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Senior Public Affairs Director
<br />Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
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Tue Jan 19, 2010 at 21:27:15 PM EST
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(From the diaries - promoted by Gerald Weinand)
In January 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that the right to privacy in the U.S. Constitution protects the right of a woman to choose whether to continue a pregnancy to term or to have an abortion.
Yet, 37 years later, almost to the day, we face the remarkable possibility that the United States Congress will enact health care reform legislation that singles out abortion from all other medical procedures, with unprecedented and unnecessary restrictions. Indeed, these restrictions threaten not only to prevent women who will gain access to health insurance from obtaining abortion coverage, but could also result in women losing abortion coverage they currently have.
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Tue Dec 08, 2009 at 07:36:01 AM EST
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(From the diaries - promoted by Gerald Weinand)
Anti-choice forces in the Senate are continuing their assault on women's rights with the introduction of the Hatch/Nelson amendment which would limit a woman's ability to control her own reproductive destiny. If Hatch/Nelson passes it would be the biggest loss for women's rights in a generation!
We must overpower the anti-choice forces by showing our Senators we won't Stand for Stupak! We made a great strides last week when a group of committed Mainers made the trek to Washington, DC to stand up and Stop Stupak!
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Mon Sep 28, 2009 at 13:22:59 PM EDT
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(From the diaries - promoted by Gerald Weinand)
After months of deliberations and delays, the Senate Finance Committee has
released its framework for a health care reform bill. Here is the bottom
line for women and our families: we can't make any more concessions.
Anti-choice groups want to use health care reform to eliminate reproductive
health care coverage - and Congress is listening. They are listening to
smoke-screen type amendments like the Hatch Amendment (#C14) which would
prohibit private insurers operating through state-based exchanges from
offering coverage for abortion care, except in cases of rape, life
endangerment, or incest in any benefits package. It suggests that private
insurers that wish to offer coverage could do so through a supplemental,
single-service rider.
Here are the facts, which seem to be elusive to the anti-choice ideologues.
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Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 13:37:30 PM EDT
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(From the diaries - promoted by Gerald Weinand)
As more women lose their jobs and lose health insurance, our doctors and nurses hear stories everyday about the tough choices women are making between basic needs and health care. How reproductive health care is dealt with in national health care reform is no small matter. And who provides this care is still to be determined.
For communities like ours, local health centers are where many people turn for trusted health care. Community health providers, like Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNNE), often serve as an entry point for essential health care needs. Of PPNNE services, 95 percent are prevention-oriented.
Today, one in four women who receives contraceptive care does so at a women's health center. One in six who obtains a Pap test or a pelvic exam does so at a women's health center, as do one-third of women who receive counseling, testing or treatment for sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. This basic health care is essential, particularly during difficult economic times, to give women the tools they need to protect and support their families. This is particularly true when you consider that women of childbearing age spend a remarkable 68 percent more in out-of-pocket health care costs than men, in part because of reproductive health-related needs.
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