It only takes a minute...

[tat2edmommyof2]

Please take two minutes out of your busy day to fill this out and two more to  pass it on to your friends... You may not be pro choice, but I can't think of anyone that would make a rape victim carry a child of that crime to term or deprive a teenager of birth control. Who knows if this will effect you personally, but it may just save the life of a sister or a niece or a friend or a neighbor. Please, I know you are not that cold hearted, you don't even have to write anything bewyond your name...

 

Last week, Planned Parenthood launched a campaign to ask Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt to respond to the massive outcry against this proposed rule change. The flood of comments to Sec. Leavitt's blog forced him to acknowledge the secret rule the Bush administration is considering — the first time any administration official has addressed the issue.

Unfortunately, Sec. Leavitt is still trying to dodge the issue. Please sign our message to Sec. Leavitt and tell him: "Birth control is NOT abortion. The Bush administration's proposal to change the definition of abortion and reduce women's access to birth control must be stopped." Click here to add your name to this message.

The best way to beat back this proposal is to continue to show Sec. Leavitt that there is massive public outrage — that's why we've launched this petition jointly with MoveOn. Together, we'll deliver every signature to Leavitt. You can help add to our momentum by forwarding this message to friends.

Here's what some others are saying about this proposal:

The draft regulation would define birth control as abortion ... it could deny access to critical family planning for women across the country. — Letter signed by Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and 26 other senators

[It's] a spectacular act of complicity with the religious right ... — RH Reality Check, Information and Analysis for Reproductive Health

The birth control pill, the IUD, and emergency contraception might all become unavailable ... as a result. — Brigid Riley, executive director of a Minnesota teen pregnancy prevention organization

Please, add your voice to the growing outcry over the latest attack on women's health care from the Bush administration.

Thank you so much for your help today on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of people Planned Parenthood health centers serve.

[Fawn80]

Aug. 15, 2008 at 2:24 PM

I did and voted popular!

[Anouck]

Aug. 15, 2008 at 2:26 PM

I got this as an e-mail, and IMMEDIATELY signed it. I can't believe they would even try a thing like this! Voted popular :)

[tat2edmommyof2]

Aug. 15, 2008 at 3:12 PM

Thank you ladies, every signature counts! feel free to copy and paste this and send it to all your friends....

(Original Poster)

[bamagurl02]

Aug. 15, 2008 at 7:56 PM

Signed and voted popular.:)