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Policy Action Center
Welcome to NFPRHA's policy action center. For nearly 40 years, NFPRHA has been at the forefront of the fight to ensure that family planning providers receive the support they need to deliver vital services to millions. NFPRHA constantly engages the White House and members of Congress on Capitol Hill in order to help them understand what family planning is, what it offers and why it deserves to be adequately funded. We invite you toﾠjoin in our efforts to boost resources for the TitleﾠX program, the nation's only dedicated funding stream for family planning programs. Be sure you visit the links on the left to stay abreast of what NFPRHA is working on and to take action.
NFPRHA is pleased to announce the
availability of its newest document, titled The Public
and Preventive Health Benefits of Family Planning, a compilation of
public health authorities, federal authorities and provider community support
for family planning and contraception as preventive health care.ﾠ As it is
intended to be a living document, NFPRHA staff will update it as needed to
capture the most relevant and useful information to make the case for family
planning as necessary, preventive health care.
Also, be sure to read our transition paper, Family Planning: An Essential, Cost Effective Part of Health Care Reform. It lays out the six policies that the president must implement in order to make a reality his commitment to providing all Americans with access to comprehensive family planning services and to the reduction of unintended pregnancies in the United States.
Provider Refusal Regulations
On March 10, 2009, President Obama proposed regulations that would rescind former President Bush's last-minute anti-family planning provider refusal regulations. A comment period was open for 30 days and closed April
9. HHS is currently reviewing those comments, as the law designates, and
hopefully soon the rule rescission will be enacted. NFPRHA was hard at work on
fighting these regulations since day one and even filed a lawsuit, which is
currently pending. With your help, though, we were successful in pressuring the
administration to eliminate this terrible Bush policy. Thanks to all of you who
commented and helped us push the Obama administration and who continue to work
with us on fighting limits on reproductive freedom.
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