More and more companies say they’ll cover abortion travel costs for their employees. While this policy is being applauded, it is little more than a band aid on an open wound.
Tag: policy
Living in a post-Roe world
After 50 years of debate, the conversation around abortion collapsed down to a woman’s right to choose. Not a person’s right to access healthcare — to have access to a particular healthcare procedure, one that could save that person’s life.
Due process and a fundamental right to privacy got pushed aside as individualism was put at the center. The fundamental human right to healthcare came into question.
COVID-19 has spawned this new SDOH
Court orders don’t end pandemics. But one federal judge’s action shows how government actions can affect SDOH (social determinant of health).
May 29, 2020 – What It Takes to Get the Pandemic Off the Front Pages
Woke up this morning to the news that there was a riot in Minneapolis last night…again. And in LA, Denver, Chicago, NYC, and Louisville. Seven people got shot in Louisville. Seven.
Sitting at the advocacy table
A recent talk by Michelle Obama got me thinking about diabetes advocacy
Day 29: Advocacy can get loud
Sometimes diabetes patient advocacy looks like this.