Do you remember the days of Coat Hanger Abortions? They may be returning.
Joseph Raglione
November 17, 2009
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, every time I believe your government is doing something good, something bad happens! During the last election, Homo Sexuals lost their right to marry in California, due mainly to the direct economic interference of biased religious organizations. And now, also because of religious bias, American Women are losing their legal rights to an abortion.
Imagine what a fourteen year old girl will feel like if she is attacked and raped and then told by her doctor that she does not have the legal right to an abortion. Imagine a Mother of five children who, by accident, becomes pregnant and then learns her husband has lost his job. Without a choice, She will have to go full term and give her child up for adoption. Also imagine how a young woman feels when She learns that her fetus, because of a genetic abnormality, is brain damaged and will be an emotional and financial drain on their meager income for decades into the future; but She is not legally allowed to have an abortion.
Yes, some women should bring their babies to full term and give them up for adoption, if they do not suffer underlying emotional or physical problems, but there are just as many women who need legal abortions and these women will be denied if the current Federal Health Care Ammendment is passed, unchanged. Please read what Jim Dean of 'Democracy For America' has to say on the subject...>
Joseph -
Passing healthcare reform in the House of Representatives a week ago came at a high price to women. While the overall bill is the largest expansion of women's access to healthcare services in history, there is one area in which the bill took a giant leap backwards: reproductive rights.
That's because right before the House voted on the entire bill, they first passed an amendment that dramatically expanded the ban on federal funding of abortion services. The amendment bans even private for-profit insurers from covering abortion as a part of women's reproductive healthcare for all plans in the insurance exchange created by the healthcare bill.
Millions of women will be affected if it remains in the final bill that goes to the President's desk.
And to make it worse -- 20 of the 64 Democrats who joined with Republicans to pass this amendment were previously pro-choice. All 20 are men who ran on and have a record of casting pro-choice votes in the past. These Democrats were elected by voters who never expected their representative would take America back to an era of coat hangers and back alley abortions.
We're joining with CREDO Action to send them a message: reconsider your vote and demand Congressional leadership strip the ban from the final bill before it comes back to the House for the final vote.
To make sure this is one message these men won't miss, we're not stopping there. CREDO Action will send these Reps a coat hanger for every person who signs the petition.
SIGN THE PETITION -- AND SEND A COAT HANGER NOW
We're not being subtle and we're not mincing words. If the ban isn't stripped out in merging negotiations between the House and Senate bills during the conference process, then the final bill would take reproductive rights back to the dark ages.
Whether you're pro-choice or not, it's legal. So, it's up to all us to make sure it's safe. Join CREDO Action's campaign today and make sure these formerly pro-choice Democrats get the message.
Thank you for everything you do,
Jim
Jim Dean, Chair
Democracy for America
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Imagine what a fourteen year old girl will feel like if she is attacked and raped and then told by her doctor that she does not have the legal right to an abortion. Imagine a Mother of five children who, by accident, becomes pregnant and then learns her husband has lost his job. Without a choice, She will have to go full term and give her child up for adoption. Also imagine how a young woman feels when She learns that her fetus, because of a genetic abnormality, is brain damaged and will be an emotional and financial drain on their meager income for decades into the future; but She is not legally allowed to have an abortion.
Yes, some women should bring their babies to full term and give them up for adoption, if they do not suffer underlying emotional or physical problems, but there are just as many women who need legal abortions and these women will be denied if the current Federal Health Care Ammendment is passed, unchanged. Please read what Jim Dean of 'Democracy For America' has to say on the subject...>
Joseph -
Passing healthcare reform in the House of Representatives a week ago came at a high price to women. While the overall bill is the largest expansion of women's access to healthcare services in history, there is one area in which the bill took a giant leap backwards: reproductive rights.
That's because right before the House voted on the entire bill, they first passed an amendment that dramatically expanded the ban on federal funding of abortion services. The amendment bans even private for-profit insurers from covering abortion as a part of women's reproductive healthcare for all plans in the insurance exchange created by the healthcare bill.
Millions of women will be affected if it remains in the final bill that goes to the President's desk.
And to make it worse -- 20 of the 64 Democrats who joined with Republicans to pass this amendment were previously pro-choice. All 20 are men who ran on and have a record of casting pro-choice votes in the past. These Democrats were elected by voters who never expected their representative would take America back to an era of coat hangers and back alley abortions.
We're joining with CREDO Action to send them a message: reconsider your vote and demand Congressional leadership strip the ban from the final bill before it comes back to the House for the final vote.
To make sure this is one message these men won't miss, we're not stopping there. CREDO Action will send these Reps a coat hanger for every person who signs the petition.
SIGN THE PETITION -- AND SEND A COAT HANGER NOW
We're not being subtle and we're not mincing words. If the ban isn't stripped out in merging negotiations between the House and Senate bills during the conference process, then the final bill would take reproductive rights back to the dark ages.
Whether you're pro-choice or not, it's legal. So, it's up to all us to make sure it's safe. Join CREDO Action's campaign today and make sure these formerly pro-choice Democrats get the message.
Thank you for everything you do,
Jim
Jim Dean, Chair
Democracy for America
Democracy for America relies on you and the people-power of more than one million members to fund the grassroots organizing and training that delivers progressive change on the issues that matter. Please Contribute Today and support our mission.
Paid for by Democracy for America, http://democracyforamerica.com/ and not authorized by any candidate. Contributions to Democracy for America are not deductible for federal income tax purposes.
This message was sent to human4us@sympatico.ca. Visit your subscription management page to modify email preferences or to unsubscribe from further communications.
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