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Learn how Lift is pursuing legal remedies to secure access, availability, and viability of reproductive healthcare services
On August 14, 2019, DHS published a final rule making sweeping changes to the "public charge" test. Several organizations and states have filed lawsuits to challenge this harmful rule. The proposed rule represents a radical change in current policy that is antithetical to our values and would have a harmful impact on individuals, families, and our communities.
WASHINGTON, July 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) launched the Abortion Rights Project to respond to the unprecedented assault on abortion rights in this country. A major focus of the initiative will be supporting state and local groups working on the frontlines of the fight to protect the right to abortion and expand abortion access.
WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?
In March, the Trump-Pence Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a new rule that would make clinics ineligible to receive Title X funds if they provide abortions or referrals for them. The rule clearly targeted Planned Parenthood, but also has serious consequences for many patients and providers receiving Title X Family Planning Funds. The rule makes it illegal for health care providers in the Title X program to refer patients for abortion.
