Advertisement Continue reading the main storyWomen across the country, mobilized by Planned Parenthood and other groups, flooded town halls to berate members of Congress about plans to repeal Obamacare. The bill would also cut federal funding for Planned Parenthood, which says it provides preventive care services and screenings to 1 in 5 American women. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that cutting off federal funding for Planned Parenthood would reduce access to birth control for many women and result in thousands of additional Medicaid births. American women are not unanimous on this score — conservative women opposed to abortion have denounced Planned Parenthood. There’s no doubt that continuing instances of powerful men demeaning or undermining women have helped to galvanize liberal women.

Source: New York Times March 24, 2017 00:00 UTC