If these politicians succeed, it would devastate people’s access to essential preventive care and put 50,000 women and families in Wisconsin alone at risk for more undiagnosed cancers, STDs, unplanned pregnancies and other poor health outcomes.
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KNWA reached out to Planned Parenthood, and are still waiting for a response.
“I feel that in the face of this current political climate, it is critical that we all make it our mission to get really, really personal”, Johansson said, before telling the story of her own relationship to Planned Parenthood.
Getting birth control, in particular long-term methods such as intrauterine devices and birth control implants, would become more hard, as would receiving prenatal care and getting tested for sexually transmitted diseases and others such as cancer, experts said.
Sunday marks the 44 anniversary of Roe v. Wade, and according to a report, President Trump could sign an executive order that defunds International Planned Parenthood. More than half of Planned Parenthood health centers are in rural or underserved areas – where the few providers in the community aren’t accepting new patients, or getting an appointment can take weeks. Abortions made up 2.5 percent of services delivered. “It is defunding the other services provided by the organization”. “But I challenge you to not only show up to the marches and in the courtrooms and at the rallies, but to speak up in the every day”. The Run For All Women team has quickly received huge support and solidarity (from all over the world), which has allowed them to spread the word so quickly.
“No judgment, no questions asked, Planned Parenthood provided a safe place where I could be treated with gentle guidance”, she said. Metrorail trains provided 1.6 million trips over the two days. “But let me make this even clearer, we are not intimidated”. This one works, and now you want to cut the funding.
Emmy award-winning producer and attorney Connie Simmons, who also knows what’s at risk and marched in New York Saturday, said, “At the end of the march, a female NYPD officer came up to me and said, ‘It’s the end of the march but not of the struggle'”.
Rep. Alyce Clarke, D-Jackson, called on more women to run for public office, and start talking about politics more in social circles and public spaces. Rapper Macklemore, who spoke but didn’t perform, was still dancing with his crew at 2 a.m. Comedian and “Saturday Night Live” vet Casey Wilson, originally from Alexandria, brought the amusing by reading Yelp reviews of President Trump’s businesses.
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It’s no joke – that’s where Republican State Senator Brad Zaun thinks Iowa women can turn to for reproductive healthcare after they’ve defunded Planned Parenthood.
