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March 19, 2009
PRCH board chair Suzanne T. Poppema, MD, responds in the Everett Herald to a misleading op-ed, setting the record straight on the safety of contraceptives and abortion.

March 17, 2009
The Bush administration's conscientious refusal rule limits women's access to abortion, contraception, and sterilization by shielding healthcare workers who refuse to give patients the information and treatment they need. Now President Obama has taken the first step to rescind this rule by starting a 30-day period for public comment. Tell the Department of Health and Human Services to drop the conscientious refusal rule and protect women's health.

March 11, 2009
PRCH board chair Suzanne T. Poppema, MD, praised Congress for restoring affordable birth control prices to millions of college students and low-income women by including the birth control pricing fix in the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations bill, which President Obama signed today. PRCH supporters worked on this issue for two years, sending over 1,500 emails to Congress, calling targeted congressional offices, and travelling to Capitol Hill to lobby Congress. Your calls and emails made a difference - thank you!

March 10, 2009
In a post on RH Reality Check, PRCH board chair Suzanne Poppema, MD, marks the National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers by talking about her career as an abortion provider. Join PRCH as we bring abortion providers together to celebrate at the William K. Rashbaum, MD, Abortion Provider Award Ceremony on April 13. We'll honor 2009 Rashbaum Abortion Provider Award winner LeRoy Carhart, MD, and hear from keynote speaker Gloria Steinem.