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Patient-Centered Policy in the News
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So-Called “Parental Rights” Bills and Their Threats to Reproductive Justice
Lately, you may have heard a lot about so-called “parental rights” bills and debates in state legislatures about whether civil rights, race, and history should […]
Press Release
FDA Approves OTC Birth Control
Today, the FDA approved Opill, a progestin-only birth control pill, as the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the United States. President & CEO of […]
Press Release
Governor signs Illinois Reproductive Health Act
Today, Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed the Illinois Reproductive Health Act (RHA) into law. Dr. Erica Hinz, ob/gyn in Illinois and Fellow with Physicians for Reproductive Health, […]
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Three Ways To Defend Title X Right Now
Title X is under attack. The Trump Administration released a policy called the “gag rule,” that would force health care providers to knowingly withhold important information […]
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Story No. 489: Dr. Ben from Illinois
The week after our state’s Medicaid program began covering all abortions, I remember sitting with a patient—I’ll call her Annie—and explaining to her that she […]
PRH in the News
How South Carolina became a model for reproductive options
Dr. Dawn Bingham wrote in The State about how South Carolina paved the way for expanding contraceptive access through Medicaid.
