"New Yorkers face pressures around affordability every day. In all five boroughs, people are navigating impossible choices: child care or medication, groceries or a doctor's visit, subway fare or a follow‑up appointment. For many, reproductive health care is the first thing they delay when money is tight. That delay can have lifelong consequences."
"In study after study, the unambiguous result is higher rates of preventable illness, like STIs and HIV, more Black mothers and birthing people dying from pregnancy-related causes, and the perpetuation of already existing structural inequities."
"A holistic affordability agenda must also recognize sexual and reproductive health as foundational to economic stability."
New Yorkers face daily affordability pressures that force impossible choices between essential services including reproductive health care. When financial constraints tighten, reproductive health care is often the first service people delay, resulting in preventable illnesses, higher maternal mortality rates among Black birthing people, and perpetuation of structural inequities. Planned Parenthood of Greater New York remains committed to serving vulnerable populations including communities of color, low-income families, immigrants, young people, and LGBTQ+ communities. The organization has made deliberate operational decisions to maintain accessible services for those most marginalized by the health care system. Addressing affordability requires recognizing sexual and reproductive health as essential to economic stability and building healthy lives.
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