More than a month since Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s passing, we’ve had time to reflect on our country’s great loss, her legacy, and the impact her work has had on our lives.

There are many barriers to accessing care that Planned Parenthood fights to remove or ease for our patients. However, in some places, a “barrier” can be a literal ocean between patient and provider.

   Women’s Fund Acknowledgment  
 

Argosy Foundation Acknowledgment  

Since we will not be able to come together this year for an in-person event, we wanted YOU to help determine how to make our next virtual event fit your needs and interests. Would you take this short survey that shouldn’t take more than 5 minutes? 

“Quit or Die.”  On Wednesday, September 9, Planned Parenthood staff, and everyone else who worked in the Lake Otis Way building, were greeted first thing in the morning by this message.  
 

The Louisville city council recently voted to reject an ordinance which would create “buffer zones” around health care facilities providing abortions, such as Planned Parenthood. 

The 18-hour law stated that in order to access abortion, a person must receive an ultrasound at least 18 hours before the procedure.  The 18-hour law was passed in 2016 by a Republican legislature and signed by then-governor Mike Pence.   
 

Planned Parenthood health centers in rural and conservative areas are the “boots on the ground” in terms of serving multiple communities. Because of physical distance barriers, this often leaves these communities underserved.