Stand with women and against Stupak
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Women hold only 17% of the seats on Congress.
With the health care debate raging now in the Senate, women’s health is on the potential chopping block. And as we saw with the anti-choice Stupak-Pitts amendment, our reproductive choices are being attacked.
Congresswomen have been leading the charge against such restrictions, but they can’t do it alone—17% isn’t strong enough to fully defend women’s health.
Women may only be a fraction of those in elected office, but they are over 50% of the population and deserve to have their health needs supported.
Women can’t shouldn’t be the only ones defending reproductive health.
Tags: abortion, anti-choice, health care reform, reproductive choices, stupak amendment, stupak-pitts
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