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Provide Real Reproductive Health Care Coverage for Low-Income Women

Target: Tommy Thompson, HHS Secretary; George W. Bush, President
Sponsored 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.

deadline: 2-15-2004
goal: 2,500

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We, the undersigned, oppose the Administration’s proposal to extend the CHIP program to embryos. Instead, we urge you to provide comprehensive health coverage to low-income women. This coverage would enhance women’s ability to determine when and whether to raise a family and would provide them with the prenatal care needed to support a healthy pregnancy.

We signed the “Provide Real Reproductive Health Care Coverage for Low-Income Women” petition!

# 2,850:

8:08 am PST, Jan 6, Andrea Leary, Florida

# 2,849:

4:43 am PST, Jan 6, Yvonne Cameron, Canada

# 2,848:

9:35 am PST, Jan 4, Elizabeth Blum, Wisconsin

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5:47 pm PST, Jan 3, Ryan Mc Kenzie, California

# 2,846:

4:41 am PST, Jan 3, Elizabeth Kanze, Massachusetts

# 2,845:

2:26 am PST, Jan 3, Annemarie Vidal, New Mexico

# 2,844:

1:18 am PST, Jan 3, Janetta Ray, Tennessee
I am a server w/4 children and health care is hard to come by for me. I still get sick,need dental work,eye exams,etc. I'm 28 years old and still have lots of stuff I need to see a doctor about.

# 2,843:

12:12 am PST, Jan 3, Melanie Leary, Texas

# 2,842:

9:24 pm PST, Dec 30, Robin Davis, Pennsylvania

# 2,841:

9:51 pm PST, Dec 28, LISA NORTHRUP, Florida

# 2,840:

7:49 am PST, Dec 27, Jessica-Dawn Drouin, Canada

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12:37 pm PST, Dec 23, Sabrina Carmichael, Illinois

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1:39 pm PST, Dec 18, Rene Siracusa, Texas

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12:08 pm PST, Dec 12, Joseph Klawiter, Virginia

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11:07 am PST, Dec 12, Stephanie Gonzalez, Arizona

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7:48 am PST, Dec 2, Peggy Singh, California

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6:14 am PST, Dec 2, Pamela Lynn, New Jersey

# 2,833:

5:07 pm PST, Nov 30, Danny Piccirillo, Massachusetts

# 2,832:

2:20 pm PST, Nov 29, Judy Haaksma, Utah

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10:21 am PST, Nov 24, Jennifer Megeney, Canada

# 2,830:

9:32 am PST, Nov 16, Kristine Holmberg, Iowa

# 2,829:

6:14 pm PST, Nov 10, Jessica Schreiber, Colorado

# 2,828:

2:09 pm PST, Nov 9, Gabriela Zabel, Maryland

# 2,827:

8:31 am PST, Nov 8, Renee Gannon, Maine

# 2,826:

11:47 am PST, Nov 7, Ayisha Blevins, Ohio

# 2,825:

4:01 pm PST, Nov 6, Stephanie Higgins, California

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9:38 pm PST, Nov 4, Name not displayed, Utah

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6:49 pm PDT, Oct 20, Lynne Banta, California

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4:39 pm PDT, Oct 14, Peace Frog, Pennsylvania

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8:53 am PDT, Oct 11, Jimelle Austin, Kansas

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5:46 pm PDT, Oct 7, Rob Sullivan, Texas

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10:25 am PDT, Oct 5, Virginia Macy, California

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12:27 am PDT, Oct 5, James L. grizzell, California

# 2,817:

2:09 pm PDT, Oct 4, John West, Pennsylvania

# 2,816:

7:52 am PDT, Oct 4, Mark Larsen, Illinois

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3:13 pm PDT, Sep 27, Jessica Ammer, Pennsylvania
our lame-ass backwards government can NOT undermine a women's right to choose ever...!

# 2,814:

10:36 am PDT, Sep 23, Emily MacDonald, Pennsylvania

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7:49 pm PDT, Sep 17, Jason Bowman, California

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3:04 am PDT, Sep 12, Wicked Chik, Illinois

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5:33 am PDT, Sep 9, Misty Hodges, West Virginia

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7:48 pm PDT, Sep 1, Marie Vasquez, Michigan

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2:12 pm PDT, Aug 31, Name not displayed, Tennessee

# 2,808:

7:36 am PDT, Aug 31, Tracey Hunter, Ohio

# 2,807:

6:50 pm PDT, Aug 29, Nicole Pulcini, Florida
Women should have the right to make decisions concerning their own body.

# 2,806:

9:14 pm PDT, Aug 25, Patricia Toher, New York

# 2,805:

10:18 am PDT, Aug 25, Mark Feldman, California

# 2,804:

8:13 pm PDT, Aug 24, Susan GraWolfe, Connecticut
women should be in control of their own bodies - their own choices - low income women dont have a lot of choices to begin with and need the help - so help them!

# 2,803:

1:30 am PDT, Aug 19, Nicole Glaze, Louisiana

# 2,802:

4:11 pm PDT, Aug 18, Adreana Soto, Florida

# 2,801:

5:44 am PDT, Aug 18, Joseph Buchbinder, California

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