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kalikshama -> Petition: Tell President Obama that you support his decision for expanded access to birth control (2/8/2012 6:32:48 PM)
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President Obama is under tremendous pressure to revise his decision, and we cannot allow conservative activists and Catholic church leaders who oppose access to contraception to be the loudest voices in the room. We must make sure that he knows we are standing strong with him.
Click here to speak out! Tell President Obama that you support his decision for expanded access to birth control, and tell the anti-choice zealots that you stand with the White House.
It is a simple fact: virtually all women use birth control. Contraception saves lives, prevents unintended pregnancies, improves outcomes for children, and -- by the way -- reduces abortions. The Affordable Care Act guarantees access to birth control, defining it as a preventive health benefit. The birth control coverage benefit is one of the single biggest advancements for women's health in years.
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.
It shouldn't be up to right-wing politicians or Catholic church leaders to make health care decisions for individual women. We cannot let them dictate our personal health decisions or the policies of the White House.
Click here now to tell President Obama that you're standing strong in the fight to protect access to contraception for all women -- and tell conservative activists that they don't have the right to impose their beliefs on us!
We had a big victory when the Susan G. Komen foundation backed down from its decision to break ties with Planned Parenthood. Our champions in the Senate and in the administration -- like Senator Barbara Mikulski and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius -- stood up for our rights and helped save funding for essential women's care. But the controversy over the birth control provisions in the Affordable Care Act show we have a long way to go before women's rights are no longer subject to debate.
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