In the latest episode of Women in America, hosts Pari and Eve talk with Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon about how the government shutdown is affecting healthcare nationwide.
Scanlon explains that the crisis goes far beyond the Affordable Care Act and is disrupting access to care for millions of Americans and explains how partisan gridlock in Congress has stalled progress and left communities facing higher premiums, fewer hospital options and worsening maternal health outcomes. The misinformation about the ACA continues to spread and Republican lawmakers’ actions are directly hurting their own constituents.
The conversation then turns to reproductive rights and the push to restrict access to the abortion pill Mifepristone. Scanlon links these efforts to a broader rollback of women’s healthcare and equality.
