Dr. Barnett Slepian, a physician who provided abortion services, is murdered in Amherst, New York. FPA renews efforts to enact laws against clinic violence.

FPA releases a Women’s Health C.A.R.E. proposal, which includes measures to expand health insurance contraceptive coverage and ensure that hospital mergers do not reduce access to reproductive health care.

FPA once again secures additional family planning funding for a total family planning budget of $20.3 million.

In September, under the 1115 Partnership Plan waiver, the Family Planning Extension Program is implemented to provide 24 months of family planning services for women who lose Medicaid eligibility, but were pregnant while covered by Medicaid. Women who qualify may receive preventive family planning services from family planning providers that receive Title X funding. The program does not require U.S. citizenship, which is important to New York’s growing immigrant population.

Concerned Clergy for Choice brings the largest number of pro-choice clergy ever to lobby at the State Capitol for access to full reproductive health care services.