Today, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) joined other independent organizations, governments, and private foundations at the London Summit on Family Planning in committing to expand women's
access to contraception around the world.
Not exact matches
Not only would improved
access to contraception impact the abortion rate in the U.S., it would dramatically reduce maternal and infant deaths
around the world.
The thing is, we know how
to turn these numbers
around: better education,
access to contraception, and improved and affordable prenatal and infant care.
There are about 214 million women
around the world who want
to avoid pregnancy but don't have
access to contraception, according
to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Pettay got
around those issues by studying women from a homogeneous population who did not have
access to contraception or advanced medical care.
Around the world, girls are denied
access to contraception, family planning and the ability
to hope for a brighter future.
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.