Former Colorado Gov. and Democratic presidential hopeful John Hickenlooper unveiled in a Medium blog a new plan to expand access to long-acting, reversible contraception (LARC), such as Intrauterine Devices (IUDs), if elected.
Details: Hickenlooper said it'd be a national version of the one he introduced as Colorado governor. He'd subsidize costs for women who can't afford LARC, increasing Title X funding by $700 million, and repeal the Trump administration's federal family planning funding ban on groups like Planned Parenthood that offer abortions and abortion referrals.
- Hickenlooper discussed the plan on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show."
Hickenlooper: "The notion that the people that are so opposed to abortion don't recognize that in many ways by eliminating women's access to reproductive health they're actually going to increase the number of abortions is unconscionable." pic.twitter.com/Wl2uPUN6Mn
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) May 30, 2019
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