Press Releases: NIRH Archives - National Institute for Reproductive Health

NIRH Applauds Introduction of EACH Woman Act Repealing Discriminatory Hyde Amendment

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March 12, 2019
Contact: Noah Gardy, ngardy@skdknick.com, 201-218-6310
EACH Woman Act would end the federal prohibition on insurance coverage for abortion services
NIRH laid groundwork through efforts in 18 localities nationwide to adopt resolutions calling for repeal of the Hyde Amendment at the local level
Washington, DC – Andrea Miller, President of the National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH), released […]

March 13, 2019Press Releases: NIRH|

NIRH’s Applauds Failure of Senate’s Deceitful Anti-Abortion Bill

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February 25, 2019
Contact: Noah Gardy, ngardy@skdknick.com, 201-218-6310

Washington, DC– Following the failure today of Senate Republican’s extreme and deceitful anti-abortion legislation, Andrea Miller, President of the National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH), released the following statement applauding the bill’s defeat by a vote of 53 to 44 and denouncing the legislature’s effort to control women’s bodies, […]

February 25, 2019Press Releases: NIRH|

NIRH Denounces Release Of Trump’s Discriminatory Gag Rule

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February 25, 2019
Contact: Noah Gardy, ngardy@skdknick.com, 201-218-6310

Washington, DC– Today, the Trump-Pence administration released a final gag rule to undermine Title X, a federal program that provides significant and vital family planning services, often in underserved communities. The rule will force medical providers participating in Title X to withhold accurate and critical information from their patients about abortion care, […]

February 22, 2019Press Releases: NIRH|

High Maternal Mortality Rates in New York Demand Increased Investment from State

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February 11, 2019
Contact: Liza Dee, ldee@skdknick.com
Statement from Andrea Miller, president of the National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH)
New York – The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) District II today called for renewed action in combatting the maternal mortality rate, asking New York State to create a maternal mortality review board to […]

February 11, 2019Press Releases: NIRH|

Connecticut Lawmakers Consider Bill to Fight Back Against Fake Abortion Clinics

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February 11, 2019
Contact: Liza Dee, ldee@skdknick.com
National Institute for Reproductive Health and NARAL Pro-Choice CT Call on State Lawmakers to Pass House Bill 7070, Ensuring Access to Comprehensive Reproductive Health Care
New York – The Connecticut state legislature today held hearings on a bill to prevent fake women’s health centers – also known as “crisis […]

February 11, 2019Press Releases: NIRH|

NIRH Denounces Trump’s Extreme & Dishonest Anti-Woman And Anti-Abortion Remarks In State Of The Union

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February 5, 2019
Contact: Noah Gardy, ngardy@skdknick.com, 201-218-6310

NEW YORK – In response to extreme, inflammatory, and willfully misleading rhetoric against state-level efforts to protect abortion rights and access in the State of the Union address this evening, Andrea Miller, President of the National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH), released the following statement. Miller voiced her unwavering support […]

February 6, 2019Press Releases: NIRH|

NIRH Hails St. Louis Resolution Calling For Repeal Of Discriminatory Hyde Amendment

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February 1, 2019
Contact: Noah Gardy, ngardy@skdknick.com, 201-218-6310
By a vote of 20-1, St. Louis Board of Aldermen Vote Call on Missouri and the Federal Government to Allow Abortion Care Coverage in Public & Private Insurance
ST LOUIS, MO – Andrea Miller, President of the National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH), released the following statement today praising the St […]

February 1, 2019Press Releases: NIRH|

New Report Finds 27 States and D.C. Enacted a Record 100 Laws to Protect and Expand Reproductive Freedom in 2018 — More than in Each of the Previous Four Years

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January 2, 2019
Contact: Marisa Rodriguez, mrodriguez@skdknick.com, 956-607-9952
National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH) highlights advances for reproductive health and rights in 2018; offers policy recommendations for 2019
NIRH announces strategy and partnership with advocates in key states to pass legislation and advance policies to make abortion more accessible
New York – As the Trump-Pence administration and many anti-abortion […]

January 2, 2019Press Releases: NIRH|

NIRH Applauds Governor Cuomo for Commitment to Quick Passage of the Reproductive Health Act

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December 17, 2018
Contact: Marisa Rodriguez, mrodriguez@skdknick.com, 646-930-1243

NEW YORK, NY – Andrea Miller, President of the National Institute for Reproductive Health (NIRH), released the following statement today applauding Governor Cuomo’s commitment, made during his first 100 days address, to quickly passing the Reproductive Health Act once the new legislative session begins.

“Today, Governor Cuomo recommitted to passing the […]

December 17, 2018Press Releases: NIRH|

NIRH & NIRH Action Fund Launch Statewide Campaign Raising Awareness And Calling For Swift Passage Of The Reproductive Health Act

December 12, 2018
Contact: Stephanie Reichin
E: SReichin@SKDKnick.com
C: 617.549.3745
Half-a-million-dollar investment to blanket New York to urge Albany to enshrine reproductive rights into state law and showcase the widespread public support including in Hudson Valley and Long Island
New York – In the wake of the unprecedented victories for pro-choice candidates in New York State’s 2018 elections, the National Institute for Reproductive […]

December 12, 2018Press Releases: NIRH|