Sentences with phrase «access to affordable contraception»

When the Trump Administration gutted the Affordable Care Act's birth control protections, the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund worked tirelessly to protect access to affordable contraception coverage in Massachusetts.

We support common sense policies that advance women's health and prevent unintended pregnancy through access to affordable contraception.

Ensuring that women can control their own destinies by having access to affordable contraception.

«But we need to make sure that all women have access to affordable contraception.»

Not exact matches

«Access to affordable preventive services, including contraception, is a critical part of women's health care.»

Last week, Senator Patty Murray from Washington and 13 other Democratic senators warned White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney to stop efforts that could «undermine access to affordable preventive services, including contraception, for women,» according to the New York Times.

In Sweden, for example, an increase in affordable access to contraception and the presence of free contraceptive counseling have paralleled a substantial increase in the teen abortion rate.

Sandra Fluke, the student who was at the center of a firestorm over contraception rules at her religious university, applauded the decision, saying in a statement, «I am very pleased that under these policies all women, regardless of what school they attend or where they work, will soon have affordable access to contraception.»

The thing is, we know how to turn these numbers around: better education, access to contraception, and improved and affordable prenatal and infant care.

The Affordable Care Act requires that insurance plans cover preventative care at no cost, which includes access to contraception.

I try not to put too much pressure on myself to speak up as the token «Christian feminist» on issues like these, but after reading multiple blog posts and articles this week from Christian men about women and contraception, I decided to add my two cents as a pro-life woman of faith who supports affordable access to birth control for women.

But the exalted ** Sandra Fluke» is QUOTED in this article: «I am very pleased that under these policies all women, regardless of what school they attend or where they work, will soon have AFFORDABLE access to contraception.»

«Now, with threats to ACA [Affordable Care Act], talks about changing access and rumors that contraception access will now be optional for employers, you are going to have teenagers that can only get access to contraception based on whether or not their parents work for a company that will cover it,» Wilkinson continued.

The state is the first to implement such a law, a bold move at a time when many federal and state politicians throughout the country are taking action to restrict women's access to contraception, such as defunding Planned Parenthood — a major provider a family planning health care services in the U.S. — and attempting to block a provision in the Affordable Care Act that mandates health insurance companies cover the cost of contraceptives.

«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 resolution calls for support for critical, effective public health strategies ensuring access to affordable family planning and providing medically accurate information about the use of contraception to promote correct use.»

This legislation will increase access to critically needed affordable contraception, improve health care for low - income women and families, invest in comprehensive, medically accurate sex education, and support women in the choices they make.

The Action Fund's primary purpose is educating voters about public policies that impact reproductive health care and rights — such as adequate funding for family planning services, access to safe and affordable abortion, the promotion of medically - accurate, age - appropriate sex education for our youth, increased access to emergency contraception and confidential health services for minors.