Washington protects abortion access before fetal viability and requires state-regulated health plans to cover contraception without cost-sharing. Eligible workers have access to paid family and medical leave, while paid sick leave can also be used for needs related to domestic violence and sexual assault. The state also protects reproductive healthcare providers and patients from certain out-of-state legal actions. WRDI's comprehensive state assessment is forthcoming.
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If you've assumed birth control is simply “free” because of the Affordable Care Act, you're only partly right. Since 2012, the federal law has required most …
If you live in New Jersey, your health insurer is now required by law to cover hormone therapy, pelvic floor physical therapy, bone density screenings, and mental health care related …
For decades, menopause was treated as a private inconvenience, as something women managed quietly, insurers ignored, with little expectation of medical help or workplace acknowledgment. That is finally changing, and …
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