VA: Reproductive Health
Advocates Laud Virginia-Style Maternal Health Care in Biden Plan
RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia has led the nation in expanding health care for pregnant women and children, and now health advocates there are urging the …
Report: Limiting Abortion Access Costs Nation Billions
RICHMOND, Va. -- Curbing access to reproductive health-care services, including abortion, can have disastrous effects on economic well-being…
Birth Workers Call for Expanded Coverage of Pregnant Women, Doulas
[STORY UPDATED 7/09/19] RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia's Medicaid agency has launched a new outreach program to help lower the maternal mortality …
Pre-Existing Conditions, Preserving ACA Important to VA Voters
RICHMOND, Va. – As midterm elections approach, health care is proving to be a major issue on voters' minds, in Virginia and around the country &…
Nurses: Breastfeeding is Gold Standard of Nutrition
RICHMOND, Va. – The Trump administration caused a recent uproar when it tried to shut down a global resolution to encourage breastfeeding…
Women's Healthcare Providers Challenge VA Abortion Laws
RICHMOND, Va. – Using the U.S. Supreme Court's 2016 landmark court ruling in support of abortion rights, a group of women's healthcare …
Gov. Northam Marks Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
RICHMOND, Va. — Gov. Ralph Northam continues his longtime support for women's reproductive rights, by rallying alongside women at the State …