Due to systemic barriers,
women of color rely on the Title X program at higher rates than White women.
Not exact matches
Before the establishment
of survivors» benefits, needy widowed mothers with children had to
rely on state - run Mother's Pension programs.56 These programs scrutinized beneficiaries closely and were often administered to deny aid to
women of color or
women with objectionable morals or lifestyles.57 In contrast to discretionary (and often discriminatory) mother's pensions, survivors» benefits uniformly extended coverage to widows
of insured workers who were caring for a child under the age
of 18.58 There was no requirement
of economic need.
Today
women everywhere
rely on lipstick to strengthen and accent the most natural
coloring of one
of their loveliest most expressive features, to improve on nature by reshaping lips to suit their taste, and to protect their lips from cracks and roughness — that «sandpaper» feeling.
As a result, these dangerous provisions would take away health care
relied upon by millions
of women, disproportionately impacting low - income
women and
women of color and exacerbating already unacceptable health care disparities.»
Racism and discriminatory public policy have created systemic barriers that result in
women of color disproportionately
relying on Medicaid.