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February 13, 2009
A report on Women's Health and Health Care Reform co-authored by immediate past board chair Wendy Chavkin, MD, MPH, is the basis for a Congressional resolution introduced by Sen. Debbie Stabenow and Rep. Jan Schakowsky calling for the full spectrum of reproductive healthcare to be part of healthcare reform.

February 10, 2009
For a summary of Congressional actions on abortion, contraception, sex education, and other reproductive health concerns, see PRCH’s brief on the legislation that passed and failed in the 2007-2008 session and our outlook on 2009.

PRCH supports policies that promote reproductive healthcare for all, including increased access to birth control, emergency contraception, and abortion services, as well as comprehensive sex education. PRCH opposes policies that place politics over science at the expense of the reproductive healthcare of women, men, and teens. Read more about PRCH's 2009 Policy Agenda.

RSVP by February 6, 2009
Join PRCH in Sacramento on April 21 for California State Advocacy Day. PRCH policy staff will research and analyze specific legislation, make travel arrangements, schedule meetings, and prepare you to meet with legislators. To RSVP, email Libby Benedict or call her at 415-947-0680.

February 3, 2009
Ob.Gyn. News (subscription only) interviewed PRCH board chair Suzanne T. Poppema, MD, for an article discussing policy changes in reproductive health that are expected under the Obama administration. For more, read PRCH's letter to President Obama.