Who Controls Your Health Care Decisions?

Next month, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case about a woman’s right to affordable contraception.  The owners of Hobby Lobby, a nationwide chain of arts and crafts stores, are challenging the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirement that insurance plans cover contraception without co-pays. Read our blog post on Bosses in the Bedroom if you want to learn more.
  
But it’s not just our right to contraception that’s on trial right now.  You see, this case is just the latest battle over who controls women’s health care…women…or overreaching lawmakers, meddling employers, and religious extremists. With your help, the Network will make sure the facts are heard in that courtroom, not just right-wing deceptions, ignorance, and misogyny.
 
Please help us protect the comprehensive health care every woman needs and deserves by making a generous, tax-deductible contribution to the Network today.  Join thousands of other Network supporters in being the boss of your health care decisions!

 

Women lead the way

Women were 54 percent of the people who enrolled in private health insurance plans through the new marketplaces by the end of 2013. That's more than 1.1 million women with new health insurance.  And it’s a confirmation of the success of the work we've done through our Raising Women’s Voices for the Health Care We Need initiative!  Learn more about how to help women get covered here.

Securing Sexual & Reproductive Health and Autonomy

To ensure that every woman can make her own decisions about her reproductive and sexual health, the NWHN advocates for comprehensive, accessible contraceptive and abortion care, accurate information about sexuality and reproduction, and tools women can use to protect against HIV and sexually transmitted infections. We promote access to safe and effective reproductive health products and services, with complete information and without ideological restrictions.

Read more about this campaign including current priorities and recent examples of our work.

Raising Women's Voices for the Health Care We Need

The NWHN aspires to a health care system that is guided by social justice, in which all women have access to excellent health care that meets our diverse needs.  Through the Raising Women's Voices for the Health Care We Need campaign, we are making sure women’s voices are heard and women’s concerns are addressed in health reform, and we are making the promise of health reform a reality for women.
 
Read more about this campaign including current priorities and examples of our recent work.

Challenging Dangerous    
Drugs and Devices

Women face health risks from unsafe drugs, medical devices and medical treatments and because of unnecessary use of products and treatments that may be safe when used appropriately.  The NWHN challenges dangerous drugs and devices, works to ensure that women have complete and accurate information about products and services marketed to them, and strengthens public protections against such threats.

Read more about this campaign including current priorities and recent examples of our work.