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Teens picket for women's Rx
By Andrew Amelinckx
Hudson-Catskill Newspapers
Around a dozen teenagers rallied Wednesday at the Seventh Street Park in Hudson to call attention to women's health issues in relation to health care reform.
The group was made up of members from the Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood Columbia County Seriously Talking About Responsible Sex (STARS) program.
Planned Parenthood “provides a wide range of reproductive health care to millions of women every year,” including cancer screenings and immunizations, according to its Web site.
The organization is trying to ensure that reproductive health care is covered by any national health insurance plan.
According to 17-year-old Angela Matthews, who was at the Hudson rally, she and many of her friends and family consider Planned Parenthood their primary health care provider and said that the sliding price scale there was key.
"Without it," she said, "it would be hard to stay healthy."
Matthews and Letycia Tillman, 17, both Hudson High School students, were recently in Washington D.C. to learn about how health care reform might affect their lives and to speak with legislators, including Congressman Scott Murphy, D-20th Distinct.
Wednesday the teens were out getting petitions signed in support of their cause.
Tillman said that the response had been good thus far.
"There are a lot of people showing us support," she said.
A line of students held signs that when read from left to right formed the words “honk for women’s health.”
Enthusiastic drivers did just that and in return received equally enthusiastic cheers.
The group was made up of members from the Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood Columbia County Seriously Talking About Responsible Sex (STARS) program.
Planned Parenthood “provides a wide range of reproductive health care to millions of women every year,” including cancer screenings and immunizations, according to its Web site.
The organization is trying to ensure that reproductive health care is covered by any national health insurance plan.
According to 17-year-old Angela Matthews, who was at the Hudson rally, she and many of her friends and family consider Planned Parenthood their primary health care provider and said that the sliding price scale there was key.
"Without it," she said, "it would be hard to stay healthy."
Matthews and Letycia Tillman, 17, both Hudson High School students, were recently in Washington D.C. to learn about how health care reform might affect their lives and to speak with legislators, including Congressman Scott Murphy, D-20th Distinct.
Wednesday the teens were out getting petitions signed in support of their cause.
Tillman said that the response had been good thus far.
"There are a lot of people showing us support," she said.
A line of students held signs that when read from left to right formed the words “honk for women’s health.”
Enthusiastic drivers did just that and in return received equally enthusiastic cheers.
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