Sentences with phrase «access to birth control in»

«It's appalling that we still have to fight for access to birth control in 2013.

Not exact matches

She also discussed some of the women's health and family policies that she would prioritize in the White House, such as paid family leave and access to birth control and safe abortion.

It estimates that some 6 million women in the Philippines — including 2 million who are poor — don't currently have access to birth control.

The religious among us keep trying to chip away at the separation of church and state by making people recite the pledge of allegiance with the God clause, installing religious symbols and displays on public property, holding prayer breakfasts for politicians, berating the removal of prayer in public schools, trying to pass laws limiting women's access to birth control, and trying to get an amendment passed outlawing abortion (since in their view God creates a soul the moment a sperm enters an egg).

Even Anna Glazier, a health expert and a strong proponent of greater access to the morning - after pill, stated in early 2006 in an editorial in the British Medical Journal that greater access to emergency birth control has failed to cut pregnancy and abortion rates.

And why on earth oppose access to birth control and reforms in the health care system when those will likely make the biggest difference in actually curbing abortions in this country?

The response of the last government was essentially more of the same: earlier and more detailed sex education, family planning clinics in schools, promotion of emergency birth control (otherwise known as the «morning after pill») easier access to abortion, all without the need for parental consent even in the case of underage girls.

Because the birth control cases all focus on a 1993 federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, not the Constitution, the Justices will face questions about whether the mandate to provide free access to 20 forms of birth control drugs or devices, sterilization, screenings, and counseling imposes a «substantial burden» on religious freedom of nonprofit employers with religious objections to some or all contraceptives, whether the mandate in fact serves a «compelling interest» of the government, and whether an attempt to provide an exemption from the mandate satisfies the requirement that such an accommodation is «the least restrictive means» of achieving the government's policy interest.

It's absurd to think that Hobby Lobby as someone's employer has any say in their access birth control.

Men don't owe women anything in marriage, not refraining from violence, not access to birth control, not help with the children, nothing.

As a politically active feminist and a mother myself, I believe her time and ability to command editorial space in The Wall Street Journal would be far better spent opining about things like the need for better family leave and health care policies, improved access to birth control and higher education and affordable child care for working mothers rather than whether Angelina Jolie plans to adopt again or how long my friends plan to breastfeed their babies.

But perhaps because of its unusualness, Ellis was able to introduce an idea that remains as radical and tantalizing today as it was in his time: trial marriages, in which he envisioned couples exploring a temporary union of varying levels of commitment that allowed them to have sex, access birth control and have an easy divorce if desired, as long as no children were involved.

The Globe and Mail, Birth control won't be in G8 plan to protect mothers, Tories say, www.theglobeandmail.com (accessed 18th March 2010)

«The Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act will ensure that all New Yorkers have access to the birth control method they need to stay healthy and effectively plan for their future — no matter what happens in Congress.»

I served on the board of Planned Parenthood in the Hudson Valley and fought to protect a woman's right to choose and access to birth control.

«The Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act will ensure that all New Yorkers have access to the birth control method they need to stay healthy and effectively plan for their future, no matter what happens in Congress,» Schneiderman said.

Even with the Republican failure to repeal former President Barack Obama's health care law, Democratic lawmakers in some states are pressing ahead with efforts to protect birth control access, Planned Parenthood funding and abortion coverage in case...

Access to effective birth control, an abundance of food, and low child mortality rates would all obscure the evolutionary influences seen in the preindustrial data.

As the prospect began to sink in of losing access to free contraceptives if the health law is repealed or replaced, women have reportedly been racing to get IUDs or stockpile birth control pills before President Barack Obama leaves office.

In order for you to be able to give birth, have control over urine and bowel movements, be able to participate fully (and comfortably) with sexuality, you need to be able to access the floor's full range of motion.

Research finds that women are more likely to use birth control and less likely to have unintended pregnancies when barriers are lifted in contraceptive access.

In Oregon, the new law took effect on January 1, and provides access to hormonal birth control — including pills and patches — for woman age 18 or older.

Moynihan, believing that the «pathologies» troubling black families were deep, interrelated, and complicated, privately favored a range of solutions, including greater access to birth control, generous family allowances such as those available in Western European democracies, and (mainly for males) substantial public - works programs.

Bailey finds that the increased availability and lower costs of family planning in the 1960s and 1970s produced a 2 - to 3 - percent increase in family income for all of the children in an affected cohort, and perhaps a 20 - to 30 - percent gain for those children who benefited most directly from their parents» greater access to birth control.

And recent research has resulted in renewed coverage of the notion that one of the cheapest ways to curb emissions in coming decades would be to provide access to birth control for tens of millions of women around the world who say they desire it.

Focused programs to empower women in those regions with knowledge and access to birth control could certainly bring growth rates down there, benefiting those societies as well as the world at large, policy experts say.

In the days when birth control pills were very new, a programmer at a database company found he had partial access to a drugstore's records.

In the previous legislative session, there were many bad bills that negatively affect access to birth control (HB2625), funding for family planning (HB2800), abortion (HB2036), and unbiased information about unintended pregnancies in public schools (SB1009In the previous legislative session, there were many bad bills that negatively affect access to birth control (HB2625), funding for family planning (HB2800), abortion (HB2036), and unbiased information about unintended pregnancies in public schools (SB1009in public schools (SB1009).

The 18th district is currently represented in the Senate by Jeff Dial, whose voting record belies a lack of support for contraception access — his vote for HB 2599 helped lay the groundwork to deny state Medicaid recipients the right to receive preventive health care and birth control from Planned Parenthood — as well as his opposition to abortion — as illustrated by his vote in favor of SB 1324, which put severe restrictions around the use of medication abortion, which don't even comply with FDA regulations.

WASHINGTON, DC — On February 13, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) affiliates and their supporters will hold a nationwide Day of Action, calling on elected officials in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to pass legislation that helps women and couples prevent unintended pregnancy and plan healthy families by expanding access to birth control and real sex education.

The Medicaid program would be gutted, which approximately 1 in 4 women of reproductive age rely on to access no - cost, critical reproductive health care such as birth control, lifesaving cancer screenings, and maternity care.

When Texas blocked patients from services at Planned Parenthood, there was a decrease in women accessing the most effective forms of birth control, and an increase in births among women who previously had access to the birth control shot — a situation that researchers attribute to the state's ban on Planned Parenthood.

The bill would also block access to birth control, cancer screenings, STD tests and other care for the more than 5,500 Title X patients and nearly 2,000 Medicaid patients served by Planned Parenthood in Florida.

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 should build on the tremendous progress made in this country with expanded access to birth control, instead of enacting policies that take us backwards.

PPGMR provides access to birth control, related medical services, education and advocacy to ensure all people in the Mid-South have the tools to plan their families and lives.

«In these challenging economic times, more women need expanded access to lifesaving cancer screenings, birth control, and other preventive care,» said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Increased access to birth control is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality, as well as other health benefits and positive health outcomes.

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 healtIn 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 healtin state legislatures across the country, for increasing access to affordable birth control and promoting women's health.

In Texas, a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that blocking patients from going to Planned Parenthood led to a 35 % decline in women on Medicaid using the most effective methods of birth control and a dramatic 27 % spike in births among women who had previously had access to injectable contraception through MedicaiIn Texas, a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that blocking patients from going to Planned Parenthood led to a 35 % decline in women on Medicaid using the most effective methods of birth control and a dramatic 27 % spike in births among women who had previously had access to injectable contraception through Medicaiin the New England Journal of Medicine showed that blocking patients from going to Planned Parenthood led to a 35 % decline in women on Medicaid using the most effective methods of birth control and a dramatic 27 % spike in births among women who had previously had access to injectable contraception through Medicaiin women on Medicaid using the most effective methods of birth control and a dramatic 27 % spike in births among women who had previously had access to injectable contraception through Medicaiin births among women who had previously had access to injectable contraception through Medicaid.

Anyone who wants to decrease the number of abortions in the United States should join with Planned Parenthood in ensuring that women and families have access to family planning and birth control, the best way to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and reduce the need for abortion.

President Trump just doubled down on blocking women from accessing care at Planned Parenthood — calling on Congress to bar Planned Parenthood from participating in ANY health care program, including Medicaid, HIV programs, Zika prevention programs, and our nation's only birth control program.

The rule would ensure those most in need — those who have very low incomes or lack health insurance — still have access to lifesaving care such as cancer screenings, birth control, STI testing and treatment, and well - woman exams.

«Tens of thousands of Texan women enrolled in the Women's Health Program rely on Planned Parenthood for lifesaving cancer screenings, annual exams, and access to birth control.

Across the country, lawmakers like Nixon in a growing number of states are fighting back dangerous restrictions and championing measures to expand and protect access to birth control, basic preventive care, and abortion.

With the goal of expanding access to reproductive health information, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) announces the launch of its Spanish - language mobile website, Planned Parenthood en Español Móvil (plannedparenthood.org/esp), ensuring that the facts on birth control, sexually transmitted infections, parent / teen - talks about sex and finding the nearest health center, among many other topics, are available by mobile phone in Spanish.

Research shows that over-the-counter access to emergency contraception does not increase or encourage sexual activity among teens, and better access to proven prevention methods like accurate sex education and emergency birth control are the best ways to reduce the alarming rate of teen pregnancy in this country.

More than 200 million people in developing countries who want to delay or plan childbirth lack access to birth control, information, and services.

«In the face of a relentless assault on women's health, including access to birth control, the Obama administration preserves funding for an essential public health program, the national family planning program,» said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

«It is unbelievable that in the year 2012 we have to fight for access to birth control.