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Back to Basics
With this year’s theme, “Back to Basics,” we’re providing concrete help to parents and champions for talking to their young folks about important, but sometimes difficult topics such as birth control and consent. Check out our Talking is Power page for conversation prompts, tips for talking, and meaningful stories from a variety of people’s own experiences.
Each year we dedicate the month of May to encouraging parents and champions of young people to open conversations about sex, love, relationships, and more.
Introducing the Breakthrough Accelerator
The Breakthrough Accelerator—an HHS-OPA funded program—is focused on expanding innovative youth-centered solutions that advance sexual and reproductive health equity. Until May 17, Breakthrough is accepting applications from teams that have a program, product, or idea (big or small) that advances the field of adolescent sexual and reproductive health in a new or different way. Selected teams can expect support through $100K in funding, skill-building opportunities, and more. To learn more about Breakthrough and to access the application, visit its website.
Join Our Team
We’re hiring a Development Manager who will be responsible for advancing philanthropic relationships with a range of funder types including individuals, foundations, and corporations. This position will be responsible for creating and implementing a grant strategy and identifying funding opportunities aligned with the organization’s mission and objectives. The Development Manager will collaborate with the Development Operations Manager and the Vice President, Development in the execution of fundraising appeals and a comprehensive donor communications and engagement strategy. Apply now.
HRSA Recommends One Key Question
One Key Question® (OKQ) provides a framework for providers to routinely ask patients about pregnancy desires and offer personalized counseling and care. In December 2023, the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) listed OKQ as an example of a screening tool that providers can use to screen patients for pregnancy intention.
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New Funding Opportunity
Are you developing solutions to advance equity in sexual health outcomes for youth? Join Launch, a new innovation accelerator established to support bold and exciting ideas that advance equitable sexual health outcomes for youth. Participants in the cohort-based program will receive funding, individualized coaching, and connections to resources. Learn more and sign up for updates on Launch’s website.
Meeting With the Second Gentleman
A member of our Reproductive Well-Being Shared Learning Collaborative, Dr. Drea Jones, recently spoke with Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff about the importance of reproductive health. Read her full remarks at the roundtable event in a new blog post.
Continued Concerns About Birth Control Access
Missouri-based The Right Time initiative released a new poll that shows broad concern about the future of birth control access in the state. Read about the survey findings, including how 59% of residents are concerned that officials may enact new laws to restrict birth control access, in a new blog.
New Publication About SafeSpace App
Power to Decide staff are co-authors on a new publication from our rigorous evaluation of SafeSpace, an app-based sexual health education program. This article, published in Frontiers in Reproductive Health, highlights LGBTQIA+ inclusive evaluation methods, including strategies for recruitment, enrollment, and measurement. Baseline findings from the study pilot are also presented.
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Federal Update
Supreme Court Oral Arguments on EMTALA Case
On April 24, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a consolidated case, Idaho v. United States and Moyle v. United States. In this case, the Court is considering whether state abortion bans trump EMTALA’s longstanding requirements. EMTALA, or the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, is a nearly 40-year-old law that guarantees patients in an emergency who present at a hospital that receives federal funding will receive stabilizing care, regardless of their ability to pay. For many pregnant people in medical emergencies, EMTALA has guaranteed that they can receive emergency care, including abortion care, if needed.
Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, pregnant people suffering medical emergencies have been turned away from hospitals in Idaho, Texas, and other states, unable to get the emergency care they need. This case is part of a broader anti-abortion strategy to ban reproductive health care altogether, and we know that these bans disproportionately impact historically marginalized communities. Since there will not be a decision in this case until the summer, nothing is changing right now. Please visit AbortionFinder.org to find up-to-date information on local verified abortion care providers and support services.
State Update
Updates on Abortion Bans in Arizona and Florida
On May 1, a 6-week abortion ban went into effect after the Florida Supreme Court decided last month that the state constitution’s privacy clause does not include a right to abortion. The law has exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the pregnant person, and would limit access to medication abortion by barring prescriptions through telehealth or by mail. However, in November, Floridians will vote on a constitutional amendment that would protect the right to abortion in the state.
In April, Arizona’s state Supreme Court upheld a law from 1864 that bans abortion in nearly all cases, except to save the life of the pregnant person. The state Attorney General clarified that the earliest the law will go into effect is on June 27, 2024. Until June 27, providers can offer care through the 15th week of pregnancy. On May 2, Governor Hobbs signed HB 2677 to repeal the 1864 ban. Still, the new law cannot go into effect until 90 days after the legislature concludes, which might not be for another month or two. This means the people of Arizona could still be subjected to a total abortion ban for some time beginning on June 27, 2024. In November, Arizonans will also vote on a constitutional amendment that would create a fundamental right to access abortion care in the state.
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At Power to Decide, we believe in a world where everyone—no matter who they are or where they live—can decide if, when, and under what circumstances to get pregnant and have a child.
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