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Congress: Protect Servicewomen's Reproductive Choices
Target: U.S. CongressSponsored by: NARAL Pro-Choice America
Why are women serving our country denied access to reproductive choices? Women in the armed services deserve the highest standard of care, and that includes access to Plan B contraceptives.
About 350,000 women currently serve in the U.S. military, making up almost 15 percent of all active-duty personnel. But federal law does little to protect their reproductive rights. Not only are servicewomen banned from accessing abortion care at military medical facilities, many can't even obtain emergency contraception at their base pharmacy.
Timely access to emergency contraception is important for military women, especially since nearly 3,000 incidents of sexual assault were reported in the military last year – an approximate 24 percent increase from 2005.
Congress has an opportunity to improve health care for women in the military with a bill sponsored by lawmakers in both parties and on both sides of the choice issue, supporting the addition of Plan B to the list of medications that must be stocked at every military health-care facility.
A vote could take place this week and the vote is going to be very close.
Take action today to defend the rights of those who defend us by telling Congress to pass the Compassionate Care for Servicewoman Act.
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We signed the “Congress: Protect Servicewomen's Reproductive Choices” petition!
# 3,150:
9:32 am PDT, Jun 1,
Jennifer Knaggs, Michigan
# 3,149:
3:57 am PDT, Jun 1,
Andy Tam, South Carolina
Considering they are risking their lives, the least we can do is care for them.
Considering they are risking their lives, the least we can do is care for them.
# 3,148:
9:23 pm PDT, May 31,
Samantha Elgeness, Florida
Everybody should be kissing the servicewomen's feet for their sacrifice, instead we deny them their reproductive rights? Insanity.
Everybody should be kissing the servicewomen's feet for their sacrifice, instead we deny them their reproductive rights? Insanity.
# 3,147:
7:04 pm PDT, May 31,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 3,146:
6:09 pm PDT, May 31,
Name not displayed, New Jersey
What's available to non-servicewomen should be available to servicewomen, also. The government has no business controlling what women do with their bodies, including those in the military. Please provide ALL birth control options to servicewomen.
What's available to non-servicewomen should be available to servicewomen, also. The government has no business controlling what women do with their bodies, including those in the military. Please provide ALL birth control options to servicewomen.
# 3,145:
3:49 pm PDT, May 31,
Amanda Rice, California
# 3,144:
2:18 pm PDT, May 31,
Lisa Lightner, Pennsylvania
It is imperitive to protect women from unwanted pregnancy. Women fighting overseas have chosen to give all of thier time to our country, not to pregnancy. Pregnancy can strongly hinder a womans ability to serve in the military. Unwanted pregnancy and the choices that go with it can have scaring effects for a lifetime. Please help to protect the women serving our country. Sincerely- Lisa Lightner
It is imperitive to protect women from unwanted pregnancy. Women fighting overseas have chosen to give all of thier time to our country, not to pregnancy. Pregnancy can strongly hinder a womans ability to serve in the military. Unwanted pregnancy and the choices that go with it can have scaring effects for a lifetime. Please help to protect the women serving our country. Sincerely- Lisa Lightner
# 3,143:
11:18 am PDT, May 31,
Isabel Esparza, Florida
# 3,142:
10:39 am PDT, May 31,
Name not displayed, Michigan
# 3,141:
7:37 am PDT, May 31,
Anne Craig, North Carolina
Service women have been subject to sexual abuse and assault in the military. They deserve quality health care just as all Americans do.
Service women have been subject to sexual abuse and assault in the military. They deserve quality health care just as all Americans do.
# 3,140:
7:25 am PDT, May 31,
Name not displayed, California
Plan B contraceptives as well as routine monthly birth control pills are a necessity for servicewomen
Plan B contraceptives as well as routine monthly birth control pills are a necessity for servicewomen
# 3,139:
6:30 am PDT, May 31,
Name not displayed, Kentucky
It is absolutely ridiculous to ask these brave women to serve in this absurd war and not afford them the rights that other Americans are given. These women are at high-risk for sexual assault simply because they do choose to serve! Please make it mandatory for military medicine to care for our servicewomen properly by offering planB coverage.
It is absolutely ridiculous to ask these brave women to serve in this absurd war and not afford them the rights that other Americans are given. These women are at high-risk for sexual assault simply because they do choose to serve! Please make it mandatory for military medicine to care for our servicewomen properly by offering planB coverage.
# 3,138:
8:54 pm PDT, May 30,
Jeanette Lakatos, Wisconsin
# 3,137:
7:11 pm PDT, May 30,
Mariah Pfeiffer, Maine
# 3,136:
6:38 pm PDT, May 30,
Rick Neuhoff, Florida
# 3,135:
4:46 pm PDT, May 30,
Jennifer Power, Massachusetts
# 3,134:
4:29 pm PDT, May 30,
Judith Doe, Maine
# 3,133:
2:28 pm PDT, May 30,
Alison Fain, Oregon
Our servicewomen deserve the best-Free Choice
Our servicewomen deserve the best-Free Choice
# 3,132:
12:34 pm PDT, May 30,
Vicki Jemison, Oklahoma
simple...it's the right thing to do
simple...it's the right thing to do
# 3,131:
11:47 am PDT, May 30,
Virginia Provost, California
# 3,130:
11:19 am PDT, May 30,
Diana Summers, Illinois
I think it is a shame when the women serve and when they do become pregnate they are not even covered for the pregnacy or the leave time. i know because my daughter is in the air force and she is on unpaid leave due to pregnancy and thats just wrong
I think it is a shame when the women serve and when they do become pregnate they are not even covered for the pregnacy or the leave time. i know because my daughter is in the air force and she is on unpaid leave due to pregnancy and thats just wrong
# 3,129:
11:01 am PDT, May 30,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 3,128:
8:59 am PDT, May 30,
Name not displayed, Kentucky
# 3,127:
7:27 am PDT, May 30,
Patricia Bailey, Florida
I sincerely hope that Congress will consider the basic rights to healthcare for all the people serving the U.S.A. in the military. I am absolutely horrified that abortions are not available for U.S. servicewomen, let alone the simple, cheap and safe method of preventing conception known as Plan B. Women are no longer second class citizens in our country thanks to brave legislators and advocates that addressed the inequities in reproductive choice for women during the past 4 decades. However, evidently extending these rights to women in the military has been overlooked. It is long past time that this issue be addressed and service women have appropriate access to all health care options. Sincerely, Patricia Bailey
I sincerely hope that Congress will consider the basic rights to healthcare for all the people serving the U.S.A. in the military. I am absolutely horrified that abortions are not available for U.S. servicewomen, let alone the simple, cheap and safe method of preventing conception known as Plan B. Women are no longer second class citizens in our country thanks to brave legislators and advocates that addressed the inequities in reproductive choice for women during the past 4 decades. However, evidently extending these rights to women in the military has been overlooked. It is long past time that this issue be addressed and service women have appropriate access to all health care options. Sincerely, Patricia Bailey
# 3,126:
8:01 pm PDT, May 29,
Name not displayed, New York
# 3,125:
7:21 pm PDT, May 29,
Margaret Berry, South Carolina
# 3,124:
6:34 pm PDT, May 29,
Clyde Anderson, Washington
why must women continue to fight for freedom at the base clinic as they serve in iraq, afganistan, and everywhere else the military sends them ?
why must women continue to fight for freedom at the base clinic as they serve in iraq, afganistan, and everywhere else the military sends them ?
# 3,123:
5:34 pm PDT, May 29,
Name not displayed, Maine
# 3,122:
5:32 pm PDT, May 29,
Gisel Rodriguez vale, Puerto Rico
It is their right.
It is their right.
# 3,121:
5:27 pm PDT, May 29,
Jeni Munn, North Carolina
# 3,120:
3:12 pm PDT, May 29,
Brad King, Florida
# 3,119:
2:27 pm PDT, May 29,
Miriam Camp, New Jersey
Women in the armed services are American women with the same rights. We cannot pay these women back adequately for offering their lives in service, but the least we can do, the VERY least, is ensure their reproductive rights as protected by the law of the country they serve.
Women in the armed services are American women with the same rights. We cannot pay these women back adequately for offering their lives in service, but the least we can do, the VERY least, is ensure their reproductive rights as protected by the law of the country they serve.
# 3,117:
1:47 pm PDT, May 29,
Cindy Christen, Colorado
All women, including those in the military, should have the right to make their own reproductive choices.
All women, including those in the military, should have the right to make their own reproductive choices.
# 3,116:
10:51 am PDT, May 29,
AuTumn Davidson, Rhode Island
# 3,115:
9:32 am PDT, May 29,
Nanci Moy, New York
# 3,114:
8:38 am PDT, May 29,
Debra Ann Baker, New York
A must!
A must!
# 3,113:
8:13 am PDT, May 29,
Samantha Saltzman, Georgia
This is ridiculous!! It needs to be fxed immediately!!!
This is ridiculous!! It needs to be fxed immediately!!!
# 3,112:
8:09 am PDT, May 29,
Karey Mcglynn, Montana
this problem is ridiculous! fix this problem now.
this problem is ridiculous! fix this problem now.
# 3,111:
8:07 am PDT, May 29,
Margo Smith, Maryland
# 3,110:
6:53 am PDT, May 29,
Christopher Isensee, Colorado
The incidence of sexual assault on female troops makes any opposition to this really, really hypocritical.
The incidence of sexual assault on female troops makes any opposition to this really, really hypocritical.
# 3,109:
6:30 am PDT, May 29,
Gary Jeffers, Ohio
I must say this seems to be both hypocritical and double standard setting. Of course that doesn't really matter anymore since religion has been able to infiltrate so deeply into our government. We were on the verge of moving towards a progressive, enlightened society but the religious right screamed bloody murder and slammed that door shut. Forward into the dark ages.
I must say this seems to be both hypocritical and double standard setting. Of course that doesn't really matter anymore since religion has been able to infiltrate so deeply into our government. We were on the verge of moving towards a progressive, enlightened society but the religious right screamed bloody murder and slammed that door shut. Forward into the dark ages.
# 3,108:
5:56 am PDT, May 29,
Kerri Conger, Alabama
# 3,107:
4:50 am PDT, May 29,
Name not displayed, Connecticut
If men got pregnant, birth control would be free.
If men got pregnant, birth control would be free.
# 3,106:
2:39 am PDT, May 29,
Vanessa Naas, Florida
# 3,105:
12:56 am PDT, May 29,
Amy Graves, California
# 3,104:
8:10 pm PDT, May 28,
Mary Carroll, New Jersey
# 3,103:
7:56 pm PDT, May 28,
Tyler Wright, Texas
Why are women serving in our US military denied the same rights to reproductive health care as US civilian women?
Why are women serving in our US military denied the same rights to reproductive health care as US civilian women?
# 3,102:
6:42 pm PDT, May 28,
Name not displayed, California
Women in the military must have access to all legal drugs!
Women in the military must have access to all legal drugs!
# 3,101:
6:16 pm PDT, May 28,
Name not displayed, Colorado