Melinda Gates on reproductive rights
From Melinda French Gates: The Next Chapter · · My Legacy Podcast
“I never never never thought we would roll back a law that was on the books for US women. I just I didn't think that was going to happen. As became more clear that that might happen, Phoebe and I were talking a lot about it. and the difference that using voice and advocacy and money in the United States, the difference that could make and that it was needed. And so, you know, when that happened, uh, she was outraged. I was outraged and shocked, quite frankly. Um, and to think that I have I now have two beautiful granddaughters, ages one and three. Not that I'm biased. They're beautiful. Um, but to think that they will grow up with fewer rights than my daughters or I grew up with, that that just shouldn't be.”
On , Melinda Gates, Co-Chairman at Gates Foundation, spoke about reproductive rights during Melinda French Gates: The Next Chapter on My Legacy Podcast.
About Melinda Gates
Melinda French Gates announced a $215 million increase in her women’s health funding, bringing her total commitment to $600 million, with a focus on reproductive health, menopause, and mental health. She stated that women’s health has been “ignored and underfunded for far too long” and expressed concern about the rollback of reproductive rights in the United States, saying she never thought the country would “roll back a law that was on the books for US women.” She also said she has not directly spoken with HHS Secretary RFK Jr. about vaccine misinformation, but that the foundation has “engaged in that discussion and it has not gone well.” French Gates became a minority owner of One Roof Sports & Entertainment, the parent organization of the Seattle Kraken, and discussed the role of sports in community building and youth development. She said she has voted for candidates from both major parties and described herself as a centrist. She also spoke about her philanthropic approach, stating that 70% of Pivotal Ventures’ funding is focused on women’s power in the United States, and argued that “having the richest country in the world...but not having women all the way to the places they ought to be able to go in society does not make any sense.”