PLANNED PARENTHOOD

WEN I m an ░░░░░░░░ When I was 8 ░░░░░░░░ parents brought me here ░░░░░░░░ China We came to ░░░░░░░░ U S with 40 ░░░░░░░░ our name We depended ░░░░░░░░ Medicaid and food stamps ░░░░░░░░ also on Planned Parenthood ░░░░░░░░ health care I became ░░░░░░░░ emergency physician because I ░░░░░░░░ wanted to turn any ░░░░░░░░ away In the ER ░░░░░░░░ saw what happens every ░░░░░░░░ when people don t ░░░░░░░░ access to the basic ░░░░░░░░ to healthcare I remember ░░░░░░░░ a young woman lie ░░░░░░░░ a stretcher pulseless and ░░░░░░░░ because of a home ░░░░░░░░ because she was too ░░░░░░░░ to seek medical care ░░░░░░░░ did everything I could ░░░░░░░░ resuscitate her but she ░░░░░░░░ She died because of ░░░░░░░░ failure in our system ░░░░░░░░ I wanted to fight ░░░░░░░░ our most vulnerable individuals ░░░░░░░░ a bigger scale and ░░░░░░░░ s why I became ░░░░░░░░ Health Commissioner of Baltimore ░░░░░░░░ am the doctor for ░░░░░░░░ city WOMAN Since 2015 ░░░░░░░░ Department s been using ░░░░░░░░ federal grant to teach ░░░░░░░░ control and other measures ░░░░░░░░ that grant is being ░░░░░░░░ two years early WEN ░░░░░░░░ year the Trump administration ░░░░░░░░ our teen pregnancy prevention ░░░░░░░░ which would deny health ░░░░░░░░ for up to 20 ░░░░░░░░ of our students This ░░░░░░░░ to us is shocking ░░░░░░░░ unprecedented So we sued ░░░░░░░░ Trump administration and we ░░░░░░░░ I fought the Trump ░░░░░░░░ when they tried to ░░░░░░░░ a G A B ░░░░░░░░ of what doctors are ░░░░░░░░ or not allowed to ░░░░░░░░ our patients only for ░░░░░░░░ health and women s ░░░░░░░░ Imagine if this were ░░░░░░░░ case for any other ░░░░░░░░ procedure It would be ░░░░░░░░ Reproductive health care is ░░░░░░░░ care Women s health ░░░░░░░░ is health care and ░░░░░░░░ care has to be ░░░░░░░░ as a fundamental human ░░░░░░░░ Having a physician as ░░░░░░░░ head of Planned Parenthood ░░░░░░░░ is a sign that ░░░░░░░░ we are doing is ░░░░░░░░ medical care Why is ░░░░░░░░ not I see what ░░░░░░░░ at stake Every year ░░░░░░░░ 4 million patients come ░░░░░░░░ Planned Parenthood They don ░░░░░░░░ come to make a ░░░░░░░░ statement We see what ░░░░░░░░ when clinics close and ░░░░░░░░ of women could be ░░░░░░░░ access to basic health ░░░░░░░░ services Those who will ░░░░░░░░ hurt the most are ░░░░░░░░ who already bear the ░░░░░░░░ of health disparities They ░░░░░░░░ women of low income ░░░░░░░░ color they re LGBTQ ░░░░░░░░ they re immigrant communities ░░░░░░░░ are working families We ░░░░░░░░ to do everything that ░░░░░░░░ can to fight Everything ░░░░░░░░ at stake There is ░░░░░░░░ more important time than ░░░░░░░░ and no more important ░░░░░░░░ than Planned Parenthood.”