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The Education Fund of Family Planning Advocates provides research and public education on reproductive health care issues.
Women' Health Matters is dedicated to protecting women's reproductive health in New York State.
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- 2/9/10 - Family Planning Advocates Testifies: Family Planning Funding Saves the State Money
President/CEO Brooks Quotes Secretary of State Clinton in Link Between Economic Stability and Reproductive Health Care Access - 1/29/10 - Family Planning Advocates Welcomes Swift Justice in Scott Roeder Murder Trial in Kansas
Prochoice Community Continues to Mourn Loss of Dr. George Tiller - 1/15/10 - Women's Issues Back on Agenda for U.S.
Secretary of State Clinton calls for a six-year, $63 billion Global Health Initiative. - 1/11/10 - M. Tracey Brooks, president and CEO of (FPA), speech to advocates on FPA’s Women’s Health Matters: A Day of Action
Brooks’ speech illustrates how fully funding family planning in the 2010-11 state budget is both smart budgeting and essential to protecting women’s health. - 1/11/10 - Family Planning Advocates: 'Family planning funding is smart budgeting for the state'
Gov. Paterson, legislative leaders address 300 advocates; more than 100 legislative visits - 1/6/10 - NY Family Planning Providers go from Cash Watch to Cash Warning; Headed toward Perfect Storm in Early 2010
Providers urge much-needed funding in 2010-11 - 1/4/10 - Family Planning Advocates Launches new E-Newsletter for Members
Become a member today and receive this timely publication right in your e-mail box. - 12/20/09 - Family Planning Advocates Speak out Against New Proposed Abortion Language in Senate Manager's Amendment
The new language creates an unworkable system whereby individuals are required to write two separate premium checks each month, one for abortion care and one for everything else. There is no sound policy reason to require women to pay separately for their abortion coverage.
- 12/8/09 - Senator Kirsten Gillibrand speaks on the floor of the U.S. Senate to fight off the Nelson Amendment to health care reform legislation.
Senators Gillibrands and Schumer stood up for women, again.
- 12/7/09 - Senator Kirsten Gillibrand speaks on the floor of the U.S. Senate to fight off the Nelson Amendment to health care reform legislation.
The Nelson amendment would virtually eliminate insurance coverage for abortion care in health care reform—even for women who pay premiums with their own money.
- 12/3/09 - Family Planning Advocates of New York State statement on the defeat of the marriage equality bill in the New York State Senate
Even as the NYS Senate rejected legislation that would extend marriage equality to all New Yorkers, we witnessed the courage of Senators who stood up for the families of this state.
- 12/1/09 - Pro-Choice Advocates Travel to Washington, D.C. for National Day of Action on Health Care Reform
Follow This Trip and Stop Stupak Activities on Twitter and Facebook
- 11/5/09 - Family Planning Advocates and Clergy for Choice Combat Attacks on Health Care Reform as House Vote Nears
Anti-abortion and religious groups try to alter House bill language to further restrict abortion; 'Congress must refuse to allow the faith of some to be established as policy for all'
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