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Protect Women's Reproductive Freedom!
Target: U.S. SenatorsSponsored by: NARAL Pro-Choice America
Women make up more than half of the population of the United States, yet women still struggle to gain freedom over our most basic rights – the right to plan our pregnancies, the right to choose when and if to have a child, and the right to control our bodies, WITHOUT government interference in our private medical decisions!
On January 22, 2004, the 31st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) introduced the federal Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), a landmark piece of legislation that will protect women's civil liberties and prohibit the government from interfering in the exercise of reproductive rights.
Help pass this bill to protect our most fundamental freedoms! FOCA is about reproductive freedom at its most basic for ALL women – FOCA protects a woman's right to choose to bear a child as well as her right to plan her pregnancies with birth control and to choose to terminate a pregnancy. FOCA prohibits discrimination against the exercise of reproductive rights.
Tell your Senators today: support the Freedom of Choice Act! Sign below.
On January 22, 2004, the 31st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) introduced the federal Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), a landmark piece of legislation that will protect women's civil liberties and prohibit the government from interfering in the exercise of reproductive rights.
Help pass this bill to protect our most fundamental freedoms! FOCA is about reproductive freedom at its most basic for ALL women – FOCA protects a woman's right to choose to bear a child as well as her right to plan her pregnancies with birth control and to choose to terminate a pregnancy. FOCA prohibits discrimination against the exercise of reproductive rights.
Tell your Senators today: support the Freedom of Choice Act! Sign below.
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We signed the “Protect Women's Reproductive Freedom!” petition!
# 200:
4:16 am PST, Feb 5,
Jay Gassman, New York
# 199:
4:01 am PST, Feb 5,
Maxine Priest, Florida
because we have the right as women to not get pregnant, and all help it takes to avoid it, not to abort babies,we need to have the right to educateall women.
because we have the right as women to not get pregnant, and all help it takes to avoid it, not to abort babies,we need to have the right to educateall women.
# 198:
3:26 am PST, Feb 5,
Wayne Williams, Tennessee
# 197:
3:04 am PST, Feb 5,
Chad Fordham, Michigan
# 196:
2:14 am PST, Feb 5,
Amy Harlib, New York
# 195:
2:13 am PST, Feb 5,
Nancy Berman, California
Every baby should be a wanted baby.
Every baby should be a wanted baby.
# 194:
12:48 am PST, Feb 5,
Name not displayed, New York
You never hear about some woman sitting in an office deciding the fate of millions of mens right to choose to sew their seed, why, then, should one man, sitting in an office get to decide what path women should take upon finding out about an unwanted pregnancy. Just sit and meditate on that idea for a minute.
You never hear about some woman sitting in an office deciding the fate of millions of mens right to choose to sew their seed, why, then, should one man, sitting in an office get to decide what path women should take upon finding out about an unwanted pregnancy. Just sit and meditate on that idea for a minute.
# 193:
11:59 pm PST, Feb 4,
Name not displayed, Michigan
# 192:
11:40 pm PST, Feb 4,
Veronica Henning, Colorado
Women should be allowed to make decisions pertaining to their boides and there well being.
Women should be allowed to make decisions pertaining to their boides and there well being.
# 191:
11:22 pm PST, Feb 4,
Paul Stuart, California
We are a country founded on freedoms. What freedom could possibly be more important that the freedom to govern our own body?
We are a country founded on freedoms. What freedom could possibly be more important that the freedom to govern our own body?
# 190:
11:13 pm PST, Feb 4,
Name not displayed, Texas
we have been given this freedom of choice for years, and its proven to save lives, why are we willing to see women die now, this should have never been changed again!
we have been given this freedom of choice for years, and its proven to save lives, why are we willing to see women die now, this should have never been changed again!
# 189:
10:52 pm PST, Feb 4,
Name not displayed, California
# 188:
10:17 pm PST, Feb 4,
Name not displayed, California
# 187:
10:05 pm PST, Feb 4,
Name not displayed, New York
# 186:
10:04 pm PST, Feb 4,
Timothy Johnston, California
# 185:
10:03 pm PST, Feb 4,
Evita Sikelianos, New York
# 184:
9:46 pm PST, Feb 4,
Marc Battaglia, Florida
Women should have the right to decide their own reproductive choices although it should be done with care and thought and there should be a time frame because there is a point when it does become murder if an abortion is performed.In my opinion it would be about 3-4 mos. After this time period I am against abortions unless it is deemed unsafe for the mother to carry to full tern.
Women should have the right to decide their own reproductive choices although it should be done with care and thought and there should be a time frame because there is a point when it does become murder if an abortion is performed.In my opinion it would be about 3-4 mos. After this time period I am against abortions unless it is deemed unsafe for the mother to carry to full tern.
# 183:
9:43 pm PST, Feb 4,
Caryn Turrieta, California
# 182:
9:36 pm PST, Feb 4,
Sandra Wiatrowski, Florida
Bush is trying to take these basic rights away. The megalomaniac must be stopped, and further legislation MUST be passed to insure the protections we have fought so hard to gain!!!
Bush is trying to take these basic rights away. The megalomaniac must be stopped, and further legislation MUST be passed to insure the protections we have fought so hard to gain!!!
# 181:
9:35 pm PST, Feb 4,
Name not displayed, California
# 180:
9:30 pm PST, Feb 4,
Name not displayed, California
# 179:
9:30 pm PST, Feb 4,
Kiwibob Glanzman, Washington
# 178:
9:29 pm PST, Feb 4,
Brandi Royster, Arizona
# 177:
9:29 pm PST, Feb 4,
Larry & Peg Keyes, Vermont
# 176:
9:28 pm PST, Feb 4,
Colin Hoops, Oregon
# 175:
9:25 pm PST, Feb 4,
Jessica Friedman, North Carolina
we need our right to choose!
we need our right to choose!
# 174:
9:24 pm PST, Feb 4,
Marisa Rose Sunflower Faraldo, Florida
# 173:
9:20 pm PST, Feb 4,
John West, New York
# 172:
9:12 pm PST, Feb 4,
Name not displayed, Iowa
# 171:
9:05 pm PST, Feb 4,
Name not displayed, Maine
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# 170:
9:05 pm PST, Feb 4,
Emily Hanson, Virginia
Freedom over reproductive rights saves women's lives.
Freedom over reproductive rights saves women's lives.
# 169:
9:04 pm PST, Feb 4,
Milton Blough, California
it is a womans right to choose what is best for her and her body.
it is a womans right to choose what is best for her and her body.
# 168:
8:58 pm PST, Feb 4,
Michael Witmyer, Pennsylvania
We do not need the "government" to think for us and make our decisions for us. We are not all incapable of governing our own lives.
We do not need the "government" to think for us and make our decisions for us. We are not all incapable of governing our own lives.
# 167:
8:57 pm PST, Feb 4,
Name not displayed, Iowa
# 166:
8:54 pm PST, Feb 4,
Tina Johns, Maryland
Women have the RIGHT to family planning services of all types.
Women have the RIGHT to family planning services of all types.
# 165:
8:52 pm PST, Feb 4,
Beatrice Stone, Michigan
Choice is a basic right of human beings and shouldn't be restricted in any way.
Choice is a basic right of human beings and shouldn't be restricted in any way.
# 164:
8:51 pm PST, Feb 4,
J Walsh, Arizona
# 163:
8:50 pm PST, Feb 4,
Cassie Schmitz, Iowa
# 162:
8:50 pm PST, Feb 4,
Ardith Arrington, Washington
only I have the right to decide whether or not to bear children. I don't need anyone, especially an evil, jerk dictator, telling me what I can or can't do!
only I have the right to decide whether or not to bear children. I don't need anyone, especially an evil, jerk dictator, telling me what I can or can't do!
# 161:
8:44 pm PST, Feb 4,
J. Scott Daniels, New York
# 160:
8:41 pm PST, Feb 4,
Tegan Ollie, Washington
# 159:
8:39 pm PST, Feb 4,
Name not displayed, California
# 158:
8:31 pm PST, Feb 4,
Thomas B. Urani, California
# 157:
8:30 pm PST, Feb 4,
Mr. Bobbie Dee Flowers, New York
# 156:
8:20 pm PST, Feb 4,
Stacie Dullmeyer, California
# 155:
8:20 pm PST, Feb 4,
Scott Cowan, Illinois
# 154:
8:12 pm PST, Feb 4,
Anna Ramshaw, Texas
All women should have access to the best healthcare possible, with all the choices that implies.
All women should have access to the best healthcare possible, with all the choices that implies.
# 153:
7:54 pm PST, Feb 4,
Edna Ramos, Texas
What I do with my body is nobody's business except mine. Whatever I choose to do is between me and my God.
What I do with my body is nobody's business except mine. Whatever I choose to do is between me and my God.
# 152:
7:51 pm PST, Feb 4,
Allison Byrum, Texas
# 151:
7:43 pm PST, Feb 4,
Jenny Gumlaw, Massachusetts
a woman's right to decide whether or not she is able to support a child emotionally and financially is her right and hers alone, and no liberal government should interfere with her personal freedom of choice. Adoption is not the answer to abortion and will not be until the system is reformed to avoid the thousands of children bounced from foster home to foster home, and it is the woman's right to decide this for herself. If the government were to attempt to legislate castration for every man who impregnated a woman and was unable to emotionally or financially support the resulting child, this debate would be far different.
a woman's right to decide whether or not she is able to support a child emotionally and financially is her right and hers alone, and no liberal government should interfere with her personal freedom of choice. Adoption is not the answer to abortion and will not be until the system is reformed to avoid the thousands of children bounced from foster home to foster home, and it is the woman's right to decide this for herself. If the government were to attempt to legislate castration for every man who impregnated a woman and was unable to emotionally or financially support the resulting child, this debate would be far different.