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Petition: Tell President Obama that you support his dec... - 2/8/2012 6:32:48 PM   
kalikshama


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Status: offline 		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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RE: Petition: Tell President Obama that you support his... - 2/8/2012 7:59:19 PM   
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RE: Petition: Tell President Obama that you support his... - 2/9/2012 5:19:19 AM   
DomYngBlk


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Status: offline 		Thanks Kali, done and done.

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RE: Petition: Tell President Obama that you support his... - 2/9/2012 9:18:26 AM   
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RE: Petition: Tell President Obama that you support his... - 2/9/2012 9:25:34 AM   
housesub4you


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Status: offline 		and then there is also this rebuttal. Churches and other purely religious bodies are all ready exempt. It is only for such things as hospitals they own, or colleges which serve the general public (and they receive federal funding) where the law will apply, and most of this already include such coverage in their insurance policies. Such as Notre Dame

In short, Catholic bishops are saying that federal laws shouldn’t apply to anyone who claims to have a religious objection to them. Houses of worship and other religious nonprofits are already completely exempt from the rule. It is only when religious institutions choose to go into business as hospitals and serve the general public that they are bound by the same laws as everyone else. Yet the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has promised a legal challenge.

But the organization does not speak for a majority of American Catholics, 52 percent of whom support requiring health plans to cover contraception. Several major Catholic universities and hospitals already offer contraception coverage.


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RE: Petition: Tell President Obama that you support his... - 2/9/2012 1:43:11 PM   
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This chills me to the very center . Ignorance is no freaking excuse.

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RE: Petition: Tell President Obama that you support his... - 2/9/2012 3:01:31 PM   
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Thanks kali,this isn't the first time you have made something that I know should be done damm near painless to do so,by that I mean with supplying the links and the reminders and all...Thanks

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