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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Abortion Group To Pump Millions Into Winning Back House: We Were 'Built For This Moment'
A pro-abortion rights group on Thursday announced a $5 million investment in 19 states to flip the House聽to Democratic control in November.聽鈥淣ARAL was built for this moment. Never before have our rights and freedoms been under greater attack, and never before have we had greater opportunity to fight back and win,鈥 said NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue.聽(Hellmann, 5/24)
惭别补苍飞丑颈濒别听鈥
Planned Parenthood and a national group representing family planning clinics say they will consider suing the Trump administration if it moves forward with a proposal that would reshape a federal grant program. "We will absolutely consider all of our options and that does include litigation,"聽said Dr. Gillian Dean, senior director of medical services at Planned Parenthood Federation of America. (Hellmann, 5/24)
Kaiser Health News: Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 Campaign Promises Kept, Plus 鈥楴erd Reports鈥
President Donald Trump managed to fulfill 鈥 at least in part 鈥 two separate campaign promises this week. To the delight of anti-abortion groups, the administration issued proposed rules that would make it difficult if not impossible for Planned Parenthood to continue to participate in Title X, the federal family-planning program. And Congress cleared for Trump鈥檚 signature a 鈥渞ight-to-try鈥 bill aimed at making it easier for patients with terminal illnesses to obtain experimental medications. (5/24)