Emily Crockett

Federal Policy Reporter, RH Reality Check

Emily Crockett is a former reporter for Rewire and reporter and associate editor at Generation Progress, and her work has been published at The Nation, In These Times, DCist, The Intentional, and AlterNet. She hails from Texas, is also a professional opera singer and playwright, and tweets at @emilycrockett.

Navy Triples Maternity Leave to 18 Weeks for Sailors, Marines

Emily Crockett

The policy change will make the Navy and Marine Corps the first military services to provide more than six weeks of paid maternity leave.

Marriage Equality Could Be Health-Care Access Boon for LGBTQ Couples

Emily Crockett

Gay couples are less likely to have employer-sponsored health insurance than married heterosexual couples, but that may be about to change.

What the ‘Abortion Drone’ Will (And Won’t) Mean for Reproductive Rights (Updated)

Emily Crockett

The Poland "abortion drone" is causing a splash in the media and excited buzz in the reproductive rights community, but it has also become a source of misinformation and anxiety.

Eleanor Holmes Norton Dares House GOP to Overturn New D.C. Law: ‘Go Ahead’

Emily Crockett

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) may not be allowed to vote in the House, but she is still threatening to make life difficult for House Republicans if they keep trying to overturn D.C.’s new Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act.

Senate GOP Wants to Gut Family Planning, Teen Pregnancy Prevention

Emily Crockett

Senate Republicans released a funding proposal on Tuesday that would significantly cut funding for women’s health, including Title X low-income family planning and a key evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention program.

Report: Paid Leave for Dads Improves Family Life

Emily Crockett

A report released during the week of Father's Day finds that public policy and research often ignore men’s role in caregiving, and that paid parental leave is key to increasing gender equality worldwide.

House GOP Keeps Trying to Overturn D.C.’s Reproductive Health Anti-Discrimination Law

Emily Crockett

House Republicans moved forward Wednesday with another attempt to overturn the District of Columbia’s Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act (RHNDA), this time using the budget process.

Military Sexual Assault Reform Blocked Again in Senate

Emily Crockett

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s quest for military justice reform faced another setback on Tuesday, when the Senate blocked a vote to include the Military Justice Improvement Act as an amendment to the 2016 defense spending bill.

House GOP Tries to Eliminate Public Funding for Family Planning

Emily Crockett

The impact on the nearly 4.6 million people who depend on Title X for their health-care needs would be “devastating."

Report: Obamacare Should Cover Vasectomies, Condoms

Emily Crockett

“The exclusion of methods used by men simply makes no sense and benefits no one—not men, not women, not families, not health plans,” Adam Sonfield, author of a new analysis for the Guttmacher Institute on “male” contraceptive methods, said in a statement.

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