People Power United fights for Planned Parenthood!
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Hey friends! Just a quick heads-up — I don’t usually send more than one email or post a day, but today’s statement is too important not to uplift. Later today, Part 2 of our “Freedom of Speech” series will also go out. Thanks so much for your understanding and continued support — it means the world!
📢 Statement from People Power United on the Attempt to Defund Planned Parenthood and Slash Medicaid
We the people will not be silent while our rights, our health, and our lives are under attack.
People Power United fiercely denounces all attempts to defund Planned Parenthood and deny communities access to affordable, essential sexual and reproductive health care. These politically driven attacks are not about budgets — they’re about control, cruelty, and a calculated effort to strip people of autonomy and dignity.
Medicaid is a lifeline — not just for basic health needs, but for the right to family planning, prenatal care, and cancer screenings. More than half of all patients who visit Planned Parenthood rely on Medicaid and public health programs. Cutting Medicaid would rip health care away from millions — especially Black, Brown, low-income, disabled, and rural communities who already face systemic barriers.
Let’s be clear: This is a war on women. A war on the poor. A war on truth, science, and bodily autonomy.
As IPM warned, “‘Defunding’ Planned Parenthood would have devastating consequences for communities across the country.” We see it for what it is — a coordinated assault by MAGA extremists to criminalize care, punish people for being poor, and enrich the billionaire class.
We demand that lawmakers reject these inhumane proposals. Stand with the people — not the billionaires. Defend Medicaid. Protect Planned Parenthood. Invest in health, not hate.
📄 Defend Medicaid. Protect Reproductive Freedom.
🩺 HEALTH CARE IS ON THE LINE
Trump and his MAGA allies are once again targeting health care — proposing devastating cuts to Medicaid, the nation’s largest source of coverage for sexual and reproductive health services.
Why? To funnel billions in tax breaks to corporate giants like Elon Musk — while stripping 72 million Americans of care.
🚨 Medicaid covers:
4 in 10 U.S. births
Over 8 in 10 children living in poverty
1 in 4 adults with disabilities
2 out of 3 women of reproductive age
More than half of all patients at Planned Parenthood
⚠️ WHO GETS HURT?
Medicaid cuts would:
Block care for 15.9 million people
Slash an average of $2 billion per congressional district
Devastate Black, Latina, Asian American, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander women, who rely on Medicaid at disproportionately higher rates due to systemic racism and income inequality
People already facing injustice will be hit hardest:
Pregnant women
Seniors needing nursing home care
Children with disabilities
Families just trying to survive
🧠 THIS IS BY DESIGN
This isn't just bad policy — it’s calculated cruelty.
Trump’s 2025 budget aims to:
Defund Planned Parenthood
Gut Medicaid
Strip millions of the ability to see a doctor, fill a prescription, or access reproductive care
ICYMI: “Knives are out for Planned Parenthood. In all 3 branches of government.”
And in 10 states where MAGA governors have refused to expand Medicaid, women’s health outcomes have worsened — more unintended pregnancies, higher cervical cancer rates, fewer options for care.
✅ WHAT WE DEMAND
We urge Congress to:
Fully fund Medicaid
Protect Planned Parenthood and all reproductive health care providers
Reject any budget that trades lives for billionaire kickbacks
Lawmakers are elected to serve the people — not corporate donors. If they truly cared about their communities, they would invest in health, not sabotage it.
4 in 5 Americans oppose Medicaid cuts
89% want funding increased or maintained
65% reject proposals that would let states deny coverage to vulnerable groups
✊ THE FIGHT IS NOW
Health care is a human right. Medicaid saves lives, eases suffering, and builds thriving communities. Every cut is a betrayal. Every attack is personal.
People Power United calls on everyone to:
Speak out
Call your Member of Congress (202) 224-3121
"Hello, my name is [Your Name], and I am a constituent from [Your City], [Your State]. I'm calling to urge [Representative/Senator Last Name] to oppose any efforts to defund Planned Parenthood or cut Medicaid. These programs are vital for ensuring access to affordable reproductive and basic health care for millions of Americans, including many in our community. Please stand with your constituents and protect these essential health services.
Show up
Click here to look up your city/state and sign-up for a MAY DAY event near you
Demand justice
Click here to Denounce Trump's Attacks on Planned Parenthood
Click here to Tell Congress You Support Planned Parenthood
Let’s rise together to defend Medicaid, protect Planned Parenthood, and build a future where care is for everyone — not just the wealthy few.
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