A Note From the Executive Director
First the good news. It is barely a full year since we moved into our renovated space. We are thrilled with the light and the roominess. Long time patients coming in for medical visits love the “new†health center, and are happy that we kept the cozy, warm feeling and added a professional look and feel. We will be forever grateful to our capital campaign donors for making this possible. We love to show supporters around, so give a call and set up a time to come by.
In spite of these positive changes, this has been a trying time. Not only abortion services, but family planning is being attacked. Planned Parenthood is at the center of the hubbub, but I assure you it is having an impact on all providers. If the extreme right should succeed in defunding Planned Parenthood, they will come after the independent providers next and then the doctors who provide family planning and/or abortion services. Their current viciousness is just one step in a bigger plan to get women out of the workforce, out of athletics, out of government service and back into the kitchen and the nursery, not to be seen or heard from again. They have already done considerable harm and made too much progress with this repressive agenda. Please respond to calls for action. We must resist and insist on women’s rights to be active participating members of society, to control their own bodies and to make their own decisions. This will not end without a fight at every level of government. We all must be vigilant and ready to stop this backward movement. Thank you for your commitment to equal treatment and respect for everyone.
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