From President Pam Hartkopf
In
Women There Is Strength
Women
throughout the world and the ages have learned that their unity is imperative
to support issues of importance to women.
Recently
some right wing extremists and religious leaders have attacked women’s rights
and health in America--once again.
They are attempting to defund Planned Parenthood and to restrict health
care through Medicare and Medicaid.
They pressured the Susan B. Komen Foundation to break ties with Planned
Parenthood. Women across our
nation in a grassroots movement protested, and some of our senators have supported
funding crucial to women’s care. Susan
G. Komen backed down. But women’s
rights remain under attack and subject to debate.
There are
still those who are pressuring President Obama to revise his decision to ensure
that woman have access to contraception without a copay. If you disagree with these attempts to
reverse Obama’s decision, please contact the President.
Stephanie
Schriock of Emily’s List reported, “Contraception is health care, and no one—certainly
not our employers—should get to pick and choose the health care we have access
to. We can respect the beliefs and
personal choices of those who disagree with us. But respecting religious beliefs does not mean letting
others decide for us what kind of health care we get.”
According
to Schriock, the following Senators support women in this battle: Barbara Boxer, Kirsten Gillibrand,
Harry Reid, Ben Cardin, Frank Lautenberg, Robert Menendez, Pattie Murray, and
Charles Schumer.
Pam Hartkopf
Posted
2/9/12