Southeastern Pennsylvania provides essential care to more than 20,000 people in Philadelphia every year—including birth control, STI testing and treatment, cancer screenings, wellness exams, and abortion.
Right now, the president and Congress are doing everything they can to strip Planned Parenthood of the resources it needs to provide care. With Planned Parenthood excluded from federal programs like Title X and Medicaid, health centers across the country are at risk of closing.
In response, instead of stepping up, our Philadelphia City Council passed a budget with zero dollars …
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Southeastern Pennsylvania provides essential care to more than 20,000 people in Philadelphia every year—including birth control, STI testing and treatment, cancer screenings, wellness exams, and abortion.
Right now, the president and Congress are doing everything they can to strip Planned Parenthood of the resources it needs to provide care. With Planned Parenthood excluded from federal programs like Title X and Medicaid, health centers across the country are at risk of closing.
In response, instead of stepping up, our Philadelphia City Council passed a budget with zero dollars for sexual and reproductive health care. This is disgraceful. Other cities—like New York, Atlanta, and Baltimore—have created local funds to protect sexual and reproductive health care. Philadelphia should do the same.
Philadelphia already has the second highest STI rates in the country. Failing to act locally means leaving thousands of patients to fall through the cracks. And low-income patients and communities of color, who already face significant barriers to care, will bear the brunt.
Our city must invest in the health of its residents. Philadelphia has the opportunity to lead by example and show what it looks like to build healthier, safer communities.
Sammy Lifson-Neubardt
Mt. Airy
