Author Archives: PPNYC Action Fund

What Roe Means to Louisa

January 21, 2011 – 2:00 pm

In honor of the 38th anniversary of Roe V. Wade, we’re sharing stories from our supporters of what Roe has meant to them. Want to share your story? Leave it in the comments below or email us. You can read the whole series here. “I first heard about Roe V. Wade in middle school history [...]

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What Roe Meant to Angela

January 21, 2011 – 10:00 am

In honor of the 38th anniversary of Roe V. Wade, we’re sharing stories from our supporters of what Roe has meant to them. Want to share your story? Leave it in the comments below or email us. You can read the whole series here. “Although I am now the mother of two wonderful adult children, [...]

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What Roe Means to Merav

January 20, 2011 – 2:30 pm

In honor of the 38th anniversary of Roe V. Wade, we’re sharing stories from our supporters of what Roe has meant to them. Want to share your story? Leave it in the comments below or email us. You can read the whole series here. “Right after graduating from college, moving out of my dorm and [...]

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What Roe V. Wade Means to Me

January 20, 2011 – 1:00 pm

This Saturday, January 22, marks the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that ruled that the right to privacy in the U.S. Constitution protects the right of a woman to choose whether to continue a pregnancy to term or to have an abortion. Two generations of Americans have grown up [...]

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Newly Designed NYC Condoms Hit The Streets

January 19, 2011 – 3:24 pm

Just spotted in our health center — the latest in NYC condoms with a “power” button front and center. Clever pun? Ripoff of our “Planning is Power” (PDF) campaign from a few years ago? Tell us, what do you think of the new design?

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What you should have read, but might have missed, last week.

January 18, 2011 – 8:46 pm

Here are a few of the stories we’ve been paying attention to: PPNYC had a letter to the editor in the Staten Island Advance, responding to a negative piece on the Crisis Pregnancy Legislation. PPNYC also had a letter to the editor in the NY Daily News, responding to a negative piece about abortion rates. [...]

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What you should have read, but might have missed, this week.

January 10, 2011 – 8:13 pm

Here’s what we’ve been reading: As many of you know, Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords, from Tuscon, was shot on Saturday. She is pro-choice, but in many ways, a middle-of-the-road Democrat. Here’s a 2009 piece she wrote in support of women’s health. As a result, Republicans have decided to delay voting to repeal health care reform. [...]

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Responding to the Archbishop of New York

January 6, 2011 – 6:45 pm

  You may or may not have heard, but the Archbishop of New York held a press conference today on our rates of abortion (which have been available for a while, via the NYC DOH). We’ve issued a press statement, which you can find below. Or just catch us talking about it on the news [...]

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Eight Great New Year’s Resolutions for Reproductive Health

January 5, 2011 – 12:04 pm

Happy 2011! Hopefully you had a great New Year’s, and aren’t too concerned about those crazy predictions that the world will end in 2012 (though, now that Boehner has taken over as the Speaker of the House, who knows). We’ve set a few of our own resolutions here at PPNYC — help make sure everyone [...]

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Post-holiday news roundup.

January 3, 2011 – 8:10 pm

Happy 2011! Hopefully you had fantastic holidays away from the computer. And with that in mind, here are a few of the important reproductive rights headlines you might have missed: A new study has come out, showing the birthrate amongst teens is declining. Hitting a record low. Which, it looks like, might be tied to [...]

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