Mark your calendars! Can you join other dedicated Planned Parenthood supporters on Tuesday, August 18th to help make sure health care reform works for the women, men, and families who need it most?
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Can you join other dedicated Planned Parenthood supporters on Tuesday August 18th to help make sure health care reform works for the women, men, and families who need it most?
by Cecile Richards,President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Posted August 3, 2009, 12:51pm on Huffington Post
It was only a matter of time before the right-wing campaign against health care reform began to focus on abortion, and last week the Family Research Council pulled out all the stops. The FRC is up with an "Harry and Louise" lookalike ad in key Senate states alleging that health care reform won't cover surgery for seniors (really??) but will pay for abortions provided by Planned Parenthood. News to us all -- but again, the Family Research Council has never been known to let the facts get in the way of good, old-fashioned hysteria.
The truth is that the Family Research Council and the National Right to Life folks don't want health care reform of any kind, and are now using the idea of expanding access to reproductive health care as their latest target.
Who said that making a difference can't be fun? Certainly not us!
Last month, over 200 young activists from across the nation joined together in DC to attend the Planned Parenthood Youth Organizing and Policy Summit. There were 12 young leaders from Florida in attendance.
Click the video link below to see Team Florida in action!
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An anti-abortion amendment to a sweeping health overhaul bill was voted down in a House committee late Thursday - a dramatic reversal just hours after the measure initially was approved. The amendment said health care legislation moving through Congress may not impose requirements for coverage of abortion, except in limited cases.
Our Florida phone bankers did some awesome work yesterday! And, guess what? You have a chance to join us for some more phone banking on Tuesday, July 28th from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm. Trust us, this is actually fun!
Aiming to stop debate over abortion from derailing healthcare reform, Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek of Miami is urging Congress to neither require nor ban insurers from providing coverage for abortions. Though proposed legislation does not mention abortion, some Republicans argue that the proposed overhaul of the healthcare system could open the door to federal funding of the procedure.
Reproductive health-care services are very often the only health care that women get. Women get cancer and sexually transmitted infection screenings and treatment and referrals, including referrals for prenatal care. They also have well-women examinations, access to all birth-control methods, and are provided critical, preventative, life-saving health education.
After so many failed attempts by so many well-intentioned politicians to get health care reform in this country, is it finally going to happen? And if it is, a key question for us is: what about women? Will women's reproductive health care be included - or will women once again be shortchanged and poorly served? We hear that Congress is debating the subject right now. They need to hear from all of us.
After so many failed attempts by so many well-intentioned politicians to get health care reform in this country, is it finally going to happen?
And if it is, a key question for us is: What about women? Will women’s reproductive health care be included, or will women once again be shortchanged and poorly served? We hear that Congress is debating the subject right now. They need to hear from all of us.
by Cecile Richards, President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America
