Buttigieg’s plan covers a range of issues facing disabled people. But unlike other platforms released to date, his plan also includes the rights of parents with disabilities.
As the plaintiffs explain in their complaint, the "abortion reversal" law demands that physicians provide state-mandated ideology that is at odds with universally recognized standards of medical care.
In order to achieve gender equality, we need to eliminate practices that deny women and other people who can get pregnant their rights over their bodies. Not one dollar of Gates’ investment will address this critical issue.
Washington lawmakers have enacted some of the country’s most progressive policies to protect reproductive health care. But these measures have run up against the state’s high concentration of religious facilities.
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Hashim Mooppan argued at Monday's hearing that referrals for abortion are permitted under Trump's Title X rule if medically necessary. The purpose of the law, Mooppan said, is to ensure that abortion does not become a method of family planning.
The court could rule in the administration’s favor based on a 1991 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld nearly identical changes to the Title X program.