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Reproductive Health Groups In MO Looking To Congress For Support

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Thursday, May 28, 2009   

St. Louis, MO - As Congressional leaders prepare to debate health care reform in Washington, DC this summer, advocates for reproductive health in Missouri are hoping the lawmakers will include issues such as combating teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in their considerations.

Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region is monitoring the federal legislative activity, after ten reproductive health bills failed earlier this month in the state Legislature. Paula Gianino, the organization's president, says those laws, had they passed, would have provided young Missouri teens preventive measures against cervical cancer, uterine fibroids and STDs.

"This is the time for citizens to weigh in with our Congressional representatives and our two state senators, because the discussion and the legislation that will come this summer will be of historic proportions."

Admittedly, says Gianino, during this economic crisis, people find it difficult to think about their reproductive health needs when many can't afford even their basic health care needs.

"They're making tough decisions about food on the table, versus their own health care, versus their own medication, versus their own contraception. Families are making very tough choices."

Planned Parenthood admits President Obama's proposed 2010 budget does include positive measures for reproductive health: $164 million would fund teen pregnancy prevention, while most funding for abstinence-only programs has been cut. Some critics argue abstaining from sex is key to preventing unintended pregnancies, while others worry about the plan's cost and impact to private insurers. The House is expected to finalize its version of a health care reform bill by the end of July.




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