August 2024
NBC NEWS-
As birth control costs continue to rise, the concerns for family planning care rise as well. NBC Reporter, Kaitlin Sullivan states that free or low cost contraceptives are becoming increasingly difficult for women to access as clinics close or struggle with funding problems and policy restrictions.
These restrictions don’t help those women who are already struggling to find affordable care, most of which who live in states with the strictest abortion laws, especially those in the rural, southern states. Of course, the vast majority of these families are poverty stricken and people of color.
The amount of clinics that are closing within these poverty stricken areas is another area of concern. Title X isn’t enough to combat all of these issues, but Converge will continue to work as hard as possible for those families within Mississippi (and Tennessee).
“In Mississippi, it’s common for women seeking a clinic to travel two hours for an appointment, said Jitoria Hunter, Vice President of External Affairs at Converge, a nonprofit that allocates federal funding for family planning services in Mississippi and Tennessee.”
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