Stories and Perspectives
Explore the latest spotlights and stories from PPMW.
Check out PPMW programs and voices featured in recent media coverage.
Chief Medical Officer talks health equity amidst attacks on essential care
May 10, 2024 • Capital B
Dr. Serina Floyd explains how denial of care dangerously dehumanizes pregnant patients.
Posted by Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC, Inc.
Chief Medical Officer Dr. Serina Floyd speaks on importance of patient privacy
April 23, 2024 • NBC News
During a press conference with U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, Dr. Floyd explained patients' fears about breaches of privacy.
Posted by Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC, Inc.
PPMW Chief Medical Officer speaks on HHS health care data protections
April 22, 2024 • MedPage Today
During her remarks, Dr. Serina Floyd condemned attacks on the "very humanity" of patients.
Posted by Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC, Inc.
Dr. Serina Floyd joins U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services at health privacy press conference
April 22, 2024 • Spectrum News
Dr. Floyd, chief medical officer at PPMW, stood alongside Secretary Becarra, Director of the Office of Civil Rights at the Health and Human Services department Melanie Fontes Rainer, and White House Gender Policy Council Jennifer Klein.
Posted by Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC, Inc.
An interview with PPMW's director of public policy on abortion rights and DC statehood
April 2, 2024 • Local Selection
Helena Hernandez discusses how PPMW advocates for patients' access to abortion care and how DC's lack of statehood threatens residents' access, including through the Dornan Amendment.
Posted by Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC, Inc.
Patient advocate Brittany House shares medication abortion story at SCOTUS rally
March 26, 2024 • The Washington Post
House addressed thousands just outside of the Supreme Court, sharing how she found hope in the form of medication abortion.
Posted by Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC, Inc.
PPMW director of primary care and patient advocate speak at rally in defense of mifepristone
March 26, 2024 • The Guardian
Director of Primary Care Dr. Divya Shenoy and Patient Advocate Brittany House delivered stirring speeches during the March 26 rally at the Supreme Court.
Posted by Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC, Inc.
Chief Medical Officer condemns interference in life-saving medical care
Jan. 22, 2024 • Ms. Magazine
As an experienced provider, Dr. Serina Floyd explains the dangers of weakening the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), which applies to abortion care necessary to stabilize a patient.
Posted by Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC, Inc.
Dr. Serina Floyd describes the harmful effects of denying patients access to abortion care
Jan. 17, 2024 • News from the States
"Patients are fully equipped to be able to make complex decisions about their health and their lives," Dr. Floyd says. She notes that denying abortion care has serious negative implications for patients.
Posted by Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC, Inc.
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