for critical congenital heart defects via pulse oximetry. Congenital heart defects...

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Mary E. Mannix

Health Care MomsRising Near You Politics & Policy

June 30, 2014

Pennsylvania babies need your help today! Please call your Pennsylvania legislator today asking for a concurrence vote on HB 1420 before they recess for the summer. You will be saving lives.

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Mary E. Mannix

Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy

June 30, 2014

“Sister, you and your fellow nuns have clearly gone rogue!" -- Stephen Colbert Sister Simone Campbell was 18 years old when she joined the convent and 21 when she took her nun vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Her younger sister and best friend was dying of Hodgkin’s disease. It was the 1960...

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Melissa Regan

Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy

June 30, 2014

Today the Supreme Court voted in favor of Hobby Lobby's "religious freedom" to decide not to abide by the Affordable Care Act and deny contraception coverage to their employees.

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Melissa Regan

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Health Care Politics & Policy

June 30, 2014

Whoa. Did you see the terrible news today? The U.S. Supreme Court just ruled today that some bosses can make your birth control decisions for you.

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Health Care

June 29, 2014

Just imagine, if you were in a fire and the Paramedics came to your assistance, would you turn that help and rescue away...tell them, "We don't need you?"

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