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NEWS FROM POWER TO DECIDE

Keep the Power On. Continue the Conversation.

A national effort to spark meaningful conversations between young people and the champions who care about them most, #TalkingIsPower month is here. Whether you’re a parent, guardian, educator, provider, or champion to a young person, join the #TalkingIsPower movement.

As more people become vaccinated against COVID-19 and lockdown measures lift, it’s important not to stop talking to the young people in your life. Check out our website for new tools and resources to help continue discussions with the young people in your life about sex, love, relationships, and ultimately, birth control. 

Supporting Sex Ed for All

In May we also recognize Sex Ed for All Month. Now in its third year, this movement focuses on improving young people’s access to power, information, and rights in order to give them the tools they need to make healthy decisions for themselves and live life on their terms.

This year we focus on equity and access for all. Alongside our sister organizations, we will highlight the voices of young people, sex educators, parents, policymakers, and others; all of which are needed to improve reproductive health, rights, and justice for all. To participate in May, follow #SexEdForAll on your social media channels.

Calling LA and NYC-based Health Care Providers

Power to Decide is excited to announce a new opportunity for organizations in Los Angeles and New York City to support and improve the reproductive well-being of transition-aged youth in foster care through the use of One Key Question^®. One Key Question is a pregnancy desire screening tool for health and social service providers that starts the conversation about if, when, and under what circumstances people want to get pregnant and have a child. If your organization is located in Los Angeles or New York City and is interested in learning more about this online training and technical assistance opportunity please contact JeNeen Anderson at [email protected] or Mackenzie Piper at [email protected].

Power Talk: #TalkingIsPower Edition

On May 12, join our CEO, Dr. Raegan McDonald-Mosley and Senior Manager or Programs, Mackenzie Piper; Vanessa Geffrard, Founder of VagEsteem; and Dr. Jennifer Lincoln, board-certified OB/GYN for a conversation about why it’s vital for parents and champions to talk to the young people in their lives about sex, love, and relationships. Moderated by Ms. Magazine, you can watch the talk live on Facebook. 

Our Newest Power Womxn

We’re committed to uplifting the many individuals working to improve access to women’s reproductive health options. This month’s power womxn is Saundra Pelletier, CEO, Evofem Biosciences. Read her story.

One Key Question Online

One Key Question Online is more than just a question. In addition to exploring pregnancy desires and pathways to care, our online training focuses on advancing reproductive well-being and addressing unconscious bias in care. Designed for clinical and non-clinical providers alike, our One Key Question Online training is engaging, interactive, and available 24/7. Join the network of thousands of trained providers, today. To find out more about training registration, visit the website. 

Sign Up for the Bedsider Providers Newsletter

Do you work with clients or patients? Are you a physician, nurse practitioner, midwife, nurse, patient educator, or any type of provider? Want to stay in the know about birth control and sexual health care? Bedsider Providers has two monthly email newsletters with resources and updates for you! And when you sign up to get our newsletter you also get a code for 25% off an order of materials, including tear sheets, posters, and t-shirts!  

Check our Bedsider Providers for our monthly research roundup of the top research and guidelines on birth control and sexual health as well as provider guides on DMPA-SQ and updates on new birth control methods, such as Phexxi and Annovera. 

Follow Bedsider On TikTok 

We’ve joined TikTok! Follow us to learn about birth control, sex, sexuality, and a number of other topics around sex, love, and relationships. You can also get updates on our latest work by following us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. 

POLICY UPDATES

Submit Your Comment to HHS to Dismantle the Title X Gag Rule

Last month, we shared news about the campaign to repair the damage done to the Title X Family Planning Program by the domestic gag rule and asked you to contact your members of Congress. Now, we have the opportunity to urge the Biden-Harris administration to quickly rescind the Title X gag rule, as the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has begun the process of reviewing it. We urge you to join us in submitting comments to HHS on the importance of dismantling the Title X gag rule. Please submit your comment today through our portal. 

Extending No Co-Pay Contraception to Military Families

Our servicemembers and their families deserve birth control coverage and information about the full range of methods so that they can decide their own futures on their own terms, which is why we worked with House and Senate champions to introduce the Access to Contraception for Military Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2021. This bill, introduced into the House of Representatives by Representatives Jackie Speier (D-CA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX) and Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) and in the Senate by Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), would require coverage for the full range of contraceptive methods without cost-sharing for all people enrolled in TRICARE. 

Momentum Continues in States 

Recent op-eds in Illinois, New York, and Virginia underscore contraceptive deserts and the ongoing need for increased access to contraception—as well as the increased interest in many states to allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control. Pharmacists Laurie E. Licari and Sally Rafie make the case for pharmacist prescribing in Illinois in the Pharmacy Times. Similarly, Jenna Bimbi, Executive Director of the New York Birth Control Access Project writes about the need for pharmacy access and telehealth coverage in New York in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Allie Jo Shipman, Director of State Policy for the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations, wrote an op-ed in Virginia’s The Daily Progress discussing the various policies recently enacted in the state to increase contraceptive access and the hope that “[I]nnovative approaches that recognize pharmacists’ unique role will become established practice across the country.” View our interactive maps to see where your state stands on pharmacist prescribing and other policies to increase contraceptive access.

POWER UPDATES

Click here to see the top publications and articles on sexual health published in the last month.

GENEROUS SUPPORT FOR OUR WORK

Power to Decide is excited to once again partner with our friends at Foundation Consumer Healthcare, the makers of Plan B One-Step^®! We will be working together to educate our audience on various topics such as talking to relevant people around sexual health and how/where to get emergency contraception. We would like to thank Foundation Consumer Healthcare for their longstanding and continued support.

Power to Decide is deeply grateful for our community of monthly recurring donors. Monthly donors play an important role in sustaining our key programs and allowing us to plan for the future. Join others dedicated to ensuring all young people have the power to decide their futures by making a donation today.

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