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President Obama - NOW is the time to remedy 8 years of failed women's health policies

Target: President Barack Obama
Sponsored by: Reproductive Health Reality Check

Throughout his presidential campaign, Barack Obama has worked hard to broaden the sexual and reproductive health and rights conversation to include a focus on solid pregnancy and STI prevention strategies and comprehensive sexual health education, in an attempt to expand beyond the tired pro/anti choice discussion that ultimately does little to improve health outcomes or women's lives in any way. Please stand with RH Reality Check in asking President Obama to immediately take action on critical SRHR policies that will immediately improve American's health and lives:

- Defund failed abstinence only programs in favor of proven, effective comprehensive sex ed programs,
- Reinstate global family planning funds that save women's health and lives and overturn the Global Gag Rule,
- Take action on ensuring availability of publicly funded contraception for low-income women and women in poverty,
- Immediately implement your HIV/AIDS domestic agenda,
- Pass FOCA (Freedom of Choice Act) that overturns dangerous anti-choice state legislation, and
- Protect Roe v. Wade.

We're counting on you, President Obama, to protect the health and lives of all Americans. For eight years, the health of women and young people especially have been used as political footballs. No more!

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We signed “President Obama - NOW is the time to remedy 8 years of failed women's health policies”!

# 5,816:

6:42 am PDT, Jun 18, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania

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9:08 am PDT, Jun 9, Scott Baurys, Delaware
The Bush administration set this country back 25 years in the area of family planning and reproductive rights. One of the reasons that you garnered so many votes, including mine was your promise to right the many wrongs of the Bush administration in respect to RH / FP issues...thank you..

# 5,814:

9:00 am PDT, Apr 20, Rika Toll, Utah

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8:57 am PDT, Mar 30, Jennifer Hunt, Texas
The current state of sexual awareness in the world today is largely an argument for why ignorance is better than reality - we strongly disagree with this approach. In the broad history of mankind, rarely (if ever) can you find an example where ignorance and hiding the truth has been the solution. We believe that the solution to a more loving and accepting world lies in foundations of open and honest communication around all topics - including sex education, sexual preferences, and sexual orientation. http://www.SexHonesty.org

# 5,812:

2:07 pm PDT, Mar 29, Susan Ryan, California

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10:33 pm PDT, Mar 23, Ki Coulson, California

# 5,810:

10:17 pm PDT, Mar 23, Debbie Grade, New Mexico

# 5,809:

8:39 am PDT, Mar 15, Fred Nadelman, LMSW, Georgia
All aspects of sex should be taught in schools and at birth control centers. Sex education is comprehensive and should not serve one political or religious ideology. Comprehensive Aids prevention should also be available to everyone including teens and preteens.

# 5,808:

5:54 pm PDT, Mar 12, Helen Malvick, Illinois

# 5,807:

10:11 am PDT, Mar 9, Larry Frampton, Tennessee
We need a National Aids Stategy Now.

# 5,805:

10:59 pm PST, Feb 24, Mary Garton, California

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3:10 pm PST, Feb 16, Adriaan Vanderzwan, California

# 5,803:

12:36 pm PST, Feb 16, Alison Williams, Texas
education is the first step

# 5,802:

8:22 am PST, Feb 10, P. Randoulph Cushman, New York
The right to bodily autonomy must be protected.

# 5,801:

7:44 am PST, Feb 4, Alexandra Sipiora, Illinois

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9:28 pm PST, Feb 2, Katrina Muskus, Vermont

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11:21 am PST, Jan 31, Name not displayed, Texas

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5:35 pm PST, Jan 30, Doug Miller, Washington

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4:48 am PST, Jan 25, Swati Sircar, Washington

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8:17 pm PST, Jan 23, Darcy Butts, Iowa

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11:09 am PST, Jan 23, Molly Robison, California

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6:31 pm PST, Jan 21, Holly Chisholm, Michigan

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9:45 am PST, Jan 9, Jennifer Fossen, Colorado

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3:30 pm PST, Jan 7, Tiffany Peterson, Minnesota
Women are not so stupid that we don't know what is best for our bodies. Protect our reproductive freedom, give women the power to decide what is right for their health and bodies.

# 5,790:

9:54 am PST, Jan 6, Kathy Jennings, North Carolina

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10:25 am PST, Jan 4, Charoula Dontopoulos, Ohio

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11:24 am PST, Dec 30, Amanda Jensen, Wisconsin

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12:17 pm PST, Dec 28, Samantha Butler, Ohio

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2:13 am PST, Dec 28, Michal Lynch, California

# 5,785:

12:53 am PST, Dec 28, Name not displayed, Ohio

# 5,784:

5:55 pm PST, Dec 27, John Hoffman, Ohio
Regardless of particular individual beliefs, people are better off with options. Education gives people those options, therefore it ought to be encouraged.

# 5,783:

7:49 am PST, Dec 27, Mary Conway, Illinois

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9:50 am PST, Dec 26, Kim Merville, Pennsylvania

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9:37 am PST, Dec 26, Irelis Milhet, Florida

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3:57 am PST, Dec 25, Aaron Scott, Illinois

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4:00 pm PST, Dec 23, Emma Southard, Ohio
These issues are basic human rights and any infringement upon them is unacceptable.

# 5,778:

8:24 pm PST, Dec 22, Debby Dieckman, Oregon

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1:00 pm PST, Dec 22, Christian Contardi, Canada

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9:12 am PST, Dec 22, Kenneth Churm, Pennsylvania

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7:18 pm PST, Dec 21, Chris Lindberg, California

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2:23 pm PST, Dec 20, Reynalda Davis, Kentucky

# 5,773:

2:17 am PST, Dec 20, Name not displayed, Louisiana
Freedom of choice!

# 5,772:

12:41 pm PST, Dec 19, Kristan K., Washington
Republican policies on issues of reproductive rights have failed the U.S. and have in fact, harmed us. It is time for our nation to move into a more Democratic culture of the 21st century and out of the dark ages of superstition and ignorance we have endured for the last 8 years!

# 5,771:

12:28 pm PST, Dec 19, Sarah Szekeresh, Ohio

# 5,770:

1:01 pm PST, Dec 18, Brittany Paniagua-Berlanga, Illinois

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6:14 pm PST, Dec 17, Cindie Carroll-Pankhurst, Ohio

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4:47 pm PST, Dec 17, Crystal Loomis, Ohio

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2:02 pm PST, Dec 17, Casey Kepke, Ohio

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12:57 pm PST, Dec 17, Laureen Harbert, Ohio

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11:47 am PST, Dec 16, Danielle Wolford, Ohio

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11:18 am PST, Dec 16, Michon Neal, Ohio
Instead of placing the sexual burden on women, men should be taught to take up their responsibility as well. Instead of only teaching women to try to defend themselves from rape, there needs to be a comprehensive approach to preventing it in the first place, letting men know that it is clearly not ok. It should be stressed that they are to be careful and considerate. It is time that women realize and are able to practice their free will in controlling their reproductive health. It might also help doctors actually take women's health issues more seriously. These are not issues that should be decided on by any popular vote or up to the state's discretion. This is a matter of livelihood and comprehensive sex education, prevenatitve rape measures, and women's roles in their reproductive health should be guaranteed, not granted.

# 5,763:

11:02 am PST, Dec 16, Caryl Adams, Ohio

# 5,762:

10:13 am PST, Dec 16, Name not displayed, Ohio
Bush's policies don't work.

# 5,761:

9:46 am PST, Dec 16, Heather Trenary, Ohio

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9:35 am PST, Dec 16, Natalie Kirk, Ohio

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9:06 am PST, Dec 16, John Vroman, Ohio

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8:48 am PST, Dec 16, Chelsey Walters, Ohio

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8:08 am PST, Dec 16, Jane Meek, Ohio

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7:14 am PST, Dec 16, Name not displayed, Ohio

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6:58 am PST, Dec 16, Name not displayed, Ohio

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5:15 am PST, Dec 16, Skyler Shollenbarger, Ohio

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4:25 am PST, Dec 16, Jacqueline Willer, Ohio

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11:20 pm PST, Dec 15, JAC Stringer, Ohio

# 5,751:

1:06 pm PST, Dec 15, Daniel Sparks, Ohio
People are dying, and you have the potential to do something about it.

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