I have known the importance of reproductive health care since my early teens. Many of my friends were able to get gynecological services at Planned Parenthood. From routine issues like physicals and vaginal infections to potentially life saving care, birth control, and helping cope with miscarriages, Planned Parenthood and other free clinics are essential. Every woman in these United States needs basic reproductive health services. Women carry this generation into the next generation, literally bearing our future. We need to protect that future by making sure it is a healthy one.