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Tell Boehner and his allies to stop their war on women
From Naral MD:
You've heard the term "man up?" The very same men leading the War on Women want you to "woman up." No, seriously. This is a real thing.
"Woman Up" is a new campaign to soften the image of anti-choice congressional leadership. The very same men behind it -- Majority Leader Eric Cantor (Va.), Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), and Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (Wis.) -- are leading the charge to wage the War on Women. The irony is almost laughable.
A feminist-sounding campaign name can't erase the onslaught of legislative attacks these very same politicians launched on women: Rape audits. All-male panels on birth control. Defunding Planned Parenthood.
Take action with NARAL Pro-Choice America and tell these anti-choice politicians that the only "Woman Up" campaign that matters is the one that ends their War on Women.
Btw, the initial email I got from Naral had this quote from Boehner:
And now, now we are going to have a fight over women’s health. Give me a break. This is the latest plank in the so-called War on Women. Entirely created, entirely created by my colleagues across the aisle for political gain.
"John Boehner On ‘War On Women’: ‘Give Me A Break’," Talking Points Memo, April 27, 2012
Excuse me, Mr. Boehner? Created? So, all the shitty ass bills that have tried to hinder reproductive rights...among other things that involve women like the City of Topeka in Kanasa repealing their domestic violence law...are what? A figment of our imagination? I guess so since you think we must be stupid enough to buy your claim that all of these attacks aren't happening when they are.
It's a shame I couldn't add anything to the letter to NARAL because I would've love to add the part where the Stupak Amendment would allow hospitals would be able to refuse to give a woman an abortion, even to save her life when they decided not to redefine rape in it. However, I shall remind him in another letter I will write to him soon.
You've heard the term "man up?" The very same men leading the War on Women want you to "woman up." No, seriously. This is a real thing.
"Woman Up" is a new campaign to soften the image of anti-choice congressional leadership. The very same men behind it -- Majority Leader Eric Cantor (Va.), Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), and Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (Wis.) -- are leading the charge to wage the War on Women. The irony is almost laughable.
A feminist-sounding campaign name can't erase the onslaught of legislative attacks these very same politicians launched on women: Rape audits. All-male panels on birth control. Defunding Planned Parenthood.
Take action with NARAL Pro-Choice America and tell these anti-choice politicians that the only "Woman Up" campaign that matters is the one that ends their War on Women.
Btw, the initial email I got from Naral had this quote from Boehner:
And now, now we are going to have a fight over women’s health. Give me a break. This is the latest plank in the so-called War on Women. Entirely created, entirely created by my colleagues across the aisle for political gain.
"John Boehner On ‘War On Women’: ‘Give Me A Break’," Talking Points Memo, April 27, 2012
Excuse me, Mr. Boehner? Created? So, all the shitty ass bills that have tried to hinder reproductive rights...among other things that involve women like the City of Topeka in Kanasa repealing their domestic violence law...are what? A figment of our imagination? I guess so since you think we must be stupid enough to buy your claim that all of these attacks aren't happening when they are.
It's a shame I couldn't add anything to the letter to NARAL because I would've love to add the part where the Stupak Amendment would allow hospitals would be able to refuse to give a woman an abortion, even to save her life when they decided not to redefine rape in it. However, I shall remind him in another letter I will write to him soon.