Not exact matches
Florida, where
extreme lawmakers
passed a bill that blocks
access to birth control and cancer screenings, and includes Texas - style medically unnecessary restrictions on safe, legal abortion that could shutter health centers;
In addition to
passing one of the most
extreme abortion restrictions in the nation, years of hostile policies in Texas have left tens of thousands of Texas women without
access to cancer screenings, birth control, HIV tests and other preventive care (read more HERE from the Guttmacher Institute).
It was with this backdrop that Governor Perry truly «earned» the Gynotician of the Year award, after he signed HB 2, the
extreme and dangerous bill that's projected to block one in three Texas women from
accessing safe and legal abortion, a bill that 80 percent of Texas voters opposed
passing during the special session.
State legislatures across the country
passed more than 60 anti-abortion measures in 2017, reflecting
extreme ideologues» commitment to making it difficult, if not impossible, to
access abortion.