Happening now: Our CEO Dr @HerminiaPalacio joins Dr
@Reprorightsdoc @prhdocs & @amandabeatrizTX @lilithfund to testify at the U.S. House Hearing on the Harms of the Hyde Amendment. Watch the livestream and join us as we live tweet with #BeBoldEndHyde!
@Reprorightsdoc @prhdocs & @amandabeatrizTX @lilithfund to testify at the U.S. House Hearing on the Harms of the Hyde Amendment. Watch the livestream and join us as we live tweet with #BeBoldEndHyde!
Rep. @rosadelauro opens the hearing: The Hyde Amendment is a discriminatory policy. The time has come to reckon with the norm, and view it through the lens of how it impacts communities of color. #BeBoldEndHyde
Rep. @rosadelauro: Now is the time to empower all women to be able to make deeply personal life decisions without politicians inserting themselves into the doctor’s office. #BeBoldEndHyde
Rep @NitaLowey: The Hyde amendment continues to attack the dignity of Americans. After more than 40 years, it continues to impose judgement and bully low income women, with a disproportionate impact on women of color. #BeBoldEndHyde
Our CEO @HerminiaPalacio begins her testimony noting that abortion is a health care experience shared by many people: “One in 4 cisgender women in the United States will have an abortion in their lifetime.” #BeBoldEndHyde #abortionishealthcare
Dr @HerminiaPalacio points out that because of the legacy of systemic racism in the U.S., Black and Brown women are disproportionately likely to be insured through Medicaid than White women. #BeBoldEndHyde 
“As our country undergoes a racial reckoning, I want to be clear: The Hyde Amendment is a racist policy.” - @HerminiaPalacio #BeBoldEndHyde
“A literature review conducted by @Guttmacher concluded that among women with #Medicaid coverage subject to the Hyde Amendment, one in four who seek an abortion are forced to continue the pregnancy.” - @HerminiaPalacio #BeBoldEndHyde
“Forcing someone who wants an abortion to continue a pregnancy is not only a violation of their reproductive autonomy; it is tantamount to requiring them, against their wishes, to accept the risks of pregnancy- and labor-related complications.” - @HerminiaPalacio #BeBoldEndHyde
.@HerminiaPalacio: Hyde disproportionately withholds abortion coverage from Black and Brown communities; a potential consequence of which is being forced to continue a pregnancy in a system in which Black and Indigenous people are astonishingly more likely to die. #BeBoldEndHyde
.@HerminiaPalacio concludes by calling for Hyde to be eliminated. Hyde denies abortion coverage to millions of people across the US. It’s a racist & coercive policy & Congress must put an end to it. Read Dr. Palacio’s full written testimony: gu.tt/hydetestimony #BeBoldEndHyde
.@Reprorightsdoc is testifying now: "Withholding coverage continues to perpetuate a two-tiered system of health care, dictated by one’s income, socio-economic status, and zip code." #BeBoldEndHyde @prhdocs
“Abortion is health care. Insurance coverage of abortion should be comparable to other essential health care services. And abortion should not be singled out for exclusion or have additional burdens placed upon it.” -@Reprorightsdoc @prhdocs #BeBoldEndHyde
Testifying now is @amandabeatrizTX @lilithfund: “As the COVID-19 pandemic and economic fallout ravages Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities, the same people impacted by the Hyde Amendment are already marginalized by our healthcare system and systemic racism.” #BeBoldEndHyde
“When each of us can make our own decisions about our reproductive health care, when we can forge families who we love on our own terms, we have more control over our lives and our economic security.” -@amandabeatrizTX @lilithfund #BeBoldEndHyde
All people should be able to get affordable abortion care—regardless of where they live, who they work for, or how much money they make. Repealing the Hyde Amendment is absolutely critical to making this a reality. #BeBoldEndHyde #AbortionIsHealthCare
.@HerminiaPalacio addresses impact of COVID-19 on #reprohealth care: @Guttmacher research shows that Black and Hispanic women were more likely than White women to want to delay pregnancy or have fewer children because of the pandemic. gu.tt/3hRQfB3 #BeBoldEndHyde
Dr. @HerminiaPalacio: It is an important issue of equity to be able to have #Medicaid pay for robust comprehensive services. That includes the full spectrum of services, which includes abortion. #BeBoldEndHyde #Abortionisessential
“There is a direct through line from reprehensible policies in our past, like forced sterilization of Black women, to policies like the Hyde amendment today. You cannot remedy a racist history by continuing with a racist policy.” -@HerminiaPalacio #BeBoldEndHyde
.@HerminiaPalacio: Since ’11, states enacted more than 450 new abortion restrictions. That’s 40% of the restrictions since 1973. Hyde is no accident. It’s not just racist; it’s part & parcel of a wicked web to constrain people’s autonomy to make their own choices. #BeBoldEndHyde
Many thanks @Reprorightsdoc @prhdocs and @amandabeatrizTX @lilithfund for your compelling and inspiring testimonies. 👏👏👏 We @Guttmacher will continue to stand with you and all advocates fighting to end Hyde and all unjust barriers to abortion care. #BeBoldEndHyde
Thank you Rep. @rosadelauro and @RepBarbaraLee for working to ensure that everyone can afford abortion care, regardless of income or source of insurance. A future without the Hyde Amendment will move us closer to full reproductive autonomy for all! #BeBoldEndHyde #4EACHofUs
Thank you also to @RepBonnie @NitaLowey @RepRoybalAllard @repmarkpocan @RepKClark @RepLoisFrankel and @RepCheri for your commitment to ending the Hyde Amendment! #BeBoldEndHyde
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