barbara boxer, courage campaign: please sign petition opposing stupak anti-choice abortion amendment (2063)
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We are honored to have Senator Barbara Boxer share with Courage Campaign members her commitment to strip the horrific Stupak Amendment from any healthcare reform bill and pass true health care reform. Her message is powerful. We need to show her — and the nation — that thousands and thousands of us stand with her by signing the petition. –Rick Jacobs, Chair, Courage Campaign
Dear Friend,
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Ten days ago, the House passed the Stupak Amendment, which would be one of the biggest setbacks to women’s health in recent decades - unless we stand together and stop it.
That’s why we are launching a petition at FightForWomensHealth.com, because women must not be denied access to safe and legal medical procedures.
http://www.FightForWomensHealth.com
For decades, a very difficult and delicate compromise has held firm: Women can use their own private funds for legal reproductive health care procedures, but federal funds cannot be used for abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or to protect the life of the mother.
But in a stunning turn of events, anti-choice House members passed the Stupak Amendment as part of the health care reform bill and shattered that compromise.
The House amendment would tell women who participate in the new health insurance exchange that they can’t even use their own funds to buy a policy that includes abortion coverage.
In short, the Stupak Amendment would take away health insurance coverage that women already have. This would be a huge step back for women’s health.
You know I will be there speaking out on this issue at every stage of the process and everywhere I can. But as the details of the Senate’s health care blll are worked out, we need to be sure that all our voices are heard clearly on this issue.
http://www.FightForWomensHealth.com
The Stupak Amendment is dangerous and unnecessary.
The original health reform bill did not change current abortion policy and already had a prohibition on the use of federal funds to pay for abortion services.
But that wasn’t good enough for the anti-choice forces. They want to use health care reform as an excuse to turn back the clock on women’s health. We need to speak out now.
How can we tell women that they will lose coverage that they already have? How can we tell women that they can’t buy insurance coverage for a legal health care procedure, even if it’s paid for with their own money?
The Stupak Amendment is discriminatory, extreme, and just plain wrong.
We cannot let it stand. Sign our petition now.
Thank you so much for joining us in this critical fight for women’s health.
In Friendship,
Barbara Boxer
U.S. Senator