DEFENDING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN ALBANY

Bi-Partisan Pro-Choice Legislative Caucus Breakfast March 5, 2014 Family Planning Advocates NARAL Pro-Choice New York New York Civil Liberties Union

Agenda
Welcome and Introductions

Beyond New York: State restrictions on reproductive

health services Tough questions about abortion law reform Beyond WEA and RHA: The real hot-button issues in 2014 Discussion Conclusion

STATE RESTRICTIONS ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES

February 2014

Restrictions on Abortion Access

14 states prohibit the use of telemedicine to prescribe medication for abortion

35 states require that a women receive counseling before an abortion is performed 26 of those 35 states make women wait at least 24 hours between the counseling and the abortion procedure

Restrictions on Insurance Coverage of Abortion

8 states restrict coverage of abortion by all private insurance plans

19 states restrict coverage of abortion by insurance plans for public employees South Dakota allows Medicaid to fund abortions only in cases of life endangerment, in violation of the Hyde Amendment

Restrictions on Contraception Access

20 states allow certain employers and insurers to refuse to comply with the ACA contraception coverage mandate
Illinois allows both religious insurance companies and employers to refuse to provide contraception coverage 6 states explicitly allow pharmacists to refuse to dispense contraceptives

Restrictions on Emergency Contraception (EC) Access

9 states restrict access to emergency contraception

6 states allow pharmacists to refuse to dispense emergency contraception 3 states allow pharmacies to refuse to dispense emergency contraception

TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT ABORTION

LAW REFORM

Tough questions
Doesnt this expand abortion rights in New York?

Allowing people who arent doctors to provide abortion

will harm womens health.

Wont this force Catholic hospitals and Catholic providers

to perform abortions?
Our abortion law is working just fine here in New York.

We dont need to change it.

New York is already the abortion capital of the world. We

dont need to make it easier to get abortions here.

BEYOND WEA & RHA: THE REAL HOT-BUTTON ISSUES IN 2014

The real hot-button issues in 2014

Contraception advocacy

Minors access to treatment & confidentiality

Donor disclosures

DISCUSSION