Mari Schimmer

Bio

California native, DC resident, Field Director at Choice USA a national organization working with young leaders in the reproductive justice movement

National Women's Health Week 2013: Government Must Stop Playing Politics With Women's Health

By Mari Schimmer

May 12-18 has been declared National Women’s Health Week by the Department of Health and Human Services. If you go to the official HHS website, you will see it cheerfully state, “It’s your time!” They also recommended five ways to celebrate the…

How Congress Could Stop 10 Million STDs From Happening Each Year

By Mari Schimmer

April is STD Awareness Month, although most young people are already pretty well aware that sexually transmitted diseases exist. Of 20 million new sexually transmitted infections occurring each year, about half are contracted by young people age…