Increasing Access to Family Planning Through Local Policies
This panel explored city and county policies to increase access to family planning services and information. Panelists will focus on strategies for leveraging local funding to support efforts to increase access and awareness of contraception; innovative ways to work with local pharmacists to increase contraceptive access for women and teens; and creative policies for using municipal contracts to ensure all forms of contraception, including emergency contraception, are stocked and dispensed at pharmacies.
Moderator:
- Sondra Goldschein, State Strategies Attorney, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project
Speakers:
- Carolyn Westhoff, MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Professor of Epidemiology and Population & Family Health, Director, Division of Family Planning and Preventive Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center (View Summit presentation)
- Deborah Kaplan, PA, MPH, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Maternal, Infant, and Reproductive Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Belle Taylor-McGhee, Executive Director, Pharmacy Access Partnership, Oakland, CA
- Sarah Wheat, Vice President of Community Affairs, Planned Parenthood of the Texas Capital Region, Austin, Texas