low-income women
What Dr. Hathaway Told Mr. Pitts: Contraception is Necessary Preventive Care
by Dr. Mark Hathaway, Washington Hospital Center (WHC), OB/GYN
November 3, 2011 - 12:19pm (Print)
There are those who assert that unintended pregnancy is not a health condition and therefore prevention of unintended pregnancy is not preventive health care. From my personal practice I can say that I cannot disagree more.
Kansas Ordered to Reinstate Funding for Planned Parenthood
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
August 30, 2011 - 7:30pm (Print)
The Associated Press reports that a federal judge ordered Kansas "to immediately resume funding a Planned Parenthood chapter on the same quarterly schedule that existed before a new state law stripped it of all federal funding for non-abortion services."
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Indiana's Anti-Choice Zealots See Poor Black Women As Collateral Damage
June 6, 2011 - 7:06am (Print)
While Indiana's anti-abortion Republicans (and a select few Democrats) dig in their heels, thousands of people who use Medicaid to pay for birth control, STD testing and treatment, cervical cancer screening and breast exams are at risk.
The Once and Future Bipartisan Support for Family Planning
by Judy Waxman, National Women's Law Center
May 19, 2011 - 3:05pm (Print)
Ready for some welcome news? Today, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley signed the Family Planning Works Act into law, which will make free Medicaid family planning services available to 33,000 more low- and moderate-income women there.
The Once and Future Bipartisan Support for Family Planning
by Judy Waxman, National Women's Law Center
May 19, 2011 - 3:05pm (Print)
Ready for some welcome news? Today, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley signed the Family Planning Works Act into law, which will make free Medicaid family planning services available to 33,000 more low- and moderate-income women there.
Beyond Federal Funding for Contraception: Taking a Firm Stance on the Hyde Amendment
April 20, 2011 - 9:13am (Print)
The term “pro-choice” has very little meaning if we are only defending the choice for those who can afford it.
The Anti-Choice Movement: "Not Intended to Be Factual"
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
April 13, 2011 - 9:55am (Print)
Little did Senator Jon Kyl's office realized that when they said his lies about Planned Parenthood on the floor of the Senate were "not intended as factual statements," they were describing the entire basis of the anti-choice movement.
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Budget Showdown Casualties: D.C. Women as Bargaining Chips
April 11, 2011 - 2:27pm (Print)
How D.C.'s women were sacrificed and the implications for future policy.
Public Funding of Family Planning is Essential, Even Under Health Reform
by Britt Wahlin and Amanda Dennis
March 22, 2011 - 10:35pm (Print)
Even in Massachusetts, where 98 percent of residents have health insurance, research shows cuts to publicly-funded family planning would be devastating.
Public Funding of Family Planning is Essential, Even Under Health Reform
by Britt Wahlin and Amanda Dennis
March 22, 2011 - 10:35pm (Print)
Research shows that even in Massachusetts, a state where 98 percent of residents have health insurance, cuts to publicly-funded family planning would be devastating.
