🤫 Shhhh! This hearing on Veterans Access to Reproductive Healthcare is getting ready to start with Women's Health Services at @DeptVetAffairs @VeteransHealth, @PVA1946 & @CNASdc. You can also watch live on @cspan.
"The first women arrived at the first Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Training Center at Fort Des Moines on July 20, 1942. Among them were 125 enlisted women and 440 officer candidates (40 of whom were black) ..."
army.mil/women/history/
What services are considered "reproductive" healthcare?
In Vitro Fertilization / IVF
OB/GYN Visits
Comprehensive #SexEd
Emergency Contraception
Maternal & Newborn Healthcare
Domestic Violence Counseling
Gender Confirmation Surgery
STI/STD testing & treatment
#BirthControl
& more
Women & transgender people deserve access to healthcare, including reproductive healthcare. #NatSec #SexualHealth #ReproductiveJustice #ReproductiveHealth
"Reproductive health is a core component of overall health." — Kayla Williams, Senior Fellow & Director, Military Veterans and Society Programs, @CNASdc
#DidYouKnow: When/if a healthcare provider doesn't cover IVF, they're inherently discriminating against individuals who can't get pregnant due to infertility and/or being LGBTQ+, single, etc. We have to reconsider narratives about "family" & what it takes to "start a family."
Reminder: When we talk about #ReproductiveHealth, that includes men. Men have reproductive health systems, too. (It basically looks like women's systems turned inside out.)
Reminder: When we talk about men's #ReproductiveHealth, that includes transmen. Trailblazer (and heartthrob!!) @BuckAngel has spoken extensively about this. bust.com/sex/195055-tra…
Serious question for the old, white dude who just explained he's "pro-life" ... Are you cool with mandating that women like Savita Halappanavar die during pregnancy? #AbortionIsHealthcare #SRHR #srhrisessential bbc.com/news/uk-northe…
Thrilled this woman just followed up about the abortion question. FYI: With an outright ban, any veteran carrying a pregnancy that could cause death, is sexually assaulted, and/or is experiencing other issues cannot receive an abortion from VA healthcare services.
This dude just said he'd be "happy to debate" anyone regarding his views about abortion & mortality. Well, that's convenient considering the folks he'd be debating are dead. The US has horrible #MaternalMortality rates.
"[T]he U.S. maternal death rate ... is substantially higher than: Canada 🇨🇦 , United Kingdom 🇬🇧 , Japan 🇯🇵, Spain 🇪🇸 & Italy 🇮🇹 ... Moreover, the U.S. is the only high-income country with a rising level of #MaternalMortality." philanthropywomen.org/feminist-phila…
☝️ You read that right. Not only is the US #MaternalMortality rate unusually high, among our GDP peers, we're also the only country where the rate is actually RISING.
☎️ If you're a #Veteran in need of reproductive healthcare, here's your resource line: 855-VA-WOMEN.
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