“The global gag rule will cause clinic closures around the world, resulting in more unintended pregnancy and unsafe abortion, not less,” Latanya Mapp Frett, executive director of Planned Parenthood Global.
Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans in Sessions’ confirmation hearings largely dismissed his abysmal record on a broad range of rights—including voting, reproductive, and LGBTQ rights, all of which are intertwined.
National Partnership for Women & Families polling from last year found that voters across party lines overwhelmingly supported up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave.
“If we do not get federal reimbursement for the care we provide, our health centers will close,” Beth Parker, chief legal counsel of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, wrote in comments that she provided to Rewire. “Our patients will have nowhere to go.”
Democrats, a former Iowa Republican official, and reproductive rights advocates said defunding Planned Parenthood would have grave consequences for thousands of Iowans.
Should Republicans fail to replace the birth control benefit, many of the estimated 48.5 million women who rely on it would shoulder at least some out-of-pocket costs for contraceptive care.
Artist Sarah Winifred Searle's personal journey through diagnosis of a sexually transmitted infection, stigma, and treatment highlights the importance of accessible and affordable health care for all.
"Without the ACA, I will lose not only years on my quality of life, but [also] my identity, my few opportunities to contribute to the economy, my community, and the world around me.”
Trump's latest executive order highlights what is becoming standard practice within his administration: obscuring the destructive impact of an action on some marginalized communities by couching it in a feigned concern for “protecting” others.
