Yet, instead of seeing access to care for half our population as an ethical imperative, some public officials seem ready to wash their hands of reproductive health care entirely. That reality was laid bare when Panhandle Health District Medical Director Gregory Pennock described women’s health care as a “niche” service during a recent discussion of PHD’s clinical audit with the Bonner County Board of Commissioners. The whole of women’s health care is more than adjacent; it’s intertwined. Rather than dismiss women’s health care wholesale, let’s do the essential work of dreaming something better amidst the current disarray. Thus, the first step is simple: We share the stories of why reproductive health care matters.