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We must keep talking about abortion and reproductive rights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lois\u2019 passion for abortion access was shaped by her work both in Latin America and here in the United States, where she works in a federally qualified health center (FQHC) that serves large immigrant and refugee populations who regularly must navigate language barriers, financial barriers, and other inequities when seeking care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe people who are most affected by limited access to abortion, frankly, are not me and my friends and our children. The reality is with the right amount of money and the right connections, many of the people that I know will have access to safe abortions regardless. But that\u2019s not true for most of my patients,\u201d Lois said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gathering her friends was a way of using her platform and privilege to advocate for greater equity\u2014and there was no better occasion than Becky\u2019s 60th birthday to host a house party for Provide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re a group that is engaged in big issues nationally, but also a lot of local and community work, and we\u2019ve all been involved in reproductive health work our whole careers,\u201d Lois explained. \u201cAnnie is a midwife. Becky and her husband are foster parents. Laura was really involved in getting the D.C. government to pass a resolution stating that racism was a public health crisis. 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