Sentences with phrase «access to affordable birth control»

Patients can receive information about the kind of birth control that's best for their lives, as well as direct access to affordable birth control.

There is a direct, measurable correlation between access to affordable birth control and the number of women who use it.

Patients can receive information about the kind of birth control that's best for them, as well as direct access to affordable birth control.

In addition, Planned Parenthood advocates on Capitol Hill, as well as in state legislatures across the country, for increasing access to affordable birth control and promoting women's health.

«With the cost of tuition, books, and gas on the rise, it's time for the Bush administration to stop playing politics with women's health and pocketbooks and restore access to affordable birth control for our nation's college students and low - income women.»

President Barack Obama has been a strong supporter of this commonsense fix; as a senator, he sponsored legislation to restore access to affordable birth control.

This decision is grounded in sound medical science and health policy and protects access to affordable birth control for millions of women, including women who are employed by a religiously affiliated hospital, university, or other religiously affiliated organization that serves the broader public.

«We applaud Congressman Joseph Crowley for introducing the Prevention Through Affordable Access Act, which will improve access to affordable birth control for millions of women,» said Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Despite that, some anti-women's health politicians and bosses are still fighting to deny women access to affordable birth control.

Planned Parenthood says a 33 percent post-election surge in New York City women seeking long - term contraceptives is driven by fears Trump will limit access to affordable birth control.

At the federal level, Donald Trump and Mike Pence spent the last year working to block access to affordable birth control, defund Planned Parenthood health centers, cut teen pregnancy prevention programs, and strip away women's fundamental right to control their own bodies.

We at PPAF fight back when anti-abortion politicians and their extremist allies try to outlaw abortion, take away access to affordable birth control, and block patients from care at Planned Parenthood health centers.

Last year, Florida Senator Marco Rubio co-sponsored the much - talked - about Blunt amendment — which would have let your boss decide whether women could get access to affordable birth control or not.

NEW YORK CITY — Following today's editorial in the New York Times, «Costly Contraceptives,» Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), the nation's leading reproductive health care advocate and provider, called on Congress to address the growing problem of access to affordable birth control in America.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America applauds the decision by the United States Department of Health and Human Services to ensure access to affordable birth control, and not further expand the refusal provision to the birth control coverage benefit under the Affordable Care Act.

Since Day One of the Trump administration, the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts knew access to affordable birth control was at risk.

Polls consistently show that the majority of Americans support access to affordable birth control and access to safe and legal abortion.

More than 250,000 Planned Parenthood supporters signed the Join the Dissent petition just after the deeply unpopular Supreme Court ruling that gives bosses at corporations like Hobby Lobby the legal right to deny their employees access to affordable birth control.

All people in Massachusetts deserve access to affordable birth control.

If you also include easy access to affordable birth control as they have in Colorado, then both teen pregnancy and abortion rates will plummet.

HCFA supports this legislation as a measure to increase access to birth control in Massachusetts and to protect against attacks on access to affordable birth control from the federal level.

«I am so grateful that President Obama sees the vital importance of proper health care for women, including increased access to affordable birth control.

The Obama administration's decision to protect access to affordable birth control for millions of women has garnered praise in editorials and op - eds across the country.

«We constantly encourage our young people to be responsible for their reproductive health, so we should also encourage Congress to improve access to affordable birth control,» said Richards.

The anniversary of the benefit comes just as the Guttmacher Institute releases new data showing that giving women access to affordable birth control, through publicly funded family planning services, helped prevent 2.2 million unintended pregnancies in 2010, which would have resulted in 1.1 million unplanned births and 760,000 abortions.

Nationally, the solution to the affordable birth control crisis is the Prevention Through Affordable Access Act, which would restore access to affordable birth control.

At NARAL Pro-Choice California, we're fighting to make sure every woman has access to affordable birth control that is right for her — no matter where she lives, where she works or how much money she makes — so she can control her own future.

Every woman should have access to affordable birth control that is right for her — no matter where she lives, where she works or how much money she makes — so she can control her own future.

«With as many as 750,000 teens becoming pregnant each year, it is time for all of us to take action and ensure our young people have information on and access to affordable birth control, including emergency contraception,» Richards said.

«This common sense decision means that millions of women, who would otherwise pay $ 15 to $ 50 a month, will have access to affordable birth control, helping them save hundreds of dollars each year.»

When women have access to affordable birth control, they benefit, their families benefit, and we all benefit.»

As the mother of two teenagers, I know this starts with honest communication between young people and parents, open and accurate sex education, and access to affordable birth control.

«This case was a direct challenge to women's access to affordable birth control,» said Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards.

The Prevention Through Affordable Access Act, would bring down the soaring cost of birth control at college health clinics and safety - net providers and increase access to affordable birth control.

Both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate have introduced legislation, the Prevention Through Affordable Access Act, that would restore affordable birth control at college health clinics and safety - net providers and increase access to affordable birth control.

Because of the birth control coverage benefit, millions more women will have access to affordable birth control.

Last month, Planned Parenthood Federation of America launched the «Birth Control: We All Benefit» campaign to remind Americans and their elected representatives that we all benefit when women have access to affordable birth control.

Access to affordable birth control and family planning services help reduce unintended pregnancy and the need for abortion.

«Women who buy health insurance from their college or university will have access to affordable birth control, just like women who receive health insurance from their employer.

As part of this ongoing effort, Planned Parenthood Federation of America launched the «Birth Control: We All Benefit» campaign to remind Americans and their elected representatives that we all benefit when women have access to affordable birth control.

«As women and families struggle in these tough economic times, it is important they have access to affordable birth control.

The Planned Parenthood Federation of America «Birth Control: We All Benefit» campaign reminds Americans and their elected representatives that we all benefit when women have access to affordable birth control, despite the continued attempts by some politicians and for - profit companies to take away the no co-pay birth control benefit provided through the Affordable Care Act.

Both the House and the Senate have introduced legislation, the Prevention Through Affordable Access Act that would restore affordable birth control at college health clinics and safety - net providers and increase access to affordable birth control.

Despite these facts, Price still harbors the ignorant belief that every single woman in America already has access to affordable birth control.

We know that when women have access to affordable birth control — they benefit, their families benefit, and we all benefit.

The campaign will remind Americans and their elected representatives that we all benefit when women have access to affordable birth control, despite the continued attempts by some politicians and for - profit companies to take this benefit away.

If these radicals truly were concerned about women and families, they would work with Planned Parenthood to reduce unintended pregnancy in the first place by doing the only thing that works — increasing access to affordable birth control and comprehensive sex education.

That year, Massachusetts passed the ACCESS law, which ensures that Massachusetts residents continue to have access to affordable birth control, safeguarding them from persistent federal attacks.

The 50,000 low - income women who had previously gone to one of the 47 Planned Parenthood health centers for access to affordable birth control, lifesaving cancer screenings, and STI testing are forced to find a new provider.

Women came out in droves to vote against his record in the legislature, from seeking to cut off Virginia women from Planned Parenthood's preventive health services like birth control and lifesaving cancer screenings to his out - of - touch belief that employers should decide whether or not women have access to affordable birth control.