Further, funding restrictions force some women to have children they feel unable to support and others to delay having an abortion. These restrictions also cost taxpayers million of dollars annually in medical and other costs. To date, at least 113 organizations have signed on to the campaign. It is unconscionable that our legislatures and courts continually ignore the voices of young women who overwhelmingly demand access to reproductive health care. This campaign will energize a nationwide grassroots network of women who have often been denied information, coverage, access and real choice in reproductive health services.
All women deserve equal access to high quality health care, including abortion services.
At a time when access to reproductive health care is under increasing attack, young women, women of color, and low-income women who are the focus of C.A.R.E.2000 are disproportionately affected by restrictive access. Their voices are drowned out by the Christian right.