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Arlington commissions urge clearer reproductive-health information, faster retrofitting of free menstrual-product dispensers and focus on childcare
Summary
The County’s Commission on the Status of Women and allied commissions told a county work session they want Arlington County to make reproductive-health resources easier to find, finish a $10,000 retrofit project to make menstrual-product dispensers free in county facilities and press employers on paid family leave and childcare access.
Barbara Johnson, representing the Arlington County Commission on the Status of Women, told county officials at a commissions work session that outreach and clearer information about reproductive-health services should be a budget priority for the coming year. She said surveys conducted at the county fair in 2022 and 2023 showed “women's health was by far number 1,” and that many participants named reproductive care and abortion access as top concerns.
Johnson said Arlington lacks a clinic that provides abortion services and that finding…
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