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Dena Fredrickson: Not Shying Away from Religion and Politics

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Thursday, January 23, 2014
A few years after graduating from the University of Texas Law School in 1991, Dena Fredrickson took and passed the bar in Washington state.
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It’s Time to Replace Unfair Discipline Practices that Don’t Work

Published: 
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
We’ve all heard the saying: the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result. Unfortunately, this approach has guided discipline policies in most Washington schools for decades. Misbehaving students routinely are suspended or expelled – despite overwhelming evidence that such practices don’t work.
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Reproductive Parity Act Reintroduced Following Insurance Companies’ Failure to Cover Abortion

News Release, Published: 
Monday, January 13, 2014
WA – Today, Representative Eileen Cody (D-West Seattle) is introducing HB 2148, the Reproductive Parity Act (RPA), for public hearing in the State House Health Care and Wellness Committee in Olympia. First introduced in 2012, the RPA would hold insurance companies accountable to women by requiring that they cover abortion care if they cover maternity care. Despite public support and passing the House twice, the RPA has been blocked twice in the Senate. Now, with some insurance companies failing to cover abortion in their plans through the new State Health Benefit Exchange, the need to pass the RPA is urgent in order to protect women’s privacy and freedom to make the healthcare decisions that are right for them and their families.
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New Department of Health Action on Religious Hospital Mergers Doesn't Go Far Enough to Protect Patient Access

News Release, Published: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
New Certificate of Need review requirements are a step forward in holding merging hospitals accountable, but more changes are needed.
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