Not exact matches
So I've been working on a project related
to maternal health for the Nashville - based, nonprofit organization Hope
Through Healing Hands, and in my research, I bumped into this very cool 2012 TED Talk from Melinda Gates about the importance of
access to contraception worldwide.
This issue arises when a woman with healthcare
through her or her spouse's employer (which is how most of us get healthcare in this country) has an employer who is against
contraception and does not want any employees
to have
access to contraception.
The plan's website says it does not cover abortion, sterilization, or artificial
contraception, but adds: «As a member of Fidelis Care, you can secure such services
through free
access to the Medicaid program or
through State Department of Health - contracted entities.»
it does not cover abortion, sterilization, or artificial
contraception, but adds: «As a member of Fidelis Care, you can secure such services
through free
access to the Medicaid program or
through State Department of Health - contracted entities.»
Direct
Access to Emergency
Contraception Through Pharmacies and Effect on Unintended Pregnancy and STIsA Randomized Controlled Trial.
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 Medicaid.
A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that blocking patients from going
to Planned Parenthood in Texas was associated with a 35 % decline in women in publicly funded programs using the most effective methods of birth control and a dramatic 27 % increase in births among women who had previously
accessed injectable
contraception through those programs.
The bill includes measures
to fully fund the nation's family planning program (Title X), expand
access to reproductive health care services
through Medicaid, require insurance companies
to cover birth control if they cover other prescription drugs, protect the ability of rape survivors
to access emergency
contraception (EC) in the emergency room, improve public awareness about EC, and provide teens with medically accurate, age appropriate sex education.
We support common sense policies that advance women's health and prevent unintended pregnancy
through access to affordable
contraception.