Action in Nevada

Due to a clause in the Budget Deficit Act passed by Congress, birth control prices have skyrocketed 900% for low income women and college students. Prescription prices have risen from $5-$10 to $40-$60. Talk to congress and help us restore affordable birth control today!

Thanks to hundreds of concerned calls, Senator Harry Reid has signed on to represent us in the fight to restore affordable birth control. We thank Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for his ongoing support on this vital issue but the fight does not end here. We want to encourage Senator Reid to continue his efforts and support to restore affordable birth control. To do this we still need your help and the help of all your friends. Time is running out, please join us end the affordable birth control battle.

ONE LAST CHANCE — Students and low-income women still need your help. Tell members of Congress to restore access to affordable birth control.

Restoring access to affordable birth control is a simple decision Congress can make today. Millions of college-age and low-income women have lost access to affordable birth control — a basic form of health care. These women are counting on you to keep the pressure on Congress to finally solve this problem. You can help one more time. Send your urgent note to your representative urging Congress to restore access to affordable birth control TODAY.

Proposed Health and Human Services Rule

What the proposed rule will cause:

• Limited access to health care (affect any hospital, clinic, doctor’s office, or pharmacy that receives federal funding, directly or indirectly, more than 500,000 nationwide)
• Limited access to birth control and contraceptives
• Allow health care providers to withhold services and critical information
• NOT allow women to make educated and fully informed decision about their own health
• Women will NO longer be able to mange their own health care.

You can help! Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt states he has no comment on this issue, when asked "Health and Human Services policy states the 98 percent of Americans who use contraception at some point in their lives are terminating rather than preventing pregnancy." Leavitt's reply: no comment.

We deserve answers from Secretary Leavitt on this secret plan to radically change family planning funding rules, and we need you to help us get those answers. Here's what you can do:

1. First, leave a comment on Secretary Leavitt's blog urging him to respond to Swenson's question and growing concerns that the Bush administration's proposed rule would severely threaten women's health care. Just leave a comment on his most recent blog post. Leavitt uses his official blog to communicate about government policy — it's time he came clean on this issue.

2. Second, let us know you left a comment. Because the blog comments are moderated, some may be blocked from visitors to the site. We need a way to keep track of the growing outcry about the Bush administration's proposed attack on women's health care — we can't let them keep this quiet.

Please, help us stop this proposed rule change before it can harm the people who most desperately need access to quality, comprehensive health care. The first step is to get straight answers from Secretary Leavitt. And don't forget to tell us what you said to Secretary Leavitt.