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Month: April 2020

Reproductive Health Care Has Always Been Essential, Especially During A Pandemic

Reproductive Health Care Has Always Been Essential, Especially During A Pandemic

Around the country, medical centers have implemented restrictions and social distancing measures to protect both patients and doctors, as well as to not further overwhelm drastically overextended medical resources. But many people are now learning how to multitask, by keeping themselves safe from COVID-19 and managing their care for other illnesses and issues. And given that sexual and reproductive health care, in particular, are two vital facets of medicine already inaccessible to many due to legislation, gender bias, and various other forms of discrimination, many young people are now wondering how they’ll advocate for themselves in a health care system that is already stretched thin.

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