Planned Parenthood Cuts Expose and Exacerbate Healthcare Disparities

The big, beautiful bill’s multi-prong attack against healthcare access includes a provision that will strip Planned Parenthood of federal Medicaid funding for one year. While a federal judge has indefinitely blocked the cuts from going into effect as of this Monday, they have the potential of  closing 200 Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide and endangering the healthcare of millions of Americans. Radio Catskill’s Julia Kim had the chance to speak with Planned Parenthood of Greater New York CEO Wendy Stark, Leslie Seery and Andrea Flynn of the local group Rivertown 4 Reproductive Rights and Sullivan County activist Dayna Halprin on what these cuts could mean for Planned Parenthood, the historical underinvestment of women and queer people’s healthcare and how marginalized communities have disproportionately faced barriers to healthcare. Here’s Andrea…