Day: August 30, 2014

Federal Court Protects Texas Women from Further Loss of Abortion Access

HB2 provision requiring unnecessary, multimillion-dollar renovations of abortion clinics ruled unconstitutional, would have shuttered all but a few abortion clinics in the state September 1 Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 30, 2014. Following a trial earlier this month, a federal district court judge yesterday struck down two components of an anti-abortion Texas omnibus[Read More…]

UN Committee Calls on United States to Immediately Address Racial Discrimination in Health Care

Recommendations from Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) call for immediate action to address inequity in health care coverage, sky-high maternal mortality rates NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—August 29, 2014. The United States has failed to make sufficient progress in addressing racial and gender disparities in access to health care, according[Read More…]

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