Don't Let Republican Extremists Decide Who Gets Health Care

Don't Let Republican Extremists Decide Who Gets Health Care

The Issue

Breaking news: Susan G. Komen for the Cure has announced that it is stopping its funding for lifesaving breast cancer screenings with Planned Parenthood.

The reason? Pressure from anti-choice forces in Congress. Komen is an organization that exists to serve women, and instead it's acting to undermine women's health to serve an extreme political agenda. We need to take action right away to ensure that women have access to the care they need.

Rep. Diana DeGette, co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, is leading the fight in Congress to protect funding for Planned Parenthood and stop the attacks on women, but she needs you behind her.

Funding from Komen has helped Planned Parenthood provide almost 170,000 breast exams to women who otherwise couldn't afford them. This is preventative care that saves lives.

But Republicans in Congress have singled out Planned Parenthood as part of a vendetta against an organization that provides critical medical care and family planning resources. And now they've intimidated Komen into stopping critical care for women. We can't let the extreme Republicans decide who gets care and who doesn't.

Join Congresswoman Diana DeGette in telling Komen: stop playing politics with women's health.

There is so much on the line -- it's more important than ever that we come together and fight back.

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Rep. Diana DeGette for CongressPetition StarterPatton has spent years making an impact as an organizer, campaign manager and consultant. Online and off, his clients have consistently won tough campaigns, raising millions of dollars, driving millions of actions, moving millions of voters, and picking up a couple of Pollie Awards along the way. As a campaigner, he's run legislative races in the middle of nowhere and coordinated government relations efforts for large national advocacy groups. As a consultant, Patton developed media and strategy for Democratic candidates and unions as Senior Strategist at Compass Media Group in Chicago, provided fundraising and advocacy strategy for major nonprofits as Senior Account Executive at Donordigital in Berkeley, and did a fair bit of solo work in those fields. As Senior Campaign Strategist at <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a>, he can't wait to tie it all together. Patton is a graduate of the University of Chicago. He lives in Oakland with his wife and a pretty awesome puppy.
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The Issue

Breaking news: Susan G. Komen for the Cure has announced that it is stopping its funding for lifesaving breast cancer screenings with Planned Parenthood.

The reason? Pressure from anti-choice forces in Congress. Komen is an organization that exists to serve women, and instead it's acting to undermine women's health to serve an extreme political agenda. We need to take action right away to ensure that women have access to the care they need.

Rep. Diana DeGette, co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, is leading the fight in Congress to protect funding for Planned Parenthood and stop the attacks on women, but she needs you behind her.

Funding from Komen has helped Planned Parenthood provide almost 170,000 breast exams to women who otherwise couldn't afford them. This is preventative care that saves lives.

But Republicans in Congress have singled out Planned Parenthood as part of a vendetta against an organization that provides critical medical care and family planning resources. And now they've intimidated Komen into stopping critical care for women. We can't let the extreme Republicans decide who gets care and who doesn't.

Join Congresswoman Diana DeGette in telling Komen: stop playing politics with women's health.

There is so much on the line -- it's more important than ever that we come together and fight back.

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Rep. Diana DeGette for CongressPetition StarterPatton has spent years making an impact as an organizer, campaign manager and consultant. Online and off, his clients have consistently won tough campaigns, raising millions of dollars, driving millions of actions, moving millions of voters, and picking up a couple of Pollie Awards along the way. As a campaigner, he's run legislative races in the middle of nowhere and coordinated government relations efforts for large national advocacy groups. As a consultant, Patton developed media and strategy for Democratic candidates and unions as Senior Strategist at Compass Media Group in Chicago, provided fundraising and advocacy strategy for major nonprofits as Senior Account Executive at Donordigital in Berkeley, and did a fair bit of solo work in those fields. As Senior Campaign Strategist at <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a>, he can't wait to tie it all together. Patton is a graduate of the University of Chicago. He lives in Oakland with his wife and a pretty awesome puppy.
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Petition created on January 31, 2012