Claire Lampen and Marie Solis

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Claire Lampen and Marie Solis were Mic trending news writers with a focus in women's rights issues.
This Week in Choice: A Democratic abortion debate and a Trumpcare loophole
By Claire Lampen and Marie Solis
The big story this week in the reproductive rights arena is undoubtedly the Democratic party's squabble over its abortion platform.  Democrat Heath Mello's campaign ignited the debate when news broke that the Omaha, Nebraska, mayoral candidate has a…
This Week in Choice: Good news for Missouri's Planned Parenthood, and more
By Claire Lampen and Marie Solis
In banner news for reproductive rights advocates, 2016 proved the most successful year on record for anti-abortion protesters, and that makes unfortunate sense. According to data released by the National Abortion Federation on Wednesday, "Incidents…
This Week in Choice: Trump gives states the OK to withhold funds from Planned Parenthood
By Claire Lampen and Marie Solis
In top-line reproductive rights news this week, President Donald Trump signed off on legislation that permits states to deny abortion providers Title X funds. There's a strange twist to all of this: Title X money doesn't fund abortion. Instead, the…
This Week in Reproductive Rights: Trump defunds the UN's maternal health fund
By Claire Lampen and Marie Solis
This week, President Donald Trump continued his heartless rampage against global women's health initiatives when he halted U.S. contributions to the United Nations Population Fund, the U.N.'s endowment for maternal health, child care and…
This Week in Reproductive Rights: A Title X vote and backwards views on parental leave
By Claire Lampen and Marie Solis
In top-line reproductive rights news, Vice President Mike Pence had the unique honor of casting the tie-breaking vote advancing legislation that would give states the green light to withhold funds from abortion clinics.  In fact, the decision came…
This Week in Reproductive Rights: Men worry access to birth control doesn't benefit them
By Claire Lampen and Marie Solis
With the House set to vote, maybe, eventually, on the American Health Care Act, Planned Parenthood and its patients must now brace for the possibility that the health care organization will lose its federal funding.  "One in five women have come to…
This Week in Reproductive Rights: CBO report shows consequences of Planned Parenthood cuts
By Claire Lampen and Marie Solis
There's been a number of important news items about Planned Parenthood this week, but here's arguably the biggest: Monday's Congressional Budget Office report on the effects of the GOP's new health care bill predicts "several thousand" women on…
This Week in Reproductive Rights: GOP health care bill takes aim at Planned Parenthood
By Claire Lampen and Marie Solis
On Monday, House Republicans proposed a frustrating new way to screw over their constituents, including in their subpar Affordable Care Act replacement a provision that would defund Planned Parenthood at the federal level. The proposal would…
This Week in Reproductive Rights: "Choose Life" vanity plates, "junk science" and more
By Claire Lampen and Marie Solis
In top-line reproductive rights news, legislators in Indiana are hell-bent on forcing doctors to promote a supposed "abortion reversal" procedure that isn't supported by medicine or science.  According to the Washington Post, the Indiana House of…
This Week in Reproductive Rights: Judge nixes defunding Texas Planned Parenthood, and more
By Claire Lampen and Marie Solis
Near the end of 2016, Texas finally moved on a promise it had held for over a year: defund Planned Parenthood statewide. At the eleventh hour, Planned Parenthood asked the courts to intervene, and intervene they did. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge…