T H E N E W S L E T T E R O F P L A N N E D PA R E N T H O O D O F I N D I A N A A N D K E N T U C K Y THIRD ISSUE OF THE 2019 FISCAL YEAR SPRING 2019
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CEO CORNER
Hello PPINK friends and family, My name is Chris Charbonneau, and I am the new CEO of Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky (PPINK) as of February 2019. I will also continue to serve as CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands (PPGNHI). I am very excited to return to the eastern part of the country to work on expanding access to reproductive health care after serving as CEO of Planned Parenthood in Arkansas over 30 years ago. There’s no question that it is challenging to carry out our mission in Indiana and Kentucky, but the team has done a phenomenal job fiercely resisting rollbacks to our rights and we will now join you in this fight. We have spent the last few months crossing T’s and dotting I’s on all the legal paperwork, and it’s been a learning process for everyone involved, including this 35-year Planned Parenthood leader! I am humbled by the commitment and dedication of everyone at PPINK and excited to help amplify all the work they do. Many staff from PPGNHI have already visited Indiana and Kentucky to begin building relationships that will set the stage for our alliance to thrive together.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF INDIANA AND KENTUCKY CEO Chris Charbonneau Chief Operating Officer Rebecca Gibron Chief Policy Officer Jennifer Allen Chief Financial Officer Scott Boyd Chief Information Officer Robert Napoli Chief Legal Counsel Hannah Brass Greer Interim Chief Learning Officer Anna Kashner
We are committed to a shared mission of delivering timely, affordable, and expert health care and education to those most in need. This strategic alliance will also allow both PPGNHI and PPINK to adjust to patient needs and explore innovative care models more nimbly. We are grateful for the warm welcome we’ve received in Indiana and Kentucky. You are ensuring all people we serve can continue to rely on Planned Parenthood for high-quality health care, education, and advocacy—and we are so proud to lock arms with you. This is an exciting time for all of us as we look ahead to the possibilities of a brighter future and the opportunity to make an even greater impact in our communities. This strategic alliance offers so many benefits for improving Planned Parenthood’s mission across the country, and I look forward to embarking on this journey with you all. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Angela Brewer, Assistant to the CEO, to set up a time to talk with someone on our team at 317-637-4330 or angela.brewer@ppink.org.
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STRATEGIC ALLIANCE
Alaska 4
Idaho 3
Washington 18
Indiana 16
Hawaii 2
Kentucky 2
Standing Strong in Six States Each year, Planned Parenthood affiliates across
the parent organization of PPINK. This strategic
the country undergo changes as part of a
alliance will strengthen PPINK’s ability to provide
normal process of evaluating and enhancing
high-quality health care, and provide and
efficient health care delivery for patients – as do
promote education about reproductive health
health care providers of all kinds. In a shifting
care in Indiana and Kentucky in both the short
health care landscape, PPGNHI and PPINK have
and long term.
entered into a strategic alliance to better serve the patients and communities that rely on the
Together, we will be able to advance the
affordable health care Planned Parenthood
reproductive rights movement and protect
provides. As of February 1st, PPGNHI became
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SPEAKING OUT AND TAKING ACTION
Hoosiers and Kentuckians
As legislators returned to their chambers in January, Hoosiers and Kentuckians raised their voices in support of reproductive rights! In Indiana, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Indiana and Kentucky (PPAIK) supporters kicked off the 2019 legislative session with a press conference supporting Sen. Jean Breaux’s reproductive freedom bill, Senate Bill (SB) 589. In Frankfort, advocates called for the General Assembly to protect pregnant Kentuckians in the workplace by passing SB 18, the Pregnant Workers Act. 4
However, anti-abortion politicians in both states
are emboldened by Brett Kavanaugh’s presence on the Supreme Court and are pushing harder
than ever to pass extreme abortion bans into law. Abortion is already difficult to access in Indiana, and House Bill (HB) 1211 would make the
problem even worse. This bill would outlaw
a common, safe abortion procedure used in the second trimester, leaving Hoosiers with
no choice but to leave the state for care after 14 weeks. Another bill, SB 201, would allow
pharmacists, nurses, and physicians assistants to refuse to provide abortion care.
Fight to #StoptheBans
The efforts to restrict or eliminate abortion
Planned Parenthood advocates are showing
access in Kentucky are just as extreme.
up and getting loud to REJECT these abortion
Lawmakers are moving forward with SB 9,
bans and demand that lawmakers increase, not
which would effectively eliminate access to
restrict, access to reproductive health care!
care in the Commonwealth by banning abortion at about six weeks—before many know they are pregnant. Legislators are also considering a bill (HB 148) that would immediately outlaw abortion if Roe v. Wade is ever overturned; a bill (SB 50) based in junk science about so-called “abortion reversal”; and a bill (HB 5) that would ban abortion based on certain fetal characteristics.
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CELEBRATIONS
Champions Present Reproductive Justice Bill in Indiana 1
On the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, Hoosiers gathered in the Statehouse to call for the passage of Sen. Jean Breaux’s Senate Bill (SB) 589. Patient advocates, doctors, and clergy members spoke at a press conference to share their stories and explain how this reproductive justice bill would help Hoosiers. SB 589 affirms that individuals, not the government, should
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be the ones making decisions about contraception, pregnancy, parenting, adoption, and abortion. Thank you, Sen. Breaux! Indianapolis Businesses Host Women’s March Parties
After attending the Indiana Women’s March in downtown Indianapolis, participants were invited to warm up in local businesses, which donated a portion of proceeds to Planned Parenthood Advocates of Indiana and Kentucky
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(PPAIK)! Thank you to Silver in the City, Mass Ave Pub, and the Sinking Ship 2 for standing with Planned Parenthood. Throwback Thursday Rally in Frankfort
Early in the Kentucky legislative session, advocates held a rally to “welcome” anti-reproductive health politicians back to Frankfort. Thank you to featured speaker Hannah Drake 3 and musical guest Carly Johnson Trio 4 for helping make the rally a success!
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Kentucky LARC Project Fundraiser
PPINK supporters gathered in Louisville for an event hosted by Kim Greene and Emily Bingham to support the Kentucky LARC Project (KLP). This program helps Kentuckians access long-acting, reversible contraception like IUDs and birth control implants. The gathering raised about $25,000 for the KLP. 4 6
THE NEXT GENERATION
Planned Parenthood Young Leaders Like-minded young people
made a big impact! They
and PPYL-Central Kentucky
across Indiana and Kentucky
hosted multiple fundraisers
hosted lip sync battles to
are making a difference
around the community, took
support PPINK in 2018, and
through Planned Parenthood
action by writing letters to
PPYL-Northern Indiana will
Young Leaders (PPYL) groups.
senators, and increased their
attend book discussions and
The regional groups mix social
membership. Upcoming
organize advocacy nights.
events with fundraising to
activities in 2019 include trivia
support PPINK patients and
nights and a book club.
Interested in getting involved with your local PPYL group
engage in advocacy. Their counterparts in Kentucky
or starting one for your
In their first year as a re-
and northern Indiana have
region? Reach out to:
established group, PPYL-Indy
similar plans. PPYL-Louisville
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