MARCH 12, 2012
PHOENIX -- The political assault on women’s health care that has overwhelmed America in recent weeks is reaching a climax in Arizona THIS week.
No less than six bills that will make it harder or even impossible to get various women’s health care services are being voted on in committee hearings in these five days.
Every one of these bills is poised to become law if we don’t fight back NOW and LOUDLY.
The Arizona legislature and media need to know women are paying attention, fighting mad and will remember every legislator who supports these bills on election day.
Birth control, therapeutic abortion and even accurate information for women are all at risk.
If you are like us, you find it hard to believe our Arizona politics have come to this, especially when our state and its residents are facing so many real, grave challenges.
But, just as we’ve seen 116,000 Texas women lose access to family planning, Arizona women are next in the firing line TODAY.
Arizona lawmakers don’t think Arizona women are up to defending their own health care. We think they are very wrong.
We still have a window to stop this assault, but the window is closing and may slam shut completely by the end of this week.
Rush Limbaugh said women who stand up for access to birth control are “sluts.” Now Arizona Senator Carl Seel is launching a new campaign to decide where women can get their birth control, if they can get it at all. We wonder what names Senator Seel will call women who dare to oppose his proposal?
If we are going to beat this assault, we all need to take action NOW.
· STOP House Bill 2625 – This bill discriminates against women so that our birth control doesn’t have to be covered by our employer if he or she has a religious objection. What about our religious beliefs? Where are our freedoms?
· STOP House Bill 2036 – This bill will take away a woman’s option to have medically necessary abortion available to her after 20 weeks, even if she is diagnosed with a serious illness, such as cancer.
· STOP House Bill 2800 – This bill will take away an Arizonan’s right to choose his or her health care provider if I he or she subscribing to AHCCCS.
· STOP House Bill 2627 – This bill will tell Arizonans where they can and can’t donate their hard-earned money.
Share this information with your family and friends – copy and paste the link to this page on any of your social media pages. And, along with your link, consider sharing a photo of the birth control method, a photo of your partner, or any other image that has meaning to you in this fight against women’s health care.
Tell your legislator to stop these bills – take action here.
TOGETHER, WE HAVE A VOICE! TOGETHER WE CAN TELL ARIZONA LEGISLATORS TO BACK OFF MY HEALTH CARE!
