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Missouri law says that “life begins at conception.” But conception is not defined, and it is unclear if conception includes embryos create through in vitro fertilization.

Date: April 14, 2021 Contact: Colin Seeberger Washington, D.C. — Today, the Biden administration published a proposed rule to eliminate the domestic gag rule on Title X providers put in place under the previous administration. If finalized, the rule would begin to pave the way for evidence-based family planning providers such as Planned Parenthood and independent family planning providers to rejoin the nation’s only domestic family planning program. Jamille Fields Allsbrook, director of Wo...

Posted January 28th, 2021 for American Progress Washington, D.C. — Today, President Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders to expand access to health care coverage, including reopening enrollment through the Affordable Care Act marketplace by triggering a COVID-19 special enrollment period (SEP) and rolling back Trump-era policies designed to inhibit access to Medicaid. Maura Calsyn , interim vice president of Health Policy at the Center for American Progress, released th...

I am eight months pregnant during the current height of our country’s coronavirus pandemic. It’s extremely unlikely that it would be possible to get a COVID-19 vaccine before I can see my toes again, but even if I could, I’m not sure I’d want it. Though both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines have technically been approved for anyone over 16 and 18, respectively, neither were tested in pregnant or breastfeeding people. With no data available, and no recommendations from the U.S. F...