You Decide/Usted Decide: A Guide to Reproductive Health Options and Services in Washington State is a free bilingual English-Spanish resource guide for accessing reproductive health care and safe abortion services.
You Decide/Usted Decide provides:
· A comprehensive, user-friendly overview of reproductive health care issues
· Updates on women’s reproductive rights in Washington State
· Information on financial assistance for birth control, emergency contraception, abortion methods, and family planning services
· How to apply for government funding for abortion services
· A directory of safe and licensed abortion providers by geographic region
· All information is provided in Spanish and lists clinics where women can access bilingual services
Having access to information is half the battle.
While there is a wealth of information regarding reproductive health care and abortion services online, too often critical pieces of information are missing, especially information translated into Spanish: How do I apply for assistance to help pay for an abortion? Where in my city is Plan B available on a walk-in basis? What is the difference between a safe abortion provider and a crisis pregnancy center?
You Decide/Usted Decide is the most up to date and comprehensive source of information and resources available in our state in English and Spanish, and is available at no cost. This guide is part of NARAL’s larger work to preserve and improve access to reproductive equity for all Washington women.
To order one or more copies of You Decide/Usted Decide, click here.
And below, you can read about current impediments to choice: Crisis Pregnancy Centers have sprung up across the country as a source of anti-choice propaganda targeting women faced with unwanted pregnancy; the FDA recently approved a vaccine for HPV, the leading cause of ovarian cancer, but many conservatives want to deny young women the vaccination because they argue it would encourage promiscuity; federal budget cuts mean thousands of Washington citizens may be denied access to family planning services; and clinic violence has reduced access to reproductive healthcare.
