Women’s Health on the Ballot October 15, 2020 Issue Brief Voters in three states will decide on four ballot measures in November that could play a significant role in shaping policies and programs that impact women’s health, including abortion, sex education, and paid leave. This brief examines the initiatives and their potential effects.
How Publicly-Funded Family Planning Providers are Adapting in the COVID-19 Pandemic May 5, 2020 Issue Brief This issue brief describes how publicly-funded family planning providers are adapting in the COVID-19 pandemic and strategies they have implemented to continue providing quality family planning services while in-person visits are limited.
A New Analysis Takes a Closer Look at Online Contraception Platforms Amid the Pandemic May 18, 2021 News Release Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, hormonal contraception became more accessible to many outside of traditional clinical settings through websites or apps that offer contraception via telehealth. To better understand this emerging method of contraceptive access, a new KFF analysis provides a deeper look at telecontraception platforms, offering insights into…
New Brief Explains Key Elements of the Biden Administration’s Proposed Title X Regulations May 5, 2021 News Release On April 15th, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published proposed regulations for the Title X federal family planning program to replace the Trump Administration’s rules, which prohibited abortion referrals and co-located abortion services. The Biden Administration proposes to largely re-instate the Title X regulations that were in…
Key Elements of the Biden Administration’s Proposed Title X Regulation May 5, 2021 Issue Brief This brief explains key elements of the Biden Administration’s proposed regulations for the Title X federal family planning program that would replace the Trump Administration’s rules, which prohibited abortion referrals and co-located abortion services.
Web Briefing: The Sexual and Reproductive Health Landscape in the US: Current Trends and the Impact of the Pandemic April 21, 2021 Event At 12:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, April 21, KFF will hold a web briefing to highlight key findings on sexual and reproductive health from KFF’s national Women’s Health Survey. The presentation will be followed by a discussion with leaders in sexual and reproductive care about what those findings mean for policy and practice, how the pandemic has begun to reshape the provision of sexual and reproductive health care, and implications for the future of the family planning safety net and the people who rely on it.
Percent of Title X Clinics that are Planned Parenthood Clinics and/or Provide Abortions July 12, 2019 Issue Brief This map presents the share of Title X clinics that are Planned Parenthood clinics and/or provide abortions (as of 05/2019) and would no longer qualify for funding unless they separate from Planned Parenthood Federation of America or physically separate their abortion services from their family planning care.
Final Title X Regulation Changes, Implications and What’s Ahead March 8, 2019 News Release On Monday, March 4, 2019, the Trump Administration published final regulations for the federal Title X family planning program that could dramatically reshape the safety-net program. Some of the major changes in the new regulations focus on disqualifying providers who offer abortion services from the Title X program and banning…
New Title X Regulations: Implications for Women and Family Planning Providers March 8, 2019 Issue Brief This brief reviews the Trump Administration’s new final Title X family planning regulations, compares them to the current program rules and discusses the implications of these changes for low-income women seeking family planning services and the providers that have been serving them with Title X support
Ask KFF: Alina Salganicoff Answers 3 Questions on Final Title X Regulations for Family Planning Clinics February 27, 2019 Issue Brief In light of the new final rule regarding use of Title X federal funds for family planning clinics, Alina Salganicoff, Vice President and Director of Women’s Health Policy at KFF, answers three questions about their impact on women and the clinics that treat them.