Donald Trump picked Lloyd to lead the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which is housed under the Health and Human Services department (HHS). It is the agency that manages undocumented youth who enter the country without their parents.

And since joining the Trump-Pence administration, Lloyd has been using his position of power to threaten young immigrant women time and time again.

He compared abortion to rape. He’s been holding young women hostage for months. And a new report reveals that he and other HHS officials have vastly overstepped their position of authority. They’ve violated young women’s privacy, right to medical care and, in some cases, safety in order to keep them from accessing safe, legal abortion.

Simply put, Scott Lloyd is a creepy anti-abortion fanatic.

SIGN YOUR NAME AND DEMAND THAT SCOTT LLOYD RESIGN NOW

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Are you a woman? Here are 15 ways the Graham-Cassidy-Heller bill would be bad for your health.

We can’t let Republicans in Congress play us for fools.

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This bill is bad news FOR EVERYONE.

#trumpcare #health care #aca #obamacare #graham-cassidy #health

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You HAVE to Read This Dad's Message About Sex Education

It's spot-on.

www.teenvogue.com|Rep. Marc Veasey

Abstinence-only isn’t the answer.

#Planned Parenthood #Sex education #congress #teen pregnancy #education #sex ed #abstinence-only #health #women #women's health

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Every version of Trumpcare has the same dangerous consequences.

We can't let up. Call your senator to stop this attack on our health care→www.istandwithpp.org/call

#trump #health care #planned parenthood #politics #health

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When you tell yourself you are beautiful

by Emily Ramirez, Digital Media Associate at PPNYC

After growing up in New York City, I am accustomed to staring at my body in gigantic, reflective windows on hundreds of street stores. These short glances at my reflections spiral into self-loathing mantras, you are too fat, your boobs are too big, and you have no ass. This constant judgement parallels the rhetoric of the “perfect” body type I had recycled over and over in my head as a kid. The images were on TV, on big billboards, in magazines. I was exposed to one standard of beauty walking the streets of New York, one body type.

In my home, I struggled balancing my culture’s own standards of beauty with those I learned on the streets. A duality existed that I could not navigate and which my family never talked about. It mimicked that of NYC’s, but had its personalized tweaks. Light skinned, curvy women, with straight hair were preferred over skinny palitos with poofy, curly hair.

This thinking continues today. Learning to deconstruct the narrative of beauty I was taught is difficult, but it’s something that I learned to practice every day. Yet at the same time, I must remind myself that my story of body positivity is different than those of my friends of different colors, sizes, and genders. Because of this, I recognize that people feeling bad about the way they looked is systemic, and that we need to strategize to learn otherwise.

My commitment to deconstructing the messages that influence how we feel about our own bodies is one of the many reasons I began working at Planned Parenthood of New York City. PPNYC provides affirming messages that everyone is welcome and that everyone deserves care, despite where they may come from or what they identify as. PPNYC understands that people feeling good about their bodies is healthy. Providing body positivism is health care.

On July 27, PPNYC is hosting its Moving Beyond Love Your Body training, where attendees will learn techniques for creating more systemic body-positive environments and affirming the diversity of body types for providers. At the end of the training, those who attended will be able to teach more effectively about the body image, create supportive spaces that promote body positivity, and also articulate the connections between body image and sexual health.

The session is $60 and is held at our newest health center in Queens, New York. You can find more details here: http://bit.ly/2taGPpU

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#Fact: “Providing body positivism is health care.“

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Congress Just Won’t Stop Attacking Reproductive Health Care

Long story short: A new budget bill moving through the House Appropriations committee would prevent millions from coming to Planned Parenthood and completely eliminate Title X.

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This funding bill is DEVASTATING for women. But it got approved by the House Appropriations Committee last night.

Angry? Fight back with us now → istandwithpp.org/call

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5 Biggest Myths About Planned Parenthood: DEBUNKED

There is a lot of misinformation out there about Planned Parenthood — much of which has been pushed forward by anti-women’s health politicians and groups focused on blocking patients from turning to Planned Parenthood health centers for reproductive health care.

They’re trying to block people with Medicaid coverage from accessing preventive care at Planned Parenthood health centers — including birth control, cancer screenings, and STD/STI testing and treatment.

Myth #1: Other providers can absorb Planned Parenthood’s patient base

As experts have demonstrated over and over again, community health centers don’t have the capacity to absorb the 2.4 million Planned Parenthood patients.

Repeating the same lie over and over again doesn’t make it true. So when House Speaker Paul Ryan and other anti-abortion politicians in Washington say that the country’s overburdened, publicly funded community health centers (CHCs) will take up the slack in the event these politicians “defund” Planned Parenthood, don’t believe them for a minute. Better yet, call your U.S. senators to let them know the facts.

“Defunding,” by the way, doesn’t stop federal taxpayer money from paying for abortions -- because federal law already prohibits federal dollars from going to abortion, except in dire circumstances. Instead, “defunding” simply blocks patients who rely on public health care funds from getting care at Planned Parenthood health centers.

Myth #2: Planned Parenthood is unpopular and should be defunded

20 separate nationwide polls and an additional 12 polls in key states show strong favorability for Planned Parenthood and strong opposition to efforts in Congress to block patients from accessing high-quality, lifesaving care at Planned Parenthood.

These poll results stem from the deep and longstanding relationship that many Americans have with Planned Parenthood, the nation’s leading provider of reproductive health care and sex education. For a century, people have relied on Planned Parenthood for care and information, and each year Planned Parenthood health centers serve millions of patients essential services, such as birth control, lifesaving cancer screenings, safe and legal abortion, and other high-quality health care.

An estimated one in five American women has relied on Planned Parenthood for care in her lifetime.

Myth #3: Planned Parenthood uses federal tax dollars for abortions

Does the Government Fund Planned Parenthood?

With all the talk in Washington about “defunding Planned Parenthood,” you might think there’s a specific, Planned Parenthood line item in the federal budget that Congress and the president can just zero out. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Most federal funds come through Medicaid, the government-funded health insurance plan for people with low incomes. Just like other kinds of insurance, Medicaid reimburses Planned Parenthood’s doctors and nurses for the preventive medical services they provide, including lifesaving cancer screenings, HIV tests, and birth control.

Myth #4: Planned Parenthood has its own line item in the federal budget

Fact: There is no line item in the federal budget that goes to Planned Parenthood.

The phrase “defunding” Planned Parenthood is a misnomer.

Planned Parenthood does not receive a blank check from the federal government.

Just like hospitals, Planned Parenthood health centers get Medicaid reimbursements for critical services provided to low-income patients — services like birth control, cancer screenings, and STD testing and treatment.

And per the Hyde Amendment (which has been the law for more than 40 years) — federal Medicaid funds do not go toward abortion (with limited exceptions outlined under Hyde).

More than 50% of Planned Parenthood's patients rely on Medicaid to access preventive care. The Senate’s “Trumpcare” bill would block many Americans from getting the affordable health care they rely on.

Myth #5: “Defunding” Planned Parenthood will save the country money

No, “defunding” Planned Parenthood will not save the country money.

Efforts to shut down Planned Parenthood threaten to harm women’s health and their economic security. And these efforts don’t make fiscal sense for the country — every public dollar spent on family planning services is estimated to save the government $7.09 in state and federal dollars.

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What the House Vote to Repeal Obamacare Means for Planned Parenthood

Congress Is a Step Closer to Repealing the Affordable Care Act and ‘Defunding’ Planned Parenthood. Here’s What the Bill Actually Does, and How to Fight Back.

On May 4, the U.S. House voted to pass the worst bill for women’s health in a generation: the American Health Care Act (AHCA). This bill not only seeks to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but also to “defund” Planned Parenthood by blocking Medicaid patients from care at its health centers.

As the bill heads to the Senate, here’s what it actually does — and what it doesn’t do.

What Thursday’s Vote Did NOT Do

It didn’t become law. The ACA repeal bill passed the House by a narrow margin, and now it faces an uphill battle in the Senate. We can expect more changes to the bill that will impact women’s health.
It didn’t close Planned Parenthood. All Planned Parenthood health centers are open as usual, and staff are doing what they’ve always done: getting up in the morning; opening the health center doors; and providing high-quality, affordable health care to all people who need it. That includes patients who rely on Medicaid coverage.
It didn’t cancel your insurance. The benefits of the ACA are still here for you, even if you’re 26 or younger and on your parents’ plan. In fact, the majority of people can still purchase a plan for $75 or less. If you have health care coverage, it is still in effect until there is an actual change in the law, which takes time. So, make your medical appointments, and get the care you deserve and are entitled to under the law.

What the AHCA Threatens to Do to Women’s Health

In particular, the AHCA would:

Take away health coverage for 24 million people
“Defund” Planned Parenthood by blocking people who rely on Medicaid from accessing preventive care at its health centers — including birth control, cancer screenings, and STD testing and treatment
Reduce access to no-cost preventive services, including birth control
End protections that keep insurers from charging people with pre-existing conditions unaffordable rates — allowing insurance companies to once again charge people tens of thousands of dollars a month because they had cancer
Impose a nationwide ban on private insurance coverage of abortion
Undermine Essential Health Benefits — including maternity coverage and prescription drugs, which disproportionately affect women.
Gut the Medicaid program, which approximately 1 in 4 women of reproductive age rely on to access no-cost, critical reproductive health care (such as birth control, lifesaving cancer screenings, and maternity care)

4 Ways to Fight Back Now

Infuriated? You’re not alone. Here are the top three ways to stand up for health care and stand with Planned Parenthood right now.

#1: Call Your Senators This is the most important way to take action right now. Use our easy online form to call your U.S. senators. We’ll give you a script so you can tell them to protect health care and stand with Planned Parenthood.

#2: Tag Your Senators on Facebook Do you notice when somebody tags you on Facebook? Chances are, your answer is “yes” — and that goes for your senators, too. Our simple form automatically tags your senators and gives you time to edit the post.

#3: Tweet at Your Senators If you have Twitter, take a moment to tweet at your senators. Our easy-to-use form automatically finds your senators' handles. It also gives you a sample tweet if you don’t want to write your own.

#4: Tweet at Reps who Voted Against Women’s Health Click on the link above and scroll own for our list of representatives who voted in favor of this dangerous bill. If you see your House member, tell them you will not forget that they stripped access to care — and will not forgive.