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Tell Congress – This Is Personal

09/28/2012 Nativegrl77

WILD HORSES?

www.thisispersonal.org

Some members of Congress are working overtime trying to place restrictions on women’s reproductive health care.

This January, a new Congress, including many newly elected members, will get to work. Lawmakers either can set a new, positive agenda on women’s health, or they can spend another two years trying to limit your ability to make decisions about your own reproductive health.

If women speak up now –loudly and in one voice – we can send the message that decisions about our reproductive health are not up for debate.

Sign the petition today and tell the new Congress: This Is Personal.

Our Message to the Incoming Congress: www.thisispersonal.org

Decisions about women’s reproductive health are personal. As you prepare to take office in 2013, my decisions about birth control, pregnancy and reproductive health services are not up for grabs.

Leila Abolfazli
Senior Counsel
National Women’s Law Center

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Your Boss and Your Birth Control

09/21/2012 Nativegrl77

Sep 19, 2012 by ThisIsPrsnl

Decisions about your birth control are personal. But some politicians want to put those decisions in the hands of your boss. Learn more and find out how you can take action at https://www.ThisIsPersonal.org.

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Women and their RIGHTS to birth-control coverage

08/09/2012 Nativegrl77

NARAL Pro-Choice America

I know you care about stopping attacks on women’s birth control, so I wanted to make sure you heard about this.

There is a new bill in Congress that would let any boss – even the owner of a fast-food restaurant – block his employees from getting insurance coverage for birth control. It’s ridiculous!

The lawmaker behind the bill is a big supporter of the recent “Fortnight for Freedom.” This was a series of nationwide events organized by the anti-choice United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

I hope you take a moment to tell your representative that this bill cannot stand. It’s wrong to stop women from getting birth-control coverage.

http://bit.ly/MhKpsh

Thanks for getting involved!

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All Women Need Access to Birth Control without Co-pays

06/08/2012 Nativegrl77

National Women's Law Center - My Health Is Not Up for Debate: Protect Reproductive Health


	Your Voice is Crucial



	Tell HHS all women deserve access to birth control without a co-pay!

Forty-seven years ago today, the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Griswold v. Connecticut established a right to use contraceptives without interference from the state. It’s hard to believe that nearly a half century later, politicians are still trying to erect barriers to women’s access to affordable birth control.

Tell the Department of Health and Human Services that all women, no matter where they work or go to school, need access to birth control without co-pays or burdensome obstacles.

Last summer, we secured a big victory when all FDA-approved contraceptives were added to the list of preventive health services that all new health insurance plans must cover without a co-pay or deductible. Unfortunately, 335,000 houses of worship received an exemption from the requirement, leaving their female employees without access to this critical benefit.

Now the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed an “accommodation” for other religiously affiliated organizations, which would shift the responsibility of providing contraceptive coverage without cost sharing to the insurance companies. HHS is asking for comments and we must make sure that any “accommodation” does not put additional hurdles in the path of women seeking contraception. Employees of religiously affiliated organizations must have access to contraception to the same extent as employees of other organizations and companies.

It’s critical that your voice be heard — submit your comments to HHS today and say that all women must be able to obtain contraceptive coverage without co-pays in the simplest way possible, no matter where they work or go to school.

It’s only by raising our voices together that we can protect women’s health. Thank you for all you do.

Sincerely,

Judy Waxman
Vice President for Health and Reproductive Rights
National Women’s Law

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Bacon grease as birth control?

05/15/2012 Nativegrl77


	Bacon Grease and Marriage Licenses?



	Ask your mom, aunt, grandmother her story about the challenges of accessible birth control or share your own story with us.

Yes, that’s right – creative uses of bacon grease and having to show your marriage license to get a prescription for birth control is what many of our mothers, great aunts, and grandmothers endured.

Check out the stories we’ve received and share stories from your mom, grandmother, aunt, or yourself about the challenges of gaining access to birth control.

It’s been nearly fifty years since the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Connecticut v Griswold struck down state bans on birth control. Yet women in at least 24 states have reported that their pharmacists have denied them access to birth control. And politicians are not making it any easier by trying to limit access to affordable contraception and other women’s health care needs.

Help us collect stories to remind our daughters and granddaughters about the fights we have won — and help them fight the challenges that lie ahead. Ask your mom, aunt, or grandmother her story about the challenges of accessible birth control or share your own story with us.

Sincerely,