Tag Archives: family planning

Notes from a bitch…one woman’s story…

By Sharkfu | Published: April 20, 2011
TweetA lot of amazing moments happened during the multi-month battle to protect family planning funding and providers from the out-of-control cuts in the 2011 federal budget. It felt like forever, but the campaign was actually only a couple of months! As we catch our breath and work to capture lessons learned, I’d like to share [...]
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Quick Hit: The outcome of cutting funds for international family planning

By Vanessa | Published: March 21, 2011
TweetAs if the domestic attacks on reproductive freedom in the U.S. wasn’t enough, you might or might not know about bill H.R. 1, that would cut $200 million in funding for U.S. international family planning assistance. Guttmacher gives us the goods on what the end result would be from just half of the cuts from [...]
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House committee proposes completely eliminating the Title X family planning program

By Maya | Published: February 10, 2011
TweetYesterday the House Appropriations Committee released a draft list of 70 proposed spending cuts to be included in an upcoming Continuing Resolution bill. That $327M for family planning? That would be the entire Title X program–which gives clinics, such as Planned Parenthood, federal funds to provide basic health care like  contraception, STD treatment, and cancer [...]
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