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Emergency Contraception Access for All

Fresh Updates from RAC » Women’s Rights   |   Jun 11, 2013 12:00 AM
Yesterday, the Obama Administration issued an announcement that Plan B will now be made available over-the-counter without age restriction. Rabbi Marla J. Feldman, Executive Director of Women of Reform Judaism, issued the following statement: “We applaud the Obama Administration’s decision to allow women of all ages to access Plan B emergency contraception over-the-counter. This is an historic [...]

Acting Our Part for Equal Pay

Fresh Updates from RAC » Women’s Rights   |   Jun 10, 2013 12:00 AM
If you caught the Tony awards last night, you might have noticed it was a particularly good year for women on Broadway.  The top awards for direction of both a play and a musical went to women (Pam MacKinnon, for “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and Diane Paulus, for “Pippin”). Patina Miller was named Best [...]

Sweeping Women’s Equality Agenda Introduced in NY

Fresh Updates from RAC » Women’s Rights   |   Jun 6, 2013 12:00 AM
Governor Cuomo unveiled his Women’s Equality Agenda (officially titled the “Women’s Equality Act”) yesterday and urged the legislature to take up the proposal, which includes the 10 elements he identified as vital policy concerns for women during his State of the State this past January. One of the 10 was the contentious provision intended to [...]
The Supreme Court ruled in 1973 that the right to choose to terminate a pregnancy was a fundamental part of a woman’s right to privacy and self-determination; yet today, anti-choice advocates right routinely seek to limit access to safe and affordable abortion services.
Family planning and contraceptive programs ensure reproductive choice, limit the occurrence of unintended pregnancies, and save billions of dollars in pregnancy-related and newborn care costs to Medicaid.
Jewish values affirm the right of a woman to self-determination, and while potential life is always considered to have value, it is never placed above a woman’s health and well-being. The Reform Movement has long been staunch supporters of women’s reproductive rights.
Several bills proposed in the 112th Congress severely threaten a woman’s right to choose. Now is the time to defend reproductive rights.



Reproductive rights encompass more than just the right to terminate a pregnancy. Comprehensive sexuality education and family planning services are among the broad range of issues vital to ensuring the reproductive health of all people.

The Religious Action Center’s work on these issues is supported by a generous contribution from The Barbara Bluhm-Kaul Women’s Rights Issues Endowment.

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