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Make Motherhood Safer for all Women

Sponsored by: Centre for Development and Population Activities

Honor your mother by pledging your support for programs that make motherhood safer for all women and their families worldwide.

Each year, over 500,000 women die due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth. That's one woman every minute. The vast majority of these deaths occur in the developing world, primarily in Africa and Asia. Compounding the tragedy is the increased risk to children, who are many times more likely to die when they lose their mothers.

The good news is that solutions are close by. Simple, cost-effective investments can drastically reduce the risk women face in childbirth. The World Health Organization estimates that less than two-thirds of women in less developed countries are assisted by skilled attendants during childbirth, a critical intervention. And, access to reproductive health care and voluntary family planning services has been proven to have an enormous impact by allowing women to limit and space their childbearing to healthier intervals.

Despite the enormous need, U.S. support for international family planning programs has declined by almost 40% over the past decade. Take action now to increase U.S. support for these vital programs that offer families around the world access to maternal health care, HIV/AIDS prevention, education and contraceptives -- and save lives.

THE PLEDGE

I honor those women who bring new life to the world, despite the risks. I join the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) in urging the United States Congress to restore a decade of declining funding for international family planning programs by committing $1 billion to these vital programs in the coming year.

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# 9,000:

11:52 am PDT, Jul 3, Loretta Brogan, Louisiana

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12:09 am PDT, Jul 3, Anna Meacham, Georgia
We need to promote the teaching of honest, valid information about sex as well as make sure that contraception is available to anyone who wants it.

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8:46 pm PDT, Jul 2, Carlie Baker, Kentucky

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6:58 am PDT, Jul 2, Elizabeth Zwicky, Illinois

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1:46 am PDT, Jul 2, Traci Bruce, Texas

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6:36 pm PDT, Jul 1, Adele Hunt, Tennessee

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6:31 pm PDT, Jun 30, Jessica Sawyer, Louisiana

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9:36 pm PDT, Jun 29, Mel Sinclair, Texas

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9:17 pm PDT, Jun 29, Norm Garr, California
Take action now to increase U.S. support for these vital programs that offer families around the world access to maternal health care, HIV/AIDS prevention, education and contraceptives -- and save lives.

# 8,991:

2:17 pm PDT, Jun 29, Carol Wiley, California

# 8,990:

6:37 pm PDT, Jun 28, Gwen Hawtof, Florida
planned families raise the standard of living for communities. More women get educated, as do their children, more families remove themselves from poverty. It's a win-win for very little investment.

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4:53 pm PDT, Jun 28, Jodie Nathan, New York
However we can, without our mothers we would not be here. They deserve our protection just as much as we derserved theirs as little babies.

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4:41 pm PDT, Jun 28, Kelly Todd Brewer, Michigan

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3:52 pm PDT, Jun 28, Mary Detrick, Florida

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2:42 pm PDT, Jun 28, Elizabeth Kanze, Massachusetts

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1:03 pm PDT, Jun 28, Susel Perez, Iowa

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11:12 am PDT, Jun 28, Robb Tucker, Minnesota

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7:48 am PDT, Jun 28, Name not displayed, Vermont

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12:41 pm PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, Missouri

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8:24 pm PDT, Jun 26, Ashley Calderon, California

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5:33 pm PDT, Jun 26, Laura Brauer, Illinois

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3:08 pm PDT, Jun 26, Aaminah Abdur-Rahman, Pennsylvania

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6:44 am PDT, Jun 26, Carrie Templeton, Georgia

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6:20 pm PDT, Jun 25, Richard Riger, New Mexico

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5:24 pm PDT, Jun 25, Maria Rainho, Massachusetts

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12:30 pm PDT, Jun 25, Chloe Schwarz, California

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3:56 pm PDT, Jun 24, Bob Fischella, Arizona

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3:03 pm PDT, Jun 24, Ned Overton, New York

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11:12 pm PDT, Jun 23, Judith Riojas, Texas

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4:29 pm PDT, Jun 23, Joshua Clark, West Virginia

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3:29 pm PDT, Jun 23, Chris Lindberg, California

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1:58 pm PDT, Jun 22, J K, Colorado

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1:00 pm PDT, Jun 22, Richard Westbrooks, New York

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12:19 pm PDT, Jun 22, Jessica LeTourneau, Virginia

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8:22 am PDT, Jun 22, Christine Coleman, New Jersey

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4:42 am PDT, Jun 22, Marilynn Harper, Pennsylvania

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8:35 pm PDT, Jun 21, Yasmeen Chism, North Carolina

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7:35 pm PDT, Jun 21, Chasta Brown, Florida

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6:22 pm PDT, Jun 21, Name not displayed, New York

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4:42 pm PDT, Jun 21, Fatima Syeda, Michigan

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3:03 pm PDT, Jun 21, Jessica Powers, California

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4:41 pm PDT, Jun 20, Jennifer RObertson, New York

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1:28 pm PDT, Jun 20, Jacquie Lowell, California

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5:25 am PDT, Jun 20, MICHI VOJTA, North Carolina

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4:07 am PDT, Jun 20, Christine Iadeluca, New York

# 8,951:

7:45 pm PDT, Jun 19, Christina Samson, California
We need more educated candidates and national family planning services. We need to limit protesting in front of these centers. We need to terminate all illegal aliens and anchor babies invading our health care system so that actual citizens who deserve this priviledge can get the care we pay for in taxes.

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