Right to Dignified Care Act: Unregulated Pregnancy Clinics (UPCs) often require clients to fill out unreasonably intrusive medical intake forms. The Right to Dignified Care Act prohibits a UPC from asking clients improper questions as a condition of receiving products or services.
Stop intrusive UPC intake questions: Intake forms at Unregulated Pregnancy Clinics (UPCs) are often very intrusive, asking personal questions that have nothing to do with the limited “services” they provide. For more, see the latest IdeaLog, our blog intended to raise eyebrows and engage minds.
Strict Scrutiny Podcast: The U.S. Supreme Court recently approved racial gerrymandering, is apparently about to destroy independent federal commissions, and has accepted a case to ignore the 14th Amendment and overturn a 127-year precedent on birthright citizenship. The Strict Scrutiny Podcast provides in-depth, accessible and irreverent analysis of the Supreme Court and its cases, culture and personalities.
Four-day school weeks are growing in popularity: More than 2,100 schools in 26 states use four-day weeks with longer school days. And once schools begin such a schedule, parents and students overwhelmingly want to keep it, according to Stateline.
Policies for Protecting Immigrant Communities at the State and Local Level: This discussion from the American Immigration Council provides six realistic policies that states and localities can adopt to help protect immigrants.
Sixteen model bills in our UPC Playbook: PLI published Unregulated Pregnancy Clinics: The Policy Playbook to serve as a practical resource for policymakers, advocates and community leaders. UPCs, also known as crisis pregnancy centers, operate in every state and most violate basic rules of medical supervision, fail to keep clients’ health records private, and knowingly deceive their clients.
False Advertising in Health Care Act: Some state efforts to stop false advertising by unregulated pregnancy clinics (UPCs, also called crisis pregnancy centers) have failed because of the way they defined UPCs. The False...
UPC Financial Transparency Act: During the last six years, 23 states have directly funded unregulated pregnancy clinics (UPCs, also called crisis pregnancy centers), and 19 funded them this year. The Financial Transparency Act requires...
Professional Responsibility in Reproductive Health Act: More than 2,000 unregulated pregnancy clinics (UPCs, also called crisis pregnancy centers) operate in an unethical manner in all 50 states. The Professional Responsibility in Reproductive Health Act...
Clinic Accountability and Standards Enforcement Act: More than 2,600 unregulated pregnancy clinics (UPCs, also called crisis pregnancy centers) operate in all 50 states. The Clinic Accountability and Standards Enforcement Act provides that if a...
Financial Transparency Act: More than 2,600 unregulated pregnancy clinics (UPCs, also called crisis pregnancy centers) operate in all 50 states. The Financial Transparency Act requires that, in order to receive grants from the state,...
Reproductive Health Client Data Privacy Act: Unregulated Pregnancy Clinics (UPCs) are not covered by HIPAA, the federal health privacy law, and many share confidential health information outside of the clinic. The Reproductive Health Client...
Ultrasound Quality Assurance and Safety Act: Unfortunately, many ultrasound exams are being performed by unqualified and unsupervised personnel. The Ultrasound Quality Assurance and Safety Act requires that an ultrasound can only be performed or...
Resolution in Support of Democracy: Prior to U.S. Independence, cities and towns adopted resolutions of condemnation against the abuses and usurpations of King George III. The Resolution in Support of Democracy is directed instead...
Climate Change Impact Assessment Act: Recent weather disasters remind us that climate change will eventually affect every state and locality with more and worse hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, drought and wildfire. Some of these problems...