Governor Jay Inslee on Climate Change

Inslee’s campaign is releasing a climate change plan in pieces, with the most recent piece being released on June 24, 2019. The plan explains the importance of addressing climate change: “Cutting climate pollution in half by 2030 and achieving net-zero pollution by mid-century is a crucial necessity to avoid crippling the U.S. economy and the planet …

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Mayor Bill De Blasio on Religious Exemptions for Healthcare

On June 24, 2019, De Blasio spoke at a Planned Parenthood Presidential Forum. During the event he spoke about the necessity to remove the “Conscience Care rule” which would allow healthcare providers to opt out of providing services, ranging from performing abortions to filling prescriptions that violate their moral or religious beliefs. “[We need to] …

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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on Reproductive Rights and the Hyde Amendment

Gillibrand spoke about reproductive rights at a June 22, 2019 Planned Parenthood Action Fund forum, sharing her concerns about lawmakers making decisions about women’s health without them present. “Women are desperate and we deserve constitutional protections… It’s why I’ll make sure poor, marginalized and black women have the same reproductive freedoms as any person. It’s why …

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Senator Amy Klobuchar on the Global Gag Rule

During a June 22, 2019 Planned Parenthood Action Fund forum, Klobuchar spoke on the Global Gag Rule, which bans federal funding for non-governmental organizations that provide abortion counseling or referrals, advocate to decriminalize abortion, or expand abortion services, saying: “The global gag rule is just as bad as the [domestic gag rule] because the US …

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Report: Vaccine exemption rate at some Oklahoma schools tops 20%

Almost 1,200 kindergartners in Oklahoma declined one or more mandated immunizations during the 2017-18 school year with exemption rates at some schools surpassing 20%, according to a state Health Department survey. Figures obtained by the Tulsa World from the state Department of Health indicates around 90% of kindergartners have gotten their up-to-date vaccinations, although inoculation …

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ACA Litigation Round-Up: Contraceptive Coverage Mandate

Litigation continues over the Trump administration’s rules on religious and moral objections to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) contraceptive mandate. The final rules were set to go into effect in January 2019 until they were enjoined by federal district court judges in California and Pennsylvania. These lawsuits are continuing at both the district court and …

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