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If Virginians Want Affordable Healthcare, Why Does Dave Brat Vote To Take It Away?

There’s no doubt about it. Virginians want affordable healthcare. Residents of the Commonwealth made their voices heard during the 2017 General Assembly elections by voting for candidates who promised to bring Medicaid expansion to the state. Those candidates delivered on their campaign promise when Governor Northam signed the budget in June, giving access to affordable […]

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Trump’s attacking women again, this time with an assault on Title X

Birth Control. STD Testing. Wellness Exams. Cervical Cancer Screenings. That’s what the Trump Administration and some Virginia congressman are attacking this time. Let’s start here. Title X is great. Title X helps provide essential preventative healthcare Title X is the only federal program that provides funding for reproductive healthcare and family planning—services such as birth […]

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Progress Virginia Strongly Condemns Trump-Pence Administration Restrictions on Health Care, Birth Control

Trump-Pence domestic gag rule is awful and will deny Virginia women basic information about — and access to — reproductive health care services Not content with skyrocketing premiums that resulted from intentional policy sabotage, the Trump-Pence administration announced today that they will target women’s basic rights and undermine sound medical advice by issuing a so-called Domestic […]

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Progress Virginia Celebrates 1st Anniversary of Birth Control Mandate in Virginia

Some in Congress – Including Rep. Dave Brat and Rep. Scott Taylor – Could Undo Hard-Won Victory, Cost Virginia Women April 26th marks the first anniversary of Governor Terry McAuliffe signing HB2267, a Virginia law that mandated health insurers to provide a year’s worth of birth control at once — saving time and hassle, especially for working women […]

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Hands Off My Birth Control

Thanks to (former) Governor Terry McAuliffe, you can now get 12 months of birth control at once in Virginia. That’s great! It’s cheaper and saves you time. What’s less great? Congressional Republicans are threatening the access and affordability of birth control in the Commonwealth. How? By sabotaging the Affordable Care Act. Women & The ACA: […]

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Surviving in a Contraception Desert

If you were stranded on a desert island, birth control might not be the first thing on your mind. But what if you’re in a regular small town, with no doctors in sight? Welcome to the contraception desert. In Rockingham County, for example, there are zero family planning clinics—nearly 5,000 women are without access to […]