Friday was a great day! We were in  Yonkers educating people about Plan B which is a high dose of birth control that can stop a   woman from becoming pregnant if taken within 5 days of unprotected sex. It is more effective the…
Just think, what might have been if Bristol Palin had known about Plan B... «PRO-ACTIVELY DECREASING THE NUMBER OF UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES AND ABORTIONS« JOIN US TOMORROW March 13, 2009 11 am Yonkers City Hall Steps/South Broadway                               YONKERS, NY: On the anniversary of Roe v.…
We did it!  We pushed back and said that anti-choice, anti-woman, and anti-family Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen should not be  nominated to head the very important Department of Health and Human Services. And President Obama listened. Instead we have a fantastic nominee-Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius.…
Choice Matters Applauds Bristol Palin Bristol Palin has declared she doesn’t believe in abstinence-only education because it’s “not realistic at all.†The temptation is to be glib, to say “duh! You think after getting pregnant and having the baby, while a teenager in high school… 
Now that Tom Daschle has withdrawn his name for Secretary of HHS word is the the Obama administration is considering Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen for the post. According to Jonathan Cohn of the New Republic As governor, Bredesen presided over some drastic cuts to TennCare,…
There is an interesting article on Time.com about the family planning aspects of the stimulus package that were removed. Obama reportedly made the request to House Democrats to remove the provision as a concession to the GOP. But, the bill passed the house with NO…
The stimulus plan passed today, but without the family planning element. We need to express our disappointment to President Obama. Call the White House comment line at 202-456-1111. Tell the operator you have a comment about the stimulus plan and you'll be transferred to a…
President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package has been finalized and it does not include an important family planning provision. The provision would have allowed states to offer family planning services under Medicaid — including contraceptives — without first seeking the permission of the Federal government.…
Kirsten Gillibrand is New York’s new pro-choice Senator. She has a true understanding of the importance of comprehensive reproductive health and choice. We have every reason to believe she will follow in the footsteps of a real champion of women’s rights—Hillary Rodham Clinton.
President Barack Obama today signed an executive order lifting a ban on U.S. funding for international family planning groups that perform abortions or provide counseling about the procedure. The order rescinds the Mexico City Policy, also known as the "gag rule," which President Ronald Reagan…
