As two student women’s health nurse practitioners at The University of Utah, we are outraged and exhausted to witness our male political leaders launch nearly constant attacks on safe and cost-effective women’s health care. Most recently, this was exhibited by President Trump’s swift, reckless end to the rule requiring employer-sponsored health insurance policies to cover birth control without co-pays or additional costs.
In this time of unease we have found an unexpected ally in Utah, Republican Rep. Ray Ward and his proposed legislation for the 2018 session to increase access to safe and effective birth control for low-income women in our community.