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Support the Unplanned Pregnancy Prevention Bill

Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: National Partnership for Women & Families

With the goal of moving reproductive rights to the top of the legislative agenda in the 111th Congress, Reps. Diana DeGette, (D-CO) and Louise Slaughter, (D-N.Y), and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), have reintroduced "Prevention First" legislation.

The measure's goals are lofty – to tackle the unacceptably high rate of unplanned pregnancies in the U.S. Currently, half of pregnancies are unintended and half of those end in abortion. The bill would tackle the problem from several angles, by:

          * Increasing family planning funding,
          * Ending insurance discrimination against women,
          * Improving awareness about emergency contraception, and
          * Requiring programs to focus on medically accurate sex education.

If we want to reduce the number of abortions in this country, the path is clear – empower women to prevent unintended pregnancies through education and access to contraception. Please sign our petition and urge your elected officials to sign onto this important legislation today!

deadline: 4-7-2009
goal: 30,000

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Dear [Senator/Representative]:

I am writing to urge you to co-sponsor the Prevention First Act, which would increase access to family planning services, improve access to comprehensive sex education for teens, and help prevent unintended pregnancies. Affordable access to birth control and reproductive health services improves public health by allowing couples to plan their families and by reducing our nation's staggering rate of unintended pregnancy.

Half of pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended and more than 17 million women need publicly funded contraceptive services and supplies because they are unable to access or purchase them on their own. Between 1994 and 2001, unintended pregnancy among low-income women increased by 29 percent, while it decreased by 20 percent among women with higher incomes.

Please co-sponsor the Prevention First Act, to take a critical step toward addressing the unmet need for family planning services for all women.

[Your Comments]

Sincerely,

[Your Name]
[Your Address]

We signed the “Support the Unplanned Pregnancy Prevention Bill” petition!

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11:27 am PDT, Apr 7, Amanda Campbell, Indiana

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2:18 pm PDT, Mar 28, Lindsey Dial, California

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1:26 pm PDT, Mar 28, Judy Phillipe, Colorado
I don't love abortion so it seems that preventing unwanted babies from being conceived is an sane alternative. That means education, birth control and, possibly, emergency contraception. This all seems so obvious.

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6:30 am PDT, Mar 28, Helen Gray, Colorado
This just seems like such a no brainer. I have never understood why contraception and abortion are linked when they really should be separate issues. I'm no fan of abortion, and rather than get into those thorny moral issues, let's emphasize a solution that is at the root. Let's prevent pregnancies that would turn into abortions and avoid the heartache.

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