President Trump’s policies and Congress have had a disastrous affect on women and families in North Carolina, the United States and the world. On Tuesday April 10 at 11:30 am, members and supporters of NC NOW (National Organization of Women), NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina, El Pueblo, and Population Connection join Tuesdays with Tillis Indivisible ask that Senator Tillis respond with legislative support to remedy the repressive policies which cost women their lives.
Join us as we concentrate on reproductive care and reproductive justice policies at the federal level. Do you know there is a US policy which cuts off all US health funding for other countries as America tries to control other countries’ reproductive care? It’s the Global Gag Rule, which President Trump instated and massively expanded in January 2017. And Congress renews the heinous Hyde Amendment every year! The Hyde Amendment prohibits low income women, federal employees and their dependents and others from using their own insurance or Medicaid to cover abortions. This means Congress targets a range of women from getting a specific medical procedure via the Hyde Amendment – and has done so every year since 1976.
“The Hyde Amendment is nothing more than playing politics with the lives of those who traditionally have lacked access to quality, affordable care, such as poor women, rural communities and young people,” said Tara Romano, Executive Director of NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina.
