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NEWS FROM POWER TO DECIDE

We Have the Power to Change

We condemn in the strongest terms, the racism and injustice that was and still is on full display as our nation watched in horror over the last few weeks. Read our CEO, Gillian Sealy’s full statement.

Shared Learning Collaborative Team: Detroit, Michigan

Earlier this year we selected 8 teams from across the US to partner with us in implementing our reproductive well-being work within their communities.

Detroiters predominately Black race, with 33% of families living in poverty and 20% of adults without a high school degree. Detroit also has an alarmingly high infant and maternal mortality rates at 14 per 1,000 and 32 per 1,000 live births respectively. The city’s provider shortages and lack of federally funded family planning clinics likely contribute to these reproductive health inequities. But Detroiters are resilient, bold, innovative and committed to improving the health and wellbeing.

The Henry Ford Health System, in partnership with Black Family Development, Inc. and the Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit, plan to advance reproductive well-being in Detroit through intersectoral partnerships focused on youth.

Our Newest Power Womxn

We’re committed to uplifting the many individuals working to improve access to women’s reproductive health options. This month’s power womxn is Jill Angelo, Founder of Gennev. Read her story.

Birth Control Delivered to Your Door

Telehealth makes getting birth control easier than ever. Check out all of the telehealth resources hosted on our Bedsider program’s website. Updated regularly, these articles explore subjects such as, HIPAA privacy, the cost of telehealth, the types of services offered via telehealth, and more.

POLICY UPDATES

Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Abortion Restrictions But Threats to Abortion Access Remain

On Monday, June 29, in a 5-4 decision in June Medical Services v. Russo, the Court struck down a Louisiana law that would have left nearly one million women of childbearing age in Louisiana having access to only a single abortion clinic in the state. The law that was under review would have required those who provide abortion care to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles where they provide abortion services—forcing all but one clinic in the state to close. For more on the decision, see our statement.

However, while the Court’s ruling was a welcome relief, it also opens the door for other medically unnecessary restrictions on abortion care to be upheld in the future. Our CEO Gillian Sealy writes in her recent blog, “Although there is reason to feel relief, we cannot ignore the many other attacks on access to abortion care currently being fought in the courts. This decision, while a welcome one, is not victory. It beckons our collective attention to a stark reality. Women’s access to the full range of reproductive health care is still fragile and unequitable.”

It's urgent that Congress pass the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would prohibit states from passing medically unnecessary regulations that single out abortion providers. Please help us to do that by reaching out to your members of Congress and ask them to immediately pass the Women’s Health Protection Act. We’ve made it easy for you to do, just click here.

POWER UPDATES

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

Restoring Science, Protecting the Public: 43 Steps for the Next Presidential Term

We’re pleased to join with dozens of good-government, public health, environmental, consumer, and human and civil rights organizations that have collectively written and released Restoring Science, Protecting the Public: 43 Steps for the Next Presidential Term. Learn more about these memos and our support of them in this blog.

GENEROUS SUPPORT FOR OUR WORK

Power to Decide is excited to extend its partnership with Foundation Consumer Healthcare (FCH), the maker of Plan B One-Step® emergency contraception, a critical backup option if your plan A birth control fails. In addition to a generous financial donation to the Contraceptive Access Fund, FCH will also make available 5,000 units of emergency contraception for free to eligible Contraceptive Access Fund users. Women accessing the fund will be provided a unique code to be redeemed for one package of Plan B (and free shipping). On behalf of all the women that will benefit from this incredible support, we at Power to Decide say thank you!

Thank you to all our donors for your support of our Contraceptive Access Fund. Your support is going directly to help women in need continue to access birth control during these unprecedented times. 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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