HHS – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

16 Mar

VG Senator Warner, Colleagues Demand HHS Immediately Release Title X Funding

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Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined 38 colleagues in sending a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., demanding that HHS take immediate action to protect Americans’ uninterrupted access to comprehensive family planning and services by awarding a one-year full funding extension for all current Title X grantees.

06 Feb

HHS scrubs reproductive and maternal health information, HIPAA guidelines from webpages

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Shortly after President Trump’s inauguration, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began removing critical information from its various webpages. On January 21, NPR reported that HHS had deleted from its website any mention of abortion related to Biden-era policies protecting abortion and other reproductive health care services. Any remaining references to abortion cite policies from the first Trump administration or contain broken links.

09 May

‘Dismantling one of the strongest tools we have’: Conservatives fret HHS cuts

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The Trump administration’s decision to gut reproductive health research is alarming some conservatives, who worry it undercuts the president’s pro-family agenda.

29 Apr

HHS Amends HIPAA To Further Protect Privacy of Reproductive Health Care Informatio

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Changes to the privacy rule are likely to put regulated entities at odds with courts and law enforcement The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this week released final amendments to the HIPAA Privacy Rule to further protect the privacy of protected health information (PHI) related to reproductive health care. The amendments will provide patients, health care providers, and others with greater protections from PHI being used and disclosed to conduct investigations or impose liability on those seeking, obtaining, providing, or facilitating reproductive health care.

25 Aug

HHS Awards $23 Million to Support Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs

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"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office of Population Affairs (OPA), is announcing approximately $23 million in funding to foster innovation, provide new research, and expand the evidence to support and advance equity in the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) program. The TPP program is a national, competitive program that provides funding to replicate and scale evidence-based programs and develop and evaluate new and innovative approaches to prevent unintentional teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among adolescents, promote positive youth development, and advance equity in adolescent health. 'Our TPP program provides new research on innovative…