"A powerful new ad"...

Received this in my email---
I do hope to see this ad soon.

I wasn't sure if I would post it until I read Astra's comment to Heidi's blog
entitled: "Boehner: If Jobs Are Lost As A Result Of GOP Spending Cuts 'So Be It'... "

Wills reply...
"The American people are going to soon learn the irresponsibility of re-electing the Republicans...."

Read on. See how they (GOP) are trying to circumvent the healthcare passage, and try to limit womens choices for insurance coverage.

Make sure to check out # 6... While I am not a woman to seek an abortion, this just makes me ill to read every time I see an article like it!
I was fortunate to be able to carry all my children to term... Not everyone is.

Links below are all clickable and all are from this year.

XOXO
me

PS
"Lisa Edelstein" is Dr. Cuddy by the way...
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Dear MoveOn member,

Today, we're releasing a powerful new ad. "We Won't Go Back," with Lisa Edelstein, star of the hit TV show "House," is a hard-hitting portrayal of where the Republican war on women's health will lead if it's not stopped.

From a bill attempting to redefine rape to gutting access to reproductive health care, Republicans have made anti-woman and anti-choice legislation a top priority this year.¹

The new ad calls out the Republican efforts for what they are: an attempt to send women back to the back alley. But far too few people even know about their efforts. So to stop them, we've got to get this ad out far and wide, and make sure voters see just what Republicans are trying to do.

Women's rights leaders have warned that the Republican effort would be a radical, far-reaching rollback of women's rights. Rep. Carolyn Maloney called it "the deepest attack on a woman's right to choose in my lifetime."² Expert Jessica Arons said it would "accomplish the unstated end of making abortion as difficult to obtain as possible without actually criminalizing it."³

One bill would effectively prevent women from purchasing insurance that includes abortion coverage in the new insurance exchanges even if they're using their own money. Experts warn this type of restriction could lead to insurance companies dropping abortion coverage entirely.⁴ The same bill would also levy a tax on small businesses and individuals who purchase insurance coverage that includes abortion.⁵

Another bill would, incredibly, allow hospitals to turn away a woman seeking an abortion, even if she'll die without it—a major change from current law.⁶

Republicans have a real chance of passing these bills—unless we sound the alarm right away. Can you help us get this new ad on the air? Just click here to donate and watch the new ad:

https://pol.moveon.org/donate/backalleyad.html?bg_id=hpc5&id=26124-17313833-Yrz8Slx&t=5

Thanks for all you do.

–Kat, Michael, Lenore, Tim, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "'Forcible Rape' Language Remains In Bill To Restrict Abortion Funding," Huffington Post, February 9, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206084&id=26124-17313833-Yrz8Slx&t=6

"Abortion Funding Showdown Escalates," CBS News, February 8, 2011
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20031081-503544.html

"Extreme Abortion Coverage Ban Introduced," Center for American Progress, January 20, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=205961&id=26124-17313833-Yrz8Slx&t=7

2. "Democratic Reps. Unimpressed With New House Abortion Bill," Talking Points Memo, February 3, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=205966&id=26124-17313833-Yrz8Slx&t=8

3. "Extreme Abortion Coverage Ban Introduced," Center for American Progress, January 20, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=205961&id=26124-17313833-Yrz8Slx&t=9

4. Ibid.

"An Analysis of the Implications of the Stupak/Pitts Amendment for Coverage of Medically Indicated Abortions," The George Washington University Medical Center, School of Public Health & Health Services, November 16, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=205972&id=26124-17313833-Yrz8Slx&t=10 (PDF)

"Study: Stupak Amendment Will Eliminate Abortion Coverage 'Over Time For All Women,'" Talking Points Memo, November 18, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=205973&id=26124-17313833-Yrz8Slx&t=11

5. "Extreme Abortion Coverage Ban Introduced," Center for American Progress, January 20, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=205961&id=26124-17313833-Yrz8Slx&t=12

6. "New GOP Bill Would Allow Hospitals To Let Women Die Instead Of Having An Abortion," Talking Points Memo, February 4, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=205974&id=26124-17313833-Yrz8Slx&t=13

Redefining rape?

"Bruises and broken bones do not define rape - a lack of consent does.
Stand up and oppose the dangerous GOP legislation to redefine rape."

Click here to sign petition.
Or go here, http://pol.moveon.org/smithbill/?id=25965-17313833-iviw8Qx&t=1

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This came through my email...

I chose to carry all my babies to term. This was MY choice. One I made because abortion is not part/parcel of my own soul.
However, I do believe that the life of the mother should never be in question.

I have a daughter that almost died, bleeding out, from date rape.
Nope. I cannot condone this, "far reaching", or not.

Read on...

XOXO
Me

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Dear MoveOn member,
Think "no" means "no"?
Well, 173 members of Congress don't.

A far-reaching anti-choice bill, introduced by Republican Chris Smith and supported by 173 members of the House, includes a provision that could redefine rape and set women's rights back by decades.¹

Right now, federal dollars can't be used for abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or when the woman's life is in danger.

But according to the New York Times, the Smith bill would narrow that use to "cases of 'forcible' rape but not statutory or coerced rape."² This could mean cases where women are "drugged or given excessive amounts of alcohol, rapes of women with limited mental capacity, and many date rapes" would no longer count as rape.³

As far too many women know, bruises and broken bones do not define rape—a lack of consent does. The Smith bill is scary. And with 173 supporters it already has a frightening chance of passage—unless the public speaks up right away with an outcry that can't be ignored.

Can you sign the petition to Congress today, demanding they oppose the sexist, anti-choice Smith bill?

The petition says: "Bruises and broken bones do not define rape—a lack of consent does. Stand up and oppose the dangerous GOP legislation to redefine rape."

Federal funds are already severely restricted when it comes to reproductive rights and women's health care, a situation that ends up hurting lower-income women in particular, who tend to use federally-funded services more often than wealthy women. The last thing we ought to be doing is legislating to make these laws more stringent.

In addition, the Smith bill is full of dangerous anti-choice provisions as well as the rape redefinition. Called "Stupak on Steroids" by NARAL Pro-Choice America in reference to Rep. Bart Stupak's failed attempt to push stringent restrictions on insurance coverage for abortion during the health care debate, it would "force millions of American families to pay more taxes if their health plan covers abortion care, jeopardizing abortion coverage in the private market."⁴

The Smith bill is just the first of many attacks on women's rights to come in the new GOP-controlled House.⁵ If it moves forward, it would set an incredibly dangerous precedent for GOP action in the House for the next two years.

Can you sign the petition asking Congress to denounce the Smith bill to redefine rape? Click here:
http://pol.moveon.org/smithbill/?id=25965-17313833-iviw8Qx&t=4

Thanks for all you do.

–Kat, Eli, Milan, Carrie, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "The House GOP's Plan to Redefine Rape," Mother Jones, January 28, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=205936&id=25965-17313833-iviw8Qx&t=5

"Stupak on Steroids," The Hill, January 25, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=205938&id=25965-17313833-iviw8Qx&t=6

2. "The Two Abortion Wars: A Highly Intrusive Federal Bill," New York Times, January 29, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/opinion/30sun1.html

3. "The House GOP's Plan to Redefine Rape," Mother Jones, January 28, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=205936&id=25965-17313833-iviw8Qx&t=7

"Stupak on Steroids," The Hill, January 25, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=205938&id=25965-17313833-iviw8Qx&t=8

5. Ibid.

PAID FOR BY MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION, http://pol.moveon.org/. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

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Click here to sign petition.
Or go here, http://pol.moveon.org/smithbill/?id=25965-17313833-iviw8Qx&t=1