Stop the war on contraception

I just found out about this from Planned Parenthood:

Throughout the country, at both the federal and state levels, there has been a frontal assault on virtually all forms of reproductive health care, from abortion to birth control, from emergency contraception to sex education.

Americans overwhelmingly support the right to use birth control, so opponents are clearly outside the mainstream. But a lot of elected officials are silently backing them, scared to offend their narrow political base.

So we’re asking senators and representatives to support a new resolution, just introduced in Congress, which says:

1. Congress should help women, regardless of income, avoid unintended pregnancy and abortion through access to affordable contraception; and
2. Congress should support programs and policies that make it easier for women to obtain contraceptives.

Urge our leaders to sign on to this resolution today — let’s find out whether they’re for birth control, or against it.

http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/birthcontrol/

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Tags: culture wars, politics, women's health