By Ashley Lopez NARAL Pro-Choice America, a national reproductive rights group, announced today that it sent a letter to President Obama denouncing a federal agency’s recent decision to overrule an FDA request to expand access to Plan B, or the morning after pill, to young women under the age of 17. The letter contained more than 35,000 signatures. Since Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced her decision, reproductive health advocates and policy-makers have expressed d...
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By Laura Bassett, Ryan Grim & Amanda Terkel WASHINGTON -- Women's rights groups expressed outrage on Wednesday when a top Obama administration official overruled a recommendation from government scientists to expand access to the morning-after pill, but Democratic members of Congress are being far more cautious with their criticism. In an unprecedented and unexpected move, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius rejected the Food and Drug Administration's conclusion that the Pl...
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Written by Representatives Cynthia Lummis & Gwen Moore, Co-Chairs, Congressional Women’s Caucus As part of USAID’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence we wanted to share with you some information on an issue that the Congressional Women’s Caucus has been working on diligently to end across the globe: human trafficking. According to Department of State estimates, roughly 800,000 people are trafficked across borders each year. If trafficking within countries is included in the total world...
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Gwen Moore Opposes “Regulatory Accountability Act”Proposes amendment to protect Veterans, Seniors and Low-Income Individuals Congresswoman Gwen Moore Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4) voted in opposition to H.R. 3010, the Regulatory Accountability Act. During debate on the bill Rep. Moore proposed an amendment would ensure that a relevant executive agency considers the needs of our nation’s most vulnerable, at-risk subpopulations, including Veterans, low-income individua...
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