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Protect Birth Control: No to President Bush's Latest Proposal

Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: Care2

The Bush administration is proposing a new regulation that would discourage doctors and health-care clinics from providing birth control to women who need it. This regulation would require federal health programs to certify that they will hire nurses and other providers who openly object to abortion or contraception in order to receive federal aid to run their programs.

The regulation could seriously jeopardize state laws and policies that protect women's access to birth control. For example, state laws that require hospitals to provide sexual-assault victims with access to emergency contraception could be jeopardized!

Members of Congress are calling on the Bush administration to change course. Please let your members of Congress know that you strongly oppose this attack on women's health and individual rights.

For more information on the proposal, see http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/washington/15rule.html?_r=1&sq=birth

deadline: 7-15-2009
goal: 20,000

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Dear [Congressperson]:

I'm writing to express my opposition to proposed new rules that would discourage doctors and health-care clinics from providing contraception to women who need it.

Current federal law already allows doctors and even health-care corporations (hospitals, HMOs, and health plans) to refuse to provide services or make referrals for abortion. The new rule, which deliberately confuses the definitions of contraception and abortion, would cause disarray in law, regulations and policy and make it more difficult for women to obtain birth control.

I know it's an uphill battle, but I support any efforts to try to convince the Bush administration to change course on the regulation.

[Your comments]

Sincerely,
[Your name here]

We signed the “Protect Birth Control: No to President Bush's Latest Proposal” petition!

# 15,177:

11:16 am PDT, Oct 7, Lara Ratliff, Texas

# 15,176:

10:29 am PDT, Oct 7, Brenda Knotts, Illinois

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7:28 pm PDT, Oct 5, Katherine Skinner, Montana

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2:32 pm PDT, Oct 5, Name not displayed, Washington

# 15,172:

1:51 pm PDT, Oct 5, Name not displayed, Florida
We're going back to the dark ages. Emergency contraception should be available to ANY female of childbearing age.

# 15,171:

5:25 am PDT, Oct 3, Rika Toll, Utah

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12:48 am PDT, Oct 3, Cheryl Marsh, California

# 15,169:

3:01 pm PDT, Oct 2, Kelley Alvarez, California

# 15,168:

12:16 pm PDT, Oct 2, Cecelia LaPointe, Michigan

# 15,167:

9:32 am PDT, Oct 1, Christopher Lish, California

# 15,166:

8:11 am PDT, Oct 1, Christie Barrett, Georgia
It's our bodies, our choice. They oppose abortions but want to prevent the need for abortion. There are already many unwanted, neglected and abused children in this world. Let us do what we are able to keep from adding to those numbers.

# 15,165:

7:25 am PDT, Oct 1, Alan Jacobson, California
This bill is outrageous!!!

# 15,164:

5:32 pm PDT, Sep 30, Martin Kornbluh, New York

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2:02 pm PDT, Sep 30, Joseph O'Brien, New Jersey

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11:44 am PDT, Sep 30, Elizabeth Fox, Florida

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4:03 pm PDT, Sep 29, Lewis Moyse, Louisiana

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6:17 pm PDT, Sep 28, Jessica Burianek, Texas

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7:46 am PDT, Sep 28, Monica Hancock, North Carolina

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10:55 pm PDT, Sep 27, Mary Garton, California

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6:03 pm PDT, Sep 27, Kelsey Pitts, Washington

# 15,156:

11:24 pm PDT, Sep 26, Aaron Hixson, Texas

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2:53 am PDT, Sep 26, Tasha Rice-Kraus, Missouri

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11:51 am PDT, Sep 25, Donna Pacheco, Texas

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8:12 am PDT, Sep 25, Nicole Shadden, Illinois

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11:51 pm PDT, Sep 24, Simos Tarabatzis, Greece

# 15,151:

10:24 pm PDT, Sep 23, Amalie McCarthy, Missouri

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