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| The Urban Initiative -- a groundbreaking initiative to promote real policy solutions that improve reproductive health in cities and counties today -- recently hosted a series of Regional Summits held in Denver, Atlanta, Chicago, and Los Angeles. These Summits brought together advocates and policymakers from across the country to discuss common problems and share solutions to address the reproductive health challenges facing cities today. |
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Statement on Senate Health Care Reform Bill |
December 19, 2009
The National Institute for Reproductive Health opposes the so-called Nelson-Reid compromise on abortion coverage in the Senate bill and therefore withholds our support of the Senate bill. While we recognize the efforts of our pro-choice women senators to combat the onerous conditions upon which Stupak and Nelson have insisted, we are frankly horrified by the shameful process that has allowed two men to hold American women hostage.
Read full Statement here
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FDA Approves Single Dose Emergency Contraception |
| Plan B One-Step -- the latest innovation in emergency contraception -- was approved by the FDA
today, July 13, 2009. The National Institute issued a release hailing this simpler version of emergency contraception, which will be on pharmacy shelves by the end of the month. Read our full release.. |
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