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NEWS FROM POWER TO DECIDE

Expanding BCBenefits

We have recently added new benefits to BCBenefits, our Contraceptive Access Fund. Now users can offset costs associated with traveling to a health care appointment to access birth control, as well as get reimbursed for their out-of-pocket expenses associated with getting the birth control method right for them. Since launching nationally in April 2019, our BCBenefits program has provide more than 2,100 coupons for birth control pills via our telehealth partners.

We believe that everyone should have the power to decide if, when, and under what circumstances to get pregnant and have a child. Help women have this power by donating to the Fund today.

Why We Stood Up for Abortion Access

Last week, the Supreme Court heard a case about a Louisiana law that would dramatically hinder access to abortion care—leaving the state with one abortion clinic accessible to 1 million women of childbearing age and setting a precedent for other states to follow suit. Abortion restrictions like Louisiana’s clinic shutdown law have one purpose: to wrest decisions about if and when to have a child from women be limiting access abortion care. We rallied with thousands of others outside the Supreme Court rally to speak up for access to full range of reproductive health services and to protect our power to decide.

Dying to Give Birth

How does history continue to influence the lives of black mother’s today? In this blog Gillian Sealy, our Chief Program Officer, discusses the role of structural racism in the rising black maternal mortality rate in the US.

Survey Says: #ThxBirthControl

A recent Power to Decide public opinion poll shows overwhelming support for birth control! Most survey respondents (86%) agree that everyone in the US deserves access to the full range of birth control methods and nearly 8 in 10 (76%) view contraception as a basic part of women’s health care. Learn more about #ThxBirthControl.

Catching Up with the ME. Project

This Innovation Next team is looking at the intersection of sexual and mental health. Read about ME. Project’s work to engage and bring representative, and informed resources to Mississippi youth.

POLICY UPDATES

New State Fact Sheets

Power to Decide has released the first of our state-specific contraceptive landscape fact sheets. Each fact sheet highlights the state’s:

contraceptive deserts,
policies enacted in order to increase contraceptive access,
Title X services in the state, and
the direct impact of the Title X domestic gag rule in states affected by it.

The first slate of state fact sheets include California, Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia.

Title X Gag Rule Remains in Effect

On February 24, the 9th District Court of Appeals handed down a decision that allows the Title X domestic gag rule to remain in effect, continuing the attack on those who are struggling to make ends meet. Already, 8.8 million women with low incomes are losing family planning resources in their communities due to the gag rule. Please urge your members of Congress to protect the Title X program and reverse the damage done by the domestic gag rule!

POWER UPDATES

Click here to see the top publications and articles on sexual health published in the last month.

GENEROUS SUPPORT FOR OUR WORK

Power to Decide is excited to continue our work in Eastern Kentucky with support from the Educational Foundation of America. All Access Eastern Kentucky is a partnership effort of Power to Decide, the Kentucky Health Justice Network, and Appalshop, Inc., that trains and supports clinical providers, builds youth leaders’ capacity to advocate for change, and works to increase access to reproductive healthcare in Appalachian Kentucky.

We would also like to extend our gratitude to all those who made a donation to the Contraceptive Access Fund during our Valentine’s Day “Share Some Love” campaign. Your support is going directly to help women in need access birth control. Thank you!

Join others dedicated to ensuring all young people have the power to decide their futures by making a donation today.

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