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Protect Birth Control: No to President Bush's Latest Proposal
Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: Care2
Sponsored by: Care2
The Bush administration is proposing a new regulation that would discourage doctors and health-care clinics from providing birth control to women who need it. This regulation would require federal health programs to certify that they will hire nurses and other providers who openly object to abortion or contraception in order to receive federal aid to run their programs.
For more information on the proposal, see http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/washington/15rule.html?_r=1&sq=birth
The regulation could seriously jeopardize state laws and policies that protect women's access to birth control. For example, state laws that require hospitals to provide sexual-assault victims with access to emergency contraception could be jeopardized!
Members of Congress are calling on the Bush administration to change course. Please let your members of Congress know that you strongly oppose this attack on women's health and individual rights.
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We signed the “Protect Birth Control: No to President Bush's Latest Proposal” petition!
# 50:
4:23 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Jill Stewart, North Carolina
Are you crazy?!! People don't like the abortion issue now. What do you think will happen with NO birth control? Stupid is as stupid does...right Forrest?
Are you crazy?!! People don't like the abortion issue now. What do you think will happen with NO birth control? Stupid is as stupid does...right Forrest?
# 49:
4:23 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Stephanie Lessard, New Hampshire
# 48:
4:18 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Geoffrey Yost, Indiana
# 47:
4:13 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Leah Lefler, Virginia
# 46:
4:13 pm PDT, Jul 16,
John Keiser, New York
# 45:
4:10 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Matthew Franck, New Jersey
# 44:
4:09 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Angela Chamberlain, Wisconsin
# 43:
4:07 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Kristie Lyon, Missouri
Until we get a President in office who knows what it is to have a period and give birth, we should not be hearing from him what to do with our bodies. Tell him no. We say no. We mean no. He can't have his way with us. He can't impose his views on us. We are free Americans not Bushians.
Until we get a President in office who knows what it is to have a period and give birth, we should not be hearing from him what to do with our bodies. Tell him no. We say no. We mean no. He can't have his way with us. He can't impose his views on us. We are free Americans not Bushians.
# 42:
4:05 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Charlene Shumate, Arkansas
It is a violation of the civil rights of every American woman to not have the right to birth control or the right to have an abortion if she so choses. Most of those who truly need this would be those that we have to support them and their families later on in their lives. I cannot imagine birth control being denied to any woman in America. This is absolutely ridiculous!
It is a violation of the civil rights of every American woman to not have the right to birth control or the right to have an abortion if she so choses. Most of those who truly need this would be those that we have to support them and their families later on in their lives. I cannot imagine birth control being denied to any woman in America. This is absolutely ridiculous!
# 41:
4:04 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Talia Peschka, Texas
# 40:
4:02 pm PDT, Jul 16,
K. Suzanne, Connecticut
A woman has a right to chose when or if she gets pregnant, not the federal government. It would be better for the country to allow women to make this decision, based on their own given circumstances, rather than have children they cannot afford or want. Or for those women who want a career over a family. We haven't solved the problem of teen pregnancies and to pass Bush's policy would only escalate problems in these areas.
A woman has a right to chose when or if she gets pregnant, not the federal government. It would be better for the country to allow women to make this decision, based on their own given circumstances, rather than have children they cannot afford or want. Or for those women who want a career over a family. We haven't solved the problem of teen pregnancies and to pass Bush's policy would only escalate problems in these areas.
# 39:
3:59 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Barry Moore, New Jersey
# 38:
3:57 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Janet Mcmillan, Arizona
contraception is key to explosive population growth. Please convince the administration to do the right thing!
contraception is key to explosive population growth. Please convince the administration to do the right thing!
# 37:
3:56 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Anthony Braxton, California
I am a firm believer in prevention!! Since the cost of living has risen a lot of families will not be able to afford to have a child. Education and awareness is key. Most couples will not be able to comfortably afford to have children until they are 33. Couples that decide to have children at an early age will more than likely be stuck in poverty. This new legislation is aimed at low-income-communities. Please veto this legislation which is only another power-tactic by the Bush administration!!!
I am a firm believer in prevention!! Since the cost of living has risen a lot of families will not be able to afford to have a child. Education and awareness is key. Most couples will not be able to comfortably afford to have children until they are 33. Couples that decide to have children at an early age will more than likely be stuck in poverty. This new legislation is aimed at low-income-communities. Please veto this legislation which is only another power-tactic by the Bush administration!!!
# 36:
3:52 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Natalie Batovsky, Maryland
# 35:
3:51 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Louise Lanham, Texas
Once again, it is each woman's right to decide what happens to her own body. Please allow her to choose a medical environment if she chooses to terminate.
Once again, it is each woman's right to decide what happens to her own body. Please allow her to choose a medical environment if she chooses to terminate.
# 34:
3:47 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Loretta Zoldak, Texas
# 33:
3:44 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Tawnya Shields, Mississippi
# 32:
3:34 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Cristeta Stewart, California
# 31:
3:34 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Maria Scripture, Illinois
# 30:
3:35 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Adrienne Ross, New Mexico
# 29:
3:30 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Betty Van Wicklen, New York
I find it unconscionable that this decision, which is a private one based on a woman's own religious beliefs, should in any way be refused contraceptive services. If you want me to take God out of my schools to not offend atheists, then let's take God out of the doctor's office and the pharmacy as well. Any practitioner who refuses, based on conscience, to provide these services (hospital, HMO, clinic or doctor) should advertise this up front so that people can choose practitioners based on their belief system and let others alone. Government should not be stepping in to regulate this when it is legal.
I find it unconscionable that this decision, which is a private one based on a woman's own religious beliefs, should in any way be refused contraceptive services. If you want me to take God out of my schools to not offend atheists, then let's take God out of the doctor's office and the pharmacy as well. Any practitioner who refuses, based on conscience, to provide these services (hospital, HMO, clinic or doctor) should advertise this up front so that people can choose practitioners based on their belief system and let others alone. Government should not be stepping in to regulate this when it is legal.
# 28:
3:29 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Lynn Stevenson, Virginia
# 27:
3:31 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Name not displayed, California
# 26:
3:29 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Shyama Orum, New York
# 25:
3:26 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Christina Pertz, Ohio
Please vote against this! It is my right to keep myself safe! Our economy is already struggling, to say yes to this would cause more people to be poor and more illegal activity and unsafe practices to have abortions! Either way, its a woman's choice!
Please vote against this! It is my right to keep myself safe! Our economy is already struggling, to say yes to this would cause more people to be poor and more illegal activity and unsafe practices to have abortions! Either way, its a woman's choice!
# 24:
3:25 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Thomas Kristan, Canada
# 23:
3:24 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Liette Pedraza-Tucker, New York
# 22:
3:24 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Jeanne Reock, New Jersey
# 21:
3:23 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Cynthia Torrey, Virginia
# 20:
3:21 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Elaine Benson, Maryland
# 19:
3:18 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Jacqueline Ward, California
# 18:
3:18 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Tiffany Owens, Maine
# 17:
3:16 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Laura Campanelli, Florida
# 16:
3:15 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Dale Riehart, California
# 15:
3:14 pm PDT, Jul 16,
James Vinson, Alabama
# 14:
3:10 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Edward Stetser, North Carolina
# 13:
3:09 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Cori Cooper, Ohio
# 12:
3:08 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Name not displayed, California
# 11:
3:09 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Patricia Barkley, Kansas
# 10:
3:01 pm PDT, Jul 16,
William Harper, Georgia
# 9:
2:55 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Susan Bendickson, Minnesota
# 8:
2:53 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Lynn Noe, California
# 7:
2:48 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Gretchen Roberts, New York
# 6:
2:48 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Elizabeth Spawn, Minnesota
# 5:
2:47 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Faith Nale, California
# 4:
2:37 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Cassandra Green, Arkansas
# 3:
1:49 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Cari Chenkin, California
# 2:
12:47 pm PDT, Jul 16,
Name not displayed, Illinois