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The Westerly Sun, Nov 4, 2022  |   By Jocelyn Foye    ||    Time and again I hear anti-abortion extremists claim to care about protecting people or women’s health or pontificate about how much they love babies, but their actions or lack thereof on policies that would help support maternal health or ensure families can get by and thrive tell another story. What they really care … [Read more...] about Editorial: Access to abortion would help economic recovery

Contact: Jocelyn Foye, Director [email protected] w. 401-400-0061 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Tuesday, October 25, 2022 The Womxn Project Joins Congressional Delegation in Pushing for Continued Action Whether it is making sure we can get the prescriptions we need to stay healthy or making sure we are not denied the basic right to bodily autonomy, we must continue … [Read more...] about Statement: The Womxn Project Joins Congressional Delegation in Pushing for Continued Action

October 18, 2022 | 34 min || In this episode, Lauren Walker from the Rhody Radio crew and Coventry Public Library speaks with Tammy Brown and Emily Boucher of the Womxn Project about its RI4All video series, which aims to educate Rhode Islanders about the importance of civic engagement. To view the RI4All video series, visit https://twpeducationfund.org/ri4all/ Music by … [Read more...] about Rhody Radio Podcast: “RI4All: Puppets and Politics”

By Natalie Villacres  |  October 11, 2022 ||| The Womxn Project campaigns against crisis pregnancy centers, CPCs defend missions, services ||| Following the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade this June, abortion access has remained at the forefront of both local community discourse and nationwide topical concern, sparking widespread controversy amongst Rhode Island … [Read more...] about Brown Daily Herald: Activists, crisis pregnancy centers discuss CPC services

Katherine Gregg, September 30, 2022 || PROVIDENCE — The McKee administration included money for state-paid insurance coverage for state workers and Medicaid recipients seeking abortions in the first round of state agency budget requests due Friday. Legislation to remove legal barriers to state-funded coverage for abortions did not make it through the last two sessions of the … [Read more...] about ProJo: Abortion-related services insurance coverage funds included in RI agency requests

Contact: Jocelyn Foye, Director [email protected] w. 401-400-0061 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Friday, September 30, 2022 Governor Commits to Getting Abortion Bans Out of State Budget Activists commend McKee making a public commitment to get policies denying health coverage for abortion out of the Rhode Island budget - and pushing to make this change permanent by … [Read more...] about Statement: Governor Commits to Getting Abortion Bans Out of State Budget

September 20, 2022, Steve Alquist || Around 250 members of the transgender community, alongside allies, families and neighbors, gathered to show love and support for the transgender community at the William H Hall Branch of the Cranston Public Library Monday evening. The protest was organized by a variety of groups, including TGI Network, LGBTQ Action RI, Youth Pride Inc, … [Read more...] about Uprise RI: Trans community protests hate group meeting at Cranston Library

Sept 19, 2022 | Press Release in Coalition || The following is a press statement from TGI Network, LGBTQ Action RI, Womxn Project, Haus of Codec, Democratic Women’s Caucus, Youth Pride RI and Sage RI: On Monday evening, September 19, 2022, members of the transgender community, our allies, families and neighbors will gather to show love and support for the transgender … [Read more...] about PR: Transgender people and allies urge Cranston Library to cancel harmful, anti-trans panel

Rhody Radio Podcast | August 30, 2022 || In this episode, Lauren Walker from the Rhody Radio crew and Coventry Public Library speaks with Tammy Brown and Emily Boucher of the Womxn Project about its RI4All video series, which aims to educate Rhode Islanders about the importance of civic engagement. To view the RI4All video series, visit https://twpeducationfund.org/ri4all/ … [Read more...] about Rhody Radio (Podcast Interview): RI4All, Puppets and Politics

You have probably seen the billboards advertising free pregnancy tests. It sounds great, especially when many people in our state struggle to make ends meet. As physicians, we know financial strain is one of the biggest barriers to the ability to get and stay healthy and to plan and care for our families. Unfortunately, these adverts are not what they seem. In the midst of a … [Read more...] about Providence Journal OpEd: Fake clinics worsen health disparities in RI

Interview with Steve Klamkin with Morgan Meneses-Sheets of The Womxn Project on fake clinics #WPRO | August 18, 2022 || The Womxn Project is pointing a spotlight on what it calls fake clinics that say offer information and counseling on pregnancy and abortion, but do not offer a full range of reproductive health care. The group says they prey on vulnerable people to push … [Read more...] about WPRO Podcast: The Womxn Project’s Morgan Meneses-Sheets on fake clinics

August 16, 2022 Jocelyn Foye, Executive Director, The Womxn Project “Today President Biden signed the historic Inflation Reduction Act, which will lower costs for families, improve Medicare and the Affordable Care Act, combat the climate crisis, reduce the deficit, and finally ask the largest corporations to pay their fair share.  Limiting Big Pharma’s monopoly power … [Read more...] about PR: TWP on President Biden signing the historic Inflation Reduction Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Monday, August 13, 2022   Contact: Jocelyn Foye, Director [email protected] w. 401-400-0061   The Womxn Project Urges a Public Health Response to Sham Facilities As more people struggle to get the full range of reproductive health care they need, advocates are concerned about the promulgation of fake clinics preying … [Read more...] about PR: The Womxn Project Urges a Public Health Response to Sham Facilities

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Wednesday, July 13, 2022 Read the multi-organization sign-on letter.  Read the frequently asked question around gubernatorial executive orders as a public health tool. Contact: Jocelyn Foye, Director [email protected] w. 401-400-0061 On behalf of members from the Campaign for Equal Abortion Coverage  Advocates Call on … [Read more...] about PR: Advocates Urge McKee to Take Continued Action for Abortion Access