Keep Abortion Accessible in Healthcare Reform!

Targeting: The U.S. House

Started by: Leigh Graham

The Pro-Choice Caucus in the House of Representatives announced that it would not support a bill that will restrict a woman's right to choose any further than the current law.

This is a powerful move ignited by Representatives Diana DeGette and Louise Slaughter, and we need as many House members to sign-on to their letter of opposition addressed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Tell your Members of Congress to show their support for women's rights by signing the letter to Speaker Pelosi now!

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Petition Text

American Women Need Your Support

Dear Representative

I have just learned of the Pro-Choice Caucus’s letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi outlining objections to the intentions of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment.

The underlying healthcare bill, H.R. 3962, already includes compromise language, the Capps Amendment, which applies the Hyde amendment so that it has the same effect as it currently does in Medicaid.  The health insurance exchange is not comparable to Medicaid.  This is fundamentally a private healthcare system, whereby individuals will be purchasing plans from private insurance companies, in large part with their own money.

The Stupak-Pitts Amendment dramatically changes federal policies related to abortion coverage and undermines the principle of abortion neutrality in healthcare reform.

Coverage of reproductive healthcare for millions of American women is at stake, and your signature will go a long way to show your support for women’s rights. If you have not already signed the letter to Speaker Pelosi, I urge you to please add your name to the growing list of signatures and show that you support American women. Please ensure that abortion coverage remains accessible to ALL American women.

As your constituent, it is fundamental to me that you clearly and unequivocably support women's bodily autonomy and RIGHT to choose.

[Your name]

Jennifer Martino Dixon, CA

Sent letter to Dan Lungren and John Garamendi

Feb 07
Sara Tyner Lafayette, IN

Sent letter to Steve Buyer

Feb 07
Nicole Cadow Tempe, AZ

Sent letter to Harry Mitchell

Feb 04
Christina Marlowe Summerland, CA

Sent letter to Lois Capps

Feb 02
marissa abramovic Edenton, NC

Sent letter to G.K. Butterfield

Feb 02
travis topa Glendale, CA

Sent letter to Xavier Becerra and Adam Schiff

Jan 28
Kathy Araujo Lake Oswego, OR

Sent letter to Kurt Schrader

Jan 28
Paul Weiss Fort Lauderdale, FL

Sent letter to Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Jan 25
gwenn meltzer ridley park, PA

Sent letter to Joe Sestak

Jan 23
Jane Way algarve, AL

Signed letter

Jan 23