Sentences with phrase «access to basic health care»

Despite the many gains in health care equity since that time, we again face unprecedented attacks on access to basic health care services.

This unprecedented wave of attacks could have devastating consequences for women, men and young people across the country in decreasing access to basic health care.

I can't understand why some in Congress have made it their priority to deny so many women access to basic health care services and family planning.

WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Senate Appropriations Committee members passed bills protecting access to basic health care for women and families in the United States and around the world, and blocking many of the dangerous attacks on women's health programs such as the Title X family planning, teen pregnancy prevention programs, and international family planning programs being waged by the Trump Administration and extremists in the House of Representatives.

Because the Church sees access to basic health care as a right and a social responsibility, not a privilege.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) today commended Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D - NY) for introducing the Global Democracy Promotion Act of 2010 to bar future administrations from reinstituting the so - called Mexico City policy, also known as the global gag rule, which blocked access to basic health care for women worldwide.

I believe Jesus would favor providing universal access to basic health care.

We take a holistic approach that goes beyond Fair Trade to include improved educational opportunities and increased access to basic health care.

The good news is that many of the places where life expectancy is lowest can increase it by working to prevent the spread of HIV / AIDS and by improving access to basic health care.

We object to the continued funding of fiscally irresponsible abstinence - only programs that have been proven ineffective, while ignoring calls for increased funding for the programs that have been proven to work and help millions of women across the country get access to basic health care, including affordable birth control.

«As a trusted health care provider to one in five women, Planned Parenthood strongly opposes Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal because it jeopardizes access to basic health care.

He also sided with politicians trying to deny women and men access to basic health care like STD tests and reproductive health care education services provided by Planned Parenthood health centers.

She led anti-abortion panels, spoke at anti-abortion rallies, and represented organizations that were attempting to undermine access to basic health care.

H.R. 358 is an attempt by House leaders to force consideration of policies that would drastically erode women's health and reduce access to basic health care services and information.

«Further, we applaud the much - needed investments in the Title X program, which provides millions of women with access to basic health care including birth control.

Gimmicks and misdirection can not cover up a deadly agenda that would hurt women and prevent access to basic health care in the U.S. and across the globe.

97 % of Latinas who have ever had sex use contraception, so taking away access to this basic health care will hit Latinas particularly hard.

The Trump administration continues to attack access to this basic health care — whether through employer - provided health insurance, federal programs like Title X, or Planned Parenthood health centers — and threaten the decades of progress we've made.

Just minutes ago, he cast the tie - breaking vote in the Senate to dismantle President Obama's rule protecting access to basic health care services through the Title X family planning program.

We pay Medicare taxes as part of our payroll taxes in order to shore up the fund so that we have access to basic health care as we age.

Vice President Mike Pence took direct aim at basic health care for women across the country, casting the tie - breaking vote in the Senate to dismantle President Obama's rule protecting access to basic health care services through the Title X family planning program.

«Politicians and bosses have no business denying women access to this basic health care.

Kerala's villages have access to basic health care, education and transportation unknown elsewhere in India.

The ACA increases the number of people who will have access to basic health care.

Stagnant or diminished funding, especially if it is coupled with no additional Medicaid expansion, might mean that clinics must turn away patients and would not have the funds needed to expand or send primary care doctors into areas of the country that do not have access to basic health care.

The people of Haiti are no more or less deserving of simple virtues like clean water, healthy food, access to basic health care, and the possibilities of dreaming than I am.

To keep Texas strong, we need leaders who will defend a woman's freedom to make decisions about her reproductive health, and who will protect women's access to basic health care — including birth control.

Cruz has proved time and time again that his antiquated vision for America does not include women's access to basic health care.

Through this one bill, Florida would strip many women of their access to basic health care, such as cancer screenings, birth control, and abortion.

PPNC calls on the United States Senate to uphold a fundamental standard: if you oppose Roe V. Wade and women's access to basic health care, you are not qualified to sit on the Supreme Court of the United States.»

Those include prominent foes of abortion, most without medical background or health care expertise, whose primary objective reflects no desire to see that as many low - income women as possible have access to basic health care but only that Planned Parenthood be defunded as the visible incarnation of «the abortion industry.»

The most extreme elements of the Republican Party are not focused on jobs or on the economy, but on taking away women's access to basic health care — cancer screenings, birth control, and annual exams.

«The administration needs to stop playing word games with women's health, and state clearly they will reject any regulations that will undermine women's access to basic health care.»

«Secretary Leavitt's vague comments on the draft HHS rule do nothing to reassure Americans that the administration is not considering redefining abortion to include common forms of contraception, thereby jeopardizing women's access to basic health care,» said PPFA President Cecile Richards.

No matter where you live or how much money you have, everyone should have access to basic health care.

Everyone, no matter where they live or how much money they have, should have access to basic health care.

Let's get one thing straight: You don't do women any favors by blocking their access to basic health care.