A group of mayors led a successful effort to pass a
resolution in support of women's reproductive rights and funding for Planned
Parenthood Saturday during the annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
The non-partisan organization, made up of representatives from about 1,200 cities across the
country, voted to pass a resolution opposing
the numerous efforts by state and federal lawmakers to restrict
women's access to abortion care and family planning services, including
attempts to mandate ultrasounds before abortion care, defund Title X and
Planned Parenthood, ban abortion care after 20 weeks, jeopardize access to
birth control, compel the Internal Revenue Service to audit rape survivors who seek
abortion care, and allow hospitals to refuse emergency abortion care to women.
The mayors promised to fight back against anti-choice efforts in the future and
speak out on behalf of their female constituents.
Resolution sponsors included Michael Bloomberg of
New York City; Ed Lee of San Francisco; Mike McGinn of Seattle; Antonio
Villaraigosa of Los Angeles; Pedro Segarra of Hartford, Conn.; and Sam Adams of
Portland, Ore.
“When it comes to reproductive health decisions,
nobody knows better than an individual woman what is best for herself and her
family,” said Bloomberg in a statement.
No comments:
Post a Comment