In the Bellingham Planned Parenthood works a 55-year-old nurse practitioner named Kaylene. To protect her family from being persecuted and to protect her profession, Kaylene’s last name is withheld. From her soft grey hair to her sneaker-clad feet she exudes a motherly aura and speaks with a touch of a Midwestern accent. One would never think that in order for her to go into work she has to walk through a group of shouting protestors that call her a “baby killer” or that quite a few family members have deserted her. The challenges she faces are not new, the stigma surrounding Planned Parenthood has been there for a very long time. Kaylene grew up in Wichita, Kansas, a state run by “the most hated governor in the United States,” she said. She attended the University of Missouri – Kansas City and received her master’s in nursing with a
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“With the laws in Texas most women in rural areas no longer have access to affordable birth control because most of the clinics lost funding or were shut down by other laws that were aimed at them. Not all of them were Planned Parenthood, but many of them were. As a result the birth rate has gone significantly up in the past year. And with it Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program spending for the state has also increased,” she said. “There are only five clinics now in Texas that provide abortions and three of them are in San Antonio, so although I would hope women want to keep their babies, I am angry they potentially have to travel across the state to do so. That is no easy task in Texas which is such a huge state.” Jazzmine also mentioned the misinformation that has been spread. “I think the biggest challenge for Planned Parenthood is escaping the false stories that have been planted, such as them harvesting and selling fetuses, or supporting prostitution
“With the laws in Texas most women in rural areas no longer have access to affordable birth control because most of the clinics lost funding or were shut down by other laws that were aimed at them. Not all of them were Planned Parenthood, but many of them were. As a result the birth rate has gone significantly up in the past year. And with it Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program spending for the state has also increased,” she said. “There are only five clinics now in Texas that provide abortions and three of them are in San Antonio, so although I would hope women want to keep their babies, I am angry they potentially have to travel across the state to do so. That is no easy task in Texas which is such a huge state.” Jazzmine also mentioned the misinformation that has been spread. “I think the biggest challenge for Planned Parenthood is escaping the false stories that have been planted, such as them harvesting and selling fetuses, or supporting prostitution