Wake-Up Call: Planned Parenthood's 2007 legislative agenda

Becky Reid is a grassroots coordinator with the Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge. She joins Rick Moore to talk about her organization’s legislative agenda for the current session of the General Assembly.

HB1914 – would add the HPV vaccine to a list of required vaccinations

HB2035 – would add the HPV vaccine to a list of required vaccinations

HB2221 – would define birth control as being not similar to abortion

HB2842 – would require pharmacists to dispense emergency contraception

Reid says Planned Parenthood will push these bills during the group’s Pro-Choice Lobby Day on January 25th. The group will also be organizing opposition to the following bills:

HB2142 – would make abortions illegal immediately upon a reversal of Roe v. Wade

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Reid first got involved with this issue while working on a campaign to make sure pharmacists were providing access to emergency contraception.