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GETTING TESTED: A member of the medical staff conducts an examination on a patient at Planned Parenthood of Southern New England’s Providence Health Center recently. Officials and patients are concerned that Medicaid funding changes could alter access to routine health care services. 
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Fight over Medicaid alarms OB-GYN patients

Planned Parenthood ­patients are worried. Many patients in Rhode Island and elsewhere who rely on the nonprofit for OB-GYN services could lose that assistance under...

Title X funding freeze puts access to family planning at risk...

PROVIDENCE – Access to family and reproductive health care for thousands of Rhode Islanders is in question after the Trump administration froze Title X...

Poll: Support for rejection of R.I. constitutional convention grows

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island voters are likely to reject a constitutional convention, according to a new University of New Hampshire poll released Monday.  The Ocean...
POWER OF THE PEN: Gov. Daniel J. McKee, sitting, signs Rhode Island’s “shield law” that protects health care providers who provide reproductive and transgender care to patients from states where those services are illegal. The signing took place in June and was attended by health care professionals and state legislators. 
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R.I.’s new ‘shield law’ protecting providers of abortions, gender-affirming care

Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated the constitutional right to abortion in 2022, some health care providers have...

Poll: R.I. voters almost evenly split on whether to hold a...

Voters appear split on a ballot question asking if the state should hold a constitutional convention, according to a new poll released just after...

Coalition launches campaign against Constitutional Convention ballot question

PROVIDENCE – A coalition of residents and organizations have launched a campaign to reject a question on the state ballot in November calling for...

Women’s Fund of R.I. awards 8 organizations grants over 3 years

PROVIDENCE – The Women’s Fund of Rhode Island has selected eight local organizations to receive grants from this year through 2026 for projects that...
PROJECT WEBER/RENEW has received a $1 million gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.

Project Weber/RENEW receives $1M gift from MacKenzie Scott

PROVIDENCE – Project Weber/RENEW is getting a seven-figure financial boost from the former wife of Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos, and it arrived at...
GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE is among several Rhode Island leaders who on Friday criticized the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade. McKee called the decision a 'travesty.' / SCREENSHOT VIA WPRI-TV CBS 12

Reaction from across R.I. critical of Roe v. Wade overturn

PROVIDENCE – Several Rhode Island elected officials and candidates seeking elective office, nonprofit leaders, and a prominent health care organization were among those Friday...

Planned Parenthood of Southern N.E. announces new chief medical officer

PROVIDENCE – Planned Parenthood of Southern New England has announced the appointment of a full-time chief medical officer, a first for the sexual and...
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