Oklahomans for Reproductive Justice
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For nearly three years, Trust Women has worked to reestablish reproductive healthcare services in Wichita and the day has finally arrived that we can say, “It’s happening!”We are finally ready to open our first clinic.
This facility will mean women in the Wichita area can be assured that, for the first time in nearly four years, they have quality abortion care that doesn’t require a 3+ hour drive. The non-abortion care we will provided, from annual exams and STI testing to obstetric and post-natal care, will help close the gap in gynecological services in the Wichita area.
Help our friends over at TW out - let’s kick this thing off in style.
Semi-recently, I went through a Major Life Change (read: breakup), and found myself with a lot of excess time and excess feelings on my hands. In order to distract myself from the pangs of heartache, I started to spend a lot more of my time at the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico (TGRCNM).
Can I just tell you how fucking awesome this place is? With an operating budget of basically zero and a staff of three, this place is radically changing the face of trans* services in the state of New Mexico, the Southwest, and hell, I’ll even say the whole damn United States. Grassroots organizing and community accountability are at the core of TGRCNM’s values, and I think that there is a lot that we can all learn from the work being done by these amazingly dedicated folks.
Example 1: In September, TGRCNM hosted its first ever Pabst and Paps, a pap clinic for transmasculine people. There was food, football, fraternizing, and oh yeah, pap smears. What a great idea, right?
from the column:
I know parents might feel reluctant about their teenagers signing on for such a serious kind of birth control. I’m sure moms and dads don’t want to think of their kids being sexually active. Still, talks must be had.
Cristy Austin, an Overland Park YMCA youth development services supervisor and mom, says the discussion must start at home.
from abc news:
Despite the sobering stats on teen pregnancy, many doctors do not offer long-acting methods to teens as their first option for birth control, possibly due to misconceptions about these options.
“It’s such a common thing,” said Dr. Rachel Phelps, medical director of Planned Parenthood’s Rochester/Syracuse Region. “I see teens and women every week who are pregnant because their doctors aren’t well educated in contraception.”
I wanted one when I was a teen and my doctor told me I had to already have a child and be in a monogamous relationship to get one.
Many doctors tell folks of all ages this exact thing, and it’s patently, outrageously untrue. The only effect childbirth could possibly have on one’s eligibility for an IUD is that the cervix might be slightly more amenable to the insertion process. The monogamous relationship thing is utter bullshit and relies on the assumption that women are stupid and can’t understand that contraception and STD prevention are different things.
-Pearl
I was told you’re more likely for it to puncture the uterine wall if you haven’t had a child before because your uterus is smaller.
Part of the insertion process is a uterine “sound” which measures the depth of the uterus - if it’s too “small,” the doctor will not insert the IUD. Punctures are extremely rare and the circumstances are associated more with a tilted uterus than a nonparrous one. Most problems with IUD insertion/retention are associated with the cervix, not the uterus.
Glad to help!
-Pearl
(via atrial-flutters)
from abc news:
Despite the sobering stats on teen pregnancy, many doctors do not offer long-acting methods to teens as their first option for birth control, possibly due to misconceptions about these options.
“It’s such a common thing,” said Dr. Rachel Phelps, medical director of Planned Parenthood’s Rochester/Syracuse Region. “I see teens and women every week who are pregnant because their doctors aren’t well educated in contraception.”
RH Reality Check Texas reporter Andrea Grimes searches, in vain, for a pap smear among the providers the state of Texas says should be available to provide one. Watch and listen and read the rest of our reporting on the Texas Women’s Health Program here.
From the introduction:
Poor women living along the Texas-Mexico border are experiencing changes in the way they access and receive health services, especially after the Legislature’s decision in 2011 to cut the state’s family-planning budget statewide. This year, the issue of public financing for contraceptives and cancer screenings has often become intertwined with the controversy surrounding abortion. In the Rio Grande Valley, women rarely discuss the latter. However, they are beginning to nurture a political voice that emphasizes the prevention of unplanned pregnancies and abortions.
from rhrealitycheck.org -
Federal district court judge Lee Yeakel agreed and blocked the rule from going into effect. But the Fifth Circuit did not and in lifting the injunction blocking the rule, held that Texas has broad authority to regulate its state health program and as part of that regulation can include discriminate against entities the court said promoted a “pro-abortion point of view.”
