WI CAN News Digest
December 1, 2020 - February 4, 2020
National
A fragmented system: ensuring comprehensive contraceptive coverage in all U.S. health insurance plans
To fully realize the principle of comprehensive insurance coverage of contraceptives—and to ensure that it remains in place in the future—the Biden administration must work with its allies in Congress to develop and enact a federal law that guarantees the highest quality of contraceptive coverage for everyone in the United States, regardless of who they are, where they live, or how they get their health insurance. 2.2.21
Emergency contraception is having its moment
A recent study found that Liletta—a hormonal intrauterine device—can also be a very effective form of emergency contraception. A person can have the hormonal IUD placed within five days of unprotected sex for the purpose of emergency contraception, and they can continue to use it as an ongoing method of contraception for up to seven years. These novel findings provide people with another option for emergency contraception—one that could potentially better meet their needs in the long term. 2.1.21
Biden starts rolling back Trump anti-abortion rules
Biden signed a memorandum directing the Department of Health and Human Services to review and consider scrapping the Trump administration’s rule that overhauled the Title X federal family planning program, stripping tens of millions of dollars in grants from Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. Hundreds of providers have left the Title X program over the past few years, leaving big gaps in care. A senior administration official reported that there is no specific timeline for a decision on Title X. The White House cited legal constraints for not rescinding the Trump rule immediately. 1.28.21
Trump religious, moral opt-outs to contraceptive coverage ok’d
Trump administration rules giving employers with religious or moral objections the right to opt out of an ACA requirement that employee health plans pay for contraceptives have been allowed to go into effect. 1.19.21
Medicaid work requirements at the U.S. Supreme Court: a potentially devastating blow to health coverage for millions
In spring 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a case on the legality of imposing work requirements in the Medicaid program, impacting access to reproductive health services including family planning. 1.8.21
The most important step Biden can take to secure reproductive rights
President Biden can commit to combatting disinformation campaigns that have targeted reproductive and sexual health, rights, and justice issues. 1.6.21
Texas gives Medicaid recipients using Planned Parenthood until Feb. 3 to find new health care provider
Thousands of low-income Medicaid recipients who rely on Planned Parenthood for non-abortion services like cancer screenings and birth control will have until Feb. 3 to find new health care providers, according to a letter sent from the state’s Health and Human Services Commission to Planned Parenthood. 1.5.21
Current status of the Title X network and the path forward
Biden campaigned on restoring the Title X family planning program that has been diminished under the Trump Administration. The Biden Administration will likely take executive action to reverse the Trump Administration regulations and restore access to Title X funded services to parts of the country that have lost federal support as a result of the regulations. 12.21.20
The first 100 days: Biden-Harris administration must use electoral mandate to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights
There are several steps that the Biden-Harris Administration can take in its first months in office to support sexual and reproductive health and rights. They include reversing Title X “domestic gag rule” and the “public charge” rule for immigrants, as well as halting harmful regulations like the expansion of religious and moral exemptions from the federal contraceptive coverage requirement, the sweeping “refusal of care” rule, and the exclusion of DACA recipients from the ACA. 12.2.20
News Archive
7.18.20-9.23.20
6.5.20-7.17.20
4.1.20-6.4.20
2.15.20-3.30.20
1.15.20-2.14.20
12.15.19-1.14.20
11.15.19-12.14.19
10.15.19-11.14.19
9.15.19-10.14.19
8.15.19-9.14.19
7.15.19-8.14.19
6.15.19-7.15.19
5.13.19-6.14.19
National
A fragmented system: ensuring comprehensive contraceptive coverage in all U.S. health insurance plans
To fully realize the principle of comprehensive insurance coverage of contraceptives—and to ensure that it remains in place in the future—the Biden administration must work with its allies in Congress to develop and enact a federal law that guarantees the highest quality of contraceptive coverage for everyone in the United States, regardless of who they are, where they live, or how they get their health insurance. 2.2.21
Emergency contraception is having its moment
A recent study found that Liletta—a hormonal intrauterine device—can also be a very effective form of emergency contraception. A person can have the hormonal IUD placed within five days of unprotected sex for the purpose of emergency contraception, and they can continue to use it as an ongoing method of contraception for up to seven years. These novel findings provide people with another option for emergency contraception—one that could potentially better meet their needs in the long term. 2.1.21
Biden starts rolling back Trump anti-abortion rules
Biden signed a memorandum directing the Department of Health and Human Services to review and consider scrapping the Trump administration’s rule that overhauled the Title X federal family planning program, stripping tens of millions of dollars in grants from Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. Hundreds of providers have left the Title X program over the past few years, leaving big gaps in care. A senior administration official reported that there is no specific timeline for a decision on Title X. The White House cited legal constraints for not rescinding the Trump rule immediately. 1.28.21
Trump religious, moral opt-outs to contraceptive coverage ok’d
Trump administration rules giving employers with religious or moral objections the right to opt out of an ACA requirement that employee health plans pay for contraceptives have been allowed to go into effect. 1.19.21
Medicaid work requirements at the U.S. Supreme Court: a potentially devastating blow to health coverage for millions
In spring 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a case on the legality of imposing work requirements in the Medicaid program, impacting access to reproductive health services including family planning. 1.8.21
The most important step Biden can take to secure reproductive rights
President Biden can commit to combatting disinformation campaigns that have targeted reproductive and sexual health, rights, and justice issues. 1.6.21
Texas gives Medicaid recipients using Planned Parenthood until Feb. 3 to find new health care provider
Thousands of low-income Medicaid recipients who rely on Planned Parenthood for non-abortion services like cancer screenings and birth control will have until Feb. 3 to find new health care providers, according to a letter sent from the state’s Health and Human Services Commission to Planned Parenthood. 1.5.21
Current status of the Title X network and the path forward
Biden campaigned on restoring the Title X family planning program that has been diminished under the Trump Administration. The Biden Administration will likely take executive action to reverse the Trump Administration regulations and restore access to Title X funded services to parts of the country that have lost federal support as a result of the regulations. 12.21.20
The first 100 days: Biden-Harris administration must use electoral mandate to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights
There are several steps that the Biden-Harris Administration can take in its first months in office to support sexual and reproductive health and rights. They include reversing Title X “domestic gag rule” and the “public charge” rule for immigrants, as well as halting harmful regulations like the expansion of religious and moral exemptions from the federal contraceptive coverage requirement, the sweeping “refusal of care” rule, and the exclusion of DACA recipients from the ACA. 12.2.20
News Archive
7.18.20-9.23.20
6.5.20-7.17.20
4.1.20-6.4.20
2.15.20-3.30.20
1.15.20-2.14.20
12.15.19-1.14.20
11.15.19-12.14.19
10.15.19-11.14.19
9.15.19-10.14.19
8.15.19-9.14.19
7.15.19-8.14.19
6.15.19-7.15.19
5.13.19-6.14.19
