By Allie Bohm, Advocacy & Policy Strategist, ACLU at 4:10pm
Stupak Amendment Round 2. Stupak: 1. Women’s Health: 0. But not for long. In the month since the anti-choice Stupak Amendment passed the House during its debate over health care reform, you have taken tremendous action. Nearly 30,000 of you signed our online petition opposing the abortion coverage restrictions the Stupak amendment would impose, adding your names to the list of 385,273 individuals who signed similar petitions through our sister organizations. Over 1,300 people from 30 states traveled to lobby their members of Congress at the December 2 Lobby Day. And many more of you have taken action at home, whether by meeting with or calling your members of Congress, writing letters to the editor or urging your friends to get involved. We need you to keep the momentum going.
What would you do if you went to your doctor to ask about ways of preventing pregnancy and your doctor neglected to mention birth control pills, IUDs, or other forms of contraception? What if a clinic receptionist refused to schedule an appointment for an HIV-test because he knew you were gay? Or, if you were a rape victim and the emergency room clinician not only denied you emergency contraception, but also declined to inform you that you could get it at the pharmacy down the street?
By Allie Bohm, Advocacy & Policy Strategist, ACLU at 11:54am
While the kids are scrambling to finish the summer reading that they inevitably left to the last minute, we thought you might like to brush up on some vocab as well. No, there won't be a quiz.
