No one stops needing sexual and reproductive health care in a public health crisis.
People still have sex.
They still need birth control,STI testingand treatment, and access to safe and legal abortion.
Part of that has to do with the strict timeline required for an abortion.
The state of Illinois right away proclaimed that abortion was an essential service, and needed to be provided.
Other states have been less clear on that, she says.
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So when theyre closed,allpatients lose out.
There also remains the problem of how people will pay for abortions during an unprecedented economic crisis.
Not sure where to find those?
Here are a few to get you started.
You know, those dollars really go directly to people seeking abortion care, Ryland says.
Calling your local politicians to either thank them for supporting abortion rights oraskthem to do so also never hurts.
Dont discount how important your voice is with your elected official, says Ryland.
Everybody should be able to decide when and how to expand their families.
There is never a time for politicians to be interfering in these decisions for us, says Ryland.
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COVID-19 is really exposing the cracks we have in our system.
Did you know that unwanted pregnancies aremore common among military women?
And this is what you should probably know about the growingbacklash against the birth control pill.
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