Sentences with phrase «women access to birth control»

But antiabortion forces, in their zeal to slay their bête noire, are actually attempting something sure to increase the number of abortions: Denying women access to birth control.
But they quoted him as saying that denying women access to birth control is the «right decision.»
Does Katko believe denying women access to birth control is the «right decision,» as Democrats suggest?

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She also discussed some of the women's health and family policies that she would prioritize in the White House, such as paid family leave and access to birth control and safe abortion.
It estimates that some 6 million women in the Philippines — including 2 million who are poor — don't currently have access to birth control.
If Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gets his way, some millions of Filipino women could soon have access to free birth control and other reproductive health - related services.
What do the Seer Stones of the Mormon faith say about stem cell research or a woman's access to birth control?
The religious among us keep trying to chip away at the separation of church and state by making people recite the pledge of allegiance with the God clause, installing religious symbols and displays on public property, holding prayer breakfasts for politicians, berating the removal of prayer in public schools, trying to pass laws limiting women's access to birth control, and trying to get an amendment passed outlawing abortion (since in their view God creates a soul the moment a sperm enters an egg).
Planned Parenthood give access to birth control to poor women.
Conservatives don't want women to have access to birth control... and if they get pregnant, they don't want those women to have abortions.
No one is saying that woman should be barred from access to birth control.
All women should have equal access to birth control for whatever reason they need it or want it.
When that happens without access to birth control, women end up pregnant.
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.
Ashley at Let Me Entertain You is concerned about women's rights and wrote yesterday about a proposed regulation by the Department of Health and Human Services «that could seriously undermine access to basic reproductive health services, including birth control and abortion.»
Men don't owe women anything in marriage, not refraining from violence, not access to birth control, not help with the children, nothing.
According to the march's guiding vision and definition of principles, they are against any federal, state or local cuts or restrictions on women's ability to access reproductive healthcare services, birth control, HIV / AIDS care and prevention, or «medically accurate sexuality education.»
I served on the board of Planned Parenthood in the Hudson Valley and fought to protect a woman's right to choose and access to birth control.
It is to raise the poorest nations out of poverty through democratic governance, free trade, access to birth control, and the education and economic empowerment of women.
As the prospect began to sink in of losing access to free contraceptives if the health law is repealed or replaced, women have reportedly been racing to get IUDs or stockpile birth control pills before President Barack Obama leaves office.
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.
Let's make this movie a must - see for all girls and women who need access to safe and effective birth control!
Research finds that women are more likely to use birth control and less likely to have unintended pregnancies when barriers are lifted in contraceptive access.
In Oregon, the new law took effect on January 1, and provides access to hormonal birth control — including pills and patches — for woman age 18 or older.
And recent research has resulted in renewed coverage of the notion that one of the cheapest ways to curb emissions in coming decades would be to provide access to birth control for tens of millions of women around the world who say they desire it.
Focused programs to empower women in those regions with knowledge and access to birth control could certainly bring growth rates down there, benefiting those societies as well as the world at large, policy experts say.
It also means that we need a crash program to get reproductive health care and birth control services to the more than 200 million women today who want to plan their families but lack access to the means to do so.
«Thanks to the Obama administration, women will still be able to access the birth control they need to plan their families, and the cancer screenings they need to stay healthy.»
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.
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey is celebrating that New Jersey women are one vote closer to increased access to birth control after an Assembly vote on legislation requiring insurance companies to cover costs for dispensing up to six months of contraceptives at one time.
Mr. Pearce — assuming he was head of welfare — made comments on his radio show September 6 saying he would force women to have birth control implants or undergo surgical sterilization to access funds.
From holding immigrant women hostage to deny their right to safe, legal abortion to attacking more than 62 million women's access to birth control and evidence - based programs such as the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPPP), Trump appointees have abused their power to advance an anti-reproductive rights agenda — and they show no sign of letting up.
WASHINGTON, DC — On February 13, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) affiliates and their supporters will hold a nationwide Day of Action, calling on elected officials in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to pass legislation that helps women and couples prevent unintended pregnancy and plan healthy families by expanding access to birth control and real sex education.
The Medicaid program would be gutted, which approximately 1 in 4 women of reproductive age rely on to access no - cost, critical reproductive health care such as birth control, lifesaving cancer screenings, and maternity care.
When Texas blocked patients from services at Planned Parenthood, there was a decrease in women accessing the most effective forms of birth control, and an increase in births among women who previously had access to the birth control shot — a situation that researchers attribute to the state's ban on Planned Parenthood.
Women are also seeing less access to contraceptives — all claims for birth control (LARC, injection, pills, and condoms) dropped from 2011 to 2013.
Access to no co-pay birth control has significant health and economic benefits, with women spending up to $ 600 a year on birth control.
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.
«Planned Parenthood is leading the charge to ensure access to this important backup birth control method — last year alone, Planned Parenthood provided more than 1.2 million women with emergency contraception to prevent unintended pregnancy.»
Through this one bill, Florida would strip many women of their access to basic health care, such as cancer screenings, birth control, and abortion.
Without Planned Parenthood health centers, many of these patients may have no other place to turn to access safe and legal abortion — or preventive care like birth control, well - woman exams, and lifesaving cancer and STD screenings.
Would rather shut down the government than allow low - income women to access birth control and lifesaving cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood.
We know firsthand that when women have access to the full range of birth control options without cost being an issue, we all benefit.»
«This case was a direct challenge to women's access to affordable birth control,» said Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards.
PPIN, represented by attorneys with the ACLU of Indiana and Planned Parenthood Federation of America, filed suit to protect health care access for the Hoosiers who utilize preventive health services, including lifesaving cancer screenings, birth control, well - woman exams and STD prevention and treatment, at its health centers across Indiana.
Up and down the ballot, women's health champions are facing opponents who threaten to take us backward on access to birth control coverage; backward on access to safe, legal abortion; and backward on access to care at Planned Parenthood health centers.
«In these challenging economic times, more women need expanded access to lifesaving cancer screenings, birth control, and other preventive care,» said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Planned Parenthood believes all women, regardless of their employer, should be able to access the birth control coverage benefit.
Because of the birth control coverage benefit, millions more women will have access to affordable birth control.
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