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Pharmacists could soon be able to administer birth control without a doctor in New York New York State

Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury recently proposed a rule to eliminate a moral exemption to the Affordable Care Act contraceptive mandate and establish an individual contraceptive arrangement to permit people to get contraceptive services at no cost.

While Democrats and the far-right edge of the Republican Party remain focused on abortion, leaders in both chambers have not yet spent much time discussing the issue this session.

V wade, and a constitutional right to abortion, also, we should look at the constitutional rights to same-sex marriage, the constitutional right to marry couples, having access to contraception, or even the most basic personal freedom which is guaranteed under lawrence the texas for same-sex couples. how much did that play in folks and their understanding, that they came for abortion, and now they are going to come for other rights? >> well, jonathan, im not sure how much the average voter knew ...

Every 22 minutes, a baby is born to a teen in Texas. According to the Centers for Disease Control, Texas is in the top 10 states for teen pregnancy numbers. Pregnancy and birth are significant contributors to high school dropout rates. Only about 50% of teen mothers receive a high school diploma.

Contraception options are available through most health insurance plans and government-funded clinics.

Welfare of women in this state. >> president biden has vowed to protect women and girls access to abortion bills and contraception as well as their ability to cross state lines to seek an abortion if they want to. republican state lawmakers across the country are already working to pass even further restrictions. do you think what president biden is doing is enough or do you think he needs to do more? >> i think president biden should do what is within the per view of the executive. i believe we...

Constitutional protection to women regardless of the state they live in. state lines should not determine the quality of your citizenship in the united states. we know that in georgia a law has already been proposed that would expand the restrictions in the state. we know that brian kemp has already signaled his -- at least an ambiguity about how he feels about birth control and the laws that govern birth control access. it is very, very dangerous for women in georgia right now. we need new lead...

Caused abortion clinics to be standalone places, subject to the harassment techniques we just described in texas and in other states. were not registering that abortion is part of a womens health care. >> absolutely. in fact, most of the abortion providing clinics around the country all still provide a range of reproductive health services. birth control access, obviously, screening for sexually transmitted diseases, even general health care for women and sometimes for their families. in some co...

In the R-rated teen comedy Plan B, actress and Corpus Christi native Victoria Moroles (TV’s Teen Wolf) plays Lupe, a Latina high school student living...