Women Will Have Access to Birth Control Without Co-Pays Starting in August, Saving Up To $600 a Year Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012.  The U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act will have a “profound and concrete impact” on millions of people’s lives, Planned Parenthood said today.  Calling the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012.   We are pleased and relieved that the Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.  Today’s decision means that we can continue moving full speed ahead to implement and build upon the Affordable Care Act.  We have no illusion that the destination[Read More…]

NRDC: “House Appropriations Committee Has Decided to Take a Destructive Approach”   WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012 – The House Appropriations Committee today approved an irresponsible bill that would slash the Environmental Protection Agency budget by about 17 percent. The bill also includes numerous anti-environmental “riders” —provisions that prevent EPA and the Interior Department[Read More…]

NRDC: Keystone, coal ash disposal provisions excluded, but Senate makes damaging and unnecessary concessions to anti-environmental House Republicans  WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012 – The House and Senate today reached an agreement to pass the first transportation bill since 2005. Following is a statement from Natural Resources Defense Council Legislative Director Scott[Read More…]

Health Care Decision “Especially Welcome” for Women, Minorities New York – The U.S. Supreme Court decision today upheld the linchpin of the Affordable Care Act by ruling 5-4 that the government can tax individuals who choose not to buy health insurance. The principal opinion was written by Chief Justice John[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012.  Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill The National Organization for Women applauds the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This is an important victory, as now millions of women and their families can be ensured better health care and preventive services. It[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012.  Statement attributable to: Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD President, American Medical Association The American Medical Association has long supported health insurance coverage for all, and we are pleased that this decision means millions of Americans can look forward to the coverage they need to get healthy and stay healthy.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2012.  The Supreme Court ruled today that juveniles convicted of murder cannot be subject to a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Twenty nine states currently have such laws. The Court’s rulings in Miller v. Alabama and Jackson v. Hobbs build on a[Read More…]

Decision Condemned as Being on the “Wrong Side of History” Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2012.  The U.S. Supreme Court today upheld the most hotly disputed part of Arizona’s anti-immigrant law, S.B. 1070, which requires police to determine the immigration status of someone arrested or detained when there is “reasonable suspicion” a[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2012. The full text of the op-ed by President Barack Obama is printed below. The piece was published today in Newsweek. President Obama Reflects on the Impact of Title IX By President Obama Coaching my daughter Sasha’s basketball team is one of those times when I just[Read More…]