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Tell Texas: Don’t Cut Funding for Women’s Shelters!
  1. Signatures
    121 out of 5,000
    Petitioning
    1. The Governor of TX (+ 16 others)
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      • The Governor of TX
      • State Rep. Will Hartnett (TX-114)
      • State Sen. Bob Deuell (TX-002)
      • State Sen. Juan Hinojosa (TX-020)
      • State Rep. Jodie Laubenberg (TX-089)
      • State Rep. Richard Raymond (TX-042)
      • State Rep. Lois Kolkhorst (TX-013)
      • State Rep. Pete Gallego (TX-074)
      • State Rep. Sylvester Turner (TX-139)
      • State Sen. Steve Ogden (TX-005)
      • State Sen. Jane Nelson (TX-012)
      • State Sen. John Whitmire (TX-015)
      • State Rep. Jim Pitts (TX-010)
      • State Rep. Geanie Morrison (TX-030)
      • State Rep. Elliott Naishtat (TX-049)
      • State Sen. Joan Huffman (TX-017)
      • State Rep. Cindy Burkett (TX-101)
  2. Created By
    Americans Ending Abuse
About this Petition Petition Letter Petition Updates

Texas is facing an estimated $15 million shortfall in the 2012-13 budget, and funding for women’s shelters is in serious danger of being cut by the State Legislature.

If women’s shelter funding is cut, thousands of abused women and their children will have nowhere to flee from abusive relationships, resulting in thousands more deaths and injuries - ultimately costing the State even more money for police, criminal justice and health care expenses.

Family violence is the leading cause of injury to women and children in America, according to the U.S. Department of Health's Center for Disease Control & Prevention.

Women’s shelters are absolutely essential for the protection and well-being of abused women and their children trying to escape from abusive relationships.

Please sign our petition now. Let’s all tell Gov. Rick Perry and Texas legislators: Don’t cut funding for women’s shelters!  

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Please don't cut funding for womens shelters from Texas' 2012-13 budget

Greetings,

Please don't cut funding for women's shelters from the 2012-13 Texas budget.

Family violence is the leading cause of injury to women and children in America, according to the U.S. Department of Health's Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC).

Women’s shelters are absolutely essential for the protection and well-being of thousands of abused women and their children across Texas trying to escape from abusive relationships.

Texas may be facing a $15 million budget shortage, but if women’s shelter funding is cut, thousands more victims will have nowhere to flee from abusive relationships, resulting in thousands more injuries and deaths - ultimately costing the state more money for police, criminal justice and health care expenses.

Please maintain funding at current levels for women’s shelters.

Thank you very much.

[Your name]

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