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Provide Real Reproductive Health Care Coverage for Low-Income Women
Target: Tommy Thompson, HHS Secretary; George W. Bush, PresidentSponsored by: NARAL Pro-Choice America
On January 31, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed making embryos eligible for government-funded insurance under the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The proposal is the latest ploy in the Bush Administration’s ongoing stealth campaign to have government make abortions illegal. The proposal demonstrates the Administration’s commitment to the strategy of undermining a woman’s right to choose by ascribing legal rights to embryos.
Anti-choice, anti-family planning officials are driving the President's health care policy. This CHIP announcement is not a serious health care proposal. If it were, it would include low-income women as recipients for comprehensive health care.
Sign the petition below to tell the President and HHS Secretary Thompson that you oppose the extension of the CHIP program to embryos and to call on them to provide comprehensive health care, including prenatal care, to low-income women.
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We signed the “Provide Real Reproductive Health Care Coverage for Low-Income Women” petition!
# 100:
11:28 am PST, Mar 4,
Mary Ennis, New York
I am a woman and I want to have the right to be free. We are suppose to be a free country arent we??
I am a woman and I want to have the right to be free. We are suppose to be a free country arent we??
# 99:
11:16 am PST, Mar 4,
Name not displayed, Virginia
It's important to have coverage, for people who cannot afford to pay
It's important to have coverage, for people who cannot afford to pay
# 98:
8:01 am PST, Mar 4,
Name not displayed, Colorado
Because I am unemployed and can't get affordable health care.
Because I am unemployed and can't get affordable health care.
# 97:
7:00 am PST, Mar 4,
Kelley Johnson, Texas
because every child deserves a chance, and women that are low income are women. There is a story about Patricia Bath, a minority woman, poor, but supported by her low income family, she is now one of the leaders in eye care and laser technology. The children of today or the US of tomorrow.
because every child deserves a chance, and women that are low income are women. There is a story about Patricia Bath, a minority woman, poor, but supported by her low income family, she is now one of the leaders in eye care and laser technology. The children of today or the US of tomorrow.
# 96:
6:29 pm PST, Mar 3,
Charisse Williams, California
# 95:
4:16 pm PST, Mar 3,
Jessica K. Hornbeck, North Carolina
# 94:
9:26 am PST, Mar 3,
Stephanie Smith, Florida
I am a woman, with a daughter, and WE should be the ONLY people making decisions about our bodies.
I am a woman, with a daughter, and WE should be the ONLY people making decisions about our bodies.
# 93:
8:43 am PST, Mar 3,
Myrtle louise Bratton, Kentucky
# 92:
8:11 am PST, Mar 3,
Paul Hofferkamp, Illinois
# 91:
4:56 pm PST, Mar 2,
Name not displayed, Michigan
I feel that a woman should have the right to make their own decisions on abortion issues.
I feel that a woman should have the right to make their own decisions on abortion issues.
# 90:
6:01 am PST, Mar 2,
Sarah Brister, Pennsylvania
# 89:
12:02 pm PST, Mar 1,
Julie Dahl, California
# 88:
9:14 am PST, Mar 1,
Name not displayed, New York
# 87:
6:07 am PST, Feb 28,
Gail Goldstein, New Mexico
# 86:
5:01 am PST, Feb 28,
Kathryn Allen, New York
To accord an embryo rights to health care before according those rights to the woman carrying the embryo is just crazy. Every pregnant woman should be guaranteed health care. We've already figured that out in New York.
To accord an embryo rights to health care before according those rights to the woman carrying the embryo is just crazy. Every pregnant woman should be guaranteed health care. We've already figured that out in New York.
# 85:
7:45 am PST, Feb 27,
Janine Gorham, Maine
# 84:
10:32 pm PST, Feb 26,
Linda Catlin, Kansas
Abortion is MURDER plain and simple. God said I Knew you in the womb. once concieved a person exist. Protect against pregnancy if you do not want to have children. CERTAINLY DO NOT KILL THEM ONCE YOU ARE GIVE THEM TO SOMEONE WHO WILL LOVE THEM. DON'T BE A MUDERER*******
Abortion is MURDER plain and simple. God said I Knew you in the womb. once concieved a person exist. Protect against pregnancy if you do not want to have children. CERTAINLY DO NOT KILL THEM ONCE YOU ARE GIVE THEM TO SOMEONE WHO WILL LOVE THEM. DON'T BE A MUDERER*******
# 83:
6:20 pm PST, Feb 26,
Tasha Curtis, Vermont
# 82:
12:19 pm PST, Feb 26,
Elizabeth M Copan, Ohio
# 81:
11:50 am PST, Feb 26,
Name not displayed, Louisiana
Choice is the Right of every woman, not of the state!!!
Choice is the Right of every woman, not of the state!!!
# 80:
11:30 am PST, Feb 26,
Name not displayed, California
# 79:
7:28 am PST, Feb 26,
Sue Loversky, California
# 78:
6:53 am PST, Feb 26,
D. M. Baptista, New Mexico
# 77:
3:51 am PST, Feb 26,
Alize Gryphon, Canada
# 76:
8:21 pm PST, Feb 25,
Linda Meyer, New Jersey
I am a mother of three grown children and three grandchildren and never thought of getting an abortion,however, I feel a woman's right to choose is the most important issue for a woman and her right to independence!!! Who gave me or anyone else the right to dictate to another woman what she should do!!! This should be a very personal decision made by a woman and only her. With the PROPER EDUCATION there would be less need for abortions. The government should have nothing to do with this kind of decision and if it were a man's decision they would never be involved.
I am a mother of three grown children and three grandchildren and never thought of getting an abortion,however, I feel a woman's right to choose is the most important issue for a woman and her right to independence!!! Who gave me or anyone else the right to dictate to another woman what she should do!!! This should be a very personal decision made by a woman and only her. With the PROPER EDUCATION there would be less need for abortions. The government should have nothing to do with this kind of decision and if it were a man's decision they would never be involved.
# 75:
5:58 pm PST, Feb 25,
Gabriella Turek, California
# 74:
4:22 pm PST, Feb 25,
Molly McKenna, New York
Women need safe ways to terminate a pregnancy. There will always be a way, and her death due to an unsafe abortion would be truly senseless. An embryo or zygote should not have rights that override the woman's.
Women need safe ways to terminate a pregnancy. There will always be a way, and her death due to an unsafe abortion would be truly senseless. An embryo or zygote should not have rights that override the woman's.
# 73:
2:43 pm PST, Feb 25,
Heather Anderson, Louisiana
# 72:
2:26 pm PST, Feb 25,
Megan Murphy, New York
# 71:
9:59 am PST, Feb 25,
Aimee Ursic, Ohio
# 70:
9:10 am PST, Feb 25,
Christel Brellochs, New York
# 69:
4:42 pm PST, Feb 24,
H Overmoyer, Pennsylvania
# 68:
9:53 am PST, Feb 24,
Michele Sanner, California
# 67:
9:45 am PST, Feb 24,
Jennifer Andel, Georgia
# 66:
8:26 pm PST, Feb 23,
Hinal Patel, Maine
# 65:
1:54 pm PST, Feb 23,
Destiny Stiltner, North Carolina
# 64:
9:35 am PST, Feb 23,
Name not displayed, New York
# 63:
9:36 pm PST, Feb 22,
Melissa Fried, Texas
if anyone has seen "The Cider House Rules" then you understand that being told no is only as effective when there are no, AND I MEAN NO other options. A coat hanger my hurt, but if the woman wants it, she'll do it. If choice is taken away, a black market, underground ring of operations will take shape. And mark my word, it will be a negative stigma placed forever on America.
if anyone has seen "The Cider House Rules" then you understand that being told no is only as effective when there are no, AND I MEAN NO other options. A coat hanger my hurt, but if the woman wants it, she'll do it. If choice is taken away, a black market, underground ring of operations will take shape. And mark my word, it will be a negative stigma placed forever on America.
# 62:
9:20 pm PST, Feb 22,
Cheryl Laterreur, Massachusetts
# 61:
8:54 pm PST, Feb 22,
Maria Hoyt, California
I think the woman is more important than the embryo. It is her body. End of story.
I think the woman is more important than the embryo. It is her body. End of story.
# 60:
8:37 pm PST, Feb 22,
Janis Spilker, New York
embryo & zygotes are not as important as the poor woman, young woman, the developing mature woman. No going back to diminished rights for women, we have been recognized as valued people, bettering the world, not criminals.
embryo & zygotes are not as important as the poor woman, young woman, the developing mature woman. No going back to diminished rights for women, we have been recognized as valued people, bettering the world, not criminals.
# 59:
5:49 pm PST, Feb 22,
Susan V. Shipherd, New York
# 58:
1:51 pm PST, Feb 22,
Mary Jane Smith, New York
I am concerned that the present administration is using the fetus as a way of doing away with Roe v.Wade. I am also concerned that low-income women are often not provided contraceptive coverage.
I am concerned that the present administration is using the fetus as a way of doing away with Roe v.Wade. I am also concerned that low-income women are often not provided contraceptive coverage.
# 57:
10:13 pm PST, Feb 21,
Cassandra M. Conrad, Massachusetts
The government needs to step back from womens reproductive issues.with all the real problems in the world today an attack on women should be the least of their worries.Granted there are always going to be people who abuse the rights that are given to them,that goes without saying,and that is very unfortunate. but isnt this supposed to be America.. Land of the Free and Home of the Brave. Aren't women still considered American citizens? The issue should'nt be about if women are raped and/or molested.the issue at hand is a womans right to control what happens with her own body and life, regardless of the circumstances under which she may have become impregnated.There is however,a need for more reproductive and sex education, and of course education on birth control and protection from disease.Programs designed to show and teach young girls about pregnacy and parenting and how abortion should not be thought of as a form of birth control, are desperately needed and better health care for low income women is needed, but stripping a woman of her bodily rights and her right to make her own decisions concerning her body would be an abomination. I am a mother of a darling little girl. I am a mother by CHOICE.
The government needs to step back from womens reproductive issues.with all the real problems in the world today an attack on women should be the least of their worries.Granted there are always going to be people who abuse the rights that are given to them,that goes without saying,and that is very unfortunate. but isnt this supposed to be America.. Land of the Free and Home of the Brave. Aren't women still considered American citizens? The issue should'nt be about if women are raped and/or molested.the issue at hand is a womans right to control what happens with her own body and life, regardless of the circumstances under which she may have become impregnated.There is however,a need for more reproductive and sex education, and of course education on birth control and protection from disease.Programs designed to show and teach young girls about pregnacy and parenting and how abortion should not be thought of as a form of birth control, are desperately needed and better health care for low income women is needed, but stripping a woman of her bodily rights and her right to make her own decisions concerning her body would be an abomination. I am a mother of a darling little girl. I am a mother by CHOICE.
# 56:
6:13 pm PST, Feb 21,
Laura McShane, New Jersey
# 55:
12:44 pm PST, Feb 21,
Name not displayed, Missouri
I am a woman.......
I am a woman.......
# 54:
12:39 pm PST, Feb 21,
Allison Azersky, New York
# 53:
12:44 am PST, Feb 21,
Name not displayed, California
# 52:
7:28 pm PST, Feb 20,
Lawrence A. Krantz, Minnesota
This is the right thing to do.
This is the right thing to do.
# 51:
10:12 am PST, Feb 20,
Name not displayed, Nebraska