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Refusals of Care & Discrimination

A health care provider’s personal beliefs should never dictate health care – a patient’s health must always come first.

Discrimination in Health Care

For decades, insurance companies discriminated against women. They charged women more or denied coverage altogether. They didn’t cover women’s health services. The health care law stopped this discrimination. We must ensure the law’s promise is fulfilled.

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NWLC Files EMTALA Complaint on Behalf of Mylissa Farmer

NWLC Submits Comment on Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities (Section 1557)

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NWLC Joins California Supreme Court Amicus Brief Defending State’s Anti-Discrimination Protections for LGBTQ Long-Term Care Facility Residents

BREAKING: Biden Administration Moves to Restore Anti-Discrimination Protections in Health Care

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Advocates, Lawmakers, and Directly-Impacted New Yorkers Hold Press Conference at State Capitol Urging Lawmakers to Pass Hospital Transparency Bill

Businesses and Corporate Leaders: Take Action in Support of Abortion

States Take Action To Stop Discrimination Based On Reproductive Health Care Decisions

Statement from Women’s Rights and Repro Groups on Texas Trans Youth

Refusals to Provide Health Care Threaten the Health and Lives of Patients Nationwide

National Women’s Law Center Litigation Highlights – 2021

Forced Sterilization Report

Forced Sterilization of Disabled People in the United States

NWLC Responds to Supreme Court Ruling Limiting Enforcement of Civil Rights in Philadelphia Social Services

The Biden-Harris Administration’s First Action on Reproductive Health Care Is a Win, But They Must Do So Much More to Expand Access to Abortion and Birth Control.

100 Days 100 Wins

100 Wins, 100 Days: Decisive Actions to Advance Gender Justice

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National Women’s Law Center Litigation Highlights

The Trump Administration Weaponized the Weldon Amendment: It’s Time for it to Go

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NWLC and Partners Challenge Trump Administration Attack on Health Care Rights Law

Amicus Briefs Filed Against Trump Rules Allowing Employers and Universities to Take Away Birth Control Coverage

SCOTUS to Hear Case That Threatens Access to Birth Control, Says NWLC

Federal Court Allows Challenge to Proceed Against Trump Administration and University of Notre Dame’s Back-Room Birth Control Agreement

National Women’s Law Center Litigation Highlights – 2019

We Won Our Lawsuit: Another Loss for the Trump-Pence Administration, Another Victory for Patients’ Rights and the Rule of Law

Victory: Court Strikes Down Trump Administration’s Discriminatory Refusal of Care Rule

Trump’s Refusal of Care Rule: We Took Him to Court, Here’s What You Need to Know