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Proposed HHS Regulations
On March 10, 2009, President Obama proposed regulations that would rescind former President Bush's last-minute anti-family planning provider refusal regulations. Hundreds of thousands of comments were reportedly submitted during the 30 day comment period which closed April 9. HHS is currently reviewing those comments, as the law designates, and hopefully soon the rule rescission will be enacted. Until a final rule is issued, the provider refusal regulation remains in effect. 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.
Your Resource for Coverage and Updates on the Bush-issued HHS Anti-family Planning Regulations and Mr. Obama's proposed rescission.
Click to read the new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which rescinds the anti-contraception rules.
Click here to read the final Bush regulations.
Read NFPRHA's Statement on the rescission.
Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), issued a statement Feb. 27, applauding the move to rescind.
NFPRHA has been quoted in various publications since this story broke on July 15. Click on the links below for those quoted stories and others in the national media
Articles Quoting NFPRHA
Politico - 12.16.2008
CQ Health Beat - 8.7.2008
CQ Health Beat - 7.18.2008
The New York Times - 7.15.2008
Other National Coverage
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Article, 1.3.2009
The St. Petersburg Times - Editorial, 12.30.2008
The Hartford Courant - Editorial, 12.26.2008
The New York Times - Editorial, 12.25.2008
STLToday.com - Editorial, 12.23.2008
The Spokesman-Review - Editorial, 12.23.2008
The Washington Post - Article, 12.19.2008
The Los Angeles Times - Article, 12.19.2008
The Baltimore Sun - Article, 12.19.2008
The New York Times - Article, 12.18.2008
CNNhealth.com - Article, 12.18.2008
Reuters - Article, 12.18.2008
The Hill - Article, 12.18.2008
The Associated Press - Article, 12.18.2008
U.S. News & World Report - Article, 12.18.2008
ProPublica- Article, 12.18.2008
Philadelphia Daily News - Article, 12.18.2008
The Huffington Post
The Hill - Article, 8.21.2008
Reuters - Article, 8.21.2008
The Wall Street Journal - Article, 8.22.2008
The Washington Post - Article, 8.22.2008
The Florida Herald Tribune - Editorial, 8.24.2008
The Washington Examiner - Commentary, 8.25.2008
The Seattle Times - Editorial, 8.25.2008
The Hartford Courant - Commentary, 8.17.2008
The Oregonian - Editorial, 8.12.2008
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Editorial, 8.10.2008
The Houston Chronicle - Editorial, 8.10.2008
The Washington Post -
Article, 8.9.2008
Associated Press - Article, 8.8.2008
The Hartford Courant - Editorial, 8.8.2008
Reuters - Article, 8.7.2008
Associated Press - Article, 8.7.2008
Reuters - Article, 8.7.2008
Minnesota Star Tribune - Editorial, 8.2.2008
Wall Street Journal - Article, 7.31.2008
The Montgomery Adviser - Commentary, 7.31.2008
San Jose Mercury News - Editorial, 7.30.2008
The Asbury Park Press - Column, 7.30.2008
The Eugene Register Guard - Editorial, 7.28.2008
Desert Dispatch - Op-ed, 7.27.2008
Waco Tribune Herald - Opinion Column, 7.24.2008
The Oregonian - Article, 7.24.2008
Las Cruces Sun News - Editorial, 7.24.2008
Seattle Times - Editorial, 7.23.2008
U.S. News & World Report - Article, 7.22.2008
Reuters - Article, 7.18.2008
Associated Press - Article, 7.16.2008
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Editorial, 7.16.2008
Reuters - Article, 7.15.2008
Much of this story's attention should be credited with the blogosphere, which has been buzzing about this since the beginning. Select Blog postings are below.
Blog Coverage
FedLine - 12.18.2008
Pelican Project Pro-Life - 12.18.2008
OMB Watch - 12.18.2008
RH Reality Check - Regularly Update Archive of HHS Regulations Coverage
Dept. of Health and Human Services Blog - 8.11.2008
Science Blogs - 8.11.2008
Dept. of Health and Human Services Blog - 8.7.2008
Wall Street Journal - Front Lines - 7.31.2008
The Huffington Post - 7.24.2008
US News & World Report - On Women - 7.23.2008
L.A. Times - Countdown to Crawford - 7.18.2008
Family PlanIt - 7.23.2008
L.A. Times - Countdown to Crawford - 7.16.2008
Tapped - 7.16.2008
Jezebel - 7.16.2008
The Huffington Post - 7.15.2008
Feministing - 7.15.2008
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