Protect Women's Health Care: Stop Stupak

Protect Women's Health Care: Stop Stupak

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Earlier this month, the House passed the Stupak Amendment to their health care reform bill, which would be one of the biggest setbacks to women's health in recent decades - unless we stand together and stop it.</p>
<p>That's why we're launching this petition, because women must not be denied access to safe and legal medical procedures.</p>
<p><b>Join us by signing the petition and help build pressure to remove the discriminatory, extreme, anti-choice Stupak Amendment from the final health care reform bill!</b></p>
<p><b>Please <a href="http://action.barbaraboxer.com/page/s/fightforwomen?source=ffwh_header">click here</a> to sign the petition. Thanks :)</b></p>
<p><em><b>Petition Content</b></em></p>
<p><em>We the undersigned oppose inclusion of the Stupak Amendment in any health care reform legislation because it would be one of the biggest setbacks to women's health in recent decades.</em></p>
<p><em>The Stupak Amendment overturns a difficult and delicate compromise that has held firm for decades: Women can use their own private funds for legal reproductive health care procedures, but federal funds cannot be used for abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or to protect the life of the mother.</em></p>
<p><em>The Stupak Amendment discriminates against women by taking away health coverage they already have - and tells women who participate in the new health insurance exchange that they can't even use their own funds to buy a policy that includes abortion coverage.</em></p>
<p><em>The Stupak Amendment is discriminatory, extreme, and just plain wrong.</em></p>
<p><em>We urge the defeat of any effort to include this amendment in the final health care reform bill sent to President Obama.</em></p>
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