Jessica Simmons

1 month ago | keystonenewsroom.com | Jessica Simmons

(Photo credit: a katz/Shutterstock) The budget package proposes steep health care cuts—and includes a new push to block patients from accessing reproductive care.

1 month ago | cardinalpine.com | Jessica Simmons

(Photo credit: a katz/Shutterstock) The budget package proposes steep health care cuts—and includes a new push to block patients from accessing reproductive care.

1 month ago | upnorthnewswi.com | Jessica Simmons

The budget package proposes steep health care cuts—and includes a new push to block patients from accessing reproductive care. Cancer screenings, STI treatments, birth control, and other routine health care services could be cut off for millions of low-income Americans, thanks to a Republican budget bill moving through Congress this week. The bill is known as a reconciliation bill, a type of legislation Congress uses to fast-track major changes to federal spending and tax policy.

1 month ago | vadogwood.com | Jessica Simmons

Virginia saw the largest abortion increase in the country last year. When Florida’s six-week abortion ban last May, advocates warned it would ripple far beyond state lines. Nearly a year later, the numbers show where many of those patients went: Virginia.

1 month ago | vadogwood.com | Jessica Simmons

(Photo credit: Alex Brandon/AP) Contraception protections stall in Virginia, despite Democratic push. Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has just vetoed two bills that would have guaranteed Virginians access to contraception, marking the second time he has blocked efforts to protect birth control rights through state law.