Sentences with phrase «women access to affordable birth control»

The anniversary of the benefit comes just as the Guttmacher Institute releases new data showing that giving women access to affordable birth control, through publicly funded family planning services, helped prevent 2.2 million unintended pregnancies in 2010, which would have resulted in 1.1 million unplanned births and 760,000 abortions.

Despite that, some anti-women's health politicians and bosses are still fighting to deny women access to affordable birth control.

Not exact matches

I try not to put too much pressure on myself to speak up as the token «Christian feminist» on issues like these, but after reading multiple blog posts and articles this week from Christian men about women and contraception, I decided to add my two cents as a pro-life woman of faith who supports affordable access to birth control for women.

And with the future of Obamacare looking shaky, the free preventive services women have had access to since the Affordable Care Act went into effect — like zero - copay birth control, STD testing, and breast cancer screening — are under attack.

We object to the continued funding of fiscally irresponsible abstinence - only programs that have been proven ineffective, while ignoring calls for increased funding for the programs that have been proven to work and help millions of women across the country get access to basic health care, including affordable birth control.

At NARAL Pro-Choice California, we're fighting to make sure every woman has access to affordable birth control that is right for her — no matter where she lives, where she works or how much money she makes — so she can control her own future.

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.

«This case was a direct challenge to women's access to affordable birth control,» said Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards.

Because of the birth control coverage benefit, millions more women will have access to affordable birth control.

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 health.

«This common sense decision means that millions of women, who would otherwise pay $ 15 to $ 50 a month, will have access to affordable birth control, helping them save hundreds of dollars each year.»

When women have access to affordable birth control, they benefit, their families benefit, and we all benefit.»

«Latina women and their families depend on access to preventive health care, like lifesaving breast cancer screenings, Pap tests, annual exams and affordable birth control.

Those regulations will affect more than women's access to early abortion care, because most abortion care providers offer a full array of safe, affordable, preventive health services, including breast and cervical cancer screening, STD prevention and treatments, and birth control.

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He also promised to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) could impact women's access to birth control options.

Women need to have access to affordable prescription birth control so they can plan their families as well as pursue higher education, their careers, and other aspirations.»

«Defunding» the nonprofit would have cut access to breast cancer screenings and affordable birth control for thousands of New Hampshire women.

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«Catherine's fight for birth control access paved the way for tens of millions of women to have affordable birth control.

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Calling the Affordable Care Act «the greatest advance in women's health in a generation,» Planned Parenthood said the law will provide access to birth control and cancer screenings without co-pays, guaranteed direct access to OB / GYN providers without referrals, and an end to discriminatory practices against women, such as charging women higher premiums and denying coverage for «pre-existing conditions.»

There is a direct, measurable correlation between access to affordable birth control and the number of women who use it.

Last year, Florida Senator Marco Rubio co-sponsored the much - talked - about Blunt amendment — which would have let your boss decide whether women could get access to affordable birth control or not.

- Planned Parenthood Federation of America today said that the revised accommodation to the Affordable Care Act's birth control benefit will ensure that women can access no co-pay birth control as part of basic health care.

«With the cost of tuition, books, and gas on the rise, it's time for the Bush administration to stop playing politics with women's health and pocketbooks and restore access to affordable birth control for our nation's college students and low - income women.»

«The best way to build healthy families is to put prevention first — and that means making sure our children have health insurance, women have access to reproductive health care and affordable birth control, and teens have access to medically accurate information.

«As women and families struggle in these tough economic times, it is important they have access to affordable birth control.

This bill goes even further, seeking to limit American women's access to abortion and no - cost birth control and blocking implementation of the groundbreaking provisions of the Affordable Care Act.

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Her campaign also was based on an anti-women's health platform that would have serious consequences for women's ability to access affordable birth control and reproductive health care.

«Beyond affordable birth control, there is a need to invest in family planning programs that promote prevention and reduce the number of unintended pregnancies by ensuring every woman has access to health care and every teen gets the information she needs to make responsible decisions.»

FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb who says that women's access to birth control under the Affordable Care Act has been harmful to women.

«Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, more women now have better access to vital health care services: about 12.8 million women of reproductive age will become newly eligible for health insurance, and insurance plans will soon be required to cover basic care such as pelvic exams and birth control without co-pays,» said Richards.

The campaign will remind Americans and their elected representatives that we all benefit when women have access to affordable birth control, despite the continued attempts by some politicians and for - profit companies to take this benefit away.

Politicians in Texas have worked tirelessly to deny women access to safe abortion, affordable birth control and cancer screenings,» said Yvonne Gutierrez, executive director of Planned Parenthood Texas Votes.

«I am so grateful that President Obama sees the vital importance of proper health care for women, including increased access to affordable birth control.

The Affordable Care Act helped to ensure that 62.4 million women had access to birth control by guaranteeing that it was covered in all health insurance plans.

From birth control with no copays to better access to lifesaving cancer screenings, the Affordable Care Act is a huge step forward for women's health.

Although the ACA repeal bill does not specifically repeal the no - copay birth control benefit, women will still find it more difficult to access birth control because the bill makes coverage less affordable by:

Cutting off 155,000 women from access to preventive care that health centers like Planned Parenthood provide, including lifesaving cancer screenings, affordable birth control, and well - woman visits;

The 50,000 low - income women who had previously gone to one of the 47 Planned Parenthood health centers for access to affordable birth control, lifesaving cancer screenings, and STI testing are forced to find a new provider.

The Trump - Pence administration, which promotes employers» religious beliefs over a woman's ability to access affordable birth control, has repeatedly fought to eliminate Obama's bypass measure.

The state of Texas» sustained campaign against Planned Parenthood and other family planning clinics affiliated with abortion providers appears to have led to an increase in births among low - income women who lost access to affordable and effective birth control, a new study says.