Sentences with phrase «access to family planning services»

Additionally, increasing access to family planning services can help women make decisions that are best for themselves and their families.
Some abortion opponents, however, take issue with the argument that the policy denies women access to family planning services.
This is unprecedented for a program that has helped expand access to family planning services in countries with low incomes for over 50 years and currently operates in nearly 40 countries.
A June 2016 poll found 88 percent of Massachusetts voters support government funding for access to family planning services for low - income earners.
Urge him to reject the politically motivated effort to block access to family planning services by vetoing House budget bills 10 and 11.
We're calling for more rights and greater access to family planning services for women living throughout the world so they can choose for themselves how many children to have and when to have them.
Although parents (and indeed governors and teachers) are often uneasy about early or explicit SRE or providing access to family planning services, their feelings are sometimes ambiguous due to a concern that, if they do not follow such a course, children will be at greater risk of underage pregnancy.
«In our experience as a leading provider of sexual and reproductive healthcare in many countries around the world, we know that women not only need but desperately want access to family planning services and information.
These include the establishment of effective protected areas that would encompass a significant proportion of terrestrial, aquatic and aerial habitats, halting the degradation of forests and other native land cover and restoring those that have already been degraded; shifting diets to plant - based foods; reducing fertility rates by ensuring access to family planning services; and developing new green technologies.
Figure 5: Banning Planned Parenthood as a Medical Provider Could Limit Access to Family Planning Services for Many Low - Income Women
«All Americans should be afforded the ability to plan our families, and by allowing states to deny access to family planning services, Congress has turned its back on the 51 million Americans who rely on Medicaid for vital health services,» said PPFA Interim President Karen Pearl.
In California, there are many programs, such as Family PACT, designed to increase access to family planning services.
A longtime advocate for reproductive rights and health, Turner has used her public position and fame to publicize the need for greater access to family planning services and to advocate for reproductive rights.
Bloomberg Philanthropies» expansion of global programs builds on a broader campaign to ensure that an additional 120 million women and girls in the world's poorest countries have access to family planning services by the year 2020.
Another part of the goal is to ensure that women everywhere have access to family planning services, as this reduces the number of unplanned and potentially complicated pregnancies — especially in adolescent and older women.
The first is for governments to address the population threat head - on by ensuring that all women have access to family planning services and by providing education for girls throughout the region.
The United Nations Population Fund estimates that if all women who wanted to avoid pregnancy had access to family planning services, unplanned pregnancies would fall by 71 % from 75 million to 22 million per year.
Abortion - rights advocates also argue that redirecting funding to other clinics could limit lower - income Americans» access to family planning services, as other clinics may not have the capacity to handle the new customers, for example.
As the advocacy and political arm of PPMNS, we mobilize supporters of all parties to defend and increase access to family planning services and fact based, medically accurate sexuality education.
As the advocacy and political arm of Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, we mobilize supporters of all parties to defend and increase access to family planning services and fact - based, medically - accurate sexuality education.
We mobilize supporters of all parties to defend and increase access to family planning services and fact based sexuality education.
As the advocacy and political arm of PPMNS, we mobilize supporters of all parties to defend and increase access to family planning services and fact - based, medically - accurate sexuality education.
As the advocacy and electoral arm of PPMNS, we mobilize supporters of all parties to defend and increase access to family planning services and fact based, medically accurate sexuality education.
LD 17 needs better representation, and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona endorses Steve Weichert, who will fight for improved education and health - care access — including comprehensive sex education and access to family planning services.
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