March 12, 2020
| Nikita Mhatre
Trump administration actions have degraded the country's health care safety net placing vulnerable communities at risk.
April 27, 2017
| American Academy of Nursing members Diana Taylor, PhD, RN FAAN, Nancy Woods PhD, RN FAAN, and Ellen Olshansky PhD, RN FAAN
Political interference is especially pronounced in sexual and reproductive health, particularly with respect to abortion access. National nursing organizations are responding to these threats – most recently with a position statement by the American Academy of Nursing.
December 9, 2016
| Monica Simpson, executive director of SisterSong, and Cindy Pearson, executive director of the National Women's Health Network
There has been increased attention and funding in recent years for long-acting reversible contraceptive methods (LARCs). While LARCs are part of a well-balanced mix of contraceptive options, there are concerning practices when it comes to who is targeted for long-acting methods and the way in which counseling is provided.
July 22, 2016
| Julie A. Burkhart
Two weeks after Dr. George Tiller was assassinated at his church, I told his wife I was going to re-establish abortion services in Wichita, Kansas.
June 17, 2016
| Caitlyn Caruso, Campus Organizer, Advocates for Youth
On May 24, 2013, hope had died for me. I had been working for the last six months on a comprehensive sex education bill here in my home state of Nevada only to see it die in the state Senate.
May 18, 2016
| Tammi Kromenaker, Director, Red River Women’s Clinic
In the fall of 2007, Jackie* called to schedule an abortion appointment. She said she had heard of a way to have an abortion with medicine, and asked if we offered that at our clinic.
March 25, 2016
| Brooke Tucker, Staff Attorney, ACLU of Michigan
As a civil rights lawyer and Michigan resident, I am incredibly saddened and disappointed by the man-made public health disasters that my government allows to persist.
March 11, 2016
| Fatimah Gifford, Deputy Director, Shift
Texas has a proud legacy of fighting for freedom and trumpeting our independent spirit. We are a state full of dualities.
February 10, 2016
| Allison Glass, State Director, Healthy & Free Tennessee
In 2014, Tennessee enacted a law that threatens women with jail time if they give birth to babies who are shown to have been affected by the use of narcotics during pregnancy.
November 23, 2015
| David S. Cohen
In an ideal world, abortion providers would lead lives just like any other medical professional. However, in the highly charged environment we live in, abortion providers’ lives are different.
