Why We Care
Everyone deserves to live their healthiest lives regardless of their age, income, insurance coverage, or zip code. We work for comprehensive sex education, protections for pregnant workers, access to family planning providers like Planned Parenthood, and defending and improving Americans’ access to health care services. We also raise awareness about the violence and harassment reproductive health care providers face.
Why It Matters
18
State laws
Passed since 2013 granting workplace accommodations to pregnant workers
2,467,633
Patients
Obtained contraception, STI testing, breast exams, and PAP smears at Planned Parenthood in 2014
11
People
Murdered by anti-abortion extremists in the United States
Barriers to Access
We work to ensure that everyone can live their healthiest lives no matter where they live.
We support the rights of our patients throughout their pregnancy. No one should have to choose between their job and a healthy pregnancy, which is why we fight for proactive legislation like the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to protect pregnant patients in the workplace.
The current Congress has repeatedly attempted to roll back the gains of the Affordable Care Act, a disastrous effort that could leave tens of millions of people without health insurance and countless others without adequate coverage, as well as decimating Medicaid and defunding Planned Parenthood. We have worked to stop the passage of these repeal bills, and will continue to oppose any legislation that creates barriers to care. It’s time to expand and improve, not limit, Americans’ access to health care services.
Every day, doctors, nurses, counselors, administrators, security guards, and volunteers put their lives on the line to provide comprehensive reproductive health care. Eleven people, including members of the Physicians community like Dr. George Tiller, have been murdered by anti-abortion extremists. This campaign of terror—waged over decades against those who provide this critical care—is reprehensible, and we are trying to end it.
Latest News
PRH in the News
Unraveling the Truth about Herpes
Our Fellow Dr. Meera Shah writes her latest column on the stigma surrounding herpes in Jezebel.
Update
When medicine and law unite: Three years since Whole Woman’s Health vs Hellerstedt
“WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!” That was my Facebook post on the morning of June 27, 2016 when the Supreme Court of the United States issued their ruling on […]
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Federal court rules Trump’s abortion ‘gag rule’ can take effect immediately
Our Fellow Dr. Jamila Perritt’s testimony before Congress sharing what the new Title X rules would mean for her patients is quoted in ThinkProgress.
Press Release
Governor signs Illinois Reproductive Health Act
Today, Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed the Illinois Reproductive Health Act (RHA) into law. Dr. Erica Hinz, ob/gyn in Illinois and Fellow with Physicians for Reproductive Health, […]
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The Trump administration wants to let doctors discriminate against trans patients
Vox interviewed Academy alum Dr. Meera Shah on the Trump administration’s transgender health discrimination rule.
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Overturning Roe v. Wade wouldn’t turn back the clock to 1973
The Associated Press featured Consulting Medical Director Dr. Anne Davis for a piece on self-managed abortion and the future of abortion access.
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Missouri’s Last Abortion Clinic Could Close This Week (Updated)
Rewire has updated this piece from Tuesday featuring our statement from President and CEO Jodi Magee to include quotes from Academy alum Dr. Anuj Khattar’s […]
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Trump Administration Proposes Nixing Health Care Protections For Transgender People
HuffPost mentioned our statement from Academy alum Dr. Meera Shah in response to the Trump-Pence administration proposing new rules that remove protections for the gender […]
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Trump administration rolls back LGBTQ protections in Affordable Care Act
Academy alum Dr. Meera Shah spoke on the potential impact of the Trump-Pence administration’s rollback of Affordable Care Act protections against discrimination based on gender […]
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