{"id":907,"date":"2024-09-26T19:06:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T19:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/progressmo.com\/?p=907"},"modified":"2024-09-26T19:06:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T19:06:17","slug":"missourians-use-world-contraception-day-to-sound-alarm-on-attacks-on-birth-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/missourians-use-world-contraception-day-to-sound-alarm-on-attacks-on-birth-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Missourians Use World Contraception Day to Sound Alarm on Attacks on Birth Control"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jefferson City, Mo. \u2013 Thursday, September 26, marks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unfpa.org\/events\/world-contraception-day\">World Contraception Day<\/a>, a day centered on the freedom to plan and power to choose when and how to start a family. Unfortunately, Missouri\u2019s U.S. Senators Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt have repeatedly voted against protecting access to birth control.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June, Hawley blocked the passage of the Right to Contraception Act. Hawley makes it clear that he will do anything to keep Missourians from having access to reproductive health care, from doubling down on being 100% pro-life to the work he and his wife have done to ensure families can\u2019t access birth control through their employer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Missourians <a href=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/2024\/03\/29\/birth-control-poll-missouri-contraceptives\/\">overwhelmingly support access to contraceptives<\/a>, yet many fear their lawmakers have their sights set on restricting access.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been shouting from the rooftops for years now that they will come for your birth control too \u2013 they won\u2019t stop at abortion,\u201d said <strong>Heather Lindsy, St. Louis resident and activist<\/strong>. \u201cI never thought I would see in my lifetime that we would actually experience this threat to control our reproductive choices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI stand with women who fight for the ability to decide how to manage their own lives and participation in their own health care,\u201d said <strong>Rev. Traci Blackmon, faith leader and registered nurse<\/strong>. \u201cI am not a lawyer, so I don\u2019t try cases. I am not a scientist, so I don\u2019t look for new medicines or new cures. I stay in my lane. All I\u2019m asking is that our legislators stay in their lanes. You are there to listen to your constituents. You are not there to make health care decisions. You are not there to weigh in on our bodily autonomy. Women and birthing people deserve to decide their own health care. Hear us and do as we ask.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every individual must be guaranteed the freedom to protect their reproductive health and to plan their family. Missouri needs senators who will listen to us, not rip our health care options away piece by piece.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jefferson City, Mo. \u2013 Thursday, September 26, marks World Contraception Day, a day centered on the freedom to plan and power to choose when and how to start a family. Unfortunately, Missouri\u2019s U.S. Senators Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt have repeatedly voted against protecting access to birth control.&nbsp; In June, Hawley blocked the passage of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallant-mclaren.18-188-198-158.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}