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Stop President Bush's Global War on Women
Target: President George Bush; Congressional LeadersSponsored by: Care2
We, the undersigned, call on the President and Congress to demand that President Bush stop his global war on women.
It's time for anti-choice politicians to stop exploiting the United States' wealth and status to impose their agenda on the entire world. Since President Bush entered office, he has imposed countless restrictions on the reproductive freedom of women everywhere. While Bush's right-wing political base delights in his actions, the impact is being felt first and foremost by poor women throughout the world.
Please sign this petition to call on the United States to save lives, not play politics with women's lives!
It's time for anti-choice politicians to stop exploiting the United States' wealth and status to impose their agenda on the entire world. Since President Bush entered office, he has imposed countless restrictions on the reproductive freedom of women everywhere. While Bush's right-wing political base delights in his actions, the impact is being felt first and foremost by poor women throughout the world.
- The President's first act in office was to revive the Reagan-era global gag rule (a.k.a. "Mexico City" policy), under which foreign family planning agencies may not receive U.S. assistance if they provide abortion services, including counseling or referrals on abortion, or lobby to make or keep abortion legal in their own country - even if they do these activities with their own funds.
- For the past three years, the Bush administration has denied $34 million annually in funding for birth control, maternal and child health care, and HIV/AIDS prevention for UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. This money could have prevented 2 million unwanted pregnancies, 800,000 induced abortions, and 4700 maternal deaths, as well as 77,000 infant and child deaths each year.
- After making the welcome announcement that he would dramatically increase U.S. funding for HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care in Africa and the Caribbean, President Bush then went on to use the Global AIDS bill as a vehicle for promoting anti-condom, pro-abstinence policies. Despite the fact that unprotected heterosexual sex is now the leading cause of HIV transmission, the President signed a Global AIDS Bill reserving a sizeable portion of the funds for abstinence-only sexuality education.
Please sign this petition to call on the United States to save lives, not play politics with women's lives!
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We signed the “Stop President Bush's Global War on Women” petition!
# 14,129:
6:42 pm PDT, Sep 13,
Elizabeth Spawn, Minnesota
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5:25 pm PDT, Sep 2,
Name not displayed, California
Just browsing, I'm curious to know how many women are having illicit sex and need abortions. Wow, 14,127!! OMG.. Abortion is murder!! How we can call our country compassionate, caring, and a supporter of human rights, if we kill the unborn?? This is hypocrisy. If women like making babies, they should be more responsible. This is so cruel. You should see an abortion in person, as a Dr. Butchers a defenseless baby. The screams, the gasping for air! Sad
Just browsing, I'm curious to know how many women are having illicit sex and need abortions. Wow, 14,127!! OMG.. Abortion is murder!! How we can call our country compassionate, caring, and a supporter of human rights, if we kill the unborn?? This is hypocrisy. If women like making babies, they should be more responsible. This is so cruel. You should see an abortion in person, as a Dr. Butchers a defenseless baby. The screams, the gasping for air! Sad
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7:04 am PDT, Aug 21,
Name not displayed, Finland
# 14,126:
10:28 pm PDT, Aug 18,
Kelly Kemp, California
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4:00 pm PDT, Aug 12,
Elizabeth Kanze, Massachusetts
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9:22 am PDT, Aug 10,
Andi Alnwick, New York
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8:39 pm PDT, Aug 2,
Name not displayed, Maryland
The President's current stance on reproductive lives, on abortion and on contraception, is costing women their lives - not just in America, but all over the world. Men, women, and children are dying of HIV/AIDS because U.S. funded programs cannot inform them about contraception. Women are stripped of control over their bodies and their futures. To put it bluntly - this is not okay.
The President's current stance on reproductive lives, on abortion and on contraception, is costing women their lives - not just in America, but all over the world. Men, women, and children are dying of HIV/AIDS because U.S. funded programs cannot inform them about contraception. Women are stripped of control over their bodies and their futures. To put it bluntly - this is not okay.
# 14,122:
3:09 pm PDT, Jul 30,
Linda Bonura, Louisiana
# 14,121:
6:30 am PDT, Jul 27,
Dawn Smoke, Canada
# 14,120:
9:28 am PDT, Jul 20,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 14,119:
11:17 pm PDT, Jul 19,
Terri Ybarbo, Texas
BUSH IS NOT MY PRESIDEN AND NEVER HAS BEEN. HE IS A CORPORATE STOOGE AND DOES NOT CARE ABOUT POOR PEOPLE, INDIGENT PEOPLE, SICK PEOPLE. STOP HIM FROM IMPOSING HIS ARCHAIC RELIGIOUS VALUES ON EVERYONE ELSE. SAVE WOMEN FROM LACK OF EFFECTIVE BIRTH CONTROL AND ABORTION!
BUSH IS NOT MY PRESIDEN AND NEVER HAS BEEN. HE IS A CORPORATE STOOGE AND DOES NOT CARE ABOUT POOR PEOPLE, INDIGENT PEOPLE, SICK PEOPLE. STOP HIM FROM IMPOSING HIS ARCHAIC RELIGIOUS VALUES ON EVERYONE ELSE. SAVE WOMEN FROM LACK OF EFFECTIVE BIRTH CONTROL AND ABORTION!
# 14,118:
12:02 am PDT, Jul 19,
Burrel Vann, Jr, California
# 14,117:
7:27 pm PDT, Jul 17,
Janet Williams, Washington D.C.
To promote the health and well-being of families beginning with mothers and their children. Restrictive reproductive health care policies are detrimental to the health of society. Sex education for children that is open and frank and begins young is important to erradicating teenage pregancy and slowing and stopping the spread of HIV/AIDS and STDs. Education, choice, and availability of care stop the spread of disease. So why not fund family planning as for polio or TB? Abstinence-only sex ed is akin to treating polio by not going to the swimming pool rather than taking the shot. Preventive care is modern and educated.
To promote the health and well-being of families beginning with mothers and their children. Restrictive reproductive health care policies are detrimental to the health of society. Sex education for children that is open and frank and begins young is important to erradicating teenage pregancy and slowing and stopping the spread of HIV/AIDS and STDs. Education, choice, and availability of care stop the spread of disease. So why not fund family planning as for polio or TB? Abstinence-only sex ed is akin to treating polio by not going to the swimming pool rather than taking the shot. Preventive care is modern and educated.
# 14,116:
8:53 pm PDT, Jul 13,
Teresina Curci, Florida
# 14,115:
7:03 pm PDT, May 21,
Amber Burgess, Florida
# 14,114:
10:02 am PDT, May 10,
Jeff Hopkins, Illinois
# 14,113:
6:55 pm PDT, May 6,
Eshana Amara, Washington D.C.
# 14,112:
10:38 am PDT, May 6,
Anita Kofta, Wisconsin
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10:14 am PDT, Apr 30,
Ginger Geronimo, Alabama
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# 14,110:
9:32 am PDT, Apr 29,
Sean Gee, Washington D.C.
# 14,109:
10:30 am PDT, Apr 12,
Jenny Vegan, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Free contraception for all!
Free contraception for all!
# 14,108:
6:59 am PDT, Apr 9,
Can Atik, Turkey
# 14,107:
7:42 pm PDT, Apr 7,
Suzie Gordon, New Hampshire
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7:37 pm PDT, Mar 22,
Angela Heid, Indiana
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4:04 am PDT, Mar 22,
Art Deco, Maine
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2:33 am PDT, Mar 19,
BiLL Fowlie, Maine
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12:52 am PDT, Mar 15,
Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin
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10:23 am PST, Mar 2,
Name not displayed, Colorado
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5:44 pm PST, Feb 17,
Laura Zanoli, Italy