Many voters only vote in national elections, but state and local offices have direct influence over policies and practices that
impact access to reproductive health care and sexuality education in schools.
As part of this exciting new initiative, Planned Parenthood Global, the international division of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, will provide technical support to local organizations advocating for expanded
access to reproductive health care in Nicaragua, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Uganda.
The National Institute works at the state and local level to promote reproductive rights and expand
access to reproductive health care through bold advocacy, creative education campaigns, and high - impact partnerships.
Schneiderman said the measure «threatens to slash essential health care services for millions of New Yorkers who need them the most» and would unconstitutionally «deny
women access to reproductive health care.»
The committee opinion sought to «maximize accommodation of an individual's religious or moral beliefs while avoiding imposition of these beliefs on others or interfering with the safe, timely, and financially
feasible access to reproductive health care that all women deserve.»
Federal law already prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for abortions except in extremely rare and difficult circumstances, the only result these lawmakers would achieve would be denying low - income
people access to reproductive health care.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America sharply denounced Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell for signing medically unnecessary and politically motivated regulations intended to shut down all abortion providers, which could undermine women's
access to reproductive health care providers in Virginia.
Washington, D.C. — Today Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) applauded Sen. Barbara Boxer (D - CA) and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D - NY) for introducing the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), common - sense legislation that
guarantees access to reproductive health care services.
«Since Governor Christie eliminated funding for family planning services from the state budget in 2010, we have seen what happens
when access to reproductive health care is not prioritized by our leaders.
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia (PPAV) is a statewide advocacy organization whose mission is to preserve and
broaden access to reproductive health care through legislation, public education, electoral activity and litigation in the Commonwealth of Virginia.