Amid all the news coverage of the GOP’s spending-bill extravaganza— ……. —one piece of the package has received comparatively little attention: a provision that would block abortion clinics from receiving Medicaid funds for any of the non-abortion services they provide. But if this proposed provision passes, clinics all over the country will be affected. It … Read more
Already, the Trump administration has moved to eliminate research on abortion. In January, Trump issued an executive order blocking data collection measuring the effect of access to reproductive care, including abortion care. The administration scrubbed several references to abortion on the Department of Health and Human Services’ website. and “There’s a proven connection between slashed … Read more
This is not just about personal choice; it is about national and economic stability and the future of public health Read more at Salon
Access to birth control lets women “plan for careers rather than jobs” Claudia Goldin last year became the first woman to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences as an individual, rather than as part of a team. She makes the sharpest case for how the ability to choose when to have children was … Read more
“We all understand — if we’re parents, or know anybody who’s a parent, or are paying any attention to parents — the ways in which having children impacts the economic lives of families,” says Caitlin Myers, an economist at Middlebury College. “For women in particular, it’s the single biggest economic decision most of them will … Read more
Dr. Catherine Birndorf, a reproductive psychiatrist and founder of The Motherhood Center of New York, states, “Whatever you believe about a woman’s right to have an abortion, the irrefutable medical fact is that forced pregnancy — when a woman or girl becomes pregnant without seeking or desiring it, and abortion is denied, hindered, delayed or … Read more
