“It’s not healthy, fair, or just to be forced to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term,” Dr. Friedrich-Kalnik said.
It may be more difficult to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases or cancer.
Project 2025 proposes completely eliminating taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood, a nonprofit organization that provides sex education and health care in the United States and around the world. This is because the organization also provides elective abortions. One in three women in the U.S. has visited a family planning clinic that offers mental health support, HPV and COVID-19 vaccines, breast cancer screenings, Pap smears, HIV testing and treatment support—the list goes on and on. Continue.
However, Project 2025 is a publicly funded family planning program that makes reproductive health care available to low-income and uninsured people. Proposes to remove abortion providers from Title X. Family planning programs receive most of their funding through state Medicaid programs (approximately 70% of people seeking care through the program are low-income), making them dependent on Medicaid and the health care system. Other services provided to millions of people will no longer be reimbursed. Title X.
Some states have already made similar moves to attack abortion care, and we have a pretty good idea of what will happen if these rules are implemented nationwide. For example, efforts to defund Indiana’s family planning system led to the closure of a clinic in rural Scott County in 2013. What’s the result? This is the worst HIV outbreak in the state’s history, and the group blames a lack of testing available. (At its worst, the county was seeing 20 new cases diagnosed each week. planned parenting.) Similarly, chlamydia and gonorrhea infections spiked after a family planning clinic closed in Shawano County, Wisconsin. The group’s experts also say reduced access to screening, treatment and vaccines will lead to more cancer cases, delayed treatment and worse health outcomes.
By the way, Medicaid actually does not cover abortion in most states because the Hyde Amendment prohibits the use of federal funds for abortions except in cases of rape, incest, or life endangerment. I haven’t. Therefore, access to these other services would be destroyed, even though abortion care for Medicaid enrollees is already limited.
Access to emergency contraceptives may become more difficult and subsequent threats to contraceptive and infertility treatments.
Emergency contraception, also known as the morning-after pill, is a safe and effective way to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex, contraceptive failure (such as a broken condom), or rape. But Project 2025 wants to make it much harder for people to access the most effective type, ulipristal acetate. It may be better known by the brand name ella.
Essentially, the proposal seeks to remove Ella, who has been incorrectly classified as a “potential abortion patient,” from the “contraceptive mandate” under the Affordable Care Act. As part of this mandate, most private health insurance companies are required to cover prescription contraceptives at no cost to the patient. (available only if applicable). In other words, if this is successful, you may have to pay at least $50 out of pocket for ella. In theory, levonorgestrel emergency contraceptives like Plan B would still be subject to the current mandate, but only if prescribed. (Currently, you can buy these pills over the counter, but your health insurance won’t pay if you don’t have an Rx). However, Ella is the most effective emergency contraceptive pill overall and one of the best options for people who weigh between 165 and 195 pounds. (Inserting an IUD within 5 days of unprotected sex is highly effective, regardless of weight).
