Jan. 19, 2020 • The Daily Orange

This year, more than 100 protesters filled city sidewalks as they marched through the snow from the James M. Hanley Federal Building to the United Methodist Church. Many carried signs advocating for women’s rights, healthcare, climate change awareness and an end to gun violence. 

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Jan. 18, 2020 • Spectrum News

Marchers gathered all over the country for this year's Women's March on Saturday, and Syracuse was no exception.

People of all ages, genders, and abilities gathered with signs calling for equality and justice for women. From reproductive rights to racial equity, marchers braved the cold and snow to call for action.

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Jan. 18, 2020 • syracuse.com

The mission of the Women’s March is to use the political power of women to spark social change, according to the march’s website.

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Jan. 16, 2020 • Spectrum News

Just days away from the 47^th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the local chapter of the National Organization for Women held their annual celebration of the landmark Supreme Court decision Thursday night...

“It will actually put us on true Constitutional footing, to say that women are equal with men for equal pay, and a variety of other things that are currently not equal in our country,” CEO for Planned Parenthood in Western and Central New York Michelle Casey said.

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Dec. 9, 2019 • Eagle News

Each month, thousands of adolescents in the United States and low- and middle-income countries miss school. They’re not playing hooky — they simply don’t have access to basic hygiene supplies such as pads and tampons.

A group of Nottingham High School students is working to end this so-called “period poverty.” Nottingham’s Girl Up Club, in partnership with Planned Parenthood and The Sweet Praxis bakery in downtown Syracuse, held a “Period Party” Dec. 3 to collect pads and tampons for Refugee and Immigrant Self-Empowerment (RISE) Syracuse.

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Sept. 20, 2019 • Democrat and Chronicle

By Debora McDell-Hernandez, Senior Director of Public and Community Affairs

Title X, the Family Planning Grant Program that makes access to affordable preventive care possible for low-income individuals is under attack by the Trump-Pence administration. 

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Sept. 11, 2019 • WBFO

Debora McDell-Hernandez, senior director of public and community affairs at Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York,  agrees there has been "an increase in reaction to the passing of RHA."

She maintains some of the reaction has been based on false information about what’s in the law. 

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Sept. 10, 2019 • WKBW

The New York State Reproductive Health Act was signed into law in January 2019 but it still remains controversial.

Supporters of the new law cheered it as a milestone moment for women's healthcare because it updated NYS's abortion laws, allowed more providers to perform abortions, and put the abortion decision into the hands of the woman and her doctor.

"One of the things this did is recognize that abortion is healthcare and not a crime," said Debora McDell-Hernandez from Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York.

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Sept. 6, 2019 • Spectrum News

Experts say all survivors respond to sexual assault differently, but there are many resources available to them in Western New York.

RESTORE Sexual Assault Services is a rape crisis program that operates out of five local counties. It offers 24/7 support to survivors of sexual assault.

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